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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The Morning Scoop - Behind Schwarzenegger's Deception
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's womanizing was an open secret in Hollywood. If there was anything really shocking about the revelation that the former governor had fathered a love child, it's that the revelation surprised anyone at all. The Daily Beast's Jacob Bernstein reports on Schwarzenegger's callous and dismissive attitude toward his wife Maria Shriver, including mocking her weight—and his possible secret deal with the National Enquirer's publisher to help keep his affairs private.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has called on Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign as chief of the IMF because he is "obviously not in the position to run the IMF"—a call that European financial ministers have repeated. The IMF will contact Strauss-Kahn's lawyers Tuesday to discuss his future at the organization; European officials are believed to want the French financial minister, Christine Lagarde, to replace him.
A protest in the northern Afghan city of Taloqan killed at least 10 people Wednesday. The protests erupted in response to an overnight NATO raid, which killed four people. NATO says the raid killed two men and two women, all insurgents; the protesters, however, insisted they were civilians. The Afghan Army has deployed in the city and the situation is now said to be under control.
A new public-enemy number one? Saif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer, has become the interim leader of al Qaeda, according to CNN. The information comes from Noman Benotman, who fought with al Qaeda-affiliated groups for years before renouncing the ideology. Benotman says the decision was made by six to eight al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan, not the formal shura council, which is unable to gather in one place. Bin Laden's presumed long-term successor is the Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri; Benotman suggests al-Adel's selection is a way to gauge how Saudis and Yemenis will react to an Egyptian leader.
Iran has freed Dorothy Parvaz, an Al Jazeera reporter arrested in Syria 19 days ago. Syrian authorities arrested Parvaz when she landed in Damascus on assignment and sent her to Iran, they said, because she used an expired Iranian passport. While in custody she had no contact with her employer, friends, or family; however, Iran released her Wednesday and sent her to Qatar, where Al Jazeera keeps its headquarters. The Canadian Press Says Parvaz's fiancé said she was "treated very well."
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest reveals the underside of the discreet French approach to the private lives of public figures—and the monstrous entitlement of his apologists, especially Bernard-Henri Levy. But the Arnold Schwarzenegger scandal shows Americans don't know how to deal with the messy confluence of sex and politics either, says Michelle Goldberg.
Obama's Tricky Muslim Courtship by David A. Graham President Obama delivers a second speech to the Muslim world this week, but less than three years after they overwhelmingly voted for him, American Muslims are disappointed with his administration—and some are even nostalgic for George W. Bush. David A. Graham reports.
Zsa Zsa's Sordid Final Days by Lorenza Muñoz Zsa Zsa Gabor's ninth husband and only daughter continue to fight over the dying 94-year-old star.
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