A NY Times editorial demands a full congressional inquiry over why the concerns from FBI agents and career DoJ officials about torture did not register with the White House…
- What the F.B.I. Agents Saw (New York Times)
- Interrogation Tactics Were Challenged at White House (Washington Post)
…just as former detainee Mura Kurnaz tells of his prolonged torture detention at Gitmo, even after being cleared by interrogators:
- Guantánamo Ex-Detainee Tells Congress of Abuse (Christian Science Monitor)
The Bush administration’s hamfisted occupation of Iraq leads to another 8 Iraqi civilian deaths…
- US Strike ‘Kills Iraqi Civilians’ (BBC News)
…meanwhile Iraq theater commander Gen. Petraeus urges a diplomatic solution to Iran before taking over US Central Command…
- Petraeus: Diplomacy, Not Force, With Iran (Washington Post)
…and Gareth Porter questions the Iranian-arms rationale for war by reviewing the (lack of) evidence:
- Where Are Those Iranian Weapons in Iraq? (Inter Press Service/Antiwar.com)
Both Pakistan and Israel ignore the Bush administration’s militant policy advice, choosing negotiations with adversaries instead:
- Pakistan Signs Peace Pact With Militants In Swat (Reuters/Wiredispatch)
- Advice From White House Is Not Always Followed (New York Times)
US military assassination of a Somali militant leads to more, not less violence:
- Somalia Violence Flares in the Wake of U.S. Airstrike (Christian Science Monitor)
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