1. Amnesty international warns that terrorists, sorry “armed groups”, “like other parties to the conflict in Iraq, are required to comply strictly with international law in all their acts and remain accountable for their actions.”
2. Last night former CIA agent Michael Scheuer told Jim Lehrer that he was tired of hearing Al Qaeda members described as haters. “They are not haters,” he said empathetically, “they are lovers . . . .” Jim stared. So Scheuer added: “of their religion.”
Now I know that any CIA agent can go native. Is that the reason the American and British intelligence services are so clueless when it comes to these Jihadists – they actually fell under their spell? Another case of the Cambridge five?
3. Bad Neo-cons (including Havel have the gall to rally to the cause of jailed ex-Revolutionary Guard, argues Paul Harris.
That’s only because Bush prefers a dead Ganji, answers Iranian Blogger Hossien Deraghshan. (Thanks Frieda for the info).
posted by Judith.
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