{"id":798,"date":"2008-10-07T11:29:31","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T16:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=798"},"modified":"2008-10-07T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2008-10-07T16:29:31","slug":"news-and-analysis-100708","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=798","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/07\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ship&#8217;s manifest contradicts Kenyan claim that military equipment hijacked by Somalian pirates was contracted for its own use:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/7656662.stm\">Hijacked Tanks &#8216;for South Sudan&#8217;<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Under US pressure to perform in &#8220;the war on terror&#8221;, approximately 50,000 are expected to be removed from the Bajaur tribal region:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/10\/20081074225388877.html\">Pakistan to Deport Afghan Refugees<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It &#8220;took two years and a Supreme Court petition,&#8221; but a crack appears in the educational side of Israeli apartheid:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1007\/p01s01-wome.html?page=1\">In Israel, a First Attempt at High School Integration<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Defense Secretary Gates disputes British position that &#8220;the war cannot be won&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE49607N20081007?sp=true\">U.S. Says Afghan War Comments &#8220;Defeatist&#8221;<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;but the UN doesn&#8217;t, saying &#8220;success is only possible through political means:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE4955RW20081007?sp=true\">Afghan War Cannot be Won militarily: U.N.<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Activists arrested attempting to deliver medical supplies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"DetailedTitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/10\/2008106132845762868.html\">Egypt Blocks Gaza Aid Convoy<\/a>                 (Al Jazeera)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The only Christian member of parliament says disputes over &#8220;seats allotted for Yazidis and Shabeks, and resistance to the provision within two large Shiite political parties&#8221; resulted in the loss of guaranteed Christian representation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/07\/world\/middleeast\/07iraq.html?ref=world\">Iraqis Unite to Restore Minority Representation Law<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The effort to exhume mass graves a crucial step in improving political climate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1007\/p06s01-woeu.html?page=1\">Cypriots Unearth a Little Reconciliation<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ship&#8217;s manifest contradicts Kenyan claim that military equipment hijacked by Somalian pirates was contracted for its own use: Hijacked Tanks &#8216;for South Sudan&#8217; (BBC News) Under US pressure to perform in &#8220;the war on terror&#8221;, approximately 50,000 are expected to be removed from the Bajaur tribal region: Pakistan to Deport Afghan Refugees (Al Jazeera) It [&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-798","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\/798","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=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}