As the Taliban deny reports that they would kill playboy-cricket-star turned Islamist-politician Imran Khan if comes to their home turf to protest drone attacks, a defender of the potential of drones to reduce collateral damage denies that he ever claimed that potential has been demonstrated in the current US warfare in the Muslim world:
- Taliban Spokesman Says Group’s Leaders Will Decide if Pakistani Cricket Star Can Hold Protest (Washington Post)
- The Morality of Drone Warfare Revisited (Guardian)
Although Gaza is suffering from the border closing in the wake of the Sinai attacks …
- Gaza Closure After Egypt Border Attack Sends Prices Soaring, Leaves Medical Patients Stranded (AP / Washington Post)
… “Gaza merchant Abdel Dayem Abu Medain said Thursday he is giving money to the victims’ families ‘to reflect the depth of our relations with Egypt’:
- Gaza Merchant Promises $10,000 Each to Families of 16 Egyptian Soldiers Killed in Sinai Attack (AP / Washington Post)
Libya’s “first peaceful transition of power in its modern history … comes amid heightened violence” …
… but unsatisfied with the chaos his intervention into Libya has wreaked on Africa, Sarkozy wants to do the same for the Arab world, as Assad takes back the Salah-al-Din district and Iran tries its hand at the diplomatic route:
- Sarkozy Ignites Furor with Push for Foreign Intervention in Syria (Christian Science Monitor)
- Syria Crisis: Rebels Lose Key District of Aleppo (BBC)
- Iran Convenes Conference on Syria, Vowing to Preserve the ‘Axis of Resistance’ (Christian Science Monitor)
Already under pressure in the aftermath of the Sinai violence …
- Egypt Buries 16 Soldiers Slain in Border Attack (AP / Boston Herald)
- Egypt Fires Intelligence Chief Over Sinai Attack (AP / abc News)
- Egypt Mounts Airstrikes Against Sinai Sites Where It Believes Militants Are Active (Washington Post)
- Gunmen Attack Police Station In Egypt’s Sinai (AP / NPR)
… Morsi is is now taking heat for everything from power outages to press appointments:
- First India, Now Egypt: Massive Power Cut Has Hit Large Parts of Cairo (NY Daily News)
- Muslims Petition Egypt Not to Include Shariah (Washington Post)
- Egyptian Journalists Condemn Brotherhood Influence (AP / UPI / Al-Akhbar)
Religion is less important to Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa, most Muslims believe there is only one way to interpret Islam but most American Muslims disagree, and 10% of the world’s Muslims are converts:
- New US Study Finds Diverse Views in the Muslim World (AFP / Yahoo)
“The issue of Muslim extremism is a hot topic wrought with potential political pitfalls, and yet here is a guy on the short-list for GOP vice-presidential candidates who is directly confronting the topic in the backyard of his own house”:
- Christie Calls Anti-Muslim Conservatives “Bigots” (Philadelphia Inquirer)
A splinter Philippine rebel group’s violent rampage provokes Muslim condemnation and a government crackdown:
- Muslim Leaders Slam BIFM Attacks (Tempo)
- Philippine Troops Assault Breakaway Rebel Lairs (AP / Seattle Times)
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