{"id":797,"date":"2008-10-06T11:09:37","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T16:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=797"},"modified":"2008-10-07T08:58:36","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T13:58:36","slug":"news-and-analysis-100608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=797","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/06\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Middle East oil-rich elite continue to spend &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-emirates6-2008oct06,0,4498042.story\">Emirates Flexes its Financial Muscle<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>even as the chickens of previous &#8220;pyramid-building&#8221; come home to roost:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/10\/2008105115732624666.html\">Gulf Stocks Hit Amid Global Crisis<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Turkey demands Kurdish rebels be recognized as terrorists and rooted out of northern Iraq:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/05\/AR2008100501075.html\">Retaliatory Turkish Airstrikes Target Kurdish Rebels in Iraq<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Initially attacked to spark sectarian violence, reconstruction has begun on one of the holiest Shi&#8217;ite mosques:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE49502B20081006?sp=true\">Iraq Hopes Shrine Rebuild Can Reconcile Sects<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iraq seeks the renewal of diplomatic relations with Middle Eastern neighbors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/10\/200810513154771181.html\">Egypt Envoy in Historic Iraq Visit<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the &#8220;most peaceful corner of Afghanistan,&#8221; come new opportunities for Afghani women:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/06\/world\/asia\/06bamian.html?_r=1&#038;ref=world&#038;oref=slogin\">In Poverty and Strife, Women Test Limits<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reader rejects portrayal of Yemen in the Washington Post&#8217;s article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/09\/25\/AR2008092500705.html\">&#8220;Yemen Rejects Some U.S. Requests on Extremists&#8221;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/05\/AR2008100501848.html\">The Human Side of Yemen<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Middle East oil-rich elite continue to spend &#8230; Emirates Flexes its Financial Muscle (LA Times) even as the chickens of previous &#8220;pyramid-building&#8221; come home to roost: Gulf Stocks Hit Amid Global Crisis (Al Jazeera) Turkey demands Kurdish rebels be recognized as terrorists and rooted out of northern Iraq: Retaliatory Turkish Airstrikes Target Kurdish Rebels [&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-797","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\/797","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=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}