{"id":658,"date":"2008-05-12T10:11:13","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T15:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=658"},"modified":"2008-05-12T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2008-05-12T15:11:13","slug":"news-and-analysis-51208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=658","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/12\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">More indefinite detentions and domestic spying continue to erode liberties and national security:<\/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\/orig\/worthington.php?articleid=12825\">Ex-Gitmo      Suicide Bomber Fuels Pentagon Propaganda<\/a> (Antiwar.com)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-justice12-2008may12,0,7010328,print.story\">Domestic      Spying Far Outpaces Terrorism Prosecutions<\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Pakistan experts say US should focus less on military solutions and shed ties to Musharraf to adapt to new changes in Islamabad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s policies:          <\/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\/0512\/p03s02-usmi.htm\">As Pakistan      Changes, Should U.S. Policy?<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">While a tense calm presides over Beirut, the deaths from fighting in other parts of Lebanon continue to mount:<\/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\/12\/AR2008051200429.html\">Mountain      Clashes Bring Lebanon Death Toll To 81<\/a> (Reuters\/Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Analysts speculate the assault on Khartoum by Darfurian militants is about challenging government authority and Chad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s payback for an earlier assault on its capital by Sudanese-supported militias:<\/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\/12\/world\/africa\/12sudan.html?partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss&#038;pagewanted=print\">After      a Quixotic Attack in Sudan, a Question Lingers: Why?<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Indonesia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s President unveils a new plan to spur economic growth through encouragement of private sector investment:<\/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\/11\/sby-issue-new-economic-package.html\">SBY      to Issue New Economic Package<\/a> (The Jakarta Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Iran seeks to snub effects of Western sanctions through a quixotic approach of inefficiently developing its own oil fields without financial investment or technological ability:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/?id=163871\">Iran      Looks to Tap Key Oil Field with Homegrown Crews<\/a> (Associated      Press\/Wiredispatch)<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More indefinite detentions and domestic spying continue to erode liberties and national security: Ex-Gitmo Suicide Bomber Fuels Pentagon Propaganda (Antiwar.com) Domestic Spying Far Outpaces Terrorism Prosecutions (Los Angeles Times) Pakistan experts say US should focus less on military solutions and shed ties to Musharraf to adapt to new changes in Islamabad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s policies: As Pakistan Changes, 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