{"id":775,"date":"2008-09-15T10:57:17","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T15:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=775"},"modified":"2008-09-15T10:57:17","modified_gmt":"2008-09-15T15:57:17","slug":"news-and-analysis-91508","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=775","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/15\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a failure to secure any convictions in the previous trial, prosecutors begin another trial against the Holy Land Foundation, accused of distributing charity to Palestinian relief groups run by Hamas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysun.com\/national\/high-stakes-trial-is-set-against-alleged-hamas-arm\/85825\/\">High-Stakes Trial Is Set Against Alleged Hamas Arm<\/a> (NY Sun)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tribesmen &#8220;representing half a million people vowed to switch sides &#8230; if Washington does not stop cross-border attacks:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2008\/sep\/15\/pakistan.usforeignpolicy\">Pakistani Tribal Chiefs Threaten to Join Taliban<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Highly popular, Barbie dolls are described as &#8220;destructive culturally and a social danger&#8221; by Iranian prosecutor:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0915\/p04s01-wome.html\">In Iran, Barbie Seen as Cultural Invader<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Donor fears that government officials will pocket donations lead to tragedy as Muslims distribute Zakat (obligatory charity) during Ramadan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/wire\/sns-ap-indonesia-stampede-deaths,1,3207055.story\">At least 23 Indonesians Crushed to Death Waiting for Cash Handout<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Proposed security aid package strongly indicates Israeli intention to attack Iran:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freedomsphoenix.com\/Find-Freedom.htm?At=038164&#038;From=News\">Israel Asks U.S. for Arms, Air Corridor to Attack Iran<\/a> (Haaretz \/ Freedom Phoenix)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lieutenant-General Ray Odierno assumes control of Iraqi operations on Tuesday, hoping to further improve the security and reduce the number of US forces:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/15\/AR2008091500499.html?hpid=moreheadlines\">Pentagon Chief in Iraq to Transfer War Command<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite a failure to secure any convictions in the previous trial, prosecutors begin another trial against the Holy Land Foundation, accused of distributing charity to Palestinian relief groups run by Hamas: High-Stakes Trial Is Set Against Alleged Hamas Arm (NY Sun) Tribesmen &#8220;representing half a million people vowed to switch sides &#8230; if Washington does [&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-775","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\/775","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=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}