Saturday, November 11, 06

Somalia government rejects parliamentary speaker Adan's back channel attempts avert war by kickstarting Arab League-brokered talks with Islamist rebels. The international community postpones inevitable decision about Kosovo recognition in order to drain support for Serbia's nationalist parties going into January 21 election. Human rights protesters in Maldives call off public protest in Male, as government hints at violent crackdown. Are U.S. Democrats really adopting 'realism'? Doug Saunders begins the consequentialist reckoning of Iraq War II. More evidence over the last month that Pakistan's President Gen. Musharraf is either shrewd or confused: one tribal group in eastern borderlands is granted extensive political independence, and another is bombed into an unstable situation of anti-government extremism and hostility. Canada's JTF2 is a priority for new armed forces growth. In Canada, who will pay the price for expensive Afghanistan peace operation?