{"id":778,"date":"2008-09-18T10:49:18","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T15:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=778"},"modified":"2008-09-22T10:42:46","modified_gmt":"2008-09-22T15:42:46","slug":"news-and-analysis-91808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=778","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/18\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US promise &#8220;to respect Pakistan&#8217;s sovereignty&#8221; belied by continuing attacks within Pakistani borders:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/17\/AR2008091700331.html\">U.S. Strike Reported as Mullen Consults Pakistanis<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nato and U.S. forces are responsible for 45% of civilian casualties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0918\/p01s02-wosc.html\">Afghan Civilian Death Toll Undermines U.S. Support<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recognizing that trade barriers hurt both sides, Ahmadinejad says, &#8220;Those who say we want to put sanctions &#8230; are putting sanctions on themselves&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSDAH72628420080918?sp=true\">Iran Vows No Nuclear Retreat Despite Sanctions Threat<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Egypt, the hijab becomes an symbol of fashion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"DetailedTitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/focus\/2008\/09\/20089812812445443.html\">The Multiple Shades of the Hijab<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NGOs struggle to pick up the slack after the government abandons madrassah reform:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0917\/p07s02-wosc.html\">N.G.O.s Put More Pakistanis in School<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US promise &#8220;to respect Pakistan&#8217;s sovereignty&#8221; belied by continuing attacks within Pakistani borders: U.S. Strike Reported as Mullen Consults Pakistanis (Washington Post) Nato and U.S. forces are responsible for 45% of civilian casualties: Afghan Civilian Death Toll Undermines U.S. Support (Christian Science Monitor) Recognizing that trade barriers hurt both sides, Ahmadinejad says, &#8220;Those who say [&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-778","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\/778","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=778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}