{"id":20273,"date":"2019-04-11T06:11:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T11:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20273"},"modified":"2019-04-11T06:11:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T11:11:13","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-11-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20273","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/11\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Trump&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2019\/04\/09\/trump-raises-stakes-against-iran-what-end\/?utm_term=.dd3a0a63d44f\"> unprecedented classification of a governmental entity as a terrorist organization<\/a> not only threatens the stability of the region &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/iraq-slams-us-terror-label-for-iran-revolution-guard\/1448090\">Iraq Slams US \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTerror\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Label for Iran Revolution Guard<\/a> (Anadolou Agency)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and overlooks that &#8220;Iran has not posed a serious terror threat to the United States since the 1980s&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/153537\/growing-obsession-linking-iran-terrorism\">The Growing Obsession with Linking Iran to Terrorism<\/a> (New Republic)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; with Pompeo flaunting his ignorance by asserting a link between al-Qaeda and Iran in front of a Congressional committee &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/10\/world\/middleeast\/pompeo-congress-iran.html\">Pompeo Is Warned Against Sidestepping Congress for Conflict with Iran<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;it also overlooks &#8220;that Trump &#8216;was a knowing partner in a  likely Iranian Revolutionary Guard money-laundering scheme'&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/article\/news\/2019\/04\/09\/trump-rips-firms-linked-to-iran-revolutionary-guard-after-his-own-suspicious-ties\/23708576\/\">Trump Rips Firms Linked to Iran Revolutionary Guard &#8211; After His Own Suspicious Ties<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;  and lays &#8220;the groundwork for a military strike \u00e2\u20ac\u201c using the 2001 law as justification&#8221; and for an illegal war:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2019\/04\/10\/no-war-iran-rand-paul-warns-pompeo-during-tense-senate-grilling-central-america-north-korea\/3418794002\/\">&#8216;You Do Not Have Our Permission to Go to War in Iran,&#8217; Sen. Rand Paul Warns Pompeo at Hearing<\/a> (USA Today)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On the bright side by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2019\/04\/09\/trump-raises-stakes-against-iran-what-end\/?utm_term=.dd3a0a63d44f\">declaring the IRG a terrorist organization<\/a> the Trump administration negates the only valid argument against declaring the IDF a terrorist organization:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imemc.org\/article\/israeli-soldiers-abduct-fourteen-palestinians-in-west-bank-3\/\">Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fifteen Palestinians in West Bank<\/a> (International Middle East Media Center)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imemc.org\/article\/army-abducts-three-palestinians-in-salfit\/\">Army Abducts Three Palestinians in Salfit<\/a> (International  Middle East Media Center)    <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imemc.org\/article\/israeli-soldiers-abduct-two-palestinians-in-bethlehem-8\/\">Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Bethlehem<\/a> (International  <br>Middle East Media Center)  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Judiciary Committee members wept &#8220;during the testimony of Mohammad Abu-Salha, whose daughters and son-in-law were gunned down in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 2015&#8243; six weeks after their wedding&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/father-of-murdered-muslim-women-chapel-hill-north-carolina-members-of-congress-investigating-hate\/\">&#8220;Seared into My Memory&#8221;: Father of Murdered Muslim Women Brings to Tears Members of Congress Investigating Hate<\/a> (CBS News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Act repeals all versions of Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslim ban and prohibits religious discrimination in immigration &#8220;and restores the  separation of powers by limiting overly broad executive authority to  issue future travel bans&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/438184-dems-introducing-bill-to-repeal-trump-muslim-ban\">Dems Introduce Bill to Repeal Trump &#8216;Muslim Ban&#8217;<\/a> (The Hill)  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and could end the irony of a ban that prevents an American-born Department of Defense employee  from reuniting with &#8220;his wife, a Syrian native stranded in Turkey&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/defense-employee-wife-muslim-ban_n_5cad07dbe4b01bf96006bfe1\">Department of Defense Employee Can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Reunite with Wife Because of Muslim Ban<\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All adult Uighers in Xinjiang are expected to undergo what police call \u00e2\u20ac\u0153health checks\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, which involve &#8220;collecting several types of  biometric data, including DNA, blood type, fingerprints, voice  recordings and face scans&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2019\/apr\/11\/china-hi-tech-war-on-muslim-minority-xinjiang-uighurs-surveillance-face-recognition\">China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hi-tech War on Its Muslim Minority<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s unprecedented classification of a governmental entity as a terrorist organization not only threatens the stability of the region &#8230; 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