The Bush administration makes aggressive and counterproductive moves against militants, claiming credit for a stalled offensive that has set off an intra-shi’a civil war in Iraq…
- Iraqi Army’s Assault on Militias in Basra Stalls (New York Times)
- Iraq Implodes as Shia Fights Shia (Independent)
…and Pakistan where Bush provides more $300m more in last minute military aid and conducts more unilateral strikes as Islamabad’s new government comes to power:
- U.S. Steps Up Unilateral Strikes in Pakistan (Washington Post)
- Bush Clears Way for $300m Aid to Pakistan (The News)
Secularists escalate their politically motivated judicial coup to shut down the AKP by taking it to Turkey’s Constitutional Court:
- In Turkey, Secularists Escalate Fight Against Ruling AKP (Christian Science Monitor)
Human Rights Watch details the Thai army’s torture interrogations used to put down an ethno-nationalist rebellion in the south:
- Detained Muslims Tortured By Thai Army: Rights Body (Reuters/Washington Post)
President of the International Crisis Group, Gareth Evans, finds the economic and political isolation of Hamas a counterproductive failure:
- Punishing Hamas Has Backfired (Christian Science Monitor)
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