{"id":24,"date":"2006-08-02T13:54:05","date_gmt":"2006-08-02T18:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=24"},"modified":"2018-02-28T14:35:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:35:37","slug":"news-and-analysis-updates-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.N. monitors prove that Israel, not Hizbullah, is responsible for the present violence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2006\/0801\/p09s02-coop.html\">Hizbullah&#039;s Attacks Stem from Israeli Incursions into Lebanon (Christian Science Monitor)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hizbullah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s popularity rises as Israeli strategy misjudges the nature of Hizbullah:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/08\/01\/AR2006080101446.html\">Staying Power Adds To Hezbollah&#039;s Appeal (Washington Post)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Muslims caught in the crossfire in Sri Lanka:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/5237114.stm\">&#039;Muslims Flee&#039; Sri Lanka Fighting (BBC News)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Experts criticize recent US foreign policy: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This administration has pursued an us-versus-them policy in every strategy and opportunity; in every opportunity, it pursued a strategy which created more of them and less of us.  You don&#039;t bomb people into liking democracy.&#039;&#039;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/washington\/politics-mideast-usa-policy.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin\">Widening War Complicates US Policy Goals (Reuters\/NY Times)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New proposed laws will move towards correcting Pakistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s misinterpretation of Islamic law regarding accusations of rape and adultery:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/world\/AP-Pakistan-Rape-Law.html\">Pakistan to Propose Changing Rape Laws (AP\/NY Times)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a military court, one marine describes the mission as \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccompetition for kills\u00e2\u20ac\u2122:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.reuters.com\/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&amp;storyID=13053088&amp;pageNumber=0\">Soldiers Smiled Before Killings in Iraq: Witness (Reuters) <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Somali Interim Prime Minister is increasingly isolated as resigned ministers call for dialogue with the Union of Islamic Courts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/5239304.stm\">Somali MPs Defy Ghedi over Talks (BBC News)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The parents of Iranian student leader, who recently died in prison, were arrested as they returned to Iran<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/5235328.stm\">Parents of Iranian Dissident Held (BBC News)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.N. monitors prove that Israel, not Hizbullah, is responsible for the present violence: Hizbullah&#039;s Attacks Stem from Israeli Incursions into Lebanon (Christian Science Monitor) Hizbullah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s popularity rises as Israeli strategy misjudges the nature of Hizbullah: Staying Power Adds To Hezbollah&#039;s Appeal (Washington Post) Muslims caught in the crossfire in Sri Lanka: &#039;Muslims Flee&#039; Sri Lanka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","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\/24","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18264,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions\/18264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}