{"id":801,"date":"2008-10-09T10:40:56","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T15:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=801"},"modified":"2008-10-09T10:40:56","modified_gmt":"2008-10-09T15:40:56","slug":"news-and-analysis-100908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=801","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/09\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Further suspending the rights of the Constitution, US Court of Appeals reverses decision to release Muslims from Guantanamo:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/08\/AR2008100803776.html\">Chinese Detainees&#8217; Release Is Blocked<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;A draft report by American intelligence agencies concludes that Afghanistan is in a &#8216;downward spiral&#8217; and casts serious doubt on the ability of the Afghan government to stem the rise in the Taliban\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s influence there&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/09\/world\/asia\/09afghan.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=1&#038;partner=rssuserland&#038;emc=rss\">U.S. Study Is Said to Warn of Crisis in Afghanistan<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;Meanwhile, US seems unable to adapt and unwilling to change strategy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/09\/world\/europe\/09gates.html?ref=world\">Europe Asked to Send Afghanistan More Troops<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hassan Kazemi-Qomi claims US has &#8220;worn out its welcome with the Iraqi people and said that Iraqis did not want a long-term security agreement with the United States&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fgw-kazemiqa9-2008oct09,0,3945031.story\">Iran&#8217;s Ambassador in Iraq has Harsh Words for U.S.<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Theater and satire serve as outlets for the frustrations of the Iraqi people:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-play9-2008oct09,0,3229883.story\">Iraq Play is a Tragicomedy<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although the Taliban generates 60-80 million in revenue from drug trade every year, NATO is hesitant to attack citing fears of worsening violence and civilian casualties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idUSTRE4980BC20081009?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews&#038;sp=true\">U.S. Urges NATO to Target Afghan Drugs Trade<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Failure to enforce building regulations leaves at least 11 dead:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/10\/2008108125318356603.html\">Deaths in Egypt Building Collapse<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further suspending the rights of the Constitution, US Court of Appeals reverses decision to release Muslims from Guantanamo: Chinese Detainees&#8217; Release Is Blocked (Washington Post) &#8220;A draft report by American intelligence agencies concludes that Afghanistan is in a &#8216;downward spiral&#8217; and casts serious doubt on the ability of the Afghan government to stem the rise [&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-801","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\/801","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=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}