FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds alleges criminal negligence and/or complicity is behind some important US officials selling nuclear secrets to Pakistani intelligence through Turkish agents and Turkish and Israeli penetration of sensitive military and academic institutions:
- For Sale: West’s Deadly Nuclear Secrets (Sunday Times)
Antiwar activist and 1972 Presidential candidate George McGovern makes the case for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney:
- Why I Believe Bush Must Go (Washington Post)
Fighting cultural patriarchy and fears of post 9/11 authority, advocates of battered Muslim women slowly gain ground by allying with sympathetic imams, interpreting the Qur’an, and establishing more social support organizations:
- Abused Muslim Women in U.S. Gain Advocates (New York Times)
One historian argues much of Western Europe’s medieval identity formation is based not only on Christianity, but political opposition to Muslim territorial expansion and desire to rival Muslims’ intellectual progress:
- What Islam Wrought (Washington Post)
Lebanese parliamentary majority endorses draft Arab League plan to end the country’s constitutional crisis after Syria gives its endorsement:
- Hariri Welcomes Arab League Plan (Al-Jazeera International)
Gulf states seek greater rapprochement with Iran due to business interests and quashing of domestic political reform movements:
- Why U.S. Strategy on Iran is Crumbling (Christian Science Monitor)
Bush continues to rely on the same failed strategy of support individual politicians, not civil society, to bring security to Pakistan, but may undermine those efforts if he decides expand U.S. covert action in Pakistan:
- U.S. Relying on Two in People’s Party to Help Stabilize Pakistan (Washington Post)
- Democracy Gets Small Portion of U.S. Aid (Washington Post)
- U.S. Considers New Covert Push Within Pakistan (New York Times)
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