{"id":785,"date":"2008-09-25T11:19:10","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T16:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=785"},"modified":"2008-09-25T11:19:10","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T16:19:10","slug":"news-and-analysis-92508","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=785","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/25\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ashcroft, Rice, and Rumsfeld implicated in approval of torture techniques for al-Qaeda prisoners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/24\/AR2008092403355.html\">Top Officials Knew in 2002 of Harsh Interrogations<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>War prisoner allegedly denied due process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-gitmo25-2008sep25,0,1717874.story\">Guantanamo Prosecutor Quits Amid Controversy<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Corruption and violence threaten to undermine government&#8217;s rule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/24\/AR2008092403339.html\">As Crime Increases in Kabul, So Does Nostalgia for Taliban<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pakistan seeks containment while US seeks Afghan stability:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0924\/p01s03-wosc.html\">U.S. and Pakistan: Different Wars on Terror<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whoever controls influence in Najaf could &#8220;dominate upcoming local elections and set the tone for Iraq&#8217;s nascent democracy&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE48O3BQ20080925?sp=true\">Religion, Politics Make Najaf Focus of Iraqi Power<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Conditions worsen as EU, Russia, US, and UN fail &#8220;to make significant progress towards peace&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/09\/2008925113056366413.html\">Quartet &#8216;failing&#8217; in Middle East<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashcroft, Rice, and Rumsfeld implicated in approval of torture techniques for al-Qaeda prisoners: Top Officials Knew in 2002 of Harsh Interrogations (Washington Post) War prisoner allegedly denied due process: Guantanamo Prosecutor Quits Amid Controversy (LA Times) Corruption and violence threaten to undermine government&#8217;s rule: As Crime Increases in Kabul, So Does Nostalgia for Taliban (Washington [&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-785","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\/785","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=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}