In a continued effort to distance himself from the policies of his predecessor Tony Blair, current British PM Gordon Brown wants 5 British legal residents returned to the Kingdom, however disputes remain over legality and feasibility of restrictions sought by the US government and thus far rejected by Britain:
- Britain Asks to Take Back 5 Guantánamo Detainees (New York Times)
As Musharraf blasts earlier comments about invading Pakistan to go after Al-Qai’da, he along with 100 out of 350 delegates won’t attend massive peace meeting meant to end violence in tribal areas:
- Musharraf: Don’t Talk about Attacking Pakistan (Los Angeles Times)
- Musharraf Pulls Out of Peace Council (Associated Press/Los Angeles Times)
Middle East expert Juan Cole investigates the recent proliferation of rosy views of the surge in Iraq and find they don’t measure up to the facts:
- A Surge of Phony Spin on Iraq (Salon.com)
Comparing the Qur’an to Hitler’s Mein Kampf, extreme-right Dutch MP makes racist tirade in a Dutch newspaper column calling for banning the Qur’an, Muslim immigrantion and mosques in the Netherlands:
- Dutch MP Calls for Ban on Quran (Al-Jazeera)
Jewish, Christian and Muslim inmates sue for their right to have access to religious texts which are being banned for fear of “find[ing] hateful or radicalizing (read: terrorist) materials in chapel librariesâ€:
- BeliefWatch: Banned? (MSNBC)
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