{"id":3380,"date":"2010-07-14T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T17:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2010-07-14T13:29:19","modified_gmt":"2010-07-14T18:29:19","slug":"news-and-analysis-71410","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=3380","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/14\/10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Economists here say what is most needed now is not more goods coming in, as the easing of the blockade has permitted, but people and exports getting out&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/14\/world\/middleeast\/14gaza.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1&amp;th&amp;emc=th\">Trapped by Gaza Blockade, Locked in Despair<\/a> (New Y0rk Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Among\u00c2\u00a0contradictory\u00c2\u00a0stories\u00c2\u00a0of kidnapping and\u00c2\u00a0defection, one thing is clear in the case of Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri: the layers of subterfuge characteristic of the U.S.\u00c2\u00a0intelligence\u00c2\u00a0community does not make matters any more intelligible:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/terrorism-security\/2010\/0713\/Shahram-Amiri-hiding-in-DC-embassy-wants-to-return-to-Iran\">Shahram Amiri Hiding in DC Embassy, Wants to Return to Iran<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Correct terminology matters in the debate between the terms &#8220;Islamic terrorist&#8221; and &#8220;Muslim terrorist&#8221;;\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0in a world of Christian, Marxist, and non-religious terrorists, we have to ask what a &#8220;War Against Radical Islam&#8221; really means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsweek.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/panelists\/john_esposito\/2010\/07\/violent_muslims_distort_the_tradition.html\">Violent &#8216;Muslims&#8217; Distort the Tradition<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A recent move by opponents of NYC mosque to zone private property as landmark, is more bigotry than historical preservation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/wire\/sns-ap-us-ground-zero-mosque,0,1502052.story\">Dozens Speak Out Against Planned Mosque Near Ground Zero At NYC Hearing on Landmark Status<\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Organisers say they still plan to dock in Gaza, despite Israel&#8217;s request to head to the Egyptian port of El-Arish&#8221;,\u00c2\u00a0despite Israel sources saying the boat has changing course for Egypt:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/10615479\">Libyan Ship with Gaza Aid &#8216;heads to Egypt&#8217;, Israel Says<\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Obama\u00c2\u00a0administration&#8217;s stance &#8220;is practical, it doesn&#8217;t give terrorists more reasons to claim the U.S. disrespects Islam, and it is does not focus on religion to the exclusion of the many motivations people have for&#8221; 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