Month: December 2008

  • News and Analysis (12/20-21/08)

    The recent crackdown “was clearly motivated by politics and was not related to security”: Arrests Based on a ‘Lie,’ Iraqi Interior Chief Says (Washington Post) Governor’s “shoot to kill” order was meant to calm violence: Nigeria Forces Are Implicated in the Killings of Muslims (NY Times) Cinema approved “as long as what is shown complies…

  • News and Analysis (12/19/08)

    US government offered approximately $250,000 as well as permanent resident status as a reward to the informants: Informants Scrutinized in Fort Dix Terror Trial (AP / Washington Post) “Both sides need the truce, so they will probably grope their way back to it. The question is how soon and after how much suffering”: Truce in…

  • News and Analysis (12/18/08)

    Four generals are among arrested officials variously accused of planning a coup or reconstituting the Baath party: 35 Iraqi Officials Are Held in Raids on Key Ministry (NY Times) UN unable to distribute food as the Israeli blockage prevents supplies from being replenished: UN Agency Suspends Gaza Food Aid (Al Jazeera) Helping to cope with…

  • News and Analysis (12/17/08)

    UN passes resolution addressing the pirates who disrupt commerce along one of the world’s most active sea routes… U.N. Authorizes Land, Air Attacks on Somali Pirates (Washington Post) …However, a piracy expert warns military action may have intended consequences as “Militias could … [feed] false intelligence to get rid of the competition:” Should ground troops…

  • News and Analysis (12/16/08)

    Western forces are attempting to ally themselves with “moderates”, religiously conservative insurgents motivated to fight solely by local grievances: Bid to Split Taliban, Al Qaeda (Christian Science Monitor) In light of the Boumediene decision, the lower court must hear defendant’s allegations of  torture and harassment, such as the placement of a Qur’an in a toliet:…

  • News and Analysis (12/15/08)

    Iraqi security forces detain journalist, holding his shoes as evidence: Across Mideast, Arabs Hail Shoe-Hurling Journalist (AP / Washington Post) “The (U.S. military) detention is the worst possible example for a criminal justice system”: Iraqi Justice System Falls Short: Report (Reuters) Sayyed Imam, “whose ideas help shape Al Qaeda’s ideology” now condemns the group as…

  • News and Analysis (12/13-14/08)

    “The United States government has in place neither the policies and technical capacity nor the organizational structure that would be needed to undertake such a program on anything approaching this scale”: Official History Spotlights Iraq Rebuilding Blunders (NY Times) Iranian court grants a woman’s demand of “an eye for eye” for the man who threw…

  • News and Analysis (12/12/08)

    “The fact is that senior officials in the United States government solicited information on how to use aggressive techniques, redefined the law to create the appearance of their legality, and authorized their use against detainees”: Report on Detainee Abuse Blames Top Bush Officials (Washington Post) The “Saudi Divorce Initiative Forum – the first privately organized,…

  • News and Analysis (12/11/08)

    Lawsuit accuses former attorney general Ashcroft of singling out Arab Muslims for “harsh treatment because of their religion and ethnicity”: Court Weighs Post-9/11 Liability (Washington Post) Hussein era debts and asset claims threaten to bankrupt the Iraqi government: U.S. Joins Effort to Bar Claims on Iraqi Coffers (NY Times) Despite report, top aid to Abbas…

  • News and Analysis (12/10/08)

    US forces claim they were under fire from “a compound nearby”, which turned out to be the police station: U.S. Forces Mistakenly Kill 6 Afghan Police (NY Times) A privately funded public service effort reminding Muslims to follow the words of the prophet Muhammad: ‘Mercy’ Ad Campaign Urges Saudis to Treat Foreign Workforce Humanely (Christian…

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