News and Analysis Updates (8/7/06)

Attending pro-Israel rallies while ignoring peace vigils send an embbarrassing message:

• L.A. Mayor Apologizes to Muslim Leaders (AP/Washington Post)

Afghanis complain: “I don’t need a department to decide if I am a bad or a good Muslim.”

• In Afghanistan, a Crackdown on Imported Pleasures (Washington Post)

Morrocan alleges deportation threats are used to extort Muslims into become informants:

• Pressured to Name Names (LA Times)

Muslim American Marines who served in Iraq recount the difficulties faced at home and abroad:

• Sorting Out Life as Muslims and Marines (NY Times)

Somali interim cabinet dissolved but Prime Minister will stay:

• Somalia’s Leaders Sack Government (BBC News)

Military court hears that a soldier “wanted to go to a house and kill some Iraqis”:

• Troops ‘Took Turns’ to Rape Iraqi (BBC News)

Kyrgyz Special Forces allegedly kill ‘popular Imam’

• Popular Kyrgyz Imam Shot Dead (BBC News)

Extremists exploit ethnic and religious estrangement in violence in Southern Thailand:

• Violence and vendettas in Thai south (BBC News)

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