{"id":6219,"date":"2012-02-01T12:29:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T17:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2012-02-01T12:29:07","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T17:29:07","slug":"news-and-analysis-2112","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=6219","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (2\/1\/12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It takes a lot to get K Street to distance itself from a regime. Egypt&#8217;s ruling military junta has manged the feat by investigating a group of American NGO workers for criminal prosecution&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/World\/Backchannels\/2012\/0130\/With-Americans-holed-up-in-Cairo-embassy-Egypt-s-lobbyists-in-DC-quit?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fworld+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+World%29\">With Americans Holed Up in Cairo Embassy, Egypt&#8217;s Lobbyists in DC Quit<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;My 14-year-old son once asked if what he learns at school about rights and liberties was nothing but theory, or a reality that he can believe in. One evening, he concluded that the &#8216;bad guys [FBI] are using good laws to destroy the lives of good guys.&#8217; Dismayed, he then asked, &#8216;Is this really America?&#8217; &#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T<a href=\"http:\/\/www.truth-out.org\/fbi-spied-me-and-then-lied-about-it\/1326904717\">he FBI Spied on Me and Then Lied About It<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Truthout)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<span>This pernicious law poses one of the greatest threats to civil liberties in our nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s history<\/span>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2012\/01\/18\/why-the-ndaa-is-unconstitutional\/\">Why the NDAA is Unconstitutional<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Counter Punch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A spokesman insists &#8220;<span>a majority of the people of Syria believed in a peaceful struggle against the regime. &#8216;Some security force members and commanders who couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stand the killings of the people left the military, these people sometimes engaging in armed struggles for self-defense. Apart from these, there are no armed groups in the country<\/span>&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayszaman.com\/news-270132-syrias-muslim-brotherhood-will-not-take-up-armed-struggle.html\">Syria\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslim Brotherhood will not take up armed struggle<\/a> (Zaman)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; and likewise, in Egypt,\u00c2\u00a0 FJP leader Mohamed Al-Beltagy, said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am against the monopolization of the revolution \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 when one group claims to speak for the revolution. As long as a demonstration is peaceful, does not disrupt, threaten, burn down or clash, I do not oppose it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bikyamasr.com\/55617\/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-says-people-have-right-to-protect-institutions\/\">Egypt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslim Brotherhood Says People Have \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Right to Protect Institutions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a> (BikyaMasr)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Is the Brotherhood heading &#8220;very far from the principles of the movement&#8221;?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2012-01-31\/israel-forces-identity-struggle-for-egypt-s-islamists-noe-raad.html\">Israel Forces Identity Struggle for Egypt&#8217;s Islamists: Noe &amp; Raad<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The report&#8217;s conclusions that &#8220;the Taliban&#8217;s strength and morale are largely intact despite the Nato military surge, and that significant numbers of Afghan government soldiers are defecting to them, are in stark contrast to Nato&#8217;s far more bullish official line&#8221;:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/feb\/01\/taliban-afghanistan-leaked-report-pakistan\">Taliban Will Take over from US and Nato in Afghanistan \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Leaked US Report<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>While the drone strikes have taken away 1,700 and 2,700 Pakistani lives, the US insists that those deaths are simply necessary to protect the future well-being of US citizens:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/english\/news\/asia\/Pakistan-Repeats-Condemnation-of-Drone-Strikes-138417439.html\">Pakistan Repeats Condemnation of Drone Strikes<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Voice of America)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The opposition continues to argue against the governments accusations while the government proposes more sanctions against them.<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle-east\/bahrain-eyes-tougher-laws-calling-for-15-year-jail-time-for-attacks-on-security-forces\/2012\/01\/30\/gIQAuk5rbQ_story.html\">Bahrain Eyes Tougher Laws Calling for 15-year Jail Time for Attacks on Security Forces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle-east\/bahrain-eyes-tougher-laws-calling-for-15-year-jail-time-for-attacks-on-security-forces\/2012\/01\/30\/gIQAuk5rbQ_story.html\">Bahrain Opposition Fears Effects of Iran-West Tensions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even after the criticism it\u00c2\u00a0received\u00c2\u00a0for its passivity during the Rwandan genocide, the UN remains reluctant to interfere with \u00c2\u00a0<em>inner<\/em> state human right\u00c2\u00a0violations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cfr.org\/patrick\/2012\/01\/31\/the-united-nations-then-and-now-and-what-it-means-for-syria\/\">The United Nations Then and Now; and What It Means for Syria<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(Council of Foreign Relations)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It takes a lot to get K Street to distance itself from a regime. 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