{"id":179,"date":"2007-01-11T20:21:13","date_gmt":"2007-01-12T01:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=179"},"modified":"2007-01-11T20:21:13","modified_gmt":"2007-01-12T01:21:13","slug":"news-and-analysis-11107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/11\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153[T]he most dangerous foreign policy blunder since Vietnam\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201dSenator Chuck Hagel.(R-NE)<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Symbol\">\u00c2\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal\">\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afp.com\/english\/news\/stories\/070111232131.16nc0cmq.html\">Barrage of Criticism for Bush Iraq Plan (AFP)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.5in; 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