Gee, I wonder who they could have been? “Unknown attackers” murdered 11 Egyptian protesters and wounded hundreds more, while police stood idly by–in front of the Defense Ministry. Hm. That’s a tough one. Who could have the mystery attackers been? I’m stumped.
Oh, those wacky UN cease-fires: 22 more dead in Syria, except these are Syrian troops, not “rebels”–and the UN peacekeepers spread out over the nation to, uh, wait… let me think… oh, I’ve got it! To keep the peace. Stop the fighting. Prevent more deaths. Awesome job, UN, as always. (Can you say, “Rwanda”? I knew you could.) As for where the international outrage has gone, well, isn’t it obvious? Israel legalized settlements last week. Of course that’s more deserving of international outrage than a few dozen more dead Arabs. Just judge by the media response.
Cheat, retreat, and cheat some more: Iran thinks the purpose of the current talks is to ease sanctions. They must be working. Good thing it’s an election year, or they’d get what they want. And gee, that arms embargo on Iran is working so well, isn’t it? (Of course that was sarcasm. Click the link.)
Unity, shmunity: Yeah, Hamas and the PA are getting along so well yet another unity deal failed. Good.