{"id":652,"date":"2008-05-06T10:44:16","date_gmt":"2008-05-06T15:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=652"},"modified":"2008-05-06T10:44:16","modified_gmt":"2008-05-06T15:44:16","slug":"news-and-analysis-5608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=652","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/6\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Politically tainted Gitmo military commissions are unlikely to begin their so-called trials until after Bush leaves office:<\/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\/05\/05\/AR2008050502315_pf.html\">Justice      System For Detainees Is Moving At a Crawl<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Turkey uses its \u00e2\u20ac\u0153historical Ottoman ties\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to the Middle East to facilitate peace talks between Israel and Syria:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0506\/p06s01-wome.htm\">Turkey Aims for      Clout as Regional Mediator<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Indonesian survey of over 900 civil society activists finds the government has become more respectful of transparency and the rule of law, but freedoms of speech and religion declined\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2008\/05\/05\/freedoms-down-government-efficiency-reform-era-survey.html\">Freedoms      Down, Government Efficiency up in Reform Era: Survey<\/a> (The Jakarta      Post)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6despite activists\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 efforts to overturn a State board\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recommendation to declare a heterodox sect illegal:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2008\/05\/06\/government-told-disband-board-over-ahmadiyah-ban.html\">Government      Told to Disband Board Over Ahmadiyah Ban<\/a> (The Jakarta Post)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">IDF soldiers in Gaza, occupying and looting the home of innocent civilians, violate Palestinians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 property rights\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" \/><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/Ext\/Comp\/ArticleLayout\/CdaArticlePrintPreview\/1,2506,L-3539931,00.html\">Gaza      Residents Say IDF Soldiers Looted Their Homes<\/a> (Yedioth Ahronoth)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6while extremist Jewish politicians attack Arab parliamentarians within Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so-called liberal democracy a<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153terrorists&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"> and a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fifth column\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/servlet\/Satellite?cid=1209627014787&#038;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull\">&#8216;Arab      MKs Represent Terror Groups&#8217;<\/a> (Jerusalem Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">After peace talks with regional Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud break down, militants resume their attacks military and police personnel:<\/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\/south_asia\/7384895.stm\">Attacks Test      Pakistan Ceasefire<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politically tainted Gitmo military commissions are unlikely to begin their so-called trials until after Bush leaves office: Justice System For Detainees Is Moving At a Crawl (Washington Post) Turkey uses its \u00e2\u20ac\u0153historical Ottoman ties\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to the Middle East to facilitate peace talks between Israel and Syria: Turkey Aims for Clout as Regional Mediator (Christian Science 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