The idiotic plot to kill a Saudi ambassador on American soil makes a dubious excuse to accelerate the belligerence with Iran …
- D.C. Terror Plot: Obama Vows To Seek Tough Sanctions Against Iran (Huffington Post)
… because it is hard to credit Holder’s accusations of a link to top Iranian government officials:
- Iranians See Ahmadinejad as Disconnected from Alleged Plot (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
- Mansour Arbabsiar Recalled as Upbeat About Finances During Summer Encounter (Washington Post)
- Assassination Plot Was So Clumsy, Officials at First Doubted Iran’s Role (Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
The prisoner release gives Israel another opportunity to demonstrate its contempt for international law by deporting hundreds of people from their own country:
If the NTC persists in sectarian violence, prisoner abuse, and arms prliferation, they may make not only Libyans, but even NATO, pine for the return of the deposed delusional strongman:
- Islamic Shrine Desecrations Raise Fears of Religious Tensions in Post-Gadhafi Libya (AP / Washington Post with Foreign Policy)
- Libya’s NTC Accused of Detainee Abuse (AlJazeera)
- Amnesty Urges Libya to Tackle ‘Stain’ of Detainee Abuse (BBC)
- Libyan Arms Flow Into Egypt Across Northern Sinai (NPR)
Kazakhstan’s dictator calls his planned restrictions on freedom of religion, such as banning “prayer rooms in all state institutions” a means to strengthen religious tolerance, but Western human rights groups disagree and “Kazakhstan’s Supreme Mufti, Absattar Derbisali, said this could anger pious Muslims and spur extremism”:
Promises, promises! “The government had said on May 11, after deadly unrest, that it would prepare within a month legislation to lift restrictions on church building….”:
- Egypt Says To Resolve Thorny Issue of Church Permits (AFP / France 24)
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