Headlines for April 16, 2008
Democracy Now - 15 Apr 2008
70 Die in Iraq; Bus Bombing Kills 40 in Baquba, Report: Sadr Movement Largest Humanitarian Organization in Iraq, Home Foreclosure Filings Surge 57 Percent, Senate Foreclosure Bill Includes Corporate Tax Breaks, Poll: 70% Disapprove of Bush’s Handling of Economic Crisis, Warning Issued about Chemical Used in Plastic Baby Bottles, Pope Benedict Vows to Kick Pedophiles Out of Church, Report: Sea Levels Could Ride Five Feet by 2100, Bush to Endorse “Intermediate Goal” for Cutting Greenhouse Gases, Gov’t Obtains Phone Records of NYT Reporter, Carter: Engage Hamas & Syria in Peace Talks, Jewish Liberals Form Lobbying Group to Counter AIPAC, Amnesty: U.S. Remains One of World’s Top Executioners

Israel moves to shut Hebron orphanages, schools
Electronic Intifada - 15 Apr 2008
rr r r r rr r rr r rr r rr rr rrr rHEBRON, 14 April (IRIN) – A Palestinian charity in the West Bank city of Hebron is concerned it will be shut by the Israeli military and forced to close its orphanages and schools, employees at the institution told IRIN. The Israeli military has ordered the closure of buildings rented by the Islamic Charitable Society (ICS), saying it is working for Hamas.

Brighton Tubas Solidarity Group Visit to Palestine
Indymedia UK - 15 Apr 2008
A delegation of seven people from Brighton arrived in the Tubas region of occupied Palestine last week. The delegation is part of the project by the Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group. The group’s aims are to highlight Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in the region, raise awareness about life under occupation and create practical solidarity links between grassroots organisations in Brighton and Tubas region.Reports from the Delegation in Palestine: Teaching King Lear in Occupied Palestine |The Breadbasket of Palestine | Resourcefulness and Tenacity | Jordan Valley 2008 |Smashed To Pieces and Bled Dry |Day 5 |Press Releases from the Brighton-Tubas Solidarity Group: Education and Resistance in Occupied Palestine |Palestinian Village Denied Water and Threatened with Demolition |Links: Brighton-Tubas Blog | Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group | Palestine Solidarity Campaign | International Solidarity Movement in Palestine | Boycott Israeli Goods Campaign | Stop the Wall in Palestine|

Iran says U.S. aids rebels at its borders
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 15 Apr 2008
Summary: Zahedan bus bombBAGHDAD ? A series of conflicts with insurgent groups along Iran’s borders may be impelling Tehran to back its own allies in Iraq in what it regards as a proxy war with the U.S., according to security experts and officials in the U.S., Iran and Iraq. source: LA Timesread more

Five Years Later, Fallujah is Still in Tatters
AlterNet: War on Iraq - 15 Apr 2008
The city remains sealed. Many residents refer to it as a big jail.