{"id":2122,"date":"2009-09-11T10:15:18","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T15:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=2122"},"modified":"2009-09-11T10:15:18","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T15:15:18","slug":"news-and-analysis-91109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=2122","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/11\/09)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although the US has rejected Iran&#8217;s proposal, the offer may serve as a basis for substantive talks on the nuclear issue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/09\/10\/AR2009091003964.html\">Iran Urges Disposal Of All Nuclear Arms<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nancy Pelosi and Carl Levin are among the top democrats opposing another troop surge into Afghanistan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/11\/world\/asia\/11military.html?_r=1&amp;ref=world\">Obama Facing Doubts Within His Own Party on Afghanistan<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite the Israeli blockade, Gazans attempt to bring normalcy through smuggled goods during the month of Ramadan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/09\/11\/AR2009091100248.html\">Gazans Improvise to Honor Ramadan Traditions<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the midst of an energy crunch, could Bangladesh&#8217;s example provide an solution for overused air conditioners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/features.csmonitor.com\/environment\/2009\/09\/05\/to-save-power-bangladesh-bans-suits-and-ties\/\">To Save Power, Bangladesh Bans Suits and Ties<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;I get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach every year&#8230; I feel on 9\/11 others look at me and blame me for the events that took place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/09\/10\/AR2009091002469.html\">US Muslims: Backlash Fear Builds Each 9\/11<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"Span1\">&#8220;President Karzai has got to be realistic. One way is to try and reach a coalition and let his other presidential candidate come into that coalition government&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2009\/09\/200991015456247534.html\">&#8216;Fraud Proof&#8217; Found in Afghan Polls <\/a>(Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The state of Al-Qaida eight years after September 11:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/sep\/10\/al-qaida-recruitment-crisis\">Al-Qaida Faces Recruitment Crisis, Anti-Terrorism Experts Say<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the US has rejected Iran&#8217;s proposal, the offer may serve as a basis for substantive talks on the nuclear issue: Iran Urges Disposal Of All Nuclear Arms (Washington Post) Nancy Pelosi and Carl Levin are among the top democrats opposing another troop surge into Afghanistan: Obama Facing Doubts Within His Own Party on Afghanistan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2122","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\/2122","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2122"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2125,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122\/revisions\/2125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}