{"id":233,"date":"2007-03-06T11:29:48","date_gmt":"2007-03-06T16:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=233"},"modified":"2007-03-07T12:45:22","modified_gmt":"2007-03-07T17:45:22","slug":"news-and-analysis-3607","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/6\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">The latest public opinion poll shows a new low in US public support for the occupation of Iraq\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span class=\"inside-head\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/washington\/2007-03-05-poll_N.htm\"><font size=\"2\">Only 28% Think U.S. Will Win in Iraq<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (USA Today) <\/font><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">\u00c2\u00a0\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6amid fresh sectarian-based violence\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/updates\/?articleid=10631\"><font size=\"2\">Tuesday: 10 GIs, 152 Iraqis Killed; 4 GIs, 383 Iraqis Wounded<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Antiwar.com)\u00c2\u00a0\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6while Congress still continues to appear doing nothing substantive to change the status quo:\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/05\/AR2007030501604.html\"><font size=\"2\">Democrats Alter Plan to Restrict Iraq War<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)\u00c2\u00a0\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Valerie Plame isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the only victim: Department of Justice official allegedly tells fired attorneys to stop their criticism of the administration or have \u00e2\u20ac\u0153negative, personal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d information publicly released\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realcities.com\/mld\/krwashington\/16840449.htm\"><font size=\"2\">U.S. Attorney Worried \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGloves Would Come Off\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Over Criticism of Ouster<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (McClatchy Newspapers)\u00c2\u00a0\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">After taking a tactical retreat and the transitional government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lack of willingness to engage moderates, Somalia begins to see violent resurgence of the Islamic Courts Union and other militias:\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realcities.com\/mld\/krwashington\/16839386.htm\"><font size=\"2\">Somalia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Islamist Militias May be Plotting Comeback<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (McClatchy Newspapers)\u00c2\u00a0\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Competing interpretations of Islam in Pakistan violently find their battleground in the realm of the legal and public social status of women:\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0306\/p06s01-wosc.htm\"><font size=\"2\">Violent Debate on Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rights in Pakistan<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)\u00c2\u00a0\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Top Indonesian Officials: Rule of Law is antidote to terrorism\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/detailheadlines.asp?fileid=20070306.@01&#038;irec=0\"><font size=\"2\">Democracy \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBest Tool\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for Beating Terrorists<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (The Jakarta Post)\u00c2\u00a0\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We believe\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 that by encouraging critical thinking and processing of knowledge we are creating full, well-rounded human beings \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 that will enable Qatar to build up its society.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al Missned\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; 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