{"id":1295,"date":"2009-04-20T10:28:35","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T15:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2009-04-20T10:28:35","modified_gmt":"2009-04-20T15:28:35","slug":"news-and-analysis-42009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1295","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/20\/09)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmadinejad warns judiciary that Saberi retain &#8220;all freedoms and legal rights&#8221; in defending herself;, but what&#8217;s his motive?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2009\/0419\/p06s07-wome.html\">Iran&#8217;s President Makes Rare Intervention in US Reporter&#8217;s Case<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Obama administration reveals suspects underwent even more <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=512\">unnecessary torture <\/a>than previously reported:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/04\/20\/world\/20detain.html?_r=1&amp;ref=world\">Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Empowered by their victory in the Swat providence, Islamists leaders hope to extend their influence nationwide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/19\/AR2009041901731.html\">Extremist Tide Rises in Pakistan<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The conference focus on Islamophobia and Israeli racism are reasons why the U.S. <em>should<\/em> attend:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2009\/0419\/p06s01-wogn.html\">Why the US Will Boycott Global Racism Conference<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the conflict between the US and Taliban, the poorest of Afghanistan continue to suffer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/04\/20\/AR2009042000431.html\">Made Homeless by Taliban, Afghans Shelter in Caves<\/a> (Reuters \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Samarrai promises &#8220;parliament will check the government, not topple the government, because lately the parliament had become a tool in the hands of the government&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iraq-speaker20-2009apr20,0,4249650.story\">Iraq Elects Parliament Speaker After 4-month Impasse<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hamas argues that the report failed to take into consideration the conditions created by Israel under which suspected collaborators were killed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2009\/04\/200942074324860133.html\">Hamas Accused of Killing Rivals<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahmadinejad warns judiciary that Saberi retain &#8220;all freedoms and legal rights&#8221; in defending herself;, but what&#8217;s his motive? Iran&#8217;s President Makes Rare Intervention in US Reporter&#8217;s Case (Christian Science Monitor) Obama administration reveals suspects underwent even more unnecessary torture than previously reported: Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects (NY Times) Empowered by their victory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1296,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1295\/revisions\/1296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}