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Writing in The National, Bradley Hope paints a picture of Tripoli that isn’t pretty: “The deposed leader is dead and its temporary leaders have declared the country ‘liberated.’ Yet the capital, in particular, has become a patchwork of armed fiefdoms, as wannabe power brokers backed by hometown militias made up of former clerks, students [...] These statements from a leading TNC member have gotten a lot of attention today: “When Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, the chairman of the Transitional National Council, pronounced the end of the uprising, the crowd reacted with shouts of ‘God is great.’ This was not long after people sang the bouncy national anthem of pre-Qaddafi days, which [...] The death of Moammar Qadhafi should not crown out awareness of the fact that today is the day Tunisians start voting: “Dozens of Tunisians who live in Egypt flocked to the Tunisian Embassy in Cairo on Thursday to cast their votes in the election for a constituent assembly that will be responsible for drafting [...] Both Robert Mackey and Barbara Slavin round up the reasons many experts are skeptical of the Obama administrations assertions that the Iranian government was planning to launch an assassination and terrorist attacks within the United States. For me, the most convincing evidence that Iran’s main intelligence organs were not involved is the sheer incompetence [...] Today, Egypt’s military government killed at least 19 Coptic demonstrators in Cairo: “Nineteen people were killed in Cairo Sunday when Christians, some carrying crosses and pictures of Jesus, clashed with military police, medical and security sources said, in the latest sectarian flare-up in a country in political turmoil. “Christians protesting against an attack on [...] Robin Yassin-Kassab takes a look at religious minorities and Syria’s uprising: “Tragically, the propaganda is also taken seriously by members of Syria’s minority sects — not by all of them by any stretch, but perhaps by a majority. It’s tragic because perceived minority support for this sadistic regime will inevitably tarnish intersectarian relations in [...] |
Blake Hounshell (aka praktike), our co-founder and main man, is managing editor of Foreign Policy magazine. He's now reporting on the Egyptian Revolution from Cairo. 
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