{"id":202,"date":"2007-02-05T11:14:44","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T16:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=202"},"modified":"2007-02-05T11:14:44","modified_gmt":"2007-02-05T16:14:44","slug":"news-and-analysis-20507","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/05\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Terrorism charges used to muzzle political reformers in Saudi Arabia:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/6331767.stm\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Saudis Silent on &#8216;Terror&#8217; Arrests<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (BBC News)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Saudi academic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dramatically different version of the Kingdom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s history draws both support and ire:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/discussion\/2007\/02\/01\/DI2007020101782.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Saudi Writer Recasts Kingdom&#8217;s History<\/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\">Foreigners sentenced to corporal punishment and prison time for attending party with alcohol, dancing and gender mixing:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/02\/04\/AR2007020400679.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">20 Face Lash for Dancing in Saudi Arabia<\/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\">Senator and Congresspersons\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 votes on Iraq anti-surge measure will affect their re-election:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/02\/04\/AR2007020401384.html\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Iraq Vote Could Resonate In 2008<\/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\">British civil society organizations and prominent former US military leaders voice their opposition to a military strike on Iran:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/6330133.stm\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Grassroots Worries Growing Over Iran<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (BBC News)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Using tax breaks and reduced government spending, Bush seeks to implement fiscal policy that could produce surplus by 2012\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/02\/04\/AR2007020401174.html?nav=hcmodule\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Bush Budget Projects A Surplus by 2012<\/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\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6but for the time being it will continue its massive (and ineffective) military spending\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-defense5feb05,0,4529268.story?coll=la-home-headlines\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">Tank-size defense request<\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"> (LA Times)<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; 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