Further complicating the election crisis “the number of votes cast in 50 cities exceeded the actual number of voters”:
Short of a complete collapse of Iran’s government, Israeli leaders disagree on the most preferred outcome …
- Why Iran’s Ahmadinejad is Preferred in Israel (Christian Science Monitor)
- Israel’s Top Leaders Voice Support for Iran Demonstrators (LA Times)
… while the presence of American troops next door to Iran complicates Iraq’s relationship with its top trading partner:
- Uneasy Iraq Weighs Implications of the Political Crisis Next Door (Washington Post)
Despite the previous failures of interventionism in Somalia:
- Ethiopian Troops Return to Somalia (Christian Science Monitor)
In anticipation of reconciliation talks,
- Abbas Orders Hamas Prisoner Release (Al Jazeera)
“Air power contains the seeds of our own destruction if we do not use it responsibly…. If it is just to defeat the enemy, then we are not going to do it, even if it means we are going to step away from that firefight and fight another time†– General McChrystal
Without seeming to realize that he is doing so, Zardari resurrects the Vietnam era “domino theory” to justify continued U.S. intervention:
- The Frontier Against Terrorism (Washington Post)
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