The US seeks a freeze on nuclear related assets, an expanded ban on individual travel, and an outright ban on arms exports and transactions for listed Iranian banks, but no sanctions on oil exports:
Under Iraqi law, US forces are on their way out and some argue that their tactics are part of an effort to claim responsibility for the US exit from Iraq:
Polls show increasing polarization and “the PVV, which campaigns against Muslim immigration as its main platform, would win the most seats — 27 in the 150-member Dutch parliament — in the June 9 election”:
- Dutch Anti-Islam Leader is Major Winner in Polls (Reuters / Washington Post)
Maj. Gen. Tariq Khan declares what he believes to be an end to the Bajaur operations along the Afghan border:
- Pakistan Seizes Taliban and Al Qaeda Cave Network (Christian Science Monitor)
Armenian-American groups push for legislation on the 1915 massacres that would threaten “an emerging agreement between Turkey and neighboring Armenia to normalize ties”:
- Armenia-Turkey Dispute over Genocide Label Sets off Lobbying Frenzy (Washington Post)
The first step for “the closest [thing] to a truly representative process since the US-led invasion”…
- Early Voting Ahead of Iraq Election (Al Jazeera)
… while, the largest and more important question remains, who will emerge victorious and lead Iraq’s political future?
- Maliki’s Hold on Power Uncertain (LA Times)
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