Thousands of Mexican Police Officers Raid OaxacaIn the Mexican city of Oaxaca, thousands of federal police backed with armored vehicles and helicopters have raided the southern city in an attempt to crush the popular uprising in the region. Federal police have reportedly seized control of the city square. At least two protesters died last night including a 15-year-old boy.
NYC Indymedia Journalist Brad Will Shot Dead in OaxacaOn Friday gunmen with ties to the government shot and killed three other people including the U.S. journalist and activist Brad Will. Five men connected to Will’s shooting have been turned over to state authorities. The suspected gunmen have been identified as two members of the local city hall, two police officers and the former justice of the peace of a nearby town. Brad Will was filming on his videocamera when he was shot in the stomach. The sound of the shooting was captured on his camera. A protest is scheduled outside the Mexican Consulate in New York this morning at nine.
U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Tops 100 in OctoberIn Iraq, the U.S. death toll for the month has topped 100. October has been the deadliest month of the year for U.S. troops. In Baghdad, at least 30 Iraqis have died after a large bomb exploded earlier today in the Shiite district of Sadr city. The bombing occurred even though Sadr City has been under a U.S. siege for the past five days. In Basra, gunmen killed 15 Iraqi police instructors and two translators on Sunday. Overall at least 83 Iraqis died yesterday. Meanwhile on Saturday a U.S. air strike in the city of Ramadi killed six Iraqis including three women and two children. Local residents condemned the attack. Unnamed Iraqi: "U.S. forces demolished this house. We came in the morning and we found three dead civilians and three others were still missing.”
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