{"id":40360,"date":"2019-10-14T05:59:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T10:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=40360"},"modified":"2019-10-14T05:59:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T10:59:59","slug":"news-and-analysis-10-14-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=40360","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/14\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;SAUDI ARABIA MAY be this country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s&nbsp;<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/saudi-arabia-is-the-top-buyer-of-u-s-weapons\/\">top arms customer<\/a>, but we are not their protector and our military forces are not their mercenaries&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2019\/10\/12\/the-shouldn-take-military-action-against-iran\/TRZCcWbDV3v5J5q1iSi6aK\/story.html\">The US Shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Take Military Action Against Iran<\/a> (The Boston Globe)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[A]s the US draws back from the Middle East, the countries of the region  are increasingly getting caught up in risky foreign interventions&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/trump-syria-turkey-kurds-iraq-sunni-iran-libya-a9154096.html\">Like the US Before It, Iran Is Learning the Perils of Foreign Intervention in Iraq<\/a> (Independent)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and even as he defends his Syrian withdrawal, &#8220;Trump has endorsed the idea of sanctioning Turkey for its attack on the  primarily-Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, which allied with the U.S.  in the fight against ISIS&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/lindsey-graham-turkey-sancitons-syria-kurdish-07d99d6f-ec2f-47c2-8de7-831f785c56d1.html\">Lindsey Graham Threatens Turkey with &#8220;Most Crippling Sanctions&#8221; Since Iran<\/a> (Axios)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran government spokesman Ali Rabei has said Tehran is `avoiding haste, carefully examining what has happened and probing facts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 into the apparent attack on one of its tankers in the Red Sea on October 11&#8243; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com\/LL1129523\/Iran-says-it-will-respond-to-cowardly-attack-on-tanker\">Iran Says It Will Respond to &#8216;Cowardly Attack&#8217; on Tanker<\/a> (Lloyd&#8217;s List)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; as Pakistan PM Imran Khan in a mission to mitigate tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/10\/pakistan-imran-khan-tehran-facilitate-iran-saudi-talks-191013144217969.html\">Pakistan&#8217;s Imran Khan in Tehran to Facilitate Iran-Saudi Talks<\/a>  (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;the UAE itself has never pointed the finger of blame at Iran for [the attack on Saudi oil industry].<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/exclusive-saudi-arabia-gives-green-light-for-talks-with-Iran\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a> Instead, it sent navy officers to meet their counterparts in Iran&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/exclusive-uaes-secret-mission-iran\">UAE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Secret Mission to Iran<\/a> (Middle East Eye)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After 70 days incommunicado, Kashmiris get partial relief, but not for Internet, VOIP, landline, or prepaid phone services:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/post-paid-mobile-services-restored-in-kashmir-valley-1609122-2019-10-14\">Postpaid Mobile Phone Services Restored in Kashmir 72 Days After Lockdown, Internet Still Off<\/a> (India Today)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/iran\">Iran<\/a> has realised that its inefficient and corrupt managers endanger the political system more than foreign enemies do&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/d0fe931e-d946-11e9-8f9b-77216ebe1f17\">Iran: Hardliners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Anti-graft Drive Masks Wider Goals<\/a> (Financial Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>British Museum highlights the East-West cultural exchange and the Islamic influence in European culture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/features\/exploring-influence-muslim-culture-west-191012183507580.html\">Exploring the Influence of Muslim Culture on the West<\/a>  (Al-Jazeera) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A Mossad official was quoted saying that assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force in Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, was &#8220;Not impossible&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/loose-lips-mossad-denies-its-chief-gave-interview-on-iran-killings-ambitions\/\">Loose Lips? Mossad Denies Its Chief Gave an Interview on Iran, Killings, Ambitions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/loose-lips-mossad-denies-its-chief-gave-interview-on-iran-killings-ambitions\/\">&nbsp;<\/a>(The Times of Israel)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>US steps up trade pressure on China over Uighur oppression: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/10\/top-diplomat-pressure-china-muslim-uighurs-191010013239989.html\">Top US Diplomat Keeps Up Pressure on China over Muslim Uighurs<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Israeli police &#8230; in the East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhood  &#8230; were caught on camera complaining that there was no purpose  to an ongoing police operation &#8230; other than deliberately provoking &#8230; residents&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-provoking-jerusalem-s-palestinians-for-nothing-cop-s-recording-sheds-light-on-op-1.7970362\">Provoking Jerusalem&#8217;s Palestinians &#8216;For Nothing&#8217;: Cop&#8217;s Recording Sheds Light on &#8216;Screwed Up&#8217; Policy<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; yet, &#8220;President Donald Trump&#8217;s civil rights chief in the Department of Education, Kenneth L Marcus, it seems, is now leading a campaign to make all US universities Israel-friendly&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/love-desire-iran-threat-national-security-191011090501980.html\">Is &#8216;Love and Desire in Iran&#8217; a Threat to US National Security?<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;SAUDI ARABIA MAY be this country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s&nbsp;top arms customer, but we are not their protector and our military forces are not their mercenaries&#8221;: The US Shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Take Military Action Against Iran (The Boston Globe) &#8220;[A]s the US draws back from the Middle East, the countries of the region are increasingly getting caught up in risky foreign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40360","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\/40360","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\/122827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40360"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41017,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40360\/revisions\/41017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}