{"id":210,"date":"2007-02-12T13:42:39","date_gmt":"2007-02-12T18:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=210"},"modified":"2007-02-12T15:29:28","modified_gmt":"2007-02-12T20:29:28","slug":"news-and-analysis-21207","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=210","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/12\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCriticism\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of intelligence isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the same thing as manipulation: <\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-intel12feb12,0,1642172.story?coll=la-home-headlines\"><font size=\"2\">Ex-official Defends Claim on Iraq, Al Qaeda<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (LA Times)<br \/>\n<\/font> <\/span><\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">Abducted by CIA, extremist imam is set free after being tortured Egyptian authorities: <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-omar12feb12,1,5622593.story?coll=la-headlines-world\"><font size=\"2\">Egypt Releases Cleric Allegedly Seized by CIA<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Reuters)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">&#8220;At the end of it, people are going to look back and say, &#8216;What the hell was this all about?&#8217; &#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Jamil Mroue <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/02\/11\/AR2007021101328_pf.html\"><font size=\"2\">Across Arab World, a Widening Rift<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)<br \/>\n<\/font> <\/span><\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">Editorial by prominent Iran expert sees the Islamic Republic as a rational state actor, not a revolutionary: <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0212\/p09s02-coop.html\"><font size=\"2\">Iranian Foreign Policy: Not so Revolutionary Anymore<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)<br \/>\n<\/font> <\/span><\/li>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\">&#8220;They intend to be as provocative as possible and make the Iranians do something [America] would be forced to retaliate for,&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Hillary Mann <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font 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\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Chris Hedges <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\"><font size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font 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