{"id":653,"date":"2008-05-07T11:03:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T16:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=653"},"modified":"2008-05-07T11:03:14","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T16:03:14","slug":"news-and-analysis-5708","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=653","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/7\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">The 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Israel has Palestinians like Akram al-Shamali bitter over he and his parents being forced out of their home by the violent birth of the Zionist state:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/?id=156720\">Turning      60, Israelis Feel Pride, Palestinians Pain<\/a> (Reuters\/Wiredispatch)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Gitmo defense lawyers make the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153most specific [assertions] to date\u00e2\u20ac\u009d about the government eavesdropping on their conversations with detainees:<\/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\/05\/07\/us\/07gitmo.html?_r=1&#038;partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=all&#038;oref=login\">Lawyers      for Guant\u00c3\u00a1namo Inmates Accuse U.S. of Eavesdropping<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Hardliners slam leading reformist figure Mohamed Khatami for giving a speech on Ayatollah Khomeini that may implicate possible Iranian military involvement in Iraq:<\/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\/7386001.stm\">Iran Hardliners      Condemn Khatami<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Lebanon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presidential crisis turns more ugly as a politicized workers strike morphs into a violent clash between pro and anti-government supporters:<\/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\/7387273.stm\">Clashes As      Strike Grips Lebanon<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Members of a heterodox Turkish Muslim sect fight to free themselves from state-controlled and state-imposed courses on religion in public schools:<\/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\/AR2008050502284_pf.html\">Turkish      Alevis Fight Back Against Religion Lessons<\/a> (Reuters\/Washington Post)<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Failure of London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Big Brother surveillance<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"> to combat ordinary crime<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"> sheds doubt on its supposed value as role model for terrorism prevention in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2007\/0711\/p01s04-ussc.html\">New York<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/04\/30\/AR2008043003430.html\">Washington DC<\/a> :<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/uk\/2008\/may\/06\/ukcrime1\">CCTV Boom Has      Failed To Slash Crime, Say Police<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">After a scathing GAO review, the US finally conducts minimal oversight of its massive military assistance to Pakistan, rejecting small portions of its total annual billion-dollar aid package:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-uspakistan7-2008may07,0,7263245.story\">Pentagon      Rejects Some Pakistan Aid Requests<\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 60th anniversary of Israel has Palestinians like Akram al-Shamali bitter over he and his parents being forced out of their home by the violent birth of the Zionist state: Turning 60, Israelis Feel Pride, Palestinians Pain (Reuters\/Wiredispatch) Gitmo defense lawyers make the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153most specific [assertions] to date\u00e2\u20ac\u009d about the government eavesdropping on their conversations 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