{"id":732,"date":"2008-07-30T09:40:46","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T14:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=732"},"modified":"2008-07-30T09:40:46","modified_gmt":"2008-07-30T14:40:46","slug":"news-and-analysis-73008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=732","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (7\/30\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Greater focus on military operations than reconstruction in <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Iraq<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> creates a poor job market <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> outside of the government and police force:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\" \/><\/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\/0730\/p01s01-wome.html\">Iraqis More      Secure, But Few Are Finding Jobs<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0730\/p10s01-wome.html\">Sons of Iraq      Made Iraq Safer. What&#8217;s Their Mission Now?<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Turkish military uses <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Istanbul<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> explosions as an excuse to strike Kurdish Iraq again:<\/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.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/turkey\/2470744\/Turkish-warplanes-bomb-northern-Iraq-in-terror-retaliation.html\">Turkish      Warplanes Bomb Northern Iraq in Terror Retaliation<\/a> (Telegraph)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Giving a blunt warning of American intervention, the CIA dispatches an emissary to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Pakistan<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new civilian government to illustrate ISI-Taliban militancy connections\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.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/30\/world\/asia\/30pstan.html?_r=1&#038;hp=&#038;oref=slogin&#038;pagewanted=print\">C.I.A.      Outlines Pakistan Links With Militants<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and a recent military breach of the Swat-region peace deal could be it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s response to US pressures to assert its feeble authority:<\/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\/south_asia\/7532403.stm\">Pakistan Army      &#8216;Kills Militants&#8217;<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Underscoring the increasing Fatah-Hamas divide within Palestine, Human Rights Watch accuses both groups of arbitrary arrests and torture:<\/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\/29\/AR2008072902049_pf.html\">Rights      Group Reports Torture by Palestinian Security Forces<\/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\">British House of Lords excuses Saudi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s threat to withdraw national security cooperation in response to the investigation of an arms deal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s legality:<\/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\/business\/7532714.stm\">Lords Says SFO      Saudi Move Lawful<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">A new media law would further clamp down on freedom of expression, but one Egyptian laments that people trying to make ends meet in a soured economy don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have time for political activity anyway:<\/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:\/\/fairuse.100webcustomers.com\/itsonlyfair\/latimes0421.html\">Leftists&#8217;      Dreams Die Hard in Egypt<\/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\">Observers, scholars, and government representatives will discuss conflicts in Muslim countries at an Indonesian conference:<\/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.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2008\/07\/30\/president-open-international-conference-islamic-scholars.html\">President      to Open International Conference of Islamic Scholars<\/a> (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Jakarta<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\"> Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greater focus on military operations than reconstruction in Iraq creates a poor job market outside of the government and police force: Iraqis More Secure, But Few Are Finding Jobs (Christian Science Monitor) Sons of Iraq Made Iraq Safer. 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