News and Analysis (11/1/06)

Troubled, yes; just not enough to stop the aid.

• U.S. Troubled By Sentencing of Egyptian Politician

Senior advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister calls for “more than a truce:”

• Pause for Peace (NY Times)

After four years of death:

• Israel Opens Door to Saudi Proposal (Chicago Tribune)

Olivier Roy says most Islamists are ready for engagement, and western democrats should be too:

• Islamism’s failure, Islamists’ future (opendemocracy.net)

As the Bush administration drops the phrase “Stay the Course,” critics like Lt. Gen. William E. Odom (ret/) embrace the phrase “cut and run!”

• How to Cut and Run (LA Times)

This is what gives capitalism a bad name:

• U.S. Blunders in Reconstructing Iraq Are Staggering (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Yet another cover-up:

• U.S. Soldier Murdered By Iraqi Police — And Then the Cover-up (Editor and Publisher)

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