{"id":4704,"date":"2011-05-17T12:38:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T17:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=4704"},"modified":"2011-05-17T12:38:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T17:38:11","slug":"news-and-analysis-51711","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=4704","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/17\/11)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As &#8220;<a title=\"    News     World news     al-Qaida  Pakistan homes in on Osama Bin Laden network with arrest of al-Qaida man\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/may\/17\/al-qaida-arrest-pakistan-yemen\" target=\"_blank\">Pakistani security forces arrested a senior al-Qaida operative in &#8230; the first major move against Osama bin Laden&#8217;s network inside Pakistan since his death<\/a>,&#8221; the split with Pakistan widens as <a title=\"Pakistan Protests After NATO Helicopters Wound Troops\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-south-asia-13421568\" target=\"_blank\">Pakistan Protests After NATO Helicopters Wound Troops<\/a> and the AP reveals disturbing details about <a title=\"Bin Laden killing 'may set precedent' MPs are told\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-13424843\" target=\"_blank\">the assassination of bin Ladin<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/may\/17\/osama-bin-laden-guns-found-after-killing\">Osama bin Laden&#8217;s Guns Found &#8216;Only After&#8217; US Navy Seals Killed Him<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Congress is considering monumental new legislation that would grant the  president \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and all presidents after him \u00e2\u20ac\u201c sweeping new power &#8230; to use military force wherever terrorism suspects are  present in the world, regardless of whether there has been any harm to  U.S. citizens, or any attack on the United States, or any imminent  threat&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/new-authorization-worldwide-war-without-end\">New Authorization of Worldwide War Without End?<\/a> (ACLU)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The imams were arrested under &#8220;kinder, gentler&#8221; rules, but the senior prayer leader&#8217;s grandson says the charges are &#8220;baseless&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/news\/local\/mh-feds-seek-muslims-trust-20110516,0,5855807.story\" target=\"_blank\">Arrests of South Florida Imams Carried Out Under New Federal Rules<\/a> (Miami Herald \/ Orlando Sentinel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scott Horton interviews <a href=\"http:\/\/minaret.org\/Staff.htm#dean\">Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad<\/a> on the <a title=\"Nakba Day protests: Palestinians, Israelis must heed Arab Spring principles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Commentary\/the-monitors-view\/2011\/0516\/Nakba-Day-protests-Palestinians-Israelis-must-heed-Arab-Spring-principles?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fcsm+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+All+Stories%29\" target=\"_blank\">arrival of the &#8220;Arab spring&#8221; in Israel\/Palestine<\/a> and related issues including the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2011\/05\/16\/white-house-israel-right-over-border-killings\/\">White House response<\/a> to Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shooting of peaceful Nakba protesters and the absurdity of  Israel \u00e2\u20ac\u0153defending its borders\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights,  from Syrians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dissentradio.com\/radio\/11_05_16_ahmad.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">The Third Intifada<\/a> (antiwar.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/tags\/topic\/Abdulhadi+al-Khawaja\" target=\"_self\">Abdulhadi al-Khawaja<\/a>&#8216;s wife says things are getting worse in Bahrain: &#8220;Before he was in jail, [but] he wasn&#8217;t tortured like this, he wasn&#8217;t  beaten up like this, he wasn&#8217;t psychologically tortured\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Middle-East\/2011\/0516\/Bahrain-rights-activist-s-wife-details-torture-unfair-trial?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fcsm+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+All+Stories%29\">Bahrain Rights Activist&#8217;s Wife Details Torture, Unfair Trial<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[T]his book &#8230; aims to express the ideas and contributions of Muslim  American women who have lived lives fully rooted in American soil, while  nurtured by Islam&#8230;, to express the multitude of diverse views  and experiences of women who are defying limited categorizations and  who are in fact contributing to the strength of their nation&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illumemag.com\/zine\/articleDetail.php?I-Speak-For-Myself-American-Women-on-Being-Muslim-13655\">I Speak For Myself: American Women on Being Muslim<\/a> (Illume)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;National Security Entry-Exit Registration System \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the program required  registration, interviews and fingerprinting of male visitors 16 and  older from Muslim nations as well as North Korea,&#8221; harassing thousands, but &#8220;not a single case resulted in anyone being charged with terrorism&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/news\/ends+registration+program+targeting+from+Muslim+countries\/4792096\/story.html\">U.S. Ends Registration Program Targeting Men from Muslim Countries<\/a> (Montreal Gazette)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As &#8220;Pakistani security forces arrested a senior al-Qaida operative in &#8230; 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