Afghanis complained Holbrooke was more concerned with their neighbors than them; now his death complicates a war “plagued by unreliable partners, reluctant allies and an increasingly skeptical American public” …
- Holbrooke’s Death Leaves Major Void in Obama’s Afghan Strategy (Washington Post)
… and the diplomat’s last words to his doctors were, “You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan”:
Keine Muslime erlaubt!:
- Muslim Employees of D.C. Hotel Say They Were Barred from Floors where Israelis Stayed (Washington Post)
“Douglasville Police Chief Joe Whisenant characterized the incident at the time as a miscommunication”:
- Woman Arrested for Wearing Hijab Sues Georgia City (AP / Salon)
Paranoid about separatist feelings, Indian police swing clubs at Muslims commemorating “the death of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein, in the battle of Karbala on Ashura”:
Britain denies conscientious objector status to a Navy medic with an implication that as an atheist his objection to the killing of civilians in Afghanistan constitutes a political, not moral reservation about the war:
- My Conscientious Objector Husband (Guardian)
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