Led by British MP George Galloway, protesters were denied entry into Gaza as Egyptian police threw stones and used water cannons to disperse the crowd …
- Egyptian Police Clash with Gaza Aid Convoy (Al Jazeera)
… Meanwhile, Israel scores the first killing of 2010 in an attack on the southern city of Khan Younis:
- Gaza Militant Killed in Israeli Air Strike (BBC News)
An argument for freedom of choice, “If you can get on an airplane wearing a face veil, you can go to class at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy wearing a face veil”:
- College Bans Certain Head Coverings (AP / NY Times)
“’It’s gotten to be like the old whack-a-mole game, where we’ve hit them here, but they’ve just popped right back up over there,’ - Judith Yaphe, a former CIA Middle East analyst”:
- Yemen Sharpens Debate: Are Wars the Answer to Terrorism? (Christian Science Monitor)
With the sidelined Nasser al-Bahri’s declaration that Yemen’s rehabilitation efforts have not diminished his admiration for al-Qaeda …
- Former bin Laden Bodyguard is Among Ex-guerrillas in Yemen (Washington Post)
… Obama’s previous claim that closing Guantanamo would make US security safer is undermined by fear that that the Guantanamo experience may have prepped detainees to join or rejoin the re-assertive al-Qaeda:
- Return of Yemeni Detainees at Guantanamo Bay is Suspended (Washington Post)
Yar ‘Adua’s mysterious disappearance “has thrust the country into an immediate constitutional crisis”:
- After the Plane Bomber, Where in the World is Nigeria’s President? (Huffington Post)
Utilizing a “passive defenseâ€, Iran has essentially eliminated the effectiveness of a conventional military attack and left its opponents guessing as to the extent of their nuclear program
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