{"id":668,"date":"2008-05-23T12:34:56","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T17:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=668"},"modified":"2008-05-23T12:34:56","modified_gmt":"2008-05-23T17:34:56","slug":"news-and-analysis-52308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=668","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/23\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Content to keeping his opposition to the occupation private in the past, Ayatollah Sistani, is increasingly voicing his opinion publicly\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/?id=180785\">Powerful Iraqi Cleric Flirting With Shiite Militant Message<\/a> (Associated Press\/Wiredispatch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 while a recent Pentagon financial audit shows the lack of accountability in contractor spending adds more costs to the occupation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/05\/23\/world\/middleeast\/23audit.html?_r=1&#038;ref=world&#038;oref=login\">Iraq Spending Ignored Rules, Pentagon Says<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a miscarriage of justice, a Saudi couple severely abusing their Indonesian maid gets off scot-free:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7415290.stm\">Saudi Maid Verdict &#8216;Outrageous&#8217;<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Terrorists continue their crimes against the ummah by executing a Pakistani journalist and threaten to assassinate scholars against killing innocents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/7416142.stm\">Gunmen Kill Pakistani Journalist<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/International_Security\/Emerging_Threats\/Briefing\/2008\/05\/22\/terrorists_issue_threat_to_muslim_clergy\/8676\/\">Terrorists Issue Threat to Muslim Clergy<\/a> (UPI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rather than enforcing the rule of law in the first place, Indian government dishes out a paltry $80 million to compensate for the deaths of 1,000 Muslims killed in the Gujarat riots:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/7416073.stm\">Relief for Gujarat Riot Victims<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Making small moves away from the White House, some Congressional members say lawsuits against telecom collaboration in illegal government spying can have their day court\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/c\/a\/2001\/10\/06\/MN183971.DTL\">secret, rubberstamp<\/a> FISA court\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/?id=181142\">Republicans Shift, A Little, On Surveillance Rules<\/a> (Associated Press\/Wiredispatch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Indonesian government expert finds cronyism rather than meritocracy still remains the rule within bureaucracies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2008\/05\/23\/seminar-parties-stall-bureaucratic-reform.html\">Seminar: Parties Stall Bureaucratic Reform<\/a> (The Jakarta Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content to keeping his opposition to the occupation private in the past, Ayatollah Sistani, is increasingly voicing his opinion publicly\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Powerful Iraqi Cleric Flirting With Shiite Militant Message (Associated Press\/Wiredispatch) \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 while a recent Pentagon financial audit shows the lack of accountability in contractor spending adds more costs to the occupation: Iraq Spending Ignored Rules, 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