“U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler told Tsarnaev he did not have to answer questions and could have a lawyer. And he apparently did stop, though other cases in recent years suggest that silence won’t necessarily last”:
- Questions Surround Decisions to Interrogate Bombing Suspect Without Lawyer, then Call a Halt (AP / Washington Post)
“[I]n a letter to Congress the administration made it clear that it did not believe that the evidence was conclusive, saying it only had’”varying amounts of confidence’” in its reliability. Nor did the evidence prove beyond any doubt that the Syrian government had been responsible for using sarin”:
The fact that the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood is better organized than its competitors within the opposition movement and is “flexible in its positions … creates suspicion about its motives”:
- Exiled Muslim Brotherhood Plans Return to Syria (Financial Times / Washington Post)
Mission accomplished? “In the wake of several attacks – including suicide bombings – on Mali’s northern cities, both outside analysts and Malians wonder if the Islamist rebels have been defeated”:
- Peacekeeping Force for Unsettled Mali Gets Unanimous UN Vote (Christian Science Monitor)
“There are at least two reasons why the minority of Americans who hold negative views about Muslims nevertheless support immigration reform”, namely, the broken immigration system must be fixed and the Golden Rule:
- Will the Boston Bombing Change American Attitudes About Muslims and Immigration Reform? (Washington Post)
The alleged drone flight, unconfirmed by UN radar, “comes amid a significant increase in Israel’s aerial violations of Lebanese airspace since the beginning of the year, with up to 34 jets flying in Lebanese skies in one day alone in January”:
- Israel Shoots Down Drone, Hezbollah Denies It’s Theirs (Christian Science Monitor)
“Richard Dart, the son of teachers from Dorset, and his co-conspirators, Jahangir Alom and Imran Mahmood, were sentenced at the Old Bailey for engaging in conduct in preparation of acts of terrorism”:
- British Muslim Convert Jailed for Preparing Acts of Terrorism (Press Association / Guardian)
“Hammami, one of the two most notorious Americans in overseas jihadi groups, moved from Alabama to Somalia” to join al-Shabab “has been a thorn in the side of al-Shabab after accusing the group’s leaders of living extravagant lifestyles with the taxes fighters collect from Somali residents”:
- American Jihadi in Somalia Tweets, Posts Pictures of What He Calls an Assassination Attempt (AP / Washington Post)
Amid “concerns about a new Sunni uprising against the Shiite central government[,]Â Agence France-Presse reports that 128 people have been killed and 269 wounded since Tuesday in fighting between security forces and anti-government protesters in Sunni-majority regions of the mostly Shiite country”:
- Anti-government Protests in Iraq Devolve into Sectarian Fighting (Christian Science Monitor)
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