{"id":793,"date":"2008-10-02T10:40:41","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T15:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=793"},"modified":"2008-10-02T10:40:41","modified_gmt":"2008-10-02T15:40:41","slug":"news-and-analysis-100208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/02\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The large burden of maintaining troops abroad reaches $500,000 per US solider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/atimes\/Middle_East\/JJ02Ak01.html\">The Cost of Boots on the Ground in Iraq<\/a> (Asia Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Study stigmatizes Muslim practices suggesting growing a beard as a major indicator of radicalism:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/01\/AR2008100102120.html\">Manual Outlines Muslim Radicalization in Prisons<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Life imprisonment a possibility for former Gen. Perisic&#8217;s hand in Muslim genocide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/02\/AR2008100200789.html\">War Crimes Trial Begins for Top Serb General<\/a> (AP\/Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The complicated process of incorporating the &#8220;Sons of Iraq&#8221; into Shi&#8217;ite dominated government begins:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iraq2-2008oct02,0,6057110.story\">Iraq Takes Control of U.S.-Backed Sunni Fighters<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran suggests compromise to secure nuclear fuel&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idUSTRE4914F120081002?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews&#038;sp=true\">Iran Ties Enrichment Halt to Fuel Import Guarantee<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;even as America&#8217;s double-standard is confirmed by a &#8220;gravely flawed&#8221; nuclear trade agreement with India:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idUSTRE49109W20081002?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews\">Congress Approves Indian Nuclear Deal<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instability in Afghanistan grows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-usafghan2-2008oct02,0,2405470.story\">More U.S. Troops Needed in Afghanistan &#8216;Quickly,&#8217; General Says<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The large burden of maintaining troops abroad reaches $500,000 per US solider: The Cost of Boots on the Ground in Iraq (Asia Times) Study stigmatizes Muslim practices suggesting growing a beard as a major indicator of radicalism: Manual Outlines Muslim Radicalization in Prisons (Washington Post) Life imprisonment a possibility for former Gen. Perisic&#8217;s hand in [&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-793","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\/793","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=793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}