{"id":279,"date":"2007-04-20T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2007-04-20T15:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=279"},"modified":"2007-04-20T10:20:18","modified_gmt":"2007-04-20T15:20:18","slug":"news-and-analysis-42007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=279","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/20\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"3\">Thursday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s deadly bombings demonstrate that without fast and smart political action from the Iraqi government, the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsurge\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is a failure and the bodies will continue to pile up: <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0420\/p01s04-usfp.htm\"><font size=\"3\" color=\"#800080\">Iraq Falling Behind on &#8216;Benchmarks&#8217;<\/font><\/a><font size=\"3\"> (Christian Science Monitor)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"3\">&#8220;Are we in the West Bank?&#8221; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Abu Qusay, Baghdad resident <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-wall20apr20,0,4827087,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines\"><font size=\"3\" color=\"#800080\">In Baghdad, U.S. Troops Build Wall to Curb Violence<\/font><\/a><font size=\"3\"> (Los Angeles Times)<\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"3\">While confidence in Nigeria\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s corruption and poverty-afflicted democracy dramatically declines among its citizens, Mauritania\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s newly elected President is sworn in, completing a smooth transition from military to civilian rule: <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/19\/AR2007041902912_pf.htmlhttp:\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/19\/AR2007041902912_pf.html\"><font size=\"3\">As Vote for New President Nears, Democracy Disappoints Nigerians<\/font><\/a><font size=\"3\"> (Washington Post)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/NR\/exeres\/77A31F44-E015-46AB-9076-E9A9274F7050.htm\"><font size=\"3\" color=\"#800080\">Mauritania Swears in New President<\/font><\/a><font size=\"3\"> (Al-Jazeera)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"3\">Gates to Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u201cDon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re selling these arms to Gulf nations so they can counterbalance other Muslims [Iran], not your military: <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/04\/20\/world\/middleeast\/20gates.html?pagewanted=print\"><font size=\"3\" color=\"#800080\">Gates Assures Israel on Plan to Sell Arms to Saudis<\/font><\/a><font size=\"3\"> (New York Times)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"3\">200,000 residents of Mogadishu\u00e2\u20ac\u201cone-fifth of the city\u00e2\u20ac\u201cflee fighting between government troops and guerrillas of the ousted Islamic Courts Union, only to arrive at malnutrition and disease: <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/04\/20\/AR2007042000610_pf.html\"><font size=\"3\" color=\"#800080\">Fighting Makes Life Unbearable in Mogadishu<\/font><\/a><font size=\"3\"> (Associated Press)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s deadly bombings demonstrate that without fast and smart political action from the Iraqi government, the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcsurge\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is a failure and the bodies will continue to pile up: Iraq Falling Behind on &#8216;Benchmarks&#8217; 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