“This recent crackdown may play into a growing feeling that Hamas is no longer a resistance movement, but a government set on keeping both its power and keeping things fairly quiet with Israel”:
- Growing Threat to Hamas: Gazans Who Think it has Sold Out (Christian Science Monitor)
Reconciliation and peace remain the top priority of Afghani voters…
… Meanwhile, Karzai continues to seek reelection no matter what the cost:
- Dostum’s Return to Afghanistan: a Nod to ‘Warlord Politics’ (Christian Science Monitor)
The proposed law would severely restrict the development of civil society while awarding the Iraqi government extensive control over NGOs:
- Iraq’s Proposed Assault on NGOs (Guardian)
Mir Masoud Hosseinian compares the dissidence in Iran to two brothers arguing about the best driving route to the same destination:
As the Iraqi governments seeks to reconcile militant factions and consolidate its power, US interests take a backseat to Iraqi objectives: