Commerce is the key to peace, but Israel refuses to comment on its year-od continuing delay in the release of Palestinian telecomm frequencies:
- Palestinian Cell Service Still on Hold (Christian Science Monitor)
McClellan writes that while Iraq was a “serious strategic blunder,†the “biggest mistake the Bush White House made … was ‘a decision to turn away from candor and honesty when those qualities were most needed’â€:
The new Iranian parliament, more conservative, and headed by Iran’s former chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, warns of resistance to politicization of the nuclear development issue:
- Ahmadinejad Rival Takes Powerful Post in Iran (LA Times)
- Iran Threatens to Limit U.N. Access (NY Times)
With the declining presence of the common al-Qaeda enemy, Iraqi factionalism resurges:
- Iraq’s Main Sunni Bloc Suspends Government Talks (Reuters)
- A Reporter Returns to Iraq and Finds Guarded Optimism (Christian Science Monitor)
Amnesty International report cites Guanatanamo, extraordinary renditions, and torture as well as “‘flashpoints’ in Darfur, Zimbabwe, Gaza, Iraq and Myanmar”:
- Human Rights Report Assails U.S. (NY Times)
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