{"id":257,"date":"2007-03-28T10:41:23","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T15:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=257"},"modified":"2007-03-28T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2007-03-28T15:41:26","slug":"news-and-analysis-32807","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (3\/28\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Sunni neighborhood is rampaged by rogue Shi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122a cops and militias in revenge to Sunni militants\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 devastating bomb attack in a Shi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122a neighborhood two days earlier:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/03\/28\/AR2007032800166_pf.html\"><font color=\"#800080\">Shiite Cops Reportedly Rampage Vs. Sunnis<\/font><\/a> (Associated Press)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">\u00c2\u00a0\n<p \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">Upset with their bloodthirsty recklessness, many local Sunni militants are cutting ties with Al-Qaeda and in some cases fighting them:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0327\/p99s01-duts.html\"><font color=\"#800080\">Widening Schism in Iraq Between Sunni Insurgents, Al Qaeda<\/font><\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">\u00c2\u00a0\n<p \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Major powers US, Russia and China compete for influence over Central Asian states and their resources, but face issues of state failure and Islamist activism:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0328\/p01s03-wosc.htm\"><font color=\"#800080\">Big Powers Jockey for Oil in Central Asia<\/font><\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)\u00c2\u00a0\n<p \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt\">Perhaps alternative solutions would be either to let no one pray, like\u00c2\u00a0at the Hagia Sophia, or let both religions pray like at Abraham&#8217;s Tomb in Khalil, West Bank<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt\">:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-cordoba28mar28,1,5917050,print.story?ctrack=1&#038;cset=true\"><font color=\"#800080\">Catholic-Muslim Turf War Still Resonates at Cordoba Cathedral<\/font><\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt\">\u00c2\u00a0\n<p \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN\">The complexities of being Muslim and serving in the military:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0328\/p01s02-usmi.htm\"><font color=\"#800080\">One Muslim&#8217;s Decision to Join the US Army<\/font><\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><span lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN\">\u00c2\u00a0\n<p \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">In spite of recent escalation of tensions and sanctions on Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/03\/28\/world\/europe\/28cnd-britain.html?_r=1&#038;hp&#038;oref=slogin\"><font color=\"#800080\">Britain Steps Up Pressure on Iran, Freezing Business Ties<\/font><\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">\u00c2\u00a0\n<p \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6some hawks are beginning to dismiss the likelihood of a military confrontation:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; 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