{"id":20595,"date":"2019-06-18T12:14:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T17:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20595"},"modified":"2019-06-18T12:14:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T17:14:54","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-18-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20595","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/18\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;The public prosecutor said <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/as-morsi-faces-the-gallows-where-are-the-defenders-of-democracy-46068\">Mursi <\/a>had collapsed in a defendants\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 cage in  the courtroom shortly after addressing the court, and was pronounced  dead in hospital at 4:50 p.m.&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-egypt-mursi\/egypts-ousted-islamist-president-mursi-dies-after-court-hearing-idUSKCN1TI21T\">Egypt&#8217;s Ousted Islamist President Mursi Dies After Collapsing in Court<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;  &#8220;The Egyptian government has a duty to explain his unfortunate death and  there must be proper accountability for his treatment in custody&#8221; &#8212;  Crispin Blunt, chairman of the UK&#8217;s Independent Detention Review Panel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/06\/mohamed-morsi-death-world-reaction-190617162635604.html\">Mohamed Morsi&#8217;s Death: World Reaction<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This precedent not only threatens the property and religious rights of Christians, but of Muslims as well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/israeli-court-upholds-shady-sale-of-jerusalem-church-property-to-settlers\/\">Israeli Court Upholds Shady Sale of Jerusalem Church Property to Settlers<\/a> (If Americans Knew) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some would say this Georgia neighborhood neighborly response to this immigrant woman whose son was charged with terrorism is an &#8220;anomaly.&#8221;  We think it was American:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/neighborhood-watch\/2019\/06\/15\/d40a542c-8d5a-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html?utm_term=.c33901be637e\">Their Neighbor Was Arrested on Terror Charges. This Is How a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTypical American Community\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Reacted<\/a> (Washington Post) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Al-Kadi has presented sufficient evidence from which a reasonable jury  could find deprivation of a clearly established constitutional right&#8221; &#8212; Minnesota U.S. District Court Judge John Tunheim:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/federal-judge-rules-that-muslim-woman-s-lawsuit-against-ramsey-county-jail-may-proceed\/511405132\/?refresh=true\">Muslim Woman&#8217;s Suit Accusing Ramsey County Jail of Violating Religious Beliefs Survives Challenge<\/a> (Star-Tribune)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Pompeo&#8217;s absurd claim that the Taliban takes orders from Iran may be part of the plan to assert &#8221; legal authority to take military action against Iran&#8221; in a two decades old law &#8220;intended to authorize the war  in Afghanistan&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/06\/18\/trump-congress-iran-1366756\">Trump Prepares to Bypass Congress to Take on Iran<\/a> (Politico)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/06\/18\/trumps-evidence-about-iran-is-dodgy-at-best\/\">Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Evidence About Iran Is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dodgy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d at Best<\/a> (Counterpunch)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[T]here&#8217;s a deep division in Iran; but for the Revolutionary Guard to have  done something like this that is embarrassing to the supreme leader  would be very surprising&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/06\/16\/733158443\/robin-wright-on-u-s-iran-tensions\">Robin Wright on U.S.-Iran Tensions<\/a> (NPR)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Iranian officials announced their uranium stockpiles will soon exceed  the limits the country agreed to as part of the 2015 nuclear agreement,&#8221;  Thanks, Trump:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/06\/17\/iran-sanctions-trump-war-pompeo\/\">Iran Will Exceed Nuclear Stockpile Limit in Response to U.S. Sanctions<\/a> (Reason)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1988 shooting &#8220;down an Iranian airliner &#8230; killing all 290 people aboard that airplane &#8230; [including]  60 children &#8230; vividly displayed &#8230; how the U.S. government will brazenly lie to evade liability for its  criminal\u00c2\u00a0misconduct&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/06\/17\/remember-the-vincennes-the-uss-long-history-of-provoking-iran\/\">Remember the Vincennes? The US\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Long History of Provoking Iran<\/a> (Counterpunch)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[S]ome analysts&#8230; imagined it turning into what Israelis call a  &#8216;victory picture&#8217; for the U.S. administration&#8230;. 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