While we cannot agree with Dick Cheney’s arguments for torturing terrorism suspects, we sympathize with his claim that the Obama administration owes Bush an apology after granting itself the right to execute without charges or trial those it proclaims itself too civilized to simulate drowning:
- Anwar al-Awlaki’s Extrajudicial Murder (Guardian)
- Anwar al-Awlaki: Is Killing US-born Terror Suspects Legal? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Cheney: After Yemen Strike, Obama Owes Apology to Bush (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
As a former leader leader of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood expresses his hopes that “the US finally realises that its interests lie with the people and not with the regime” …
- Muslim Brotherhood Wants ‘Democratic’ Syria: Ex-leader (Daily Star)
… mass arrests are reported as a nascent civil war merges and an opposition coalition is formed:
- Activist Says Regime forces Detained More than 3,000 in Rebellious Central Town in Past 3 Days (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
- Syrian Troops Force Insurgents to Retreat from Key Town of Rastan (Christian Science Monitor)
- Syrian Opposition Forms United Front (Daily Star)
Friday’s demonstrations prompt movement on reforms, but skepticism persists:
- Muslim Brotherhood and Wafd Leaders Defend Separate Deal Reached with SCAF (AlAhram)
- Egypt’s Military Rulers Back Down on Election Law, but Concerns Persist (Christian Science Monitor)
“Libya’s transitional leaders named a new Cabinet Monday and said they would step down after the country is fully secured,” which the transitional PM declared would be “after Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte is captured because that would ensure the borders are secure,” promising that the current leaders “will not take part in any future government in any way”:
- Libya’s Post-Gadhafi Rulers Name New Cabinet (abc News)
“The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments that holding cells aren’t covered by a federal law protecting the religious practices of prisoners”:
- Supreme Court Will Let Muslim Woman Sue for Being Forced to Remove Headscarf by Jailers (Washington Post)
“The words “price tag†were spray painted on the mosque, Rosenfeld added — a reference to a Jewish settler practice of attacking Palestinians or the Israeli military in retaliation for government operations or attacks against Jewish settlements”:
- Jewish Extremists Suspected of Torching Mosque in Northern Israel, Causing Heavy Damage (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
Phillipine security oficials speculate that a loose affiliation of “Muslim militants and outlaws” were behind the kidnapping:
- Filipino Militants Free US Woman, Still Hold Son (Boston Globe)
“Karzai’s announcement that the Afghan government will now focus negotiation efforts on Pakistan comes as an acknowledgement that previous peace talks were not working. But many observers say that they worry the president’s new push to involve Pakistan more may not achieve better results”:
- Karzai to End Taliban Peace Talks, Focus on Pakistan Ties (Christian Science Monitor)
The terrorist suspect is accused of both “helping plot a suicide bombing in a church in the Central Java town of Solo on Sept. 25 that injured 22 worshippers” and “plotting an April suicide bombing that injured 30 police officers praying in a mosque in the West Java town of Cirebon”:
- Indonesia Arrests Muslim Militant Suspected of Plotting Suicide Attacks at Church, Mosque (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
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