Morning Brief, Tuesday, December 19
Iraq and Middle East Insurgents have nearly cut the electricity to Baghdad, and attacks on U.S. and Iraqi targets are at a record high. The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. military are now questioning whether the White House would use a surge of 15-30,000 troops effectively. A Libyan court has condemned six Bulgarian ...
Iraq and Middle East
Insurgents have nearly cut the electricity to Baghdad, and attacks on U.S. and Iraqi targets are at a record high. The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. military are now questioning whether the White House would use a surge of 15-30,000 troops effectively.
A Libyan court has condemned six Bulgarian nurses to death for, allegedly, deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV/AIDS.
Iraq and Middle East
Insurgents have nearly cut the electricity to Baghdad, and attacks on U.S. and Iraqi targets are at a record high. The Joint Chiefs
A Libyan court has condemned six Bulgarian nurses to death for, allegedly, deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV/AIDS.
There’s supposed to be a truce in Gaza, but the fighting goes on between Fatah and Hamas-aligned gunmen.
Europe
Another story that hasn’t gotten much attention this year: it’s boom-time in Germany.
Wondering why Jacques Chirac has been so nice to Vladimir Putin lately? Wonder no more: Russia’s Gazprom has inked a deal to supply Gaz de France with 12 million cubic meters of natural gas per year for the next 24 years.
‘Islamophobia’ is on the rise in Europe, says a new report.
Asia
What’s the matter with Thailand? Thai stocks took a nosedive yesterday in the biggest sell-off since the Asian crisis began there in 1997. The trigger? Strict new controls on capital. Thailand will now reverse course.
The six-party talks continue in Beijing. North Korea says that financial restrictions must be lifted, or there’s no deal over its nuclear weapons.
Elsewhere
The trial of a top death-squad boss may implicate some members of Colombia’s political elite, undermining the Uribe government.
Newsweek‘s Fareed Zakaria says: “For the sake of his own freedom agenda, President Bush must move beyond Iraq.”
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