{"id":53,"date":"2006-08-24T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-24T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=53"},"modified":"2018-02-28T14:38:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:38:19","slug":"news-and-analysis-updates-82406","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=53","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis Updates (8\/24\/06)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Cleansing innocent Iraqi blood:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/printedition\/la-fg-washer24aug24,1,1699607.story\">He Shows Mercy to the Dead<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Suspicious behavior forces plane to turn back: was it a legitimate fear of terrorism or simply passenger profiling?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/custom\/newsroom\/sns-ap-netherlands-airplane-diverted,1,4794928.story\">Dutch Gov&#8217;t: Incident Not Terror-Related<\/a> (AP\/Chicago Tribune)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lack of publicity for journalist captured in Gaza raises question over American media bias:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/news\/news-mideast-gaza-fox.html\">Mysterious Gaza Kidnapping Stirs Media Debate<\/a> (Reuters\/NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Former CIA official discusses the failures of the war on terror, saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In the long run, we&#8217;re not safer because we&#8217;re still operating on the assumption that we&#8217;re hated because of our freedoms, when in fact we&#8217;re hated because of our actions in the Islamic world.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/harpers.org\/sb-seven-michael-scheuer-1156277744.html\">Six Questions for Michael Scheuer on National Security<\/a> (Harpers)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Is intelligence on Iran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nuclear program as bad as intelligence on Iraqi WMDs?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/today.reuters.com\/news\/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&amp;storyID=2006-08-23T165644Z_01_N23334527_RTRUKOT_0_TEXT0.xml&amp;pageNumber=0&amp;imageid=&amp;cap=&amp;sz=13&amp;WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage2\">Congress Report Faults US Intelligence on Iran<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">US policy towards Muslim charities is more \u00e2\u20ac\u0153black and white\u00e2\u20ac\u009d than British views:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/08\/24\/world\/europe\/24charity.html?pagewanted=1&amp;_r=1\">Airplane Terrorism Case Prompts Questions About the Work of Islamic Charities in Britain <\/a>(NY Times)<span \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gaza&#8217;s economy struggles to make use of old Israeli settlements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/5281714.stm\">Hope Buried for Gaza&#8217;s Old Settlements<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleansing innocent Iraqi blood: He Shows Mercy to the Dead (LA Times) Suspicious behavior forces plane to turn back: was it a legitimate fear of terrorism or simply passenger profiling? 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