{"id":255,"date":"2007-03-26T10:58:50","date_gmt":"2007-03-26T15:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=255"},"modified":"2007-03-27T11:05:45","modified_gmt":"2007-03-27T16:05:45","slug":"news-and-analysis-32607","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/26\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former National Security Adviser to President Carter analyzes the devastating impact the concept of the &#8220;War on Terror&#8221; has had on America and the world:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/23\/AR2007032301613_pf.html\"><font color=\"#800080\">Terrorized by &#8216;War on Terror&#8217;: How a Three-Word Mantra Has Undermined America<\/font><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before leaving his post as US ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad admits to talking with some insurgents in order to the fight against Al-Qaeda, but the success of these discussions is limited at best in decimated Sunni areas of Baghdad:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/26\/AR2007032600296_pf.html\"><font color=\"#800080\">U.S. Talks to Iraq Rebels Over Anti-Qaeda Front<\/font><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/03\/26\/world\/middleeast\/26sunni.html?ref=world&#038;pagewanted=print\"><font color=\"#800080\">Sunni Baghdad Becomes Land of Silent Ruins<\/font><\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the wake of captured British naval personnel and the UN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recent decision to widen sanctions, tensions crank up further between Iran and the EU and US:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0326\/p01s04-wome.htm\"><font color=\"#800080\">Face-off With Iran Takes Tougher Turn<\/font><\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With less than a week for the public to debate and become informed Egyptians vote on a referendum to decide on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153reforms\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to the national constitution:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/26\/AR2007032600166_pf.html\"><font color=\"#800080\">Egyptians Begin Voting in Referendum<\/font><\/a> (Associated Press)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsvote.bbc.co.uk\/mpapps\/pagetools\/print\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/6481909.stm\"><font color=\"#800080\">Egypt: A Permanent Emergency?<\/font><\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Erosions of liberty continue to take place in Pakistan as police arrest anti-Musharraf protestors:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/03\/26\/world\/asia\/26pakistan.html?pagewanted=print\"><font color=\"#800080\">Pakistan Police Detain Opposition Members Ahead of Protests<\/font><\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Los Angeles Times editorial argues that abuses of National Security Letters show Congress needs to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcrein in\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 parts of the Patriot Act:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/opinion\/commentary\/la-ed-security26mar26,0,4619044,print.story?coll=la-home-commentary\"><font color=\"#800080\">Revise the Patriot Act<\/font><\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former National Security Adviser to President Carter analyzes the devastating impact the concept of the &#8220;War on Terror&#8221; 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