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Wednesday's global agenda: Ahmadinejad's day at the UN
Your morning global affairs speed-read
Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is expected to deliver another anti-American and anti-Israeli diatribe when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly today. His speeches to the world body have caused walk-outs by Israel's delegation in the past.
While his speech is largely aimed at a domestic audience, Ahmadinejad's trip to the U.N. is not without critics inside Iran. Prominent conservatives are attacking him for taking 120 people with him on a “picnic” and staying at New York's luxurious Warwick hotel while the country is suffering from unprecedented U.S.-led sanctions, London's Guardian newspaper reports.
In the United States, meanwhile, Iranian-American groups are planning a rally in New York and urging the media to “blacklist” the Iranian leader.
Also speaking on Wednesday: Egypt's president, Mohammed Morsi; Great Britain's prime minister, David Cameron; and Japan's prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda.
In other news:
The emir of Qatar called for intervention in Syria during his U.N. address. [The Washington Post]
The Obama administration is debating how to justify its drone strikes in Pakistan, writes The Wall Street Journal.
U.S. troops are keeping their guard up when working alongside Afghanistan's forces following a spate of “green on blue” attacks, reports The New York Times.
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