{"id":21,"date":"2006-07-31T20:01:29","date_gmt":"2006-08-01T01:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=21"},"modified":"2006-08-28T12:48:17","modified_gmt":"2006-08-28T17:48:17","slug":"news-and-analysis-updates-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite Bush declaring his wish to see Guantanamo Bay detention facility close, a new maximum security prison built by Halliburton will be opening in the next few weeks at Guantanamo<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/world\/americas\/article1204499.ece\">New Maximum-security Jail to Open at Guantanamo Bay (The Independent)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information revealed about CIA abduction of Muslims in Italy<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/chi-0607310196jul31,1,3489465.story\">CIA Targeted `More than 10&#8242; in Italy for Kidnap, Agent says (Chicago Tribune)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reporter tells of a more moderate Hezbollah than is currently portrayed in Western media:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/opinion\/chi-0607310214jul31,1,391884.story\">Like It or Not, Hezbollah Is Fact of Life in Middle East (Chicago Tribune)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Syria raises troop readiness as South Lebanese try to flee the fighting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/14100258\/\">Syrian President Tells Army to Raise Readiness (MS-NBC)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iranian student originally sentenced to death for leading an anti-government protests dies in prison apparently due to a hunger strike<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/5231852.stm\">Iranian Dies After Hunger Strike (BBC News)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bombing brings civilian Lebanese death toll over 500:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/07\/30\/AR2006073000093.html%5D\">Israel Moves to Suspend Air Attacks for 2 Days After Strike in Lebanese Village Kills 57 Civilians: As Leaders in Region Condemn Operation, Rice Says Cease-Fire Could Come Soon Washington Post)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As sectarian violence increases, cooperation from Iraqis wanes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20060729\/wl_afp\/iraq_060729183818;_ylt=AjZafCNq0xhcTBj177DdTACFOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--\">Blasts in Baghdad as US Faces Stiffer Shiite Resistance (AFP\/ Yahoo)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>U.S. soldiers in Iraq &#8220;claim they were operating under orders to &#8216;kill all military age males.&#8217;  Military spokesmen have declined to respond to the charge&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20060729\/pl_afp\/usiraqmilitaryrules;_ylt=AltCxSYxlcZkuigG5G9a9QWShMgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--\">US Military Rules of Engagement on Trial in Iraqi Killing Case (AFP\/Yahoo)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20060729\/pl_afp\/usiraqmilitaryrules;_ylt=AltCxSYxlcZkuigG5G9a9QWShMgF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite Bush declaring his wish to see Guantanamo Bay detention facility close, a new maximum security prison built by Halliburton will be opening in the next few weeks at Guantanamo New Maximum-security Jail to Open at Guantanamo Bay (The Independent) More information revealed about CIA abduction of Muslims in Italy CIA Targeted `More than 10&#8242; [&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-21","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\/21","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=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}