Too busy suppressing political dissent? Egyptian police neglect to protect girls from attacks by hundreds of young men in Cairo on Eid:
- Cairo Street Crowds Target Women (BBC News)
Military claims no force is involved when strapping detainees to a chair and using “tubes inserted into their nostrils and down into their stomachs†to feed striking detainees:
- Guantanamo Strikers’ Force-Feeding Adapted to Ramadan (Reuters/Washington Post)
Syria and Iran respond to US accusations of planning a coup in Lebanon: “They are practicing terrorism while accusing others of it. The problem in Lebanon is U.S. and Israeli interference.â€
- Syria, Iran dismiss U.S. accusation on Lebanon (Reuters/Washington Post)
In Gaza, “The Israeli military has asked all men over 16 to gather in a town square for questioning.â€
- Four Die in Raid on Northern Gaza (BBC News)
