With increasing pressure to respect the rights of Guantanamo detainees under American law Afghnais are sent to Afghanistan where lawyers allege they are denied their rights under Afghani law:
- Afghan Detainees Sent Home to Face Closed-Door Trials (Washington Post)
President of the New America Foundation, Steven Coll, argues Pakistan’s re-democratization, not Bush’s counterterrorism policies, is more likely to bring down Bin Laden:
- Target: Bin Laden (Los Angeles Times)
…meanwhile Pakistan’s new government proposes passing a bill re-allowing live broadcasts and dropping punishments for journalists who “ ‘defame’ the president, the government or the army:â€
- Pakistan Drops Media Restrictions (BBC News)
Baghdad’s dismissal of 1,300 soldiers who deserted or refused to fight in the recent Basra offensive and flawed weapons purchases suggests endemic incompetence and corruption within all levels of Iraq’s military:
- 1,300 Iraqi Troops, Police Dismissed (Associated Press/Washington Post)
- Secret Iraqi Deal Shows Problems in Arms Orders (New York Times)
Despite facing some internal and external opposition, Saudi King Abdullah plans to move ahead with his inter-religious dialog conference:
- Saudi Interfaith Summit Faces Challenges (Religion News Service/Washington Post)
“Hamas and their supporters are the only ones who don’t get hurt by this siege”–unemployed 35-yr. old father of five:
- Gaza’s Unemployed Have Handouts or Hamas: Factory Closings Under Israeli Siege Have Strengthened Islamist Group, Critics Say (Washington Post)
PM Gordon Brown’s push for more Big Brother laws leaves him as one of the most unpopular British leaders since the 1930s:
- Terror Revolt Rocks Gordon Brown (The Times of London)
Twelve years after Sudan expelled al-Qaeda, recent events point to an unwelcome return of terrorists “motivated by anger over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, and bombing strikes in Somalia, where U.S. and Ethiopian forces helped topple an Islamic regime”:
- Islamic Extremism Returns to Sudan Capital (Los Angeles Times)
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