{"id":298,"date":"2007-05-11T16:13:05","date_gmt":"2007-05-11T21:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=298"},"modified":"2007-05-11T16:30:50","modified_gmt":"2007-05-11T21:30:50","slug":"news-and-analysis-51107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/11\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Slim majority of Iraqi parliamentarians, cutting across sectarian lines, signed a draft bill capping current levels of US-led occupation forces and requiring a timetable for withdrawal:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/10\/AR2007051000387_pf.html\"><font color=\"#800080\">Iraqi Lawmakers Back Bill on U.S. Withdrawal<\/font><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Musharraf\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s big brother measures against Pakistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s judiciary and press freedom are met strong resistance:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/6647799.stm\"><font color=\"#800080\">Karachi Braced for Judge Protests<\/font><\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adnki.com\/index_2Level_English.php?cat=CultureAndMedia&#038;loid=8.0.413871414&#038;par=\"><font color=\"#800080\">Pakistan: Publisher Challenges Musharraf Over Press Freedom<\/font><\/a> (Adnkronos International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In an op-ed to the New York Times Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora argues for taking the Arab peace initiative to Israel seriously:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/05\/11\/opinion\/11siniora.html?_r=1&#038;oref=slogin&#038;pagewanted=print\"><font color=\"#800080\">Give the Arab Peace Initiative a Chance <\/font><\/a>(New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Arguing that &#8220;Ms. Esfandiari is no enemy of Iran,&#8221; a Washington Post editorial speculates that some Iranian political actors are sacrificing Iran&#8217;s national interest for internal political advantage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/05\/10\/AR2007051002254.html\">Wrong Move in Iran: Arresting an Iranian American scholar is no way to win the world&#8217;s respect<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a result of the breakdown of law and order in Gaza, Palestinians are saying that certain splinter groups are becoming inspired by Al-Qaeda-like ideology to commit violence against other Palestinians:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0511\/p06s01-wome.htm\"><font color=\"#800080\">Al Qaeda Tactics Expand in Gaza<\/font><\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slim majority of Iraqi parliamentarians, cutting across sectarian lines, signed a draft bill capping current levels of US-led occupation forces and requiring a timetable for withdrawal: Iraqi Lawmakers Back Bill on U.S. Withdrawal (Washington Post) Musharraf\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s big brother measures against Pakistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s judiciary and press freedom are met strong resistance: Karachi Braced for Judge Protests (BBC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298","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\/298","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}