{"id":28378,"date":"2019-09-17T05:20:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T10:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=28378"},"modified":"2019-09-17T05:20:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T10:20:51","slug":"news-and-analysis-9-17-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=28378","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/17\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Blaming Iran for a Houthi attack is &#8220;a pretext &#8230; to make war on Iran,&#8221; that ignores that MbS attacked Yemen &#8220;because Saudi Arabia had been used to having major  influence on Yemen through dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juancole.com\/2019\/09\/pompeo-manipulatively-production.html\">Pompeo Manipulatively Blames Iran as Saudi Arabia Loses 58% of Oil Production to Houthi Attack<\/a> (Juan Cole)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; They claim photos show &#8220;points of impact &#8230; that  appear to have originated from the north or northwest&#8221; ruling out Yemen as the source but &#8220;some of the strikes in the images appeared to have come from the west&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-admin-releases-satellite-photos-it-says-prove-iran-attacked-saudi-oil-field\">Trump Admin Releases Satellite Photos It Says Prove Iran Attacked Saudi Oil Field<\/a> (Daily Beast)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; but &#8220;other nations have not supported Pompeo&#8217;s assertion that [Iran] was responsible&#8221; and &#8220;the Houthi rebels &#8230; claim that their forces fired the drone  without any external help save that from Houthi inside Saudi Arabia&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2019\/09\/15\/iran-denies-trump-administration-claim-that-it-was-behind-attacks-on-saudi-arabian-oilfields\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2019\/09\/15\/iran-denies-trump-administration-claim-that-it-was-behind-attackshttps:\/\/www.salon.com\/2019\/09\/15\/iran-denies-trump-administration-claim-that-it-was-behind-attacks-on-saudi-arabian-oilfields\/-on-saudi-arabian-oilfields\/\">Iran Denies Trump Administration Claim that It Was Behind Attacks on Saudi Arabian <\/a>O<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2019\/09\/15\/iran-denies-trump-administration-claim-that-it-was-behind-attackshttps:\/\/www.salon.com\/2019\/09\/15\/iran-denies-trump-administration-claim-that-it-was-behind-attacks-on-saudi-arabian-oilfields\/-on-saudi-arabian-oilfields\/\">ilfields<\/a> (Salon)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and a West Point study showing the Houthis are now the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153most powerful military entity in [their] country\u00e2\u20ac\u009d contradicts claims that the Houthis are incapable of the such an attack:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/news\/world\/middle-east\/claims-that-iran-carried-out-saudi-strike-do-not-stack-up-1.4019796\">Claims that Iran Carried Out Saudi Strike Do Not Stack Up<\/a> (Irish Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, a presidential hopeful whose  popularity has been tarnished by a sluggish economy and the rising cost  of living, could well turn out to be the election&#8217;s biggest loser&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/09\/tunisia-election-outsider-lead-stuns-votes-counted-190916165816387.html\">Tunisia Election: Outsider in Lead Stuns After Most Votes Counted<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Joseph Cecil Vandevere directed a tweet at Virginia state senate &#8220;candidate Qasim Rashid. The tweet included a picture of a lynching and read, &#8216;VIEW YOUR DESTINY'&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/virginia\/2019\/09\/judge-refuses-to-toss-charge-over-threat-to-muslim-candidate\/\">Judge Refuses to Toss Charge over Threat to Muslim Candidate<\/a> (WTOP)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One co-founder dared to write &#8220;about a 2001 FBI investigation of five Israeli nationals who were witnessed smiling and celebrating and taking pictures of the burning Twin Towers &#8230; [who were] deported  without charge&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/court-fbi-must-destroy-memos-calling-antiwar-com-a-threat\/\">Court: FBI Must Destroy Memos Calling Antiwar.com a Threat<\/a> (The American Conservative)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A social media manager who had put quotes of Prophet Muhammad on the site was shocked to find her overlords had removed it all saying &#8220;they wanted to do away with  anything overtly Islamic&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2019\/sep\/15\/lifestyle-website-for-muslim-teens-is-covertly-funded-by-the-home-office\">Lifestyle Website for Muslim Teens Is Covertly Funded by the Home Office<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/misc\/tags\/TAG-benjamin-netanyahu-1.5599046\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>  said last month that Iran has no immunity anywhere and that the Israeli  military forces &#8220;will act \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and currently are acting \u00e2\u20ac\u201d against them&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/airstrike-targets-iran-backed-militias-near-iraq-syria-border-media-reports-say-1.7854441\">Airstrike Targets Iran-backed Militias Near Iraq-Syria Border, Media Reports Say<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The expelling of Qaterji\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s group and the bold move by the Iranian  militias reveals a deepening conflict within the camp of the Assad  regime and its allies consisting of Iran, Russia and various Arab  tribes&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20190916-iran-militias-expel-assad-linked-group-from-east-syria-province\/\">Iran Militias Expel Assad-linked Group from East Syria Province<\/a> (Middle East Monitor)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Netanyahu is shameless. Mr. Gantz is blind. Palestinians see no prospect in this election. How could they?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/17\/opinion\/israel-election.html\">Israel Wants Palestine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Land, but Not Its People<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blaming Iran for a Houthi attack is &#8220;a pretext &#8230; to make war on Iran,&#8221; that ignores that MbS attacked Yemen &#8220;because Saudi Arabia had been used to having major influence on Yemen through dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh&#8221; &#8230; Pompeo Manipulatively Blames Iran as Saudi Arabia Loses 58% of Oil Production to Houthi Attack (Juan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28378","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\/28378","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28378"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29493,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28378\/revisions\/29493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}