{"id":41,"date":"2006-08-15T10:40:49","date_gmt":"2006-08-15T15:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=41"},"modified":"2018-02-28T14:36:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:36:27","slug":"news-and-analysis-updates-81506","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=41","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis Updates (8\/15\/06)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Commentary questions the US Administration\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s logic of labeling local and regional insurgent groups as \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcterrorists\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"hdr\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.org\/newsroom\/article.asp?id=1789\">The Bush Administration Makes New Enemies Daily<\/a> (The Independent Institute)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Alvaro Vargas Llosa suggests a better use for Guantanamo\u00e2\u20ac\u201dturn it into a free-enterprise zone, much like Hong Kong<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"hdr\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.org\/newsroom\/article.asp?id=1786\">Could Puno and Guantanamo Be The Next Hong Kongs?<\/a> (The Independent Institute)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Governments allege that unsuspecting Brits wanting to aid earthquake victims in Kashmir funded recent terror plot<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/08\/14\/AR2006081401196.html\">Charity Funds Said to Provide Clues to Alleged Terrorist Plot<\/a> (Washington Post)<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In letter to the editor, attorney representing many Arab\/Muslim clients complains about tactics used by FBI, US Attorneys office and federal judges<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/printedition\/opinion\/la-lew-names15aug15,1,6885064.story\">Terrorism Defendants Face a Tough Road<\/a> (LA Times)<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Four men arrested and detained for three years under terrorism suspicion and later released without charge sue; accusing the government of holding \u00e2\u20ac\u0153them illegally as punishment for refusing to work as informants.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-mirmehdi15aug15,1,7192944.story\">Freed Former Terror Suspects Sue U.S. Officials<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Top Muslim police officer responds to potential racial-profiling initiative at airports: &#8220;What we don&#8217;t want to do is actually alienate the very communities who are going to help us catch terrorists.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/news\/news-security-britain-profiling.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin\">Top Muslim Policeman Slams UK &#8220;Terror Profile&#8221; Plan<\/a> (Reuters\/NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The ceasefire may have taken hold in Lebanon, but in Gaza &#8211; on Israel&#8217;s forgotten front &#8211; the killing goes on.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/4792313.stm\">Gaza Ceasefire Hopes Dwindle<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">UK article criticizes biased <span \/>in US media and in Congress on the Middle East<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/world\/americas\/article1219241.ece\">America&#8217;s one-eyed view of war: Stars, stripes, and the Star of David <\/a>(The Independent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary questions the US Administration\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s logic of labeling local and regional insurgent groups as \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcterrorists\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 The Bush Administration Makes New Enemies Daily (The Independent Institute) Alvaro Vargas Llosa suggests a better use for Guantanamo\u00e2\u20ac\u201dturn it into a free-enterprise zone, much like Hong Kong Could Puno and Guantanamo Be The Next Hong Kongs? 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