Grandson of State-Sponsored Terrorism Victim Visits Nottingham
Indymedia UK - 4 Jul 2008
Just two weeks after the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) released a report by their Historical Enquiries Team (HET) on the McGurk?s Bar Bombing in 1971, Robert McClenaghan, grandson of Phillip Garry, one of the victims, visited Nottingham to speak at the ICC. He was representing An Fhirinne (The Truth), an organisation of relatives of people murdered by loyalist paramilitaries where there is evidence of collusion between the paramilitaries and British state forces. An Fhirinne and other relatives? organisations are calling for an Independent International Truth Commission into the slaughter of their loved ones. They believe that a British government inquiry could not possibly be independent, and neither could a government of Ireland one, as they have done little to uncover the truth of killings in the twenty six counties.Robert visited Nottingham as part of a tour of four English cities as a guest of the Troops Out Movement (TOM), the British- based organisation which campaigns for British withdrawal from Ireland. He showed a very harrowing video of relatives speaking of their lost loved ones. It showed to people in England the reality of what was done in their name.Newswire: Grandson of Collusion Victim in England – Guest of Troops Out Movement | Truth & Justice for Collusion VictimsLinks: Troops Out Movement | An Fhirinne | Notts Indymedia Repression topic page

Iran-US: A Gesture for Peace
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 4 Jul 2008
Summary: Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the shooting of an Iranian airliner by the US guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes killing all its 290 passengers. Given the significance of this event and the graphic memory it has left in the Iranian psyche, an apology by US officials now, may well be an important step in inducing the Iranian government into announcing its readiness for rapprochement with the US. source: CASMIIread more

Iraq task, Iran risk
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 4 Jul 2008
Summary: The architects of the “war on terror” in the George W Bush administration will soon be leaving office. But the four months until the United States presidential election on 4 November 2008 could be momentous. In Iraq and Iran, what happens in the next four months – or does not happen – will shape events in the next four years and even beyond. source: Open Democracyread more

Report: 348 Palestinians extra-judicially executed since Sept. 2000
Electronic Intifada - 4 Jul 2008
rr r r r rr r rr r rr r rr rr rrr rThe Palestinian Centre for Human Rights published a new report entitled “Extra-judicial executions … Official, Declared Israeli Policy” covering Israeli extra-judicial executions against Palestinians during the period from 1 August 2006 till 30 June 2008. The report is the ninth of its kind in a special series.

Wall slices off al-Khader’s famous vineyards
Electronic Intifada - 4 Jul 2008
rr r r r rr r rr r rr r rr rr rrr rSince early January the Palestinian village of al-Khader located near Bethlehem in the West Bank has protested against Israel’s construction of the Apartheid Wall and Jewish-only settlements built on village land every week. Al-Khader is known in the region for its vineyards which produce excellent-quality grapes. Adri Nieuwhof writes from al-Khader.

Unite to negotiate a real truce
Electronic Intifada - 4 Jul 2008
rr r r r rr r rr r rr r rr rr rrr rFive days into the long awaited Gaza ceasefire, Israel allowed the entry of tissues and sanitary napkins into Gaza as a form of “good will.” Simultaneously, it carried out an early morning raid against a student hostel in Nablus, killing two Palestinians in their beds. Dr. Eyad al-Sarraj comments on what it will take for a permanent lifting of the siege and resisting of Israeli colonial designs.