1. august 2007

- Russian opposition activist forcibly held in psychiatric clinic A Soviet-style blast from the past in Putin's Russia, where an opposition activist is alleged to be held in a psychiatric hospital. Larisa Arap says she is being forcibly held in a psychiatric clinic because she criticised health officials. The ombudsman has been asked to intervene by the United Civil Front (UCF) opposition group, of which Ms Arap is a member. The Russian government has not commented on Ms Arap's situation. A spokeswoman for the Russian human rights ombudsman told Reuters agency an independent psychiatric commission would be sent to examine Ms Arap at the hospital where she is being kept. Chilling. 6:30:43 PM    comment []  trackback []

Obama would be tough with Pakistan Barack Obama definitely wants to pull out of Iraq, but he would seriously consider attacking Pakistan: "Let me make this clear," Obama said in a speech prepared for delivery at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. "There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again. It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an al-Qaida leadership meeting in 2005. If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will." It appears Obama actually is talking about limited attacks inside Pakistan's territory, not a full fledged invasion. I don't doubt the current administration would do that as well, as has happened in the past. It's not a very controversial suggestion. 6:24:05 PM    comment []  trackback []

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