“Serious” allegations of electoral fraud emerge from the Anbar province, creating fears of renewed violence for the area:
- Iraq Probes Possible Voter Fraud (Washington Post)
As more horror stories over Israeli treatment of civilians emerge…
…Abbas demands a change in approach, “[w]e should no longer deal with Israel as a state above the law, above all accountability, above international law”:
- Abbas: 90,000 Gazans Left Homeless (Al Jazeera)
- War Crimes Accusations Rattle Israel (Christian Science Monitor)
After nearly $32 billion in reconstruction funds spent by the US, the process remains “fragmented”:
- Obama Seeks Narrower Focus in Afghan War (Washington Post)
Pakistanis were released under the condition that they “quit their jobs and will take no part in any activity against the Taliban”:
- Seized Pakistani Policemen Freed (Al Jazeera)
The Pentagon’s remarkable claim that “contractors ‘were not engaged in employment in support of the DoD mission’” may undermine federal jurisdiction:
- Pentagon Letter Complicates Blackwater Case (AP / Washington Post)
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