{"id":734,"date":"2008-08-01T10:56:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-01T15:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=734"},"modified":"2008-08-01T10:56:15","modified_gmt":"2008-08-01T15:56:15","slug":"news-and-analysis-8108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=734","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/1\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Acknowledging that they have no control over what OBL\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s driver divulges if he is freed, the military hears classified testimonies in the trial that seems fixed to convict him: <\/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\/08\/01\/AR2008080102925_pf.html\">Hamdan      Trial Closed for Testimony of Two Defense Witnesses<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Tit-for-tat arrests between rival political groups do nothing more than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153perpetuate divisions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in Palestine:<\/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\/aponline\/world\/AP-Palestinians-Gaza.html?hp=&#038;pagewanted=print\">Fatah      Says Hamas Arrested Leaders<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">European oil companies seeking to invest in Iran give in to US political pressures:<\/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.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/e291c944-5f62-11dd-91c0-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1\">US      Forces Statoil to Hold Back from Iran Operations<\/a> (Financial Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">With the introduction of sports programs, former Iraqi athletes hope to make sectarian divisions irrelevant and give children positive options:<\/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\/0801\/p12s01-wome.html\">New Sports      Center Helps Iraqi Youths Opt Out of Insurgency<\/a> (Christian Science      Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Having earlier this week <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/07\/30\/world\/asia\/30pstan.html?_r=1&#038;hp=&#038;oref=slogin&#038;pagewanted=print\">linked Pakistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ISI to tribal insurgency<\/a>, the US now joins Afghanistan in accusations for last month\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2008\/07\/14\/world\/main4261417.shtml\">bombing at the Indian embassy<\/a> in Kabul, further pressuring Pakistan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new civilian government:<\/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\/08\/01\/world\/asia\/01pstan.html?_r=1&#038;hp=&#038;oref=slogin&#038;pagewanted=print\">Pakistanis      Aided Attack in Kabul, U.S. Officials Say<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">As attacks on civilians and NGOs increase in number, aid agencies fear some areas too dangerous to operate in will suffer:<\/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\/7536422.stm\">Aid Warning Over      Afghan Violence<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Putin indicates cooperation with Libya\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s requests for products from Russia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s military industrial complex:<\/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=275753\">Libya Seeking to Buy      Russian Arms &#8211; PM Putin<\/a> (Reuters\/Wiredispatch)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">As preparations are made for terrorists\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 executions, lawyers intend to challenge the constitutionality of a firing squad:<\/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\/08\/01\/indonesia-readies-firing-squads-bali-bombers-police.html\">Indonesia      Readies Firing Squads for Bali Bombers: Police<\/a> (Jakarta Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acknowledging that they have no control over what OBL\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s driver divulges if he is freed, the military hears classified testimonies in the trial that seems fixed to convict him: Hamdan Trial Closed for Testimony of Two Defense Witnesses (Washington Post) Tit-for-tat arrests between rival political groups do nothing more than \u00e2\u20ac\u0153perpetuate divisions\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in Palestine: Fatah [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-734","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\/734","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}