The rejection of political expulsion sends a strong message that our revolution continues, without revenge,” Khemais Kessila of Nidaa Tounes was quoted as saying by the Reuters news agency. “It shows that we are avoiding any divisions”:
“Security cooperation and the peace deal with Israel are trump cards in Washington, whichever party is in power… Egypt’s current military leadership and their president-in-waiting … are betting that Obama is no more wedded to his democracy agenda than either Bush or Bill Clinton” …
- When It Comes to Egypt, Take Note of American Actions, Not Words (Christian Science Monitor)
… and a former senior intelligence analyst for the US State Department focused on the Middle East … connects the terrorism-first thinking on Egypt to the Obama administration’s mishandling of Iraq” …
- The Sinai, Terror, and the US Response to Egypt (Christian Science Monitor)
… and Robert Kagan argues, “If one believes that any hope for moderation in the Arab world requires finding moderate voices not only among secularists but also among Islamists, America’s current strategy in Egypt is producing the opposite result” …
- Why the United States Shouldn’t Support Egypt’s Ruling Generals (Washington Post)
… but Michael Dunne takes hope in the fact that this “is the first time in 40 years any US administration has suspended military deliveries to Egypt for any reason”:
- Is US Policy on Egypt Shifting? (Christian Science Monitor)
“Riot police in Turkey have used tear gas and water cannon to prevent demonstrators defying a ban on protests on Istanbul’s central Taksim Square. The Anatolia news agency said several demonstrators were injured and at least five detained”:
“Qatari women outnumber men 2 to 1 at university, but a lack of work opportunities used to mean that a college degree was the end game. That’s changing”:
- Educated and Ambitious, Qatari Women Nudge Their Way into the Office (Christian Science Monitor)
“[M]utual mistrust between Shia majority and large Sunni minority appears to have been vindicated lately by reports that … reinforced a popular sentiment in Iraq that there are elements in Saudi Arabia who are masterminding what they consider to be a regional war against Shia Islam…
“The Ministry of Defence breached English law, Afghan law, human rights legislation and international law by allowing British troops to detain Afghans for long periods without trial, the high court has ruled in a judgment with potentially huge implications for military commanders”:
“At least 18 people, including 11 children, have been killed in two suicide bombings in the Syrian province of Hama, state media has reported”:
“Dubbed ‘A Million Woman March,’ participaSyria Hama ‘suicide attacks kill 11 children’ ()nts held signs reading ‘Find our Daughters.’ Speaking at the march in Abuja, a former Nigerian cabinet member Obiageli Ezekwesili said the military had ‘no coherent search-and-rescue” plan’”:
- Nigerians Lambast Government Inaction as Hundreds of School Girls Remain Missing (Christian Science Monitor)
“[W]e would better cherish the memories of the dead if we could bury hatred altogether. Everybody can become partners in this, and for our own part we see clearly that unless justice is done for others it will not be done for us”:
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