{"id":702,"date":"2008-07-01T11:05:45","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T16:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=702"},"modified":"2008-07-01T11:05:45","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T16:05:45","slug":"news-and-analysis-7108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=702","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/1\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">&#8220;The government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s long pattern of retaliation against Dr. Al-Arian has now degraded further into raw thuggery&#8221;&#8211;Jonathan Turley, legal counsel for Sami Al-Arian:  <\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathanturley.org\/2008\/06\/30\/dr-sami-al-arian-arraigned\/#more-2249\">Al-Arian&#8217;s      Lawyer Disputes Contempt Charges<\/a> (Examiner)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Coerced evidence and hearsay were allowed at <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Guantanamo<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> tribunal for the Yemeni Saudi who was tortured into confessing to murder and conspiracy\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-cole1-2008jul01,0,3441485,print.story\">Pentagon      Seeks Death Penalty in Cole Bombing<\/a> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Los Angeles<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6while an Iranian businessman confesses to charges of espionage in light of growing tensions over nuclear weapons:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/print\/?id=232706\">Iran Sentences Man to      Death for Spying for Israel<\/a> (Reuters\/Wiredispatch)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">U.S.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> operation violates agreement where security responsibilities in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Karbala<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> have already been turned over to Iraqi authorities:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/06\/28\/AR2008062801952_pf.html\">Reported      U.S. Raid Triggers Outrage<\/a> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Washington<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Mirroring <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">U.S.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> policies, the new Pakistani government abandons negotiation strategies for military action in the Taliban-heavy Afghan border region:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0701\/p06s02-wosc.html\">Pakistan Turns      to Force Against Militants<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Revival of Algerian militancy and cooperation with al-Qaeda\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s al-Zarqawi is described as a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153corporate merger:\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/01\/world\/africa\/01algeria.html?hp\">A      Ragtag Insurgency Gains a Lifeline from al-<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/01\/world\/africa\/01algeria.html?hp\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/01\/world\/africa\/01algeria.html?hp\">Qaeda <\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Somalis displaced by civil war demand renewal of identification cards that permit employment and freedom of movement:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/printable\/200807010235.html\">Over 100      Migrants Reach the Beaches of Yemen<\/a> (Shabelle Media Network\/All <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Africa<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">President asks Indonesians to file complaints if law enforcement plays political favorites in upcoming election:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; 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