Neighbors call tactics in drug raid militaristic.
Byline: REBECCA NOLAN The Register-Guard (CORRECTION ran 12/7/02:) Members of the Whiteaker Community Council hope to present concerns about a drug raid in the neighborhood to the Neighborhood Advisory Board of the Whiteaker Public Safety Station next month. A front page story Thursday on the raid didn't...

Very favorable activity.
THE public approval of the Balikatan exercises seems inevitable. Many people see the Balikatan as a humanitarian peace-keeping initiative of the United States, a much needed reinforcement to annihilate the Abu Sayyaf, a solution to what seems to be an insoluble conflict in the south, a foreign...

The Myth of Green Party Nonviolence.
I first became interested in the Greens back in 1984 when I read that Green parties in Europe and elsewhere were promoting the idea of national defense by nonviolent resistance as an alternative to war, an idea which I believe is essential for advancing freedom and justice. ...

Towards a democratic Palestine: an interview with Mustafa Barghouthi. (Israel & Palestine: Democracy).
Mustafa Barghouthi is a medical doctor and director of the Ramallah-based Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute. A leading Palestinian intellectual concerned with issues of civil society and democratic governance, he was interviewed by Richard Swift in Ramallah. What do you mean by the Third Way in...

Feliciano panel ending hearings on Oakwood mutiny.
Byline: MARIO B. CASAYURAN The Malacanang-created Feliciano Commission tasked to inquire into the causes of the grievances of the July 27 Oakwood mutineers starting last Aug. 12 tentatively ends tomorrow. Mario Ongkiko, head of a panel of lawyers picked to help the commission unravel the...

Cadets. (Participation).
The Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Dr Brendan Nelson, announced plans to overhaul the cadet system and bring it firmly under the wing of the Australian Defence Force. He indicated that more cadets would be taught how to fire guns if they wanted to be. Teaching teenagers how to fire...

IRAN - July 9 - Iran Reports Missile Test, Drawing Rebuke.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards practicing war-game maneuvers test-fired nine missiles on July 9, including at least one the government in Tehran describes as having the range to reach Israel. The tests drew sharp American criticism and came a day after the Iranians had threatened to retaliate against Israel and the...

Manhattan Scientifics completes purchase of Metallicum Inc.
After signalling its intent to buy Metallicum Inc earlier this year, Manhattan Scientifics said in July that it had completed the acquisition of the company and its licensed patented technology (see Biomedical Materials, May 2008). The transaction includes all of Metallicum's licensed intellectual property related to the...

From Beirut to Bin Laden: instead of maintaining its independence of action in the Mideast, the U.S. has backed one dangerous regime after another.
IN THE LATE SUMMER and early fall of 1983, I spent time as a journalist in Beirut, covering the Marine peacekeeping force that in October of that year lost more than 240 dead in a suicide bombing at the Beirut airport. The governing structure of Lebanon in the 1980s...

Communications technology, warfare, and the law: is the network a weapon system?
I. BACKGROUND II. LOAC CONSIDERATIONS A. Distinction Between Combatants and Noncombatants B. Military Necessity C. Proportionality D. Neutrality III. ANALYSIS A. Legally, Does the Network Constitute a Weapon System? B. What Legal Implications Follow from Continued Use of the "Network as a Weapon System" Terminology with Respect to (1)...