{"id":786,"date":"2008-09-26T11:16:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T16:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=786"},"modified":"2008-09-26T11:16:41","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T16:16:41","slug":"news-and-analysis-92608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=786","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (9\/26\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions escalate as US claims &#8220;the ground forces fired rounds meant not to hit the Pakistani troops, but &#8216;to make certain that they realized they should stop shooting'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/26\/AR2008092600349.html?hpid=moreheadlines&#038;sid=ST2008092601030&#038;s_pos=\">Pakistan Warns US Troops After Exchange of Fire<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Militant Israelis vow to use violence, even against other Israelis, to protect illegal settlements within the West Bank:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/09\/26\/world\/middleeast\/26settlers.html?pagewanted=1&#038;ref=world\">Radical Settlers Take On Israel<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fears of sectarian violence surround census forms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/25\/AR2008092504511.html?hpid=moreheadlines\">Questionnaires Stir Unease in a Baghdad Enclave<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Islamic groups gain influence through free iftars during Ramadan, the opening of schools, and providing services to the poor:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/0926\/p06s01-wome.html\">The Islamization of East Jerusalem<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iranian ambassador counters the US proposal believing &#8220;the Iraqi people and the Iraqi government look at the agreement as being imposed on them&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iraq26-2008sep26,0,7828783.story\">U.S. Blames Iran for Delay in Iraq Pact<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions escalate as US claims &#8220;the ground forces fired rounds meant not to hit the Pakistani troops, but &#8216;to make certain that they realized they should stop shooting&#8217;&#8221;: Pakistan Warns US Troops After Exchange of Fire (Washington Post) Militant Israelis vow to use violence, even against other Israelis, to protect illegal settlements within the West [&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-786","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\/786","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=786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}