News and Analysis (5/1-2/2010)

The Taliban, the former mujahideen commanders “and the Karzai government, and foreign troops … commit crimes against our people. When the foreign troops go, we will only have two left to deal with”:

Ahmadinejad says the subsidies “benefit Iran’s wealthy more than the poor,” but are the $20 per person handouts that will replace them a safety cushion or “a political tool to bolster his position?”

As the US continues to pressure Israeli and Palestinian leadership into “indirect talks” later this month …

… Members of the Arab League sign off on the process:

Claiming there is no other opportunity to make a living, an anonymous Pakistani discusses the process of smuggling bomb making materials into Afghanistan:

Supporting innovative writing, Merit Publishing has cornered the market on Egyptian writing talent:

With estimates of civilian deaths ranging “from fewer than 30 since 2008 to more than 700 just last year,” drones attacks elicit mixed responses in Pakistan:

Imran

Minaret of Freedom Institute Program Assistant


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