In statements pregnant with hypocrisy, both Bush and Bin Laden slam Arab governments for their authoritarian policies and Israel’s violent repression Muslim Palestinians repectively …
- Bush’s Speech Prods Middle East Leaders (New York Times)
…meanwhile Americans of various political orientations continue to fight Bush’s erosion of domestic civil liberties…
- NBC’s Lauer Falsely Suggested Only “The Far Left” Is Concerned About Bush’s Alleged Civil Liberties Violations (Media Matters)
…and Al-Qaeda and its affliates continue perpetrating its bloody crimes against Muslims in the name its ideology:
- Bombing at Iraq Funeral Kills 20 (BBC News)
- Suicide Blasts Kill 6, Injure 8 in S. Afghanistan (Associated Press/Wiredispatch)
Palestinian-Americans commemorate the Nakba on the Washington DC Mall, and in 20 other cities nationwide, through a quilt representing each of the 400 villages destroyed in 1948:
- Palestinian Quilt Presents a Different Viewpoint (Washington Post)
Indonesian VP Kalla asserts that Indonesia’s market-oriented growth is stymied by an elite few with strong political ties to the state…
- RI Business Progress Remains Dependent on Govt Support: VP (The Jakarta Post)
…whereas pushes for necessary privatization of Kuwait’s economy are in question with the newly elected parliament favoring a “cradle-to-grave welfare systemâ€:
- Hard-Liners’ Win in Kuwait Puts Reformers’ Goals in Doubt (Christian Science Monitor)
Islamabad’s internal fault lines not only hamper a deal on the judges, but resolving issues with New Delhi on Kashmir and the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India oil pipeline:
