{"id":696,"date":"2008-06-26T11:00:49","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=696"},"modified":"2008-06-26T11:00:49","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T16:00:49","slug":"news-and-analysis-62608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=696","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/26\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a major political breakthrough, Bush seeks to end North Korea\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pariah status despite allegations that the country helped in the creation of a secret Syrian nuclear reactor. However, ongoing saber rattling with Iran could prompt Tehran to take \u00e2\u20ac\u0153drastic steps\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/?id=228084\">Bush Administration Lifts North Korea Sanctions<\/a> (AP\/Wiredispatch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iran26-2008jun26,0,510741,print.story\">Time Running out for Nuclear Program Talks, Iran Warns<\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Supreme Court upholds Second Amendment\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s individual right to bear arms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/06\/26\/AR2008062600615_pf.html\">Court Rules in Favor of Second Amendment Gun Right<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spy bill eviscerating the Fourth Amendment and the rule of law bypasses a Congressional procedural vote, while a New York federal judge says the NSA doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to disclose whether it violates attorney-client privilege:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/?id=227379\">Spy, Phone Protection Bill Clears US Senate Hurdle<\/a> (Reuters\/Wiredispatch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/?id=227387\">Court: NSA Can Refuse to Say if Lawyers Wiretapped<\/a> (AP\/Wiredispatch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Militants lash out at government institutions and Sunni tribal \u00e2\u20ac\u0153awakening\u00e2\u20ac\u009d militias, killing at least 30:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7475143.stm\">Many Killed in Iraqi Bomb Attacks<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Lebanon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s second largest city, Shi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122a\/Sunni tensions are stoked by rumors of foreign intervention on both sides:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0626\/p06s05-wome.htm\">Can Lebanon Douse Political Fires?<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Radio Free Europe analyst Dan Kimmage argues that Al-Qaeda\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appeal can be fought by supporting greater Internet freedom in Muslim-majority countries:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/06\/26\/opinion\/26kimmage.html?_r=1&#038;oref=slogin&#038;pagewanted=print\">Fight Terror With YouTube<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major political breakthrough, Bush seeks to end North Korea\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pariah status despite allegations that the country helped in the creation of a secret Syrian nuclear reactor. However, ongoing saber rattling with Iran could prompt Tehran to take \u00e2\u20ac\u0153drastic steps\u00e2\u20ac\u009d: Bush Administration Lifts North Korea Sanctions (AP\/Wiredispatch) Time Running out for Nuclear Program Talks, [&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-696","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\/696","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=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}