{"id":289,"date":"2007-05-01T09:49:26","date_gmt":"2007-05-01T14:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=289"},"modified":"2007-05-01T09:49:26","modified_gmt":"2007-05-01T14:49:26","slug":"news-and-analysis-5107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/1\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Amid reports of the alleged death of Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub Al-Masri, US National Counterterrorism Center releases annual report showing a 91% increase in terrorist attacks inside Iraq: <\/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\/middle_east\/6610873.stm\"><font size=\"2\">Al-Qaeda in Iraq Leader &#8216;Killed&#8217;<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (BBC News)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\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\/30\/AR2007043001663_pf.html\"><font size=\"2\">U.S. Cites 91 Percent Rise In Terrorist Acts in Iraq<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)<\/font><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">  <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">While the legal standoff over the Turkish Presidential goes directly to the courts, a<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"> CSM editorial argues that secularist should be pushing for greater checks and balances in government and electoral reforms, not banning public religious practice and the Washington Post argues that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the principal threat to democracy in Turkey comes not from the AK party but from its opponents\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"> <\/span><\/font><\/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.turkishdailynews.com.tr\/article.php?enewsid=72038\"><font size=\"2\">Judgment Day Cometh<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Turkish Daily News)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0501\/p08s02-comv.htm\"><font size=\"2\">Untying Turkey&#8217;s Head-Scarf Knot<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Christian Science Monitor)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\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\/30\/AR2007043001498_pf.html\"><font size=\"2\">Turkey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Democracy Crisis<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> (Washington Post)  <\/font><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><font size=\"2\">Issues of religious freedom and profiling, competing with the need for security are at the heart of discrimination case brought by Imams to US Federal court: <\/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\/0501\/p01s02-usju.htm\"><font size=\"2\">In Imams&#8217; 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