{"id":807,"date":"2008-10-15T11:04:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T16:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=807"},"modified":"2008-10-15T11:05:48","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T16:05:48","slug":"news-and-analysis-101508","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=807","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/15\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rampant crime and poverty lead many Afghans to recognize Taliban rule for security&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1015\/p01s01-wosc.html?page=1\">Some Afghans Live Under Taliban rule \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and Prefer It<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;Meanwhile, the Taliban continue to increase their ideological influence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"DetailedTitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/10\/200810152158993793.html\">Defections Hit Afghan Forces<\/a>                 (Al Jazeera)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;When did the words &#8220;Muslim&#8221; and &#8220;Arab&#8221; become acceptable epithets?&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/opinion\/commentary\/la-oe-rice15-2008oct15,0,5744288.story\">&#8216;Muslim&#8217; Shouldn&#8217;t be a Slur<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/14\/AR2008101403042.html\">Playing With Fire at GOP Rallies?<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Syria and Lebanon take the first step towards reconciliation with the promise of an embassy and diplomatic relations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-syria15-2008oct15,0,7551718.story\">Syria Leader Decrees Formal Ties With Lebanon<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Jews, Frustrated by Israeli Army Inaction, Press Attacks on Palestinians&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/14\/AR2008101402843.html?hpid=topnews\">W. Bank Settlers&#8217; Rage Grows<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As US control over Afghanistan deteriorates, an increasing number of\u00c2\u00a0 &#8220;foreign fighters&#8221; join the insurgency:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/15\/world\/asia\/15afghanistan.html?ref=world\">As U.S. Gains in Iraq, Rebels Go to Afghanistan<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rampant crime and poverty lead many Afghans to recognize Taliban rule for security&#8230; Some Afghans Live Under Taliban rule \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and Prefer It (Christian Science Monitor) &#8230;Meanwhile, the Taliban continue to increase their ideological influence: Defections Hit Afghan Forces (Al Jazeera) &#8220;When did the words &#8220;Muslim&#8221; and &#8220;Arab&#8221; become acceptable epithets?&#8221; &#8216;Muslim&#8217; Shouldn&#8217;t be a [&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-807","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\/807","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=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}