{"id":232,"date":"2007-03-05T14:32:43","date_gmt":"2007-03-05T19:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=232"},"modified":"2007-03-05T14:32:44","modified_gmt":"2007-03-05T19:32:44","slug":"news-and-analysis-3507","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/5\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Pakistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s political and military challenges come at a cost when helping the US take on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda: <\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0305\/p10s01-wosc.html\"><font size=\"2\">Pakistan Walks Fine Line with Capture of High-Level Taliban Leader<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Saudis and Iranians promise warmer relations, but avoid promising an end to violent sectarianism: <\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/03\/05\/world\/middleeast\/05saudi.html?ref=middleeast\"><font size=\"2\">Saudi-Iran Meeting Yields Little Substance<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (New York Times)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Los Angeles Times op-ed: Withdrawal, not military escalation is the key to ending Iraq\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sectarian carnage: <\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/opinion\/commentary\/la-oe-power5mar05,0,1484727.story?coll=la-home-commentary\"><font size=\"2\">How to Stop Genocide in Iraq<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Los Angeles Times)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Maryland bill will open up the funeral industry to Muslims, granting greater economic and religious freedom: <\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\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\/03\/04\/AR2007030401376.html\"><font size=\"2\">Md. Bill to Provide Muslims End-of-Life Alternatives<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Color-coding maps with sectarian divisiveness: <\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/world\/fisk\/article2323413.ece\"><font size=\"2\">Robert Fisk: How Easy it is to Put Hatred on a Map<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (The Independent)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">As more people die in Afghanistan\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/03\/05\/world\/asia\/05afghan.html?ex=1330750800&#038;en=3879f07f6b66f99f&#038;ei=5090&#038;partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss\"><font size=\"2\">16 Civilians Die as U.S. Troops Fire on Afghan Road<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (New York Times)<br \/>\n<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6some American soldiers attempt to censor media coverage of the carnage: <\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/6419235.stm\"><font size=\"2\">US &#8216;Erased Afghan Attack Footage&#8217;<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (BBC News)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s political and military challenges come at a cost when helping the US take on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda: \u00c2\u00a0 Pakistan Walks Fine Line with Capture of High-Level Taliban Leader (Christian Science Monitor) Saudis and Iranians promise warmer relations, but avoid promising an end to violent sectarianism: \u00c2\u00a0 Saudi-Iran Meeting Yields Little Substance (New York [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232","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\/232","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}