NSN Daily Update: 6/24/09
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What We're Reading
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed that Iran will not yield to protestors “at any cost.” In his speech yesterday, President Obama sharpened his criticism of the Iranian government’s crackdown, saying he was “outraged” and “appalled” by the events of the past few days. Iranian officials reported the arrests of several foreign nationals in connection with the protests.
Former detainees at the U.S.’s Bagram military base in Afghanistan have alleged abuse at the hands of American soldiers.
Missile strikes by a U.S. drone in Pakistan killed at least 43 people.
After a four-year hiatus, Obama is sending an ambassador to Syria, indicating the deepening engagement between the U.S. and the Syrian government.
The former Prime Minister of Kosovo, Agim Ceku, was arrested in Bulgaria on Tuesday. He is wanted for alleged war crimes committed during the 1998-99 war in Kosovo, when he was a commander in the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army.
Commentary of the Day
John Podesta urges Congress to pass the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
Thomas Friedman calls on Americans to “end our addiction” to oil in our own “green” revolution.
Robert Cohen argues Iran’s Islamic Republic system has been weakened.
Tim Rutten calls Twitter “tyranny’s new nightmare.
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