News and Analysis (3/10/10)

DOJ says, “‘A woman from suburban America agreed to carry out murder overseas and to provide material support to terrorists’:

• ‘JihadJane’ Indictment Alleges Threat from within U.S. (LA Times)

Iranian blogger says “this week’s change in U.S. policy was too little too late. ‘During the aftermath of the elections it might have had an effect. But now it’s just a symbolic act””:

• Iran Blocking Foreign, Domestic Web Sites to Curb Anti-Government Activists (Washington Post)

Refusing to submit to additional security screenings, Senator Abbas Khan Afridi returns home a hero, unwilling to submit to what are viewed as unjust demands of the US:

• Upset by U.S. Security, Pakistanis Return as Heroes (NY Times)

All Americans, not just Muslims should be concerned about US Census questions that go beyond the Constitutional mandate of enumeration for Congressional apportionment:

• Some Muslims, Fearing Backlash, Worry About Intent of Census (Washington Post)

“Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Sunni Islam’s most senior religious figure, has died during a visit to Saudi Arabia”:

• Al-Azhar Head Dies in Saudi Arabia (Al Jazeera)

A “key figure in the Saudi back-channel talks described [Mullah Abdul Ghani] Baradar’s arrest as a ‘letdown’ and ‘a huge blow’ to the fledgling peace initiative”:

• Why Mujahideen and Saudi Lawyers Hold the Key to Peace in Afghanistan (Guardian)

An inside look at Hussein’s aborted attempt to develop nuclear weapons:

• Saddam Hussein Weighed Nuclear ‘Package’ Deal in 1990, Documents Show (Washington Post)

Imran

Minaret of Freedom Institute Program Assistant