{"id":268,"date":"2007-04-09T10:15:17","date_gmt":"2007-04-09T15:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=268"},"modified":"2007-04-09T10:22:21","modified_gmt":"2007-04-09T15:22:21","slug":"news-and-analysis-4907","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=268","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/9\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Things continue to look bleak in Iraq as local militants continue their elusive and deadly tactics, Shi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122as answer the call for an anti-occupation by Moqtada As-Sadr and even an Iraqi who helped topple a statue of Saddam Hussein after the invasion, looks back upon four years of occupation and violence with regret: <\/font><\/span><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/04\/09\/world\/middleeast\/09surge.html?_r=1&#038;hp=&#038;oref=slogin&#038;pagewanted=print\"><font size=\"2\">Patterns of War Shift in Iraq Amid Buildup of U.S. Force<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (New York Times)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/6537861.stm\"><font size=\"2\">Iraqi Shias Protest in Holy City<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (BBC News)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/08\/AR2007040801058_pf.html\"><font size=\"2\">4 Years After Hussein&#8217;s Fall, Regret in Iraq<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">In Lebanon, political deadlocks become a mundane ritual: <\/font><\/span><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/08\/AR2007040801004_pf.html\"><font size=\"2\">In Beirut, a Crisis Settles Into a Routine<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any rights here, even after your Supreme Court said we had rights,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Majid al-Joudi, Guantanamo detainee <\/font><\/span><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/04\/09\/us\/09hunger.html?ref=us&#038;pagewanted=print\"><font size=\"2\">Guant\u00c3\u00a1namo Detainees Stage Hunger Strike<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (New York Times)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Since the mid-term election, Congressional members across the political spectrum are engaged in massive oversight and vote for legislation rolling back much of the Bush administration\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s post 9\/11 secrecy: <\/font><\/span><font size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0409\/p01s02-uspo.htm\"><font size=\"2\">Congress Girds up for Return to Oversight<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">&#8220;The threat of militant cells in Morocco seems real, but the major question is to what extent is the regime using the arrests and trials of militant Islamists to roll back some of the reforms they promised, and which some believe have spun out of control,&#8221; 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