{"id":516,"date":"2007-12-18T12:24:23","date_gmt":"2007-12-18T17:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=516"},"modified":"2007-12-18T12:24:23","modified_gmt":"2007-12-18T17:24:23","slug":"news-and-analysis-121807","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=516","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/18\/07)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Confirming <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/\/?p=512\">MFI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s skeptical analysis <\/a>about the validity of Abu Zubayah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s information and supposed rank, disputes between the FBI and CIA emerge over the tortured Al-Qai\u00e2\u20ac\u2122da suspect:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/12\/17\/AR2007121702151_pf.html\">FBI,      CIA Debate Significance of Terror Suspect<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Fighting from some Senators derails last-minute attempt to cram through intelligence law bill granting retroactive immunity to telecoms:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/12\/17\/AR2007121700872_pf.html\">Telecom      Immunity Issue Derails Spy Law Overhaul<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">As a slap in the face to Bush\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s faux policy toward Tehran, Russia delivers its first shipment of enriched-uranium to Iran:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/12\/18\/world\/middleeast\/18diplo.html?_r=1&#038;hp=&#038;oref=slogin&#038;pagewanted=print\">Iran      Receives Nuclear Fuel in Blow to U.S.<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Turkey makes its first major foray into northern Iraq since Ankara gave the green light to pursue PKK militants, while the US provides Turkish soldiers with important battlefield intelligence, but at a cost to diplomatic efforts meant to push reconciliation in Iraq:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/7149364.stm\">Turkish Soldiers      Cross Into Iraq<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/12\/17\/AR2007121702150_pf.html\">U.S.      Helps Turkey Hit Rebel Kurds In Iraq<\/a> (Washington Post)<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confirming MFI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s skeptical analysis about the validity of Abu Zubayah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s information and supposed rank, disputes between the FBI and CIA emerge over the tortured Al-Qai\u00e2\u20ac\u2122da suspect: FBI, CIA Debate Significance of Terror Suspect (Washington Post) Fighting from some Senators derails last-minute attempt to cram through intelligence law bill granting retroactive immunity to telecoms: Telecom Immunity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516","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\/516","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}