Associated Press finally confirms the orders for torture came from VP Cheney himself, while AG Mukasey makes only a half-hearted attempt to distance himself the recently revealed anti-Fourth Amendment DoJ memo:
- Cheney, Others OK’d Harsh Interrogations (Associated Press/Wiredispatch)
- Mukasey Distances Himself From a Memo on Searches (New York Times)
After caving into the Army generals on Iraq troop withdrawals, Bush also enters into negotiations to extend the US government’s “legal†mandate to occupy Iraq:
- Bush Abdicates to Generals on Iraq (Informed Comment Blog)
- U.S., Iraq Negotiating Security Agreements (Washington Post)
In a move to ease ethno-religious tensions, Malaysia announces a plan to mandate potential converts to Islam to inform their families before switching faiths:
- New Malaysia Rule on Islamic Conversion (Associated Press/Washington Post)
As if to prove that Muslims aren’t the only ones capable of violence and Westerners aren’t the only ones capable of smear tactics, Raed Al-Saeed produces an online video stereotyping the Bible in the mode of Geert Wilders unfair attack on the Qur’an:
- Saudi Blogger Releases Christian Version of ‘Fitna’ (Der Spiegel)
Once riding into power on promises of restoring deposed judges and advancing the rule of law, opposition parties now seek to sideline Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry:
- Pakistan’s New Order Plans Thanks, Goodbye for Judge (Reuters/Wiredispatch)
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