{"id":632,"date":"2008-04-16T09:59:07","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=632"},"modified":"2008-04-16T10:19:48","modified_gmt":"2008-04-16T15:19:48","slug":"news-and-analysis-41608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=632","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/16\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">The surge shows more limitations of its so-called success as 291 Iraqis are killed or wounded, more Iraqi soldiers continue to desert their posts and disagreements arise between the US military and Iraqi government over what do about Sadr\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s political and military presence:<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/updates\/?articleid=12696\">Tuesday: 2      Marines, 125 Iraqis Killed; 166 Iraqis Wounded<\/a> (Antiwar.com)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/16\/world\/middleeast\/16sadr.html?_r=1&#038;hp&#038;oref=slogin\">Iraqi      Unit Flees Post, Despite American\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Plea<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/?id=128991\">Differences Emerge in      US and Iraqi Strategies for al-Sadr<\/a> (Associated Press\/Wiredispatch)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Big Brother undermines its self-justification as declassified FBI documents show unrestrained (ab)use of national security letters impeded a counterterrorism investigation\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rawstory.com\/news\/2008\/FBI_slowed_terror_investigation_by_using_0415.html\">FBI      Slowed Terror Investigation By Using &#8216;Secret Letter&#8217;<\/a> (Raw Story)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6but does an impeccable job of using its invasive powers to muzzle those blowing the whistle on the NSA spying scandal:<\/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\/2008\/04\/12\/washington\/12leak.html?ref=us\">Leak      Inquiry Said to Focus on Calls With Times<\/a> (New York Times) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Congress slams AG Mukasey for earlier false statements about events leading to 9\/11 and say his response evades important questions expanded surveillance powers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2008\/04\/15\/MND7105C5F.DTL\">Democrats      Blast Mukasey for 9\/11 Call Remarks<\/a> (San Francisco Chronicle)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">As the Egyptian government arrests another 25 Muslim Brotherhood members, the Islamist group\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s third most senior leader is sentenced by a kangaroo court to seven years in jail: <\/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\/middle_east\/7348772.stm\">Egyptians      Jail 25 Brotherhood Men<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Several prominent US Muslim leaders pledge to participate in a dialog with the Pope (Minaret of Freedom Institute included), but express reservations over the way interfaith discussions have been conducted so far:<\/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\/2008\/04\/15\/AR2008041501802_pf.html\">US      Muslim Group Declines to Meet Pope<\/a> (Associated Press\/Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Latest news on Sami Al-Arian reveals harsher treatment at Hampton Roads Regional Jail deliberately designed physically coerce him into testimony:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freesamialarian.com\/media\/press103.htm\"><span class=\"style1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none\">Dr.      Al-Arian Faces Shocking Abuse in New Facility<\/span><\/span><\/a> (Tampa Bay      Coalition for Justice and Peace)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The surge shows more limitations of its so-called success as 291 Iraqis are killed or wounded, more Iraqi soldiers continue to desert their posts and disagreements arise between the US military and Iraqi government over what do about Sadr\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s political and military presence: Tuesday: 2 Marines, 125 Iraqis Killed; 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