{"id":729,"date":"2008-07-28T10:15:32","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T15:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=729"},"modified":"2008-07-28T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T17:11:25","slug":"news-and-analysis-72808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=729","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/28\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Reversing original statement claiming small-arms fire, the U.S. military admits soldiers panicked and fired upon a car speeding to work in secure zone:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top: 0in\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/iraq\/v-print\/story\/45701.html\">U.S. Concedes Victims Were Law Abiding, Not Insurgents<\/a> (McClatchy)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Sunni attacks in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Iraq<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> continue to demonstrate upheaval over the Shiite prominence and Kurdish claims to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Kirkuk<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">: <\/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\/07\/28\/AR2008072800169_pf.html\">Suicide      Attacks Kill 57 in Baghdad, Kirkuk<\/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\">Citing last month\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2008\/07\/14\/world\/main4261417.shtml\">presumed-Pakistani bombing<\/a> at Indian embassy in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Afghanistan<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">, some are convinced ISI is also involved in Ahmedabad and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Gujarat<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> bombings\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.economist.com\/world\/asia\/PrinterFriendly.cfm?story_id=11826021\">Blast      After Blast<\/a> (The Economist)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6while others more focused on domestic sources of the attacks stress the importance of addressing the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Muslim-Hindu divide:<\/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.time.com\/time\/printout\/0,8816,1826950,00.html\">India: The      Terrorists Within<\/a> (TIME)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Finger-pointing in recent bombing overshadows Palestinian reconciliation talks:<\/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\/0728\/p06s02-wome.html\">Palestinian      Hostilities Flare in Gaza<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\">Separatist Kurds are presumed responsible for explosions yesterday in Turkey:<\/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\/world\/la-fg-turkey28-2008jul28,0,1825983.story\">Blasts      in Turkey Kill at Least 15<\/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\">New agreement with Muslim rebel group affords expansion of autonomous territory:<\/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:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/7528303.stm\">Philippine      Rebel Talks Reach Deal<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Medical results disproving sodomy charges against Malaysian leader finally come a month later, wearing away the public\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trust in police investigations:<\/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:\/\/themalaysianinsider.com\/index.php\/headlines\/42-lead-stories\/2315-leaked-medical-report-vindicates-anwar-says-pkr\">Leaked      Medical Report Vindicates Anwar, Says PKR<\/a> (Malaysian Insider)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; 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