Using more tricks to undermine its opposition, the government says it will not deter exiled former PM Bhutto from returning, but also says that she will have to face old corruption charges when she gets back, meanwhile more security turmoil rocks Pakistan as at least 60 people have died in clashes with the Taliban:
- Bhutto to Return to Pakistan on Oct. 18 (Associated Press/Washington Post)
- Violence Kills More Than 60 in Pakistan (Washington Post)
“By conventional shorthand, it is a society at war with itself. Rebels battle the government; the government battles the rebels. Yet the reality is more complicated. Lately, the fighting often as not pits tribe against tribe, warlord against warlord.†– Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations Secretary General
- What I Saw in Darfur (Washington Post)
While members of Congress accuses Bush of trying to spin reduction of troops to pre-surge levels as a response to growing antiwar sentiment, a NY Times editorial argues that the President’s failed surge has left America without a plan:
- Troop Cuts Phoney, Bush Critics Say (Edmonton Journal)
- No Exit, No Strategy (New York Times)
International lawyer argues to “give democracy a chance” because a democratic bi-national one-state solution is the only means of solving “the Palestinian problem†and “the Zionism problemâ€:
- Palestine: Democracy Not Zionism (Christian Science Monitor)
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