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Wisconsin Union Members Helping Those Stricken By Japan’s Disasters
03/20/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Even those who have been kicked while they were down are managing to find a way to help those suffering in Japan. Wisconsin’s public employees have recently been the subject of a lot of attention, and a lot of problems. Recently, Governor Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Legislature took away their [...]
Right Wing Hysteria Over President’s Trip
03-20-2011 by L. S. Carbonell President Obama is on a trade mission to South America. So, naturally, the right wing is screaming “where the f–k is Obama?” They are acting like the United States is in crisis and he’s abandoned us. Excuse me, but what crisis? Japan has a crisis – three of them in [...]
Qaddafi Digs In, Sacrifices Civilians
03-20-2011 by L. S. Carbonell Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has announced that the no-fly zone over northern Libya is effectively in place. Col. Moammar Qaddafi’s air defense have been hit and neutralized, along with his land forces on the coastal highway. Civilians were, according to Libyan state television, “defending” [...]
News from Tripoli
03-19-2011 9 p.m. Eastern/03-20-2011 3 a.m. Tripoli, by L. S. Carbonell Anti-aircraft fire erupted over Tripoli about half an hour ago. According to the live report from MSNBC’s Jim Maceda, the population first heard low buzzes followed by explosions from the southern suburbs. This was followed by unfocused anti-aircraft artillery fire, tracers going in all [...]
Libya Under Attack
03-19-2011 by L. S. Carbonell Live pictures from Tripoli show no attacks at this time, 6 p.m. Eastern, 11 p.m. Tripoli. The attacks so far have been concentrated on the military forces along the coastal highway. Col. Qaddafi went on state television a few minutes ago, by audio only, showing a picture of the bombed [...]
American Forces Launch Missile Attacks On Libyan Anti-Air
03/19/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The United States will be launching Operation Odyssey Dawn in support of the rebels fighting against Colonel Mummar Qaddafi. The attacks will be coming from missiles launched from destroyers in the Mediterranean rather than from aircraft. French aircraft have been hitting tanks inside Benghazi and other locations according to reports. For [...]
Airstrike Response to Rockets Launched by Hamas into Israel
Melanie Nathan March 19, 2011 Palestinian militants in Gaza fired more than 50 rockets into Israel on Saturday, the heaviest barrage in two years, Israeli officials said, while Hamas police beat up reporters and confiscated their equipment, reports, an Deitch, of the Associated Press A Hamas official was killed and four civilians were wounded when [...]
French Begin Patroling No-Fly Zone Over Libya
03/19/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire News has come down that the French are now patrolling the no-fly zone over Libya. This is an important development in the attempt to equalize the disparity between the Libyan government and rebel forces in the nation. Planes are already patrolling the area near Benghazi. Colonel Qaddafi has threatened retaliatory action [...]
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