News and Analysis (4/7/10)

Although he is an American citizen, CIA agents are now authorized to kill Anwar al-Aulaqi:

• Muslim Cleric Aulaqi Is 1st U.S. Citizen on List of Those CIA is Allowed to Kill (Washington Post)

Following injury with insult, Israel charges about £8,000 for storage fees and the clothes turned out to be ruined from years of sitting in shipping containers …

• Small Comfort for Traders as Gaza Blockade Loosened (Guardian)

… Meanwhile, Palestine’s chief negotiator says, “[i]t appears that all the consultations that have happened with the Israeli government and the American administration and other states have reached a dead end, with Israeli positions insisting on a continuation of settlement”:

• Erekat: US Efforts to Jumpstart Israeli-Palestinian Talks Hit ‘Dead End’ (Christian Science Monitor)

Protesting the decades old emergency law which restricts an array of personal rights:

• Egyptian Pro-Democracy Demonstrators Beaten, Arrested in Cairo (Washington Post)

As law makers work to restore Pakistani democracy to its original form, analysis highlight the fact that no elected government has ever lasted a full term and it seems the rule of law is often up for grabs:

• Pakistan Weighs Changes to Revise Constitution (NY Times)

President Obama’s Afghan strategy revolves around a complacent Afghani government, how will Karzai’s remarks change that scenario?

• Afghan President Karzai’s Anti-Western Remarks Leave Many Guessing  Sincerity (LA Times)

Imran

Minaret of Freedom Institute Program Assistant