As charges are dropped against alleged “20th hijacker†Mohammed al-Qahtani due to flawed evidence based on torture…
- Charges Against 9/11 Suspect Dropped (Washington Post)
…commentators say the cases of al-Qahtani and suicide bomber Abdullah al-Ajmi show Gitmo’s torture regime is immoral, ineffective and counterproductive:
- “20th Hijacker” Blows Up Torture Argument (Philadelphia Daily News)
- The Survivors’ Stories Leave No Doubt: Guantánamo Makes Us All Less Safe (The Guardian)
US officials spin Iranian involvement in Iraqi peace deal as an attempt to stop arming militias, despite a lack of evidence showing Tehran’s complicity:
- Iran Shifts Attention To Brokering Peace In Iraq (Christian Science Monitor)
Pakistan forces withdraw from area where nationalist militants fight for political autonomy and control over their own economic resources…
- Troops ‘Pull Out of Balochistan’ (BBC News)
…meanwhile Asif Zardari gets cleared of another corruption case the day after his suspicious footdragging over judge restoration leads to a split in Pakistan’s coalition government:
- Bhutto’s Husband Cleared of Smuggling Artifacts (Associated Press/Wiredispatch)
