Musharraf let’s Bhutto go only after quashing her party’s demonstration and blacking out the media and jeopardizing the U.S. plan for dealing with insurgents in the border provinces with Afghanistan…
- Detention Order Lifted on Benazir Bhutto (Washington Post)
- Pakistani Police Thwart Massive Demonstration (LA Times)
- Keeping Pakistanis in the Dark (Washington Post)
- Pakistan Strife Threatens Anti-Insurgent Plan (Washington Post)
… while Karzai seeks to reconcile with the Taliban:
- Afghanistan Pushes Reconciliation Effort (LA Times)
An ex-Navy instructor declares waterboarding is torture as the Senate approves the man who won’t take a position on the issue to be the next Grand Inquisitor–oops, we mean Attorney General:
- Waterboarding Is Torture, Says Ex-Navy Instructor (Washington Post)
- Mukasey Wins Vote in Senate, Despite Doubts (NY Times)
U.S. frees nine Iranians and hundreds of Iraqi detainees, but Iraqi refugees in the U.S. complain that it still feels like house arrest to them:
- U.S. frees 9 Iranians in Iraq (LA Times)
- 500 Iraqis Freed From Crowded U.S. Detention Center (NY Times)
- Iraqi Refugees in Arizona (Washington Post)
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