“The former soldier, who apologised at sentencing for his crimes, said he wasn’t seeking sympathy nor trying to justify his actions – killings prosecutors described at trial in 2009 as one of the worst crimes of the Iraq war” but that being sent to a war zone had driven him “crazy”:
- ‘I Didn’t Think of Iraqis as Humans,’ Says U.S. Soldier Who Raped 14-year-old Girl Before Killing Her and Her Family (Daily Mail)
The AKP repression of peaceful dissent is exhausting their political capital:
- Turkish Police Fire Tear Gas in Worst Protests in Years (Reuters)
- The Ä°stanbul Problem (Today’s Zaman)
- Turkey’s Erdogan Gets Taste of His Own Medicine? (LewRockwell.com)
- Why the Gezi Park Protests Do Not Herald a Turkish Spring — Yet (Muftah)
- Turkish Protesters Control Istanbul Square After Two Days of Clashes (Guardian)
“Analysts said Sunday’s ruling seemed likely to irritate both sides in Egypt‘s political conflict: the Islamists would be angry that the chamber’s legitimacy had been rejected, and the opposition would be annoyed that the house was not dissolved”:
- Egypt’s Supreme Court Rules Brotherhood-led Upper House Illegal (Christian Science Monitor)
Evidence mounts that the rebels possess the chemical weapons that may have been used in the Syrian conflict:
- 12 Syrian Rebels Found With 2kg of Sarin Gas! (Russia Today)
Funny, they don’t look Jewish:
The disgraceful explanation  why the Senate would vote 99-0 for a resolution to “impose secondary penalties on US allies”, lower the bar for war with Iran and interfere “with the attempt to reach a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear impasse at a delicate time”:
- How AIPAC Rules (World News Daily)
Iran drops even a pretense at free and fair elections:
- Iran Police Deain Aides of Presidential Candidate (AP / abc News)
- Iran Court Bans State-Owned Newspaper for 6 Months (AP / abc News)
“Zaytuna both fills a gap in U.S. higher education and follows tradition. Harvard trained men for the clergy in its early days. Yale was founded by a clergyman. Many highly ranked universities today remain affiliated with a faith, including Baylor (Baptist), Brandeis (Jewish) and Brigham Young (Mormon)”:
- Muslim College Carves Niche in USA (USA Today)
For the Lebanese Parliament, the spillover of war from Syria is an excuse to keep hold of power:
- Syrian Rebels Battle Hezbollah as Border with Lebanon Blurs (Christian Science Monitor)
- Lebanese Parliament Extends Its Term 17 Months (AP / abc News)
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