Political motivations undermine the global effort to thwart terrorist financing:
- Terrorism Financing Blacklists At Risk (Washington Post)
Iraqis dismiss the idea a new US president will bring serious change to their lives:
- The U.S. Election, Viewed from Baghdad (LA Times)
Facing the prospect of habeas corpus hearings, the government begins justifying Guantanamo cases narrower grounds:
- Cases Against Detainees Have Thinned (Washington Post)
Pakistan begins arming civilians in an effort curb Taliban influence:
Spies admit to “gathering information on political party offices and monitoring the movements of party figures for this enemy”:
- Lebanon Detains ‘Israeli Spies’ (Al Jazeera)
“With oil prices less than half what they were this summer, Iraqi and American officials are searching for new sources of money to jump-start Iraq’s economy…”
- Iraq and U.S. Confer on Iraqi Economy (NY Times)
… while the British PM offers the Saudis “a say in any future new world economic order” to secure contributions to the IMF bailout reserves:
- Brown Expects Saudi Financial Help (Freedoms Phoenix/abcnews/AP)
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