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War Real Costs are $1.7 Trillion so far, Congress Report SaysBest-case calculation of true hidden costs
Iraqi Lawmakers: U.S. Must ask Permission to Continue Occupation Into 2008UN mandate will terminate Dec. 31
Petraeus Shuns Iraqi Government in Favor of Deals With Gangs and WarlordsU.S. policy devolves into deals with local militias, gangs, tribes, and power-brokers,
Rice Moves to Appease Turkey, Declares Kurd Rebels as TerroristsPromises Turkey U.S. will 'redouble' efforts against 'common threat'
Arab States Signal Limits to Palestinian Support by Going to AnnapolisHamas frozen out despite popular support, Palestinian share of Jerusalem won't be considered
Neo-Cons Work to Undermine Annapolis SummitUltra-hawkish figure calls meeting "Condi's Folly," denounces Rice a "zealot who has lost any sense of reality"
Neo-Cons Believed Iraq Success Would Topple Iran's TheocracyBegan threats against Iran in 2006 only after they gave up dream of pro-U.S. democracy breaking out
Israel's Syrian Airstrike Was Meant to Threaten IranU.S. knew for years that Syria nuclear facility was at a standstill
Cheney Suppressing Report That Disputes Iran Nuke ThreatRefuses to allow release of year-old report from CIA
Iran Diplomats in Custody for Nearly a Year as Bush Admin SquabblesHeld since January, State Dept. still fighting Cheney, Petraeus faction who see them as useful hostages to pressure Iran
Madrid Train Bombing Not Basque Separatists, Spanish Court RulesMasterminds behind terror attack remain unknown
Paris Suburbs Again in Flames as Riots SpreadSarkozy denounces rioters as "rabble," vowed reforms before election
Colombia, Venezuela Border Tension at All-Time HighChavez asked to negotiate release of hostages, but Colombia furious when he asks general a simple question |
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Shipwrecks also dump thousands of tons of sulfur
Fossil Fuel Use Increasing, Report FindsIn just the past year alone, China has built enough new coal power plants to meet India's and Britain's energy needs combined
U.S. Economy Will Get Worse, Says BernankeSome using the term "slugflation" - a sluggish economy gripped by inflation
State Dept. Drafts the Not-So-Willing for IraqFirst forced diplomatic call-up since Vietnam
Case Crumbles Against Officer Who Refused Iraq DeploymentArmy trying for another prosecution since Feb. mistrial
Mexico Flood Aid Being Used to Boost Political Party1,000,000 evacuees find help depends of political allegiances
Massive Floods Leave 1,000,000 Mexicans Homeless80% of the southwestern Mexican state of Tabasco is under water
Bush's Anti-Drug Plan for Mexico Could Backfire, Congress ToldTraining might only make Mexico's corrupt cops more effective
Bush Offer of Drug War Money Raises Suspicion in MexicoMexican government won't even reveal all details of $1.4 billion plan to lawmakers
Illegals in U.S. Angry at Mexico for Lack of Help During Immigrant CrackdownConsulates offer little legal assistance, advice and support
W Bank Palestinians Living in Maze of Checkpoints, Barriers
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Orchards cannot hope to compete economically with opium
New Plan For Afghanistan is Training Cops not to be RobbersOn Afghan highways police may be complicit with the Taliban
Militancy Spreads to Afghanistan's Northern ProvincesWorst violence since 2001 leaves at least 79 dead
Most Afghan Aid Goes to Contractors and Consultants, OXFAM Finds
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Editor: Jeff Elliott (editor@monitor.net)
The Albion Monitor is currently published as an ongoing newspaper by Wayward Press Inc, POB 1733, Sebastopol, CA 95473
Subscriptions $9.95/yr
"Resource wars" are things that happen elsewhere. We don't usually think of our country as water poor or imagine that "resource wars" might be applied as a description to various state and local governments in the southwest, southeast, or upper Midwest now fighting tooth and nail for previously shared water. And yet, "war" may not be a bad metaphor for what's on the horizon. According to the National Climate Data Center, federal officials have declared 43 percent of the contiguous U.S. to be in "moderate to extreme drought." Already, Sonny Perdue of Georgia is embroiled in an ever more bitter conflict -- a "water war," as the headlines say -- with the governors of Florida and Alabama, as well as the Army Corps of Engineers, over the flow of water into and out of the Atlanta area.
THE WAR IN IRAQ
POLITICS AS USUAL
