“‘Because of the explosions and because there is no honorable man I can elect, I stayed at home,’ said Ali Malek Hussein, who lives in eastern Baghdad”…
- Violence Mars Early Hours of Voting in Iraq (Washington Post)
… Meanwhile, US forces continue to play out their role as the lame duck in Iraq:
- As Iraq votes, U.S. Content to Keep its Distance (Washington Post)
$14.8 billion in contract payments, grants and other benefits was given to companies that defied American sanctions law by making large investments that helped Iran develop its vast oil and gas reserves:
In making laws conducive and ending corruption is hope that mining, currently is 1% of Afghanistan GDP, can revive the economy:
- Can Afghanistan Economy Thrive Without Poppy? (Christian Science Monitor)
Army Maj. Gen. William Nash says Guantanamo is not really closed by moving trials to America for “a bastardized version of justice known as military commissions” that leaves “the job undone”:
Chanting “no to ethnic cleansing”, the protest was the largest of its kind in decades:
- Thousands March in Jerusalem Rally (Al Jazeera)
A reminder of the lack of political freedoms available in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
- Saudi Security Confiscate Books by Reformer (AP / Washington Post)
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