{"id":16119,"date":"2016-10-10T12:42:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=16119"},"modified":"2016-10-10T12:42:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T17:42:38","slug":"news-and-analysis-101016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=16119","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/10\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"article-text\"><span class=\"article-prime\">&#8220;[T]wo days after an apparent Saudi-led air strike killed 140 mourners at a funeral attended by powerful tribal leaders&#8221; &#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-yemen-security-idUSKCN12A13J?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29\">Yemen&#8217;s Houthis Respond to Air Strike with Missile Attack<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;diplomatic neglect as well as US and UK arms sales have fueled Saudi-Iranian proxy war that could blow up in west\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s face&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2016\/oct\/10\/why-yemen-conflict-has-become-another-syria\">Why Yemen Conflict Has Become Another Syria<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The whistle blower says he was hired to make &#8220;television commercials portraying al-Qaeda in a negative light, &#8230; 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