{"id":772,"date":"2008-09-11T10:55:21","date_gmt":"2008-09-11T15:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=772"},"modified":"2008-09-11T10:58:54","modified_gmt":"2008-09-11T15:58:54","slug":"news-and-analysis-9112008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=772","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/11\/2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior officials confirm suspicions of US raids in Pakistan and promises the US will inform Pakistani government of future raids, but won&#8217;t seek permission&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/09\/11\/washington\/11policy.html?ref=washington\">Bush Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani says the &#8220;sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country will be defended at all cost and no external force is allowed to conduct operations inside Pakistan&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/11\/AR2008091100306.html\">Pakistan Premier Backs Army Chief&#8217;s Rebuke to US<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Guantanamo detainee travels to Geneva, speaking about the inhumane conditions and demanding the closing of the illegal prison:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article157846.html\">Sami El Haj, Al Jazeera Journalist, Tells His Story<\/a> (Voltairenet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interim military-government releases former prime minister over fear that a political boycott could discredit December elections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/09\/20089116820305676.html\">Bangladesh&#8217;s Zia Released from Jail<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Daughters of Iraq recruit aiding the searching of Muslim women at security checkpoints:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0911\/p06s01-wome.html\">Daughters of Iraq: Front-Line Guards Against Suicide Bombers<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An Israeli human rights group estimates least 1,126 acres has been &#8220;unofficially annexed,&#8221; half of which is privately owned by Palestinians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2008\/sep\/11\/israelandthepalestinians?gusrc=rss&#038;feed=networkfront\">Israeli Settlers Annexing Extra West Bank Land, Report Says<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fears arise as Shi&#8217;ite led government assumes control over Sahwas (Sunni Arab neighborhood patrols):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSLA40645720080911?sp=true\">Transfer of U.S.-Backed Patrols a Test for Iraq<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Designer argues that drabness among Muslim clothing is a recent innovation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/10\/AR2008091003242.html\">The Man Who Put Color Back in Saudi Menswear<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior officials confirm suspicions of US raids in Pakistan and promises the US will inform Pakistani government of future raids, but won&#8217;t seek permission&#8230; Bush Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan (NY Times) &#8230; but Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani says the &#8220;sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country will be defended at all [&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-772","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\/772","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=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}