Month: January 2014
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News and Analysis (1/13/14)
The EU is happy with the interim agreement to go into effect on January 20, but can Obama prevent legislators intent on war from derailing the process? Iran to Implement Nuclear Deal as Obama Repeats Congress Sanctions Plea (Guardian) Khamenei’s Little Helpers in the Senate (Roll Call) Support for Iran Sanctions Bill Nears Filibuster-proof Majority (Washington…
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News and Analysis (1/10/14)
Karzai’s spokesman denies U.S. claims that there is “strong evidence” against most of the prisoners and insists, “We cannot allow innocent Afghan citizens to be kept in detention for months and years without a trial for no reason at all”: Afghanistan to Free Most Inmates Seen by U.S. as Threat (Reuters) “One court in Cairo sentenced…
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News and Analysis (1/8/14)
“ErdoÄŸan argues that a judiciary and police in the sway of the Hizmet (Service) movement of Fethullah Gülen contrived a graft investigation that is shaking his administration. The police website said the deputy head of the national police … and provincial chiefs … were removed from their posts”: Turkish Police Chiefs Removed from Posts amid Graft…
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News and Analysis (1/6/14)
Could it be that Kerry doesn’t want to repeat the Bush disaster in Iraq, but doesn’t see the danger in Palestine/Israel? Kerry: US Will Support Iraq, but Without Troops (AP / abc News) Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks: Is Kerry OfferingUp US Troops? (Christian Science Monitor) “We should never allow Islam to be desecrated by people who want…
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News and Analysis (1/3/14)
“The charge that the Brotherhood has links to Ansar Beit al-Maqdis is central to the government’s case for labeling the group … as a terrorist organization. The confession is the first purported piece of hard evidence …. to make the link. Human rights advocates say that police frequently use torture and … coercion to produce confessions”….…
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News and Analysis (1/1/14)
“The outgoing head of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) has said Muslim states ought to broaden rights for religious minorities … [and]Â also said western countries should do more to combat an increase of prejudice against Muslims there”:: Muslim States Should Broaden Rights of Non-Muslims, Says Islamic Alliance (Guardian) The regime accelerates it s repression…