{"id":1627,"date":"2009-06-12T10:53:11","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T15:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2009-06-12T10:53:11","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T15:53:11","slug":"news-and-analysis-61209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1627","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/12\/09)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Qur&#8217;an [3:75] says there are some who owing &#8220;a single silver coin &#8230; will not repay it unless you constantly stood demanding;&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 if the slipper fits &#8230; :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/jun\/11\/saudi-princess-paris-unpaid-bill\">Saudi Princess and (unpaid) \u00e2\u201a\u00ac70,000 Lingerie Bill<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the US remains unwilling to accept innocent detainees, they cannot expect other nations to be waiting with open arms &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/11\/AR2009061101210.html\">Obama Bows on Settling Detainees<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; yet, public opinion may doom the Uighurs chances for relocation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/12\/AR2009061200243.html\">Chinese Muslims Trigger Public Backlash in Palau<\/a> (AP\/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A high turnout is expected in an <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=1578\" target=\"_blank\">election<\/a> with monumental consequences across the Middle East,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2009\/06\/200961233243485388.html\">Iranians Vote in Presidential Poll<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Will the mistakes of the past ruin the prospects of peace?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-mideast-limits12-2009jun12,0,3758693,full.story\">Obama&#8217;s Resolve on Mideast Facing a History of Blunt Reality<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Is it a response to pressure from drone attacks or to the opening of\u00c2\u00a0 new opportunities for terrorists elsewhere?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/12\/world\/12terror.html?_r=1&amp;ref=world\">Some in Qaeda Leave Pakistan for Somalia and Yemen<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Easing the burden on refugees, we hope,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-sudan-aid12-2009jun12,0,2103025.story\">Sudan Allows Some Aid Groups to Return<\/a> (AP \/ LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Qur&#8217;an [3:75] says there are some who owing &#8220;a single silver coin &#8230; will not repay it unless you constantly stood demanding;&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 if the slipper fits &#8230; : Saudi Princess and (unpaid) \u00e2\u201a\u00ac70,000 Lingerie Bill (Guardian) If the US remains unwilling to accept innocent detainees, they cannot expect other nations to be waiting with [&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-1627","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\/1627","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=1627"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1632,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions\/1632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}