Month: March 2011

The Obama administration has chosen to defend John Ashcroft’s abuse of “the material witness law to round up people suspected of ties to terrorism, without evidence to charge them with a crime”: Court to Hear Argument over Post-9/11 Arrest (AP /Seattle Times) Will the West rise to the bait to create yet more enemies by…

Despite continuing resignations over the direction of developments in Tunisia: Tunisia Legalises Islamist Group Ennahda (BBC) As protestors, government dispute whether Mousavi and Kourrabi are in jail or under house arrest: Iran Forces Fire Teargas, Clash with Protesters (Reuters) Despite the fact that Gaddafi’s opposition has “seized about half of Libya’s coastline, including a number…