{"id":1372,"date":"2009-05-04T11:30:04","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T16:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2009-05-04T11:31:45","modified_gmt":"2009-05-04T16:31:45","slug":"news-and-analysis-5409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1372","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/4\/09)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As experts wrestle with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk\/genocide\/gendef.htm\">ambiguities as to when ethnic violence should be categorized as genocid<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk\/genocide\/gendef.htm\">e<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-darfur-genocide4-2009may04,0,616474.story\">Is the Darfur Bloodshed Genocide? Opinions Differ<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;The origins of the conflict in colonialism and foreign intervention remain crystal clear:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/id\/194622\">Explaining Darfur<\/a> (Newsweek)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A detailed look into the character of FBI provocateurs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocweekly.com\/2009-04-30\/news\/craig-monteilh\/1\">The FBI, the Islamic Center of Irvine and Craig Monteilh: Who Was Conning Whom?<\/a> (OC Weekly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A budget of $100 million must cover a reconstruction plan estimated at $11.3 billion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iraq-anbar4-2009may04,0,3919681.story\">In Iraq&#8217;s Anbar Province, the Awakening Grapples With a New Role<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Would a Taliban victory resemble that of Hamas in Gaza?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/may\/03\/afghanistan-un-karzai-taliban\">Afghanistan UN Chief Urges Taliban to Contest Presidential Poll<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If confirmed, the accusations would severely undermine the US objectives in Afghanistan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2009\/05\/20095485025169646.html\">Probe Call in Afghan &#8216;Convert&#8217; Row<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Falling short of our call for an <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1266\" target=\"_blank\">annulment under Islamic law<\/a> outlined in MFI&#8217;s blog on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1266\">Marriage of Minors in Saudi Arabia: Is Betrothal Obsolete?<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.khaleejtimes.com\/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data\/middleeast\/2009\/May\/middleeast_May2.xml&amp;section=middleeast\">8-Year-Old Saudi Girl Divorces 50-Year-Old Husband<\/a> (Khaleej Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saberi temporarily refuses water in response to Iranian denial of her hunger strike:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/05\/04\/AR2009050400759.html\">Journalist Group: US Reporter Hospitalized in Iran<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As experts wrestle with ambiguities as to when ethnic violence should be categorized as genocide &#8230; Is the Darfur Bloodshed Genocide? Opinions Differ (LA Times) &#8230;The origins of the conflict in colonialism and foreign intervention remain crystal clear: Explaining Darfur (Newsweek) A detailed look into the character of FBI provocateurs: The FBI, the Islamic Center [&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-1372","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\/1372","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=1372"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1379,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372\/revisions\/1379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}