“To hide relevant and exculpatory evidence from counsel and from the court under any circumstances. . . is fundamentally unjust, outrageous and will not be toleratedâ€:
- Judge: U.S. Used Mentally Ill Witness in Guantanamo Cases (McClatchy / Free Detainees)
Clinton indicates negotiations can take place with a Palestinian unity government that includes Hamas leaders as long as they concede to recognizing Isreal’s right to exist:
- Clinton Counters Israeli Stance on Palestinians and Iran (Washington Post)
Leading the way out of sectarian politics, a group of Lebanon’s Armenians plans to abandon its traditional neutrality and back the Hezbollah-led opposition…
- Lebanon Beyond Sectarianism (Guardian)
Meanwhile, sectarian divides continue to fragment and weaken the Iraqi government:
- New Bombings in Iraq Steal Thunder From Top Insurgent’s Arrest (Christian Science Monitor)
How effective is a strategy calling for $1 million per detainee for rehabilitation?
- Yemen Dispute Slows Closing of Guantánamo (NY Times)
Obama’s desire to avoid the appearance of persecuting his predecessors, but failure to prosecute any criminal activity by senior officials of the previous administration would be an abandonment of the rule of law:
- In Obama’s Inner Circle, Debate Over Memos’ Release Was Intense (Washington Post)
Despite a withdrawal of Taliban militants from Buner …
- Pakistan Taliban in Buner Pull Out (Al Jazeera)
… critics say the “Pakistani judiciary has been replaced with the Talibanised judicial system in Buner†and “Taliban wants to impose the tribal Shariah of Sufi Mohammad in the entire country by the use of forceâ€:
- MQM Urges CJP to Take Noticed of the Buner Situation (Daily Times)
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