{"id":117,"date":"2006-11-08T14:19:18","date_gmt":"2006-11-08T19:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=117"},"modified":"2006-11-08T14:19:18","modified_gmt":"2006-11-08T19:19:18","slug":"news-and-analysis-11806","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=117","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/8\/06)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">President says &#8220;fresh perspective&#8221; is needed at the Pentagon:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/08\/AR2006110801180.html\">Rumsfeld      to Step Down as Defense Secretary: Bush Taps Former CIA Director Robert      Gates as Successor (Washington Post)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Immanuel Wallerstein says nothing will change despite the election; the silver lining being that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153one can think of times when the rude shock of the kind that a defeat in Iraq would inflict could have the salutary effect of reviving the best in the American tradition\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2006\/11\/05\/INGU6M3N2M1.DTL&#038;hw=wallerstein&#038;sn=001&#038;sc=1000\">After      Nov. 7, U.S. Still Faces The Rude Shock Of Defeat (San Francisco      Chronicle)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Meanwhile, far away from American troops in Iraq, a real step towards democratic reform:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/today.reuters.com\/news\/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&#038;storyid=2006-11-08T183445Z_01_L08923026_RTRUKOC_0_US-KYRGYZSTAN.xml&#038;src=rss\">Kyrgyzstan      Adopts New Constitution (Reuters)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Eight children and five women among the dead:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/11\/08\/AR2006110800518.html?nav=rss_worldhttp:\/\/www.afp.com\/english\/news\/stories\/061108171000.qgh81fiy.html\">Israeli      Forces Fire on Gaza Town, Killing 20 (Washington Post)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Pirates threatened with amputation:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/today.reuters.com\/news\/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&#038;storyid=2006-11-08T132457Z_01_L08924049_RTRUKOC_0_US-SOMALIA-PIRATES.xml&#038;src=rss\">Somali      Islamists Storm Hijacked Ship (Reuters)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Bombing seen as retaliation for attack on school:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/today.reuters.com\/news\/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&#038;storyid=2006-11-08T170433Z_01_ISL182298_RTRUKOC_0_US-PAKISTAN-BLAST.xml&#038;src=rss\">Suicide      Bomber Kills 42 Soldiers In Pakistan (Reuters)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ahmadinijad calls for privatization with a social-justice twist: turn over state industry to the poor:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theamericanmuslim.org\/tam.php\/features\/articles\/the_new_triple_threat_in_iran_compassionate_justice\/0011436\">The      New Triple Threat in Iran: Compassionate Justice? 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