Sudan to pull troops from South border region. YNet: Sudan says it will withdraw its troops from the oil-rich Abyei region on the border with South Sudan.
Girls poisoned at Afghan school - again. CNN: 'A hospital in northern Afghanistan admitted 160 girls Tuesday after they were poisoned in their classrooms with a type of spray, a Takhar police official said. The incident, the second in a week's time, was reported at the Aahan Dara Girls school in Talokhan, the provincial capital. ...'
Afghan women leave country. And it's no wonder. Jihad Watch:
Good thing we expended all that American blood and treasure to fight the Afghan jihadists, eh? Meanwhile, note that the problem here is not just the Taliban, but the Afghan government -- both of which are committed to Sharia, which denies women basic rights. "Afghan women leave the country in fear of Taliban return," by Tracy McVeigh for the Guardian, May 26 (thanks to Banafsheh Zand) ...
The Guardian: 'A brain drain of bright young women is already taking place in Afghanistan before the 2014 handover that many fear will mean a reversal of advances in women's rights. The lack of commitment by the Afghan government to equality and to tackling the high rates of ill-treatment of women in the home and in the workplace is raising real fears they will be at the bottom of the political agenda in the push for power after Nato forces leave the country. ...'
UK to expel Syrian diplomats. BBC: 'Three senior Syrian diplomats are to be expelled, the Foreign Office has confirmed. Others including France, Germany and Australia are also expelling diplomats in a coordinated protest against the killing of civilians. ...'
Salafists threaten Tunisia. Michael Totten:
I’ve gone on the record as being slightly optimistic about where Tunisia is heading. The Islamists in the Ennahda party won less than half the votes last year and were forced into a coalition government with secular liberal parties. They surrendered on Islamic law in the new constitution after meeting massive resistance and have been forced to say they now back a civil state, which is a secular state in all but name.
The reason I'm only slightly optimistic is because years will have to pass before I’m convinced Ennahda won’t be able to pull off some authoritarian Hugo Chavez-style power grab and Islamize the society despite mass opposition.
And in the short term, the Salafists are the biggest threat to watch out for. ...
Most recently, hundreds of Salafis fought with police in Jendouba. 'Police and witnesses in the northwestern town of Jendouba said hundreds of Salafis - followers of a puritanical interpretation of Islam - began rioting to protest the arrest of four men in connection with previous attacks on alcohol vendors. ...'
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