{"id":1541,"date":"2009-06-03T11:23:59","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T16:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2009-08-26T14:52:49","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T19:52:49","slug":"news-and-analysis-6309","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1541","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/3\/09)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1534\" target=\"_blank\">As we expected<\/a>, Muslims anticipating Obama&#8217;s speech from Egypt remain skeptical rhetoric will translate into action:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2009\/0603\/p06s01-wome.html\">In Mideast, Obama Faces Tough Crowd: Here&#8217;s What They Want to Hear<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the ultimate test of the Iraqi government, US troops are scheduled to withdraw from major cities by the end of the month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/03\/world\/middleeast\/03iraq.html?ref=world\">New Envoy Faces an Iraq of 2 Minds About U.S.<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Understanding his kingdom&#8217;s role in peace negotiations, King Abdullah seeks a &#8220;fair price&#8221; for oil, about 17% above current levels, and to curb the influence of regional rival Iran:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/03\/AR2009060300845.html\">Obama to Hear Saudi Worries on Iran, Discuss Oil<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kuwaiti voters hope new blood will curb rising corruption and bring change into Kuwaiti politics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2009\/jun\/03\/kuwait-parliament-women\">Women Finally Join Kuwait Parliament<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That dialogue set to resume despite the renewal of sanctions described as\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;very problematic&#8221; shows that Syria can still be &#8220;captive to Israel&#8217;s interests&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/02\/AR2009060203981.html\">Syria to Allow Visit of U.S. Military Leaders<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Al-Hanashi was detained without charge at Guantanamo since February 2002, he weighed 86 pounds at the peak of his hunger strike:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/02\/AR2009060203929.html\">Guantanamo Detainee Apparently Commits Suicide, U.S. Military Says<\/a> (AP \/Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we expected, Muslims anticipating Obama&#8217;s speech from Egypt remain skeptical rhetoric will translate into action: In Mideast, Obama Faces Tough Crowd: Here&#8217;s What They Want to Hear (Christian Science Monitor ) In the ultimate test of the Iraqi government, US troops are scheduled to withdraw from major cities by the end of the month: [&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-1541","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\/1541","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=1541"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1549,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions\/1549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}