News and Analysis (6/3/07)

Tens of thousands rally to support Pakistan’s former Chief Justice and his campaign for a separation of powers:   

• Thousands of Pakistanis Rally Around Ousted Judge (Washington Post) 

By putting his actions and rhetoric into context, an op-ed in the New York Times argues that popularist Iraqi Shi’a cleric Moqtada As-Sadr is a rational political actor who can be dealt with:   

• An Enemy We Can Work With (New York Times) 

Iran expert draws on historical and contemporary examples to show that Bush’s current policy of regime change is counterproductive and that democracy “cannot be promoted from the top down; it must be reared from within”:   

• Making Iran Our Friend (Los Angeles Times) 

Saudi Guantanamo detainee commits suicide, making him fourth individual to do so at the prison facilities:   

• Guantanamo ‘Suicide’ Inmate Named (BBC News)

Alejandro

Alejandro Beutel is program assistant for the Minaret of Freedom Institute with expertise in religious freedom, democratization and security issues.