Author: Alejandro

Bush administration intends to go ahead with plan to put “Big Brother in the sky”: Domestic Use of Spy Satellites To Widen (Washington Post) Violent disintegration of Iraq ravages people of all faiths, not just Muslims: Minority Religions Under Attack in Iraq (Associated Press/Washington Post) Bush administration sought special terrorist designation against Iranian government paramilitary…

“One of America’s strengths in this war lies in being able to rally other nations to its side by upholding universal principles. That same strength also weakens terrorists. The jury may well find Padilla guilty, but it may also see the injustice done in his case, and decide otherwise. Victory in war is sometimes a…

Re-nomination of Abdullah Gul for Turkey’s President re-ignites bitter debate between the Islamic-oriented AKP and its secular rivals: Turkish Presidential Pick Sets Up Clash, Again (New York Times) Human Rights Watch report slams all sides in Somali conflict and alleges government soldiers and Ethiopian allies intentionally bombed civilian neighborhoods in Mogadishu to eliminate insurgents: Civilian…

You need a permit to demonstrate in Lafayette Park, too, but ensuring an orderly protest doesn’t mean that you should ban journalists’ access to the event either: Hamas Bans Unregistered Protests (Al-Jazeera) Bush administration’s political mastermind that helped prop up failed policies says he’s leaving his position “for the sake of my family:” Karl Rove,…

Seeing the adverted crisis, emergency law as the political nail in the coffin, prominent Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid argues that Musharraf should drop his bid for the Presidency and the United States should drop their support for Musharraf…  Musharraf’s State of Emergency (Washington Post)  …meanwhile the Pakistani leader acknowledges failure of his policies against the…

Newsweek correspondent Vivian Salama notes how current security-based racial profiling is mirroring the past and denigrating American principles of liberty, justice and equality: Track Record Doesn’t Inspire Confidence (Washington Post) With Bush’s surge and ham-fisted diplomacy in Iraq failing, he now seeks the once “irrelevant” UN to help broker political deals with Iraq and its…

Musharraf avoids using weapon of “mass political destruction”, deciding not to curtail civil liberties further and declare a state of emergency: Musharraf Decides Against Emergency (Associated Press/Washington Post) Muslim and Latino organizations work together to prevent a Virginia county from cracking down on illegal immigrants: Groups to Fight Crackdown on Immigrants (Washington Post) Many criticisms…

In a continued effort to distance himself from the policies of his predecessor Tony Blair, current British PM Gordon Brown wants 5 British legal residents returned to the Kingdom, however disputes remain over legality and feasibility of restrictions sought by the US government and thus far rejected by Britain: Britain Asks to Take Back 5…