In August, clashes between the Burmese government and the ethnic minority Rohingya intensified, leaving casualties and many Rohingya people vulnerable to violence. Since then, over 500,000 Rohingya have fled their home in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The media and foreign workers have been barred from entering Rakhine, but stories of ethnic…
This week on War News Radio: diplomacy and sectarian violence in Syria, a 250-mile human chain in Catalonia, Spain – and more. [soundcloud params=”auto_play=false&show_comments=true&color=75BBD9&theme_color=75BBD9″]https://soundcloud.com/war-news-radio/weekly-newscast-september-13[/soundcloud] WILL SULLIVAN: From War News Radio at Swarthmore College, I’m Will Sullivan. After inching closer to a strike on Syria, President Obama reversed course this week…
[View the story “U.S. Military Presence in Okinawa: Short Fuses, Getting Shorter” on Storify] U.S. Military Presence in Okinawa: Short Fuses, Getting Shorter WNR’s Jay Clayton examines opposition to the deployment of U.S. military aircraft in East Asia and its consequences for the network of U.S. bases in the region…
[View the story “Viral Content: Free Speech, Hate Speech” on Storify] Viral Content: Free Speech, Hate Speech WNR’s Caroline Batten examines free speech, prejudice, and Google censorship in the reaction to the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims" in this op-ed. Storified by Caroline Batten · Wed, Sep 26 2012 15:58:11…
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The Arab League decided in an emergency session to suspend Syria’s membership in response to the government’s refusal to stop violent crackdowns on civilian protesters. Syria agreed to an earlier peace plan outlined by the Arab League on November 2nd, but has since failed to end the violence. In the…
Former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was killed Thursday in his hometown of Sirte. Students who study Peace and Conflict Journalism at Swarthmore College gathered around the workstations at War News Radio Thursday afternoon and checked up on the first day or reporting on the event. The MiddleEastLive blog at the Guardian had…
Headlines from this weeks show include coverage on the hotel attack in Kabul, the release of French hostages and an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Headlines: War News Radio looks at new bombings in Baghdad, civilian deaths in Libya, Osama bin Laden’s cell phone and more.
via flickr.com/photos/whitehouse President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Seated, from left, are: Brigadier General Marshall B. “Brad” Webb, Assistant Commanding…