“Every time my wife insisted we leave Iraq, I used to tell her to have hope. Then when the first mortar fell near my house I knew that death was knocking at my door.”
- Mortar Wars Terrorize Weary Baghdad Residents (Reuters/Washington Post)
Editorial:US financial service company buys port operations in US from Dubai Ports World, “clos[ing] the chapter on one of the most embarrassing fits of isolationist hysteria in recent U.S. history.”
- Port Protectionism Doesn’t Work (LA Times)
Indonesian woman finds empowerment through reciting the Qur’an in public:
- Her Koran recitals Say A Lot (LA Times)
“You can never have democracy if you can buy justice”
EU Report: “Muslims feel that acceptance by society is increasingly premised on ‘assimilation’ and the assumption that they should lose their Muslim identity”
- Muslim Alienation Risk in Europe (BBC News)
Days after complaining about US attacks, 30 Iraqi Red Crescent workers were kidnapped from its headquarters by men posing as Interior Ministry’s special commandos:
- Red Crescent Halts Baghdad Work (BBC News)
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