In Haiti, gang warfare continues and a massacre of innocents intensifies the atmosphere of insecurity and fear. In an effort promote stability, British, Canadian and American forces mount co-ordinated attacks on Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan. Noam Chomsky's take on the past week's border crossings in Gaza and Lebanon: abductions were 'irresponsible', but the explanation is in the U.S./Israeli desire to exact punlishment on Palestinians for electing Hamas. A dilemma unfolding in Iraq: while Muqtada al-Sadr'’s brutality is intolerable, creating stability increasingly requires negotiation with the political movement he represents. UN Security Council sends 'unambiguous' unanimous resolution to North Korea about long-rangemissilee tests, but Chapter 7 military intervention is ambiguously left out. The spotlight at The Hague war crimes tribunal turns to Srebernica. The charges for the first time include the crime of genocide, and although Karadzic and Mladic remain at large, the investigation slowly climbs up the chain of command. At the G8 summit, leaders of the world's most powerful states agree to support and augment stabilization and reconstruction (S&R) initiatives created by the UN and UNSC.