{"id":738,"date":"2008-08-06T11:17:06","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T16:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=738"},"modified":"2008-08-06T11:17:06","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T16:17:06","slug":"news-and-analysis-8608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=738","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/6\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">As oil revenue contributes to the Iraqi budget surplus, the US looks to transition financial responsibility for reconstruction projects: <\/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\/06\/world\/middleeast\/06surplus.html?_r=1&#038;hp=&#038;oref=slogin&#038;pagewanted=print\">As      Iraq Surplus Rises, Little Goes Into Rebuilding<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Shia cleric says his militia will lay down weapons, but insists resistance to US occupation remains a legitimate right:<\/span><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:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7545182.stm\">Mehdi Army      &#8216;Stops Carrying Arms&#8217;<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Minor al-Qaeda figure\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trial is a test run for the legal process involved in the eventual closing of Guantanamo:<\/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=282645\">Trial Could Cring US      Closer to Closing Guantanamo<\/a> (AP\/Wiredispatch)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Corrupt\u00e2\u20ac\u009d but freely elected government in Mauritania is overthrown by recently fired military generals:<\/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-Mauritania-Coup.html?hp=&#038;pagewanted=print\">Coup      Reported in Mauritania<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Pakistan government wants to affirm control of ISI, but the agency\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s alleged support for the Taliban could be driven by rival India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s growing influence in neighboring Afghanistan\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.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0807\/p07s01-wosc.html\">Can Pakistan      Clean Up Its Intelligence Agency?<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6meanwhile the US praises its training of the Afghan Army, but realizes the inadequacy in the national police force to counter rising insurgency:<\/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\/05\/AR2008080503503_pf.html\">A      Ragtag Pursuit of the Taliban<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">While the Algerian government has made combating terrorism a goal, last weekend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attack shows the Al Qaeda\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s capabilities expanding in northern Africa:<\/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\/0805\/p99s04-duts.html\">Bombing      Suggests Al Qaeda Remains a Threat in Algeria<\/a> (Christian Science      Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; 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