News and Analysis (3/18/07)

Analysts say the proposed laws “include a ban on political work based on religion and give the state sweeping security powers” to the advantage of the ruling party over the only serious opposition…

… and the “Arab world’s most ambitious democracy movement” is now “in shambles:

As under Saddam, Iraqis again face chemical weapons:

Despite Israeli pressure, Israeli’s “leading sympathisers Britain and the United States both said they would not rule out dealing with non-Islamist members of the new cabinet:

Journalists released in exchange for two Taliban officials held by Kabul, but Ialiabn insist that a third be released:

“Some Iraqi oil experts and politicians are aghast over their government’s approval of a bill that many fear will deliver the country’s oil wealth to international firms on a platter.”

FBI official says “national security letters” were signed “without including the required proof that the letters were linked to FBI counterterrorism or espionage investigations”


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