{"id":288,"date":"2007-04-30T10:27:58","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T15:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=288"},"modified":"2007-04-30T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2007-04-30T15:27:58","slug":"news-and-analysis-43007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=288","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/30\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Strife Iraq is worsened by allegations that PM Maliki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cabinet fired some of the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s top police and army commanders based on sectarian considerations: <\/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\/29\/AR2007042901728_pf.html\"><font size=\"2\">Maliki&#8217;s Office Is Seen Behind Purge in Forces<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision to send high-level official on Iraq conference sends reassuring message that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153some diplomatic doors remain open\u00e2\u20ac\u009d between Tehran and Washington: <\/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\/30\/world\/middleeast\/30diplo.html?ref=world&#038;pagewanted=print\"><font size=\"2\">Iran to Attend Regional Talks on Iraq Violence<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (New York Times)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">The arrest of 172 suspected Al-Qaeda militants is an example of how the Saudi government has capitalized on the terrorists key strategic mistake\u00e2\u20ac\u201c&#8221;attacking Saudis, Arabs and Muslims&#8221;: <\/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\/0430\/p06s02-wome.htm\"><font size=\"2\">New Saudi Tack on Al Qaeda<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">UK finds two men innocent and convicts five extremists of attempting to kill hundreds with giant fertilizer bomb, sentencing them to life in prison: <\/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:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/6195914.stm\"><font size=\"2\">Five Get Life Over UK Bomb Plot<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (BBC News)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Exiled Syrian Muslim Brotherhood leader denounces latest national elections: <\/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.adnki.com\/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&#038;loid=8.0.409774942&#038;par=0\"><font size=\"2\">Syria: Elections \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAnother Farce\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Says Muslim Brotherhood Leader<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Adnkronos International)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">In the latest attack on the political opposition in Egypt, government arrests 14 Muslim Brothers, including two parliamentarians, violating parliamentary mmunity: <\/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.adnki.com\/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&#038;loid=8.0.409653464&#038;par=0\"><font size=\"2\">Egypt: Two Deputies Among Latest Muslim Brotherhood Arrests<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Adnkronos International)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Progressive\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Islamic-oriented party is formed in Aceh, Indonesia, aiming to engage issues such as &#8220;corruption, good government, savage deforestation, and the protection of women&#8221;: <\/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.adnki.com\/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&#038;loid=8.0.409751225&#038;par=0\"><font size=\"2\">Indonesia: New Aceh Party Favors Progressive Shari\u00e2\u20ac\u2122a Law<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Adnkronos International)  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