Federal prosecutors seek to put Padilla and co-defendants behind bars for life for their dangerous intentions, not violent actions, but all get no more than 17 years:
- Padilla Sentence: Does Terror Training Merit Life? (Christian Science Monitor)
- Padilla Gets 17 Years, 4 Months (Miami Herald)
Failure of Ahmedinejad’s policies forces Supreme Leader Khamenei to side with pragmatic conservatives in the latest fiscal confrontation with hardliners:
- Budgetary Spat in Iran (Los Angeles Times)
Independent analyst Gareth Porter finds the evidence does not support claims of Iranian and Hezbollah involvement in the 1994 bombing of Buenos Aires’ Jewish community center:
- Bush’s Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up (The Nation)
International Crisis Group report finds a militant group in one of Indonesia’s flashpoints is dismantled, but also warns unaddressed issues of justice and corruption could undermine sustainable peace:
- Jihad May Have Ended in Poso, Says Think-Tank (Adkronos International)
Kuwait’s sole female legislator beats off an attempt to have her removed from parliament based on alleged “mismanagement and endangering traditional religious valuesâ€:
- Kuwaiti Woman Politician Survives Vote (Associated Press/New York Times)
Analysts find feudalism and military coups are responsible for the retardation of democratic development in Pakistan:
- Looking Beyond Feudal Politics in Pakistan (Washington Post)
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