Mumbai, Mid East, Gitmo

Mumbai: Bombs strike at rush hours. Kashmiri militants are suspected, they deny involvement. At least 183 people are now believed to have died in the attacks, and more than 700 people were injured (NYT). Xenia Dormandy: How much will India endure? Pakistan Needs to Respond to Militants (WaPo).

Second Israeli Front? After Hezbollah attack (three Israeli soldiers killed, two captives), followed the response: Israeli troops entered South Lebanon - their fight jets bombed five bridges in quick succession, effectively cutting off southern Lebanon from the rest of the country (WaPo). The effort is to stop the kidnappers, say Israeli officials.


An important clause of Geneva Conventions will be from now on in effect for Guantanamo detainees: the White House confirmed that it had formally withdrawn part of the 2002 order and accepted that Article 3 now applied to Qaeda detainees. That article prohibits humiliating and degrading treatment of prisoners and requires trials affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples. (NYT)