“[P]olice prevented anyone from trying to help 32-year-old Shaimaa el-Sabbagh after she was shot. El-Sabbagh, a mother of a small boy, died Saturday after birdshot fired by police hit her in the head during a rally she took part in”:
- Egyptian Police Criticized over Death of Female Protester (AP /abc News)
“Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon targeted an Israeli convoy in a heavily militarized border region northwest of the Golan Heights with six anti-tank missiles, killing two soldiers …Â as a much-anticipated response to an Israeli drone strike Jan. 18 on the Syrian Golan that killed six Hezbollah fighters”:
- Hezbollah Strikes Back at Israel: Why Escalation Is Not Inevitable (Christian Science Monitor)
“If an invader kills someone who is trying to resist the invasion, that does not count as heroic self-defense. The invader is the aggressor. The “invadee†is the defender. If anyone’s a hero, it’s the latter” — Sheldon Richman
- The American Sniper Was No Hero (Future of Freedom)
As with the Bergdahl exchange,  “the principle of bringing soldiers home when you’ve sent them into harm’s way is a powerful one”:
- Jordan Would Swap a Mass Murderer for Its ISIS-held Pilot. Is that a Mistake? (Christian Science Monitor)
“It really is not required for western women to wear a headscarf when they are in a Muslim country.  They could do it, certainly it is a sign of respect but it’s not a requirement” – Anita McBride, the former chief of staff to Laura Bush:
“The group, calling itself “Islamic State in Tripoli Province,” said it launched the attack Tuesday to avenge the death of Abu Anas al-Libi, who was snatched off a Tripoli street by U.S. special forces in 2013 and died in U.S. custody earlier this month due to complications from liver surgery”:
- Islamic State Loyalists Claim Responsibility for Libya Hotel Attack (Christian Science Monitor)
The girl who tweeted that she wanted to ‘pull a Mulan’ by heading to Syria, a cultural reference to a Disney movie, which the co-author of a recent study finds “fascinating because these people are Western, but also simultaneously loathe Western society”:
Afghanis are disappointed over the failure to establish a government, but still prefer the incumbents to  their predecessors:
- After Vote, Afghanistan Still Can’t Form Working Government. Why? (Christian Science Monitor)
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