{"id":45,"date":"2006-08-18T12:04:15","date_gmt":"2006-08-18T17:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=45"},"modified":"2018-02-28T14:37:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:37:05","slug":"news-and-analysis-update-81806","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis Update (8\/18\/06)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Judge rules NSA wiretapping program \u00e2\u20ac\u0153violated freedom of speech, protections against unreasonable searches and a constitutional check on the power of the presidency<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/washington\/politics-security-eavesdropping.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin\">Court Rules Wiretaps Violate Rights<\/a> (Reuters\/NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Panel discusses need for balanced reporting of Muslims in America<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/michigan\/chi-ap-mi-muslims-media,1,4131457.story\">Panel: Media coverage creating &#8216;Islamic-phobia&#8217;<\/a> (AP\/Chicago Tribune)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Muslim man held for 5 years after 9\/11 is finally released three years after a magistrate finds his detainment for a deportation hearing was &#8221;a charade&#8217;:&#8217;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/world\/AP-The-Last-Detainee.html?pagewanted=1\">Post &#8211; 9 \/ 11 Detainee Returns to His Life<\/a> (AP\/NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Among a long list of complaints about Musharraf\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s regimes, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153last month a letter signed by a group of retired generals and government officials, including those who once worked with him, called for &#8216;the military\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disengagement from political power'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/08\/18\/world\/asia\/18musharraf.html?pagewanted=1\">Pakistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Leader Faces Increasing Political Challenges<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The story of one Lebanese family shows \u00e2\u20ac\u0153six years is not a long time for the wounds of the 18-year occupation to heal<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/08\/18\/world\/middleeast\/18hezbollah.html?pagewanted=1\">A Girl\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Life Bound Close to Hezbollah<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UN is having trouble securing peace keeping forces for southern Lebanon<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/5262490.stm\">Israel Alarm at UN Force Members<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Turkey and Iran shell Kurdish villages in Iraq and are considering \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a large-scale military operation across the border&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/Iraq\/Story\/0,,1852843,00.html\">Kurds Flee Homes as Iran Shells Iraq&#8217;s Northern Frontier<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Administration wants Americans to pick up another Israeli tab as taxpayers will be expected to pay for cleaning up Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s destruction of Lebanon and the continue subsidizing of Israeli bombs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/washingtondc\/la-fg-usmideast17aug17,1,729348.story\">U.S. Hopes to Rival Hezbollah With Rebuilding Effort<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judge rules NSA wiretapping program \u00e2\u20ac\u0153violated freedom of speech, protections against unreasonable searches and a constitutional check on the power of the presidency Court Rules Wiretaps Violate Rights (Reuters\/NY Times) Panel discusses need for balanced reporting of Muslims in America Panel: Media coverage creating &#8216;Islamic-phobia&#8217; 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