American juries won’t accept contribution of FBI provocateurs with questionable backgrounds as an excuse for criminal activity:
- Informer’s Role in Bombing Plot (NY Times)
Contradicting a Bush era acquiescence to Israeli expansionism, the Obama administration is pressing for a full stop on settlement expansion, including “natural growth” construction:
- U.S. Urges Israel to End Expansion (Washington Post)
Are ulterior motives behind the imprisonment of Imama Zoubir?
- EXCLUSIVE: Jailed Houston Imam Zoubir Bouchikhi Speaks from Private Immigration Prison (Democracy Now)
“The U.S. has routinely used the arbitrary powers it assumed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks to hold journalists without charge in Iraq, as well as Afghanistan and Pakistan” – the Committee to Protect Journalists:
Diplomacy and cooperation should lead the way to political stability:
- Tehran Hosts Trilateral Summit (Al Jazeera)
Victims of sectarian violence remain stranded with no aid or hope to return to their past life:
- For Displaced Iraqis, ‘No Life’ (Washington Post)
Elements of Sufism and Wahabism are seen in what are considered Somlai “moderates:”
- For Somalia, Chaos Breeds Religious War (NY Times)
