{"id":113,"date":"2006-11-03T20:44:59","date_gmt":"2006-11-04T01:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=113"},"modified":"2006-11-03T20:46:34","modified_gmt":"2006-11-04T01:46:34","slug":"news-and-analysis-11306","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=113","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/3\/06)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Even the architects of the Iraqi invasion have to admit the effort has failed, but they do not blame themselves; they blame incompetence of the administration, the treachery of those who oppose them and the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153depravity\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of the Iraqis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/politics\/features\/2006\/12\/neocons200612\">Neo Culpa: Now the tell us (Vanity Fair)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Scott Ritter visits Iran and finds no resemblance to the caricature in the American media:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/doc\/20061120\/ritter\">The Case for Engagement (The Nation)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Support our troops (as they demand an immediate end to the war):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/news\/feature\/2006\/11\/02\/mil_protest\/\">There&#8217;s Something Happening Here (salon.com)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Republican lawyer who exposed corruption in the Iraqi adventure is being fired:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/11\/03\/world\/middleeast\/03reconstruct.html?_r=1&#038;oref=slogin\">Congress Tells Auditor in Iraq to Close Office (NY Times)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">But nothing can be done to bring back the 78 who died in army custody:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/today.reuters.com\/news\/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&#038;storyid=2006-11-03T092641Z_01_BKK91296_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-THAILAND.xml&#038;src=rss%5D\">Thailand Drops Cases Against 92 Muslim Protesters (Reuters)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Desperate effort to find justification for WMD charge backfires:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/11\/03\/world\/middleeast\/03documents.html\">U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Primer (NY Times)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Unarmed women attempt to shield the armed resistance against the Israeli incursion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/today.reuters.com\/news\/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&#038;storyid=2006-11-03T090853Z_01_L03880671_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-GAZA-WOMEN.xml&#038;src=rss\">Gunfire Leaves Veiled Woman Dead on a Gaza Street (Reuters)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A close look at how secularism\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s failures and the Muslim Brotherhood\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s acceptance of democracy account for changes in Egypt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grass roots:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/02\/AR2006110201657.html?nav=rss_world\">The Children of the High Dam (Washington Post)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even the architects of the Iraqi invasion have to admit the effort has failed, but they do not blame themselves; 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