The recent judicial decision to uphold the hijab ban, leads Turkey’s speaker of parliament and Human Rights Watch to call for revising the nation’s constitution to enforce separation of powers and uphold human rights, respectively:
- Turkish Speaker Seeks to Curtail Court’s Powers (Reuters/Washington Post)
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei expresses his opposition to a pending US-Iraqi bilateral security agreement…
- Iranian Leader: US Military is Iraq’s Top Problem (Associated Press/Washington Post)
…meanwhile Baghdad seeks to keep a tight leash on any future troop presence by negotiating for US soldiers to stick to their barracks and private security guards to be subject to Iraqi law:
Senate committee report on Iraq war intelligence fails to explore critical information sources within the Bush administration:
- Records Could Shed Light on Iraq Group (Washington Post)
Indonesia’s greater emphasis on law enforcement and nuanced approach toward Muslims net better anti-terror results than the militarized strategies in the Philippines and Pakistan:
- Experts See Gains Against Asian Terror Networks (New York Times)
- Militants’ Rise In Pakistan Points To Opportunity Lost (Los Angeles Times)
Legal counsel of Gitmo detainee Omar Khadr asserts military personnel destroyed important evidence that bars him from “challenging the reliability of any alleged confessionsâ€:
- Lawyer: Gitmo Interrogators Told To Trash Notes (Associated Press/Washington Post)
Political and security blowback from the Iraq invasion, the weakened US dollar and the opening of new Asian markets for crude oil corrode US-Saudi relations:
- New Forces Fraying U.S.-Saudi Oil Ties (Los Angeles Times)
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