{"id":676,"date":"2008-06-03T10:48:19","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T15:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=676"},"modified":"2008-06-03T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2008-06-03T15:48:19","slug":"news-and-analysis-6308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=676","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/3\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Two major presidential candidates hype claims about Iranian nuclear intentions, but former CIA-operative Phil Giraldi says the facts don&#8217;t support the saber-rattling:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/227\/story\/39423.html\">Both Mccain, Obama      Exaggerating Iran&#8217;s Nuclear Program<\/a> (McClatchy)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/orig\/giraldi.php?articleid=12932\">Iran      Accusations Merit Skepticism<\/a> (Antiwar.com)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">False intelligence, worsened global security and changing regional balance of power top Aussie PM Rudd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s list of reasons for exiting Iraq:<\/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\/0603\/p04s01-wome.html\">Why Australia      is Leaving Iraq<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Imam Qatanani describes his torture at the hands of Israeli soldiers at a court hearing to fight his deportation:<\/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\/06\/03\/AR2008060300635.html\">NJ      Muslim Leader Talks of Torture in Israel<\/a> (Associated Press\/Washington      Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Statist interference in religious affairs hits Algeria\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tiny Christian minority, leading to four people slapped with fines and suspended jail time:<\/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\/06\/03\/AR2008060300978.html\">Algerian      Christians Given Suspended Jail Terms<\/a> (Reuters\/Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">NY Times ombudsman Clark Hoyt takes Ed Luttwak to task for his extremist views on Islam and op-ed editor Dave Shipley for not allowing an equal op-ed rebuttal space:<\/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\/06\/01\/opinion\/01pubed.html?_r=1&#038;oref=slogin&#038;ref=todayspaper&#038;pagewanted=print\">Entitled      to Their Opinions, Yes. But Their Facts?<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">The transitional government, opposing factions and civil society are hopeful that an agreement to end fighting can be reached soon:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200806030865.html\">Somalia:      Reconciliation Talks Move Closer in Djibouti<\/a> (IRIN\/All Africa)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Extremists\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 assault on protesters supporting heterodox sect\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right to religious belief earns them rebuke from Indonesia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second biggest religious organization\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\/06\/03\/monas-square-violence-criminal-govt-must-act-resolutely-muhammadiyah-chief.html\">Monas      Square Violence is Criminal, Govt Must Act Resolutely: Muhammadiyah Chief<\/a>      (Jakarta Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and legal action from the government:<\/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\/06\/02\/govt-mulls-freezing-fpi-over-brutality.html\">Govt      Mulls Freezing FPI Over Brutality<\/a> (Jakarta Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two major presidential candidates hype claims about Iranian nuclear intentions, but former CIA-operative Phil Giraldi says the facts don&#8217;t support the saber-rattling: Both Mccain, Obama Exaggerating Iran&#8217;s Nuclear Program (McClatchy) Iran Accusations Merit Skepticism (Antiwar.com) False intelligence, worsened global security and changing regional balance of power top Aussie PM Rudd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s list of reasons for exiting [&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-676","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\/676","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=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}