{"id":20626,"date":"2019-06-29T04:13:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T09:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20626"},"modified":"2019-06-29T04:13:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T09:13:22","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-29-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=20626","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/29\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Donald Rumsfeld called the Guantanamo detainees the worst of the worst, but NCIS special agent Robert McFadden found &#8220;not one approaching even the most liberal interpretation of a &#8216;high value detainee'&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/04\/22\/guantanamos-darkest-secret\">The Prisoner of Echo Special<\/a> (New Yorker)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;Muslims &#8230; have played a key role in swinging elections&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/450289-in-this-next-presidential-campaign-lets-include-muslim-voters\">In This Next Presidential Campaign, Let&#8217;s Include Muslim Voters<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A military court denied the appeal of a former Parris Island drill  instructor sentenced to 10 years in prison for abusing three Muslim  recruits, including &#8230; [one] who died during boot camp  in 2016&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/taskandpurpose.com\/military-court-upholds-10-year-prison-term-for-ex-parris-island-drill-instructor-who-abused-muslim-recruits\">Military Court Upholds 10-year Prison Term for Ex-Parris Island Drill Instructor Who Abused Muslim Recruits<\/a> (Task &amp; Purpose)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Iran said Friday (Jun 28) it had formally  lodged a complaint to the UN Security Council over a US drone it says  violated its airspace&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20190628-united-arab-emirates-military-troops-yemen-gulf-tensions\">Iran Complains to UN over US Spy Drone<\/a> (Channel News Asia)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A French city closed two public swimming pools after seven&nbsp;Muslim women &#8216;inspired by Rosa Parks&#8217; defied a citywide ban to swim in their burkinis on Sunday&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/swimming-pool-closed-burkini-ban-france-grenoble-muslim-protest-a8978836.html\">French City Closes Public Swimming Pools After Muslim Women Defy Burkini Ban in Protest<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Shias and Sunnis are appalled by an Australian preacher&#8217;s attempt to press Muslim sectarian tensions into the service of right-wing Islamophobes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/06\/25\/mohamad-tawhidi-far-right\/\">How a Fringe Muslim Cleric From Australia Became a Hero to America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Far Right<\/a> (The Intercept)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Analysts <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5592889\/mike-pompeo-iran-al-qaeda\/\">say<\/a>  that Iran often keeps tabs on al-Qaeda and there have been al-Qaeda  members inside Iran at various points, but they have often been under  house arrest&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/Pentagon Official: We Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Link Iran to al-Qaeda In Hill Briefings\">Pentagon Official: We Didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Link Iran to al-Qaeda In Hill Briefings<\/a> (Defense One)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the bill lacked the 60 votes needed for passage, 50 of the 90 votes rejected the notion that President Trump, in Sen. Schumer&#8217;s words, has &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2019\/06\/28\/iran-lawmakers-seek-block-president-donald-trump-launching-military-strike-tim-kaine-rand-paul\/1585631001\/\">a blank check to pursue another endless  war in the Middle East<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/6\/28\/18761331\/senate-republicans-trump-war-powers\">4 Senate Republicans Joined with Democrats to Rein in Trump on Iran<\/a> (Vox)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Colaneri and Mr. Crysel both admitted &#8230; to agreeing to &#8230; essentially kill members of the Islamic  community in Islamberg, And Mr. Vetromile &#8230; admitted to his  role as it related to the acquiring &#8230; explosive  devices&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/Three-Young-Men-Plead-Guilty-to-Plotting-Attack-on-NY-Muslim-Community-511989772.html\"> Three Young Men Plead Guilty to Plotting Attack on NY Muslim Community<\/a> (NBC New York)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Rumsfeld called the Guantanamo detainees the worst of the worst, but NCIS special agent Robert McFadden found &#8220;not one approaching even the most liberal interpretation of a &#8216;high value detainee&#8217;&#8221;: The Prisoner of Echo Special (New Yorker) &#8220;Muslims &#8230; have played a key role in swinging elections&#8221;: In This Next Presidential Campaign, Let&#8217;s Include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20626","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\/20626","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20626"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20634,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20626\/revisions\/20634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}