{"id":649,"date":"2008-05-02T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T16:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=649"},"modified":"2008-05-02T11:27:04","modified_gmt":"2008-05-02T16:27:04","slug":"news-and-analysis-5208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=649","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/2\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After being detained for six years at Gitmo, Al-Jazeera reporter Sami Al-Hajj is freed and speaks out harshly against his detention:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/NR\/exeres\/04F88FBD-BFA5-42D9-A9C4-D8E0979C79D6.htm\">Sami al-Hajj Hits Out at US Captors<\/a> (Al-Jazeera International)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Freelance Mideast reporter Ben White reflects on the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, finding Palestinians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 persistence deserves praise, not just mourning, amid their struggle:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0502\/p09s01-coop.htm\">In Praise of Palestinian Steadfastness<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Washington Post editorial slams secular extremists&#8217; latest attempt to undermine the faith-based and democratically-elected AKP:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/05\/01\/AR2008050103199.html\">Secular and Antidemocratic<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Senators propose bill forcing Iraq to share larger costs of the occupation, including reconstruction efforts and paramilitary support, but is likely to get shot down by Congressional Bush supporters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/05\/01\/AR2008050102224_pf.html\">Senate Panel Moves to Shift Costs of War to Iraq<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Disclosed court papers reveal a secret, deliberate and coordinated attempt by the Bush administration and telecoms to block civil lawsuits accusing the companies of privacy violations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/id\/134930\">Just Between Us<\/a> (Newsweek)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Washington Post editorial asks whether an unprecedented third terrorism trial against the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Liberty City Seven\u00e2\u20ac\u009d has more to do with saving face than serving justice:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/05\/01\/AR2008050103200.html\">A Trial Too Far<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being detained for six years at Gitmo, Al-Jazeera reporter Sami Al-Hajj is freed and speaks out harshly against his detention: Sami al-Hajj Hits Out at US Captors (Al-Jazeera International) Freelance Mideast reporter Ben White reflects on the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, finding Palestinians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 persistence deserves praise, not just mourning, amid their struggle: In [&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-649","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\/649","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=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}