War links
About the fate of female SOE agents in Occupied Europe.
A Muslim convert has been charged with murder and terrorism after shooting soldiers at a recruitment office in Arkansas.
The text of Obama’s Cairo speech: taking a jaundiced view. Being really caustic. A speech that does not change policy so much as set out its implications. Some reactions (mainly from Muslims). Arguing that Obama is helping Iran’s public diplomacy. About considering the Middle East’s Christians: The message from Syria and Iran to Lebanon's Christians is clear: Stick with us and you will reap the benefits and gain protection; side with the West and you will pay a heavy price. An Indian take on the speech. Obama had previously stated that the US is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world: if Dubya had said something so silly, it would have been widely cited as proof of his stupidity.
Hezbollah loses Lebanese elections quite clearly and concedes defeat. The Christians provided the swing vote.
The detainee shell game: … an uncomfortable truth about the war against Islamist terrorists. Demands to raise legal standards for terrorist suspects in one arena often lead to compensating tactics in another arena that leave suspects (and, sometimes, innocent civilians) worse off. … The government, however, sees the terrorist threat every day and is under enormous pressure to keep the country safe. When one of its approaches to terrorist incapacitation becomes too costly legally or politically, it shifts to others that raise fewer legal and political problems. This doesn't increase our safety or help the terrorists. But it does make us feel better about ourselves. About the “torture memos”.
The US commander in Afghanistan has been replaced.
A Muslim convert has been charged with murder and terrorism after shooting soldiers at a recruitment office in Arkansas.
The text of Obama’s Cairo speech: taking a jaundiced view. Being really caustic. A speech that does not change policy so much as set out its implications. Some reactions (mainly from Muslims). Arguing that Obama is helping Iran’s public diplomacy. About considering the Middle East’s Christians: The message from Syria and Iran to Lebanon's Christians is clear: Stick with us and you will reap the benefits and gain protection; side with the West and you will pay a heavy price. An Indian take on the speech. Obama had previously stated that the US is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world: if Dubya had said something so silly, it would have been widely cited as proof of his stupidity.
Hezbollah loses Lebanese elections quite clearly and concedes defeat. The Christians provided the swing vote.
The detainee shell game: … an uncomfortable truth about the war against Islamist terrorists. Demands to raise legal standards for terrorist suspects in one arena often lead to compensating tactics in another arena that leave suspects (and, sometimes, innocent civilians) worse off. … The government, however, sees the terrorist threat every day and is under enormous pressure to keep the country safe. When one of its approaches to terrorist incapacitation becomes too costly legally or politically, it shifts to others that raise fewer legal and political problems. This doesn't increase our safety or help the terrorists. But it does make us feel better about ourselves. About the “torture memos”.
The US commander in Afghanistan has been replaced.