{"id":1575,"date":"2009-06-07T10:09:04","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T15:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2009-06-07T10:09:04","modified_gmt":"2009-06-07T15:09:04","slug":"news-and-analysis-66-709","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1575","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/6-7\/09)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Muslim&#8217;s demonstration of the power of compassion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/CRIME\/06\/02\/new.york.robber.mercy\/\">Merciful Storekeeper Changes Robber&#8217;s Mind, Religion<\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>as the military and contractors waste your tax dollars on a failed propaganda &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/06\/AR2009060602144.html\">A High-Priced Media Campaign That Iraqis Aren&#8217;t Buying<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; Extremists attract ever younger recruits and more reports of U.S. violence against Iraqi children emerge:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/07\/world\/middleeast\/07iraq.html?_r=1&amp;ref=world\">Face of Attacks in Iraq Turns Younger, U.S. Says<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1578\" target=\"_blank\">The Iranian Elections<\/a> scheduled for June 12, is Ahmadinejad still the favored candidate?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/06\/AR2009060602177.html\">Rural Iran May Shift Its Loyalty<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2009\/0606\/p06s04-wome.html\">In Iran, Ahmadinejad Opponent Sees Surge of Enthusiasm<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iran-election7-2009jun07,0,5930654.story\">In Iran, Disparate, Powerful Forces Ally Against Ahmadinejad<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Witnesses said Srour was hit while trying to drag a wounded protester to safety&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-mideast-shooting6-2009jun06,0,6757268.story\">Palestinian Protester Killed in West Bank<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perhaps the only US listed terrorist organization running a dating service for Muslims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/06\/AR2009060600905.html?sub=AR\">Love Connection: Hamas Gets into Matchmaking Biz<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Muslim&#8217;s demonstration of the power of compassion: Merciful Storekeeper Changes Robber&#8217;s Mind, Religion (CNN) as the military and contractors waste your tax dollars on a failed propaganda &#8230; A High-Priced Media Campaign That Iraqis Aren&#8217;t Buying (Washington Post) &#8230; Extremists attract ever younger recruits and more reports of U.S. violence against Iraqi children emerge: [&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-1575","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\/1575","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=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}