{"id":80577,"date":"2020-01-05T07:26:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T12:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=80577"},"modified":"2020-01-06T16:55:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T21:55:30","slug":"news-and-analysis-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=80577","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/5\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More than seventy protests across America planned by Act Now and other organizations have been planned to protest Trump policies and US presence in the Middle East &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2020\/01\/04\/iraq-iran-tensions-protests-condemn-u-s-actions-middle-east\/2807176001\/\">Outraged Americans Condemn US Actions in Iraq and Iran: &#8216;Enough with This Nonsense&#8217;<\/a> (US Today)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2011\/10\/14\/fbi-account-terror-plot-suggests-sting-operation\">a discredited FBI sting operation<\/a> is floated as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2020\/01\/04\/iran-agents-once-plotted-kill-saudi-ambassador-dc-case-reads-like-spy-thriller\/\">evidence of al-Quds force plans to target diplomats<\/a> and as the U.S. VP joins in spreading disinformation &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2020\/01\/04\/mike-pence-says-iran-leader-qasem-soleimani-assisted-9-11-hijackers\/2812917001\/\">Pence Says Iran&#8217;s Qasem Soleimani Aided 9\/11 Hijackers. Experts Say that&#8217;s Not True<\/a> (US Today)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and the U.S. President continues, in the words of Alain Gabon, to be &#8220;a bad cop-good cop all by himself&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-iraq-security\/thousands-in-iraq-mourn-top-iranian-general-killed-by-u-s-rockets-fired-in-baghdad-idUSKBN1Z3065\">Trump Vows to Hit 52 Iranian Targets if Iran Retaliates After Drone Strike<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; prompting enough concerns that young men may be drafted (women are still exempt) that the Selective Service website experienced disruptions due to high volume:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2020\/01\/04\/draft-agency-selective-service-clarifies-process-amid-iran-tensions\/2812768001\/\">Business as Usual&#8217;: Selective Service System Clarifies Draft Process amid Escalation in Iran Tensions<\/a> (USA Today)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Former CIA analyst calls peace-time assassination &#8220;a dangerous tool, especially when used in the conduct of foreign policy against top-ranking foreign officials&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/grahamefuller.com\/us-foreign-policy-by-assassination\/\">US Foreign Policy by Assassination<\/a> (grahamefuller.com)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the numerous issues plaguing Palestinians due to the Israeli illegal siege includes 49% of Gaza&#8217;s children consuming the undrinkable water of Gaza: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/israelpalestinenews.org\/israel-systematically-poisoning-one-million-palestinian-children\/\">Israel is Systematically Poisoning One Million Palestinian Children<\/a> (If Americans Knew)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The victim, &#8220;who is a foreign exchange student from  Saudi Arabia, said she now wears a hat to cover her head because she  doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel safe wearing a hijab in public&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5758988\/warrant-muslim-student-attack-portland\/\">Warrant Issued for Woman Accused of Trying to Choke a Muslim Student with Her Hijab<\/a> (Time) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Archbishop Atallah Hanna equates Palestinians&#8217; 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