A “policy of neither confirming nor denying that Israel even possesses nuclear weapons has allowed the U.S. to deliver the lion’s share of its foreign assistance budget to Israel, despite clear legal prohibitions imposed by the Glenn and Symington amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act:
“The way his commanders have dealt with this is either incompetence or it’s intentional. But either way, it’s just wrong” — Michael L. “Mikey” Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation:
- Muslim Soldier: Army has not Addressed Harassment Complaints (Washington Post)
US officials still have not ruled out sanctions as US reacts to the deal reached by Iran, Turkey and Brazil:
- Iran Nuclear Fuel Swap: How Turkey is Complicating US Aims (Christian Science Monitor)
“[M]any northern states have refused to recognise the law making marriage for people under 18 illegal”:
- Nigerian Senator Marries Girl of 13 (Al Jazeera)
Despite inciting sectarian violence and almost derailing Iraq’s young democracy:
Despite the absence of evidence of wrongdoing on his part, many officials and analysts point to Ahmed Wali Karzai as the scapegoat for the failure to date of intervention in Kandahar:
- Afghanistan War: Kandahar Offensive is Now in the Slow Lane (Christian Science Monitor)
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