Analysts fear the truce will allow the Taliban to “carve out Swat as a political enclave for their influence and rule” and provide sanctuary needed to further destabilize surrounding areas:
- For Pakistan’s Swat Residents, Uneasy Calm (Christian Science Monitor)
A strategy to cut the national deficit, stop funding the destruction (through the Israeli army) and consequential reconstruction of Gaza:
The appointment of Dennis Ross’ as the “adviser to the secretary of state for the Gulf and Southwest Asia” may indicate diplomatic relations with Iran in the near future:
- Veteran Mideast Envoy Ross Named to Advise Clinton on Iran Strategy (Washington Post)
France, Germany, Russia, China and even Iran are seeking lucrative contracts and hope to profit in the rebuilding of Iraq:
- As war Ebbs, Europe Returns to Iraq (Christian Science Monitor)
“To win the insurgency, we’re not going to bomb our way out of this†— Col. Harry A. Foster, instead forces fly low, make “a lot of noise to scare the Taliban — and say they drop bombs as a last resort”:
Detailing 7 years of torture, Mohamed requests “only that the truth should be made known, so that nobody in the future should have to endure what I have endured”:
- Freed Detainee in U.K. Tells of Abuse by U.S (Washington Post)
The extremist “al-Shabab” group claims responsibility for “the deadliest [bombing] so far against the African Union Mission in Somalia:”
- Many Dead in Mogadishu Fighting (Al-Jazeera)
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