{"id":739,"date":"2008-08-07T11:02:05","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T16:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=739"},"modified":"2008-08-07T11:02:05","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T16:02:05","slug":"news-and-analysis-8708","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=739","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (8\/7\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Hamdan&#8217;s acquittal of terrorist conspiracy but conviction of supporting terrorism heightens debate on the fairness of the military justice system: <\/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\/06\/AR2008080601092_pf.html\">Hamdan      Guilty of Terror Support<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">A powerful voice in the region declares \u00e2\u20ac\u0153odd\u00e2\u20ac\u009d an Iranian threat to the US that would also make foes out of Arab friends:<\/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:\/\/wiredispatch.com\/news\/print\/?id=283310\">Kuwait FM Blasts Iran      Threat to Shut Gulf Strait<\/a> (AP\/Wiredispatch)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Disagreements over control of oil-rich Kirkuk delays provincial elections until next year, giving the current administration even less to call \u00e2\u20ac\u0153success\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in Iraq before leaving office:<\/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\/07\/world\/middleeast\/07iraq.html?_r=1&#038;hp=&#038;oref=slogin&#038;pagewanted=print\">Iraqis      Fail to Agree on Provincial Election Law<\/a> (New York Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Rival Palestinian parties both push for political leader and potential presidential successor Marwan Barghouti to be one of the prisoners released in Israeli good faith gesture:<\/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\/p04s02-wome.html\">Olmert Pushes      Ahead on Palestinian, Syrian Peace Tracks<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">As Turkey looks to take the role of regional problem solver, Syria seeks association and discussion in order to have a voice in peace efforts: <\/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=282009\">Syria&#8217;s Assad Meets      Erdogan for Peace Talks<\/a> (Reuters\/Wiredispatch)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoBodyText\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">It is highly likely, but not certain, that the new ruling coalition could impeach President Musharraf who by now has little say in daily affairs and already ceded military control:<\/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\/world\/la-fg-pakistan8-2008-aug08,0,4047298.story\">Pakistan      Coalition Cranks Up Pressure on Musharraf<\/a> (Los Angeles Times)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Political leader Anwar Ibrahim says he will hold the Prime Minister orchestrating his prosecution \u00e2\u20ac\u0153personally responsible\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for riots over allegations against 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.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2008\/08\/07\/anwar-faces-sodomy-charge-malaysia-election.html\">Anwar      Faces Sodomy Charge Before Malaysia Election<\/a> (Jakarta Post)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial\">Ten years after Nairobi embassy bombing, lawlessness in neighboring Somalia and victimization of local Muslims are concerns:<\/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\/africa\/7547046.stm\">Somalia &#8216;Threatens&#8217;      Kenya Peace<\/a> (BBC News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamdan&#8217;s acquittal of terrorist conspiracy but conviction of supporting terrorism heightens debate on the fairness of the military justice system: Hamdan Guilty of Terror Support (Washington Post) A powerful voice in the region declares \u00e2\u20ac\u0153odd\u00e2\u20ac\u009d an Iranian threat to the US that would also make foes out of Arab friends: Kuwait FM Blasts Iran Threat [&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-739","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\/739","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=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}