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Colombian conscientious objector speaks

Bill Weinberg to speak in NYC on Iraq's civil resistance
World War 4 Report editor Bill Weinberg will present a video and discussion in Lower Manhattan May 13 on the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), a new alliance of trade unions, women's organizations, neighborhood assemblies and student groups opposed to both the US occupation and the sectarian militias. The IFC is leading a campaign against the pending oil privatization law, and has established self-governing zones in Baghdad and Kirkuk. Recently, their leaders have been targeted for attack by US forces. Solidarity efforts and coordinated actions are growing between Iraq's civil resistance and organized labor in the US—but more is needed. [more]

Turkey still bombing Iraq
Turkish warplanes bombed several villages in northern Iraq's Dahuk province, local Kurdish sources report. [more]

Jamil Khader: West Bank farmer's land denuded

Iraq: gunmen attack women's shelter
A women's shelter in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, came under attack by unidentified gunmen, and one woman—a mother of three—was seriously wounded. [more]

Palestinians get repression at Nakba commemoration
Israeli troops opened fire on a march commemorating the 60th year of the Nakba in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, injuring ten, including a journalist who was hit with a bullet in his hand. [more]

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