{"id":791,"date":"2008-10-01T11:13:51","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T16:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=791"},"modified":"2008-10-01T11:13:51","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T16:13:51","slug":"news-and-analysis-100108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=791","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/01\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The killing of innocents is forbidden in Islam. Both the Taliban and the Americans are guilty of wrongdoing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1001\/p07s02-wosc.html\">Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan Stir Anger at U.S.<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>High-profile insurgents use Pakistani tribal areas as base for Taliban initiative:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-warlords1-2008oct01,0,721187,full.story\">Trio of Warlords Blamed for Surge in Afghanistan Violence<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although violence has decreased considerably&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idUSTRE49023R20081001?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews\">Iraq Civilian, U.S. Troop Deaths Fall in September<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/30\/AR2008093001322.html\">&#8216;We Should Go Outside and Live&#8217;<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;US reports the &#8220;fundamental character of the conflict in Iraq remains unchanged&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7645295.stm\">Iraq Remains &#8216;Locked in Conflict&#8217;<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The destabilization of Somalia by foreigners has vigilante fishermen into mercenary pirates defying international military might:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/article\/20081001\/znyt03\/810010314&#038;tc=yahoo\">Somali Pirates Tell All: They\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in It for the Money<\/a> (NY Times International Feed\/Gainesville Sun)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interior minister under investigation after forgery discovered in his credentials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/01\/world\/middleeast\/01iran.html?ref=middleeast\">In Iran, 3 Degrees of Separation From Truth<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The killing of innocents is forbidden in Islam. Both the Taliban and the Americans are guilty of wrongdoing&#8221;: Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan Stir Anger at U.S. (Christian Science Monitor) High-profile insurgents use Pakistani tribal areas as base for Taliban initiative: Trio of Warlords Blamed for Surge in Afghanistan Violence (LA Times) Although violence has decreased [&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-791","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\/791","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=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}