{"id":150,"date":"2006-12-19T13:06:11","date_gmt":"2006-12-19T18:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=150"},"modified":"2006-12-19T13:06:11","modified_gmt":"2006-12-19T18:06:11","slug":"news-and-analysis-121906","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/19\/06)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Prison-break: with the help of security agent, former Iraqi minister charged with corruption \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfreed\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 from Green Zone jail:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/12\/18\/AR2006121800301.html\">Jailed Ex-Minister in Baghdad Escapes; Iraqi American Faces Corruption Charges <\/a>(Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Cleric fighting for religious equality dies in Bahrain<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/12\/18\/AR2006121800281.html\">Bahrain&#8217;s Leading Shiite Cleric Dies<\/a> (AP\/Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Surprise! US blames Sadr Army as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the gravest danger to the security and stability of Iraq:\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/printedition\/la-fg-usiraq19dec19,1,318752.story\">Sadr Army is Called Top Threat in Iraq<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Muslim couple suffered \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the price when government attempts to hide behind a veil of secrecy:\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/12\/19\/us\/19settle.html?_r=1&#038;oref=slogin\">Couple Fired Over Security Wins Lawsuit <\/a>(NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Turkish biographer charged with insulting Ataturk acquitted<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6192869.stm\">Turkish Writer Cleared of Insult<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6192869.stm\">  <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Muslim woman finds courage in the US military and peace in Islam:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/12\/15\/nyregion\/15muslim.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=1\">From Head Scarf to Army Cap, Making a New Life<\/a> (NY Times)<a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/6192869.stm\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prison-break: with the help of security agent, former Iraqi minister charged with corruption \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfreed\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 from Green Zone jail: Jailed Ex-Minister in Baghdad Escapes; Iraqi American Faces Corruption Charges (Washington Post) Cleric fighting for religious equality dies in Bahrain Bahrain&#8217;s Leading Shiite Cleric Dies (AP\/Washington Post) Surprise! US blames Sadr Army as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the gravest danger to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","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\/150","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}