{"id":769,"date":"2008-09-09T11:17:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T16:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=769"},"modified":"2008-09-09T11:17:40","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T16:17:40","slug":"news-and-analysis-9908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=769","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/9\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iranians suffering energy shortage see India&#8217;s special treatment for nuclear trade as double standard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0909\/p04s02-wome.html\">For Iran, Energy Woes Justify Nuclear Push<\/a> (CS Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stalled Iraqi legislation risks further delay of elections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSL926613320080909?sp=true\">Iraq Parliament Speaker Wants Poll Law Row Resolved<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to Tariq Ali&#8217;s new book <em>The Duel<\/em>, &#8220;virtually every institution of the U.S. foreign policy elite has been complicit in Pakistan&#8217;s problems&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/08\/AR2008090802483.html\">Foreign Policy Past Its Expiration Date<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bush couples promise of troop reduction in Iraq with planned increase in Afghanistan and an implied threat to Pakistan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2008\/sep\/09\/iraq.usa?gusrc=rss&#038;feed=networkfront\">Bush Announces Withdrawal of 8,000 Troops from Iraq<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Accusations of police brutality against peaceful protesters continue to raise tensions in Kashmir:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSDEL5359120080909?sp=true\">Twenty-Five Wounded in Indian Kashmir Violence<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The minister &#8220;who has been telling Iraqis it is safe to come home after five years of war&#8221; is in an awkward position now that his bodyguards have killed a female auto passenger in a disputed altercation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iraq9-2008sep09,0,4610733.story\">Iraq Official&#8217;s Bodyguards Involved in Rush-Hour Shooting<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranians suffering energy shortage see India&#8217;s special treatment for nuclear trade as double standard: For Iran, Energy Woes Justify Nuclear Push (CS Monitor) Stalled Iraqi legislation risks further delay of elections: Iraq Parliament Speaker Wants Poll Law Row Resolved (Reuters) According to Tariq Ali&#8217;s new book The Duel, &#8220;virtually every institution of the U.S. foreign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769","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\/769","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}