{"id":198,"date":"2007-01-31T11:01:24","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T16:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=198"},"modified":"2007-01-31T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2007-01-31T16:48:18","slug":"news-and-analysis-13107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/31\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"hdr\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Ivan Eland sets the record straight as to the real motivations behind the 9\/11 attackers: <\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.org\/newsroom\/article.asp?id=1899\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Demagoguery Posing as Scholarship<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (Independent Institute)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Why following the rule of law is necessary: CIA agents, not Al-Qaeda agents may end up behind bars<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/01\/31\/AR2007013100356.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Warrants Issued for 13 CIA Operatives in Germany Kidnapping<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">King Midas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 touch \u00e2\u20ac\u201c missing US taxpayer dollars end up supporting, corrupt, bloated and wasteful Iraqi \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcgovernment\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/washington\/AP-Iraq-Reconstruction-Waste.html?hp&#038;ex=1170306000&#038;en=45a7e8693c2939d8&#038;ei=5094&#038;partner=homepage\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">U.S. Wasted Millions in Iraq Aid, Investigators Say<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (Associated Press)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6while doing little to improve the rule of law within the country:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/us\/AP-US-Iraq.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">U.S. May Have Botched Training of Iraqis<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (Associated Press)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">&#8220;The government&#8217;s position in this case is stunning\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 If they are right, they can pick up any immigrant tomorrow in this country, lock them in a military jail, and the government would hold the keys to the courthouse\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. The government could effectively disappear people.&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jonathan Hafetz<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0131\/p01s01-usju.htm\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Test of Bush&#8217;s Terror-fighting Authority Heads to Higher Court<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Pakistan adhering to real Islamic law: Arresting and prosecuting alleged rapists, not the victims<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/6316631.stm\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Six Arrested Over Pakistan Rape<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (BBC)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">A fresh start for honest elections:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/6316437.stm\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Bangladesh Poll Officials Resign<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (BBC)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Indonesian leaders debate how to implement decentralization policies:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/detailnational.asp?fileid=20070131.D09&#038;irec=2\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Govt, Regions Still at Odds on Autonomy<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (Jakarta Post) <\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Police thwart \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIraq-style\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 criminal plot to kidnap and behead British Muslim soldier:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/16898956\/\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">U.K. Announces 9th Arrest in Alleged Terror Plot<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (MSNBC)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivan Eland sets the record straight as to the real motivations behind the 9\/11 attackers: Demagoguery Posing as Scholarship (Independent Institute) Why following the rule of law is necessary: CIA agents, not Al-Qaeda agents may end up behind bars Warrants Issued for 13 CIA Operatives in Germany Kidnapping (Washington Post) King Midas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 touch \u00e2\u20ac\u201c missing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","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\/198","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}