Harris Interactive poll finds majority of Americans are dissatisfied with current status of counterterrorism policies and health of civil liberties:
- U.S. Upset with Bush on Terrorism, Civil Liberties (Angus Reid)
In spite of recent hullaboo made over alleged Iranian assistance to militias in Iraq, a government think-tank’s “snapshot†look at Muslim foreign fighters finds Saudis and Libya are the most active:
- New Look at Foreign Fighters in Iraq (Christian Science Monitor)
Religious advisers to President Karzai misuse Islam as a club to expand their political influence by touting archaic and un-Islamic punishments as a solution to dealing with alleged Christian proselytizing and seek to clampdown on certain television shows for their supposed immorality:
- Afghan Clerics Warn Karzai Against Missionaries (Reuters/Washington Post)
- Afghanistan’s Mullahs Demand TV Crackdown (AFP/E-Ariana)
Bush will use his extended tour of the Middle East to continue drumming up support for his confrontational policy with Iran despite a damning NIE report and Arab states’ warming relations with Tehran:
- As Bush Heads to Mideast, Renewed Questions on Iran (Washington Post)
The friction unleashed in the wake of Bhutto’s assassination has more to do with ethno-nationalist Sindhi aspirations than the divide between religious extremism and moderation …
- Strains Intensify in Pakistan’s Ethnic Patchwork (Washington Post)
… while some analysts and officials look to the new Army Chief, Ashfaq Kayani to help stabilize the country, restore the Army’s moral and fight Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants:
- In Musharraf’s Shadow, a New Hope for Pakistan Rises (New York Times)
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