The Europeans are starting to fight back over some of the more draconian measures taken by the United States in the War on Terror. This weeks news focused on efforts by Germany to have the US extradite 13 suspects charged with kidnapping a German citizen. Like Canadian Maher Arar who was abducted, sent to Syria and tortured, US intelligence officials kidnapped Khaled Masri and flew him to Afghanistan where he was held without trial and interrogated for four months before being released into the Albanian mountains.
Ah Russia - making the news again for a hodge-podge of great things - orange snow, banning major opposition parties, a military that's falling apart, and government collusion and bribery with criminal elements wanted in the West. Oh, and if that's not enough, a top human rights judge is now claiming that he was poisoned by the Russians back in October, making him violently ill and close to death after a trip to Russia. Then again, it's not just the Russians who are into political assassination by poison these days. Israel's Mossad is now suspected of killing a top Iranian nuclear scientist.
Also:
- Who really watches it for the football? Gizmodo's best Superbowl commercials.
- Sort of an underreported story (in the face of everything else) about the increase in factional fighting in Palestine.
- Slate looks into the question of why we don't telecommute more for business despite all of our new technology.
- The American Jewish Committee is focusing on tackling a new wave of 'antisemitism' - from Liberal Jews.
- Slate also examines the faulty link between prison sentences and deterrence.
- The CSM on how Lebanon could face another civil war.
- Lots 'o physics simulations!
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