Efforts to enact security sector reforms to combat lawlessness and internal fighting among Palestinians suffer set back as the Interior Minister submits his resignation:
- Palestinian Minister ‘Resigns’ (Al-Jazeera)
Somalis many challenges to fleeing for safety: Some can’t leave the country, others brave the deadly sea route trying to escape to Yemen and others still who managed to reach safety get abducted and sent back to Somalia or Ethiopia for coerced interrogations:
- Shelling Traps Somalis in Capital (BBC News)
- Somali Refugees Brave Sea Passage to Escape Insurgency (Christian Science Monitor)
- Africa’s Secret – The Men, Women and Children ‘Vanished’ in the War On Terror (The Guardian)
“Light on facts†and “hard to particularize†are what some US legal officials close to the upcoming trial of Jose Padilla characterize the case as:
- Few Specifics Evident As Padilla Trial Nears (Washington Post)
Moqtada As-Sadr’s is political and military plans for stabilizing Iraq are just as elusive as the Bush administration’s:
- Say It Loud. Improvise. Keep ’Em Guessing. (New York Times)
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