Month: May 2011

“An American Muslim who was jailed for 16 days under harsh conditions by US counterterrorism agents but never charged with a crime has lost his bid to hold former Attorney General John Ashcroft legally responsible for the ordeal”: Supreme Court: US Muslim Cannot Sue Ashcroft for 2003 Detention Ordeal (Christian Science Monitor) “A prominent Pakistani…

“Leaders of the Group of Eight called on Yemen’s president to quit on Thursday” and the U.S. recalled its diplomats in the face of a looming civil war: Yemen Heads Toward Civil War as Saleh Escalates Fight with Major Tribal Leader (Christian Science Monitor) “15 years on the run from genocide charges,” the ex-Serb commander…

“Congress continues to neuter itself when it comes to our constitutional responsibility…. “We continue to give away more and more of our authority, and I just think it’s wrong”: Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-NC): Measure Would Widen President’s Power to Fight Terrorists (LA Times) “Let me put it this way: We robbed our own bank”…

“Yemen’s President Saleh again rejected a deal to transfer power and allowed armed supporters to surround an embassy where the US ambassador was meeting with European and Arab envoys”: Yemen Crisis Worsens as Saleh Loyalists Trap US Ambassador (Christian Science Monitor) Is it now safe for Egyptians to criticize the military? “This is freedom of…

Obama’s call to push the Palestinian right of return to the back burner is a step backwards, but the fact that he mentioned that Palestinians have a right to return at all is a step forward: Obama: U.S. Future Is Bound to the Middle East (abc News) The measure would force Muslims and Jews to…

Furious anti-American protesters poured into the streets of a city in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, shouting out objections to an overnight U.S.-led military raid that killed four people, including two women. 25 Killed in Afghanistan Protest, Car Bombing (LA Times) In “a familiar twist, last-minute snags appeared to be holding up the deal that would…

As “Pakistani security forces arrested a senior al-Qaida operative in … the first major move against Osama bin Laden’s network inside Pakistan since his death,” the split with Pakistan widens as Pakistan Protests After NATO Helicopters Wound Troops and the AP reveals disturbing details about the assassination of bin Ladin: Osama bin Laden’s Guns Found…

At least twelve demonstrators have been killed and “scores wounded” by Israeli troops gunning down “Palestinian refugees who gathered on” its borders “to demand a return to the homes they were forced to leave” … Palestinian Refugees Call for Third Intifada During Deadly Clashes at Israel-Lebanon Border (Christian Science Monitor) … and Israel tries to…