Conn Hallinan: Nepal, Bush and WMDs "Tucked into the upper stories of the Himalayas, Nepal hardy seems ground zero for the Bush Administration's next crusade against 'terrorism,' but an aggressive American ambassador, a strategic locale, and a flood of U.S. weaponry threatens to turn the tiny country of 25 million into a counter insurgency bloodbath."
Philippines: Widespread disenchantment among AFP soldiers reveals depth of crisis in the system-CPP "The Communist Party in the Philippines sees the series of open armed as well as unarmed defiance by ordinary soldiers and junior officers of the AFP as "urgent protest statements of widespread disenchantement as well as deep factional stifes within the lower ranks of the military amidst the long-exacerbated systemic crisis in the country." "
