{"id":808,"date":"2008-10-16T10:07:52","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T15:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=808"},"modified":"2008-10-16T10:07:52","modified_gmt":"2008-10-16T15:07:52","slug":"news-and-analysis-101608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=808","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/16\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq obtains &#8220;the right to prosecute U.S. soldiers for serious crimes under certain circumstances&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/GCA-GCA-iraq\/idUSTRE49E6BY20081015?sp=true\">U.S., Iraq Agree Pact Giving U.S. Troops Until 2011<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pakistan seeks up to 3 billion in emergency assistance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/15\/AR2008101503852.html?sid=ST2008101600931&#038;s_pos=\">In Scramble for Cash, Pakistan Turns to China&#8217;s Deep Reserves <\/a>(Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>US plan to arm tribes against the Taliban risks outbreak of civil war:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1016\/p01s04-wosc.html?page=1\">To Fight Taliban, US Eyes Afghan Tribes<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NATO commanders call for a reduction in airstrikes in order to reduce civilian casualties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/15\/AR2008101503572.html\">NATO Modifies Airstrike Policy In Afghanistan<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite a dramatic drop in the price of oil, Gulf States continue to invest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1016\/p06s01-wome.html\">In Global Crisis, Oil Insulates Gulf<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>US containment policy towards Iran fails:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/orig\/artens.php?articleid=13182\">Iran Isolation Attempts Backfire<\/a> (Anti War)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq obtains &#8220;the right to prosecute U.S. soldiers for serious crimes under certain circumstances&#8221;: U.S., Iraq Agree Pact Giving U.S. Troops Until 2011 (Reuters) Pakistan seeks up to 3 billion in emergency assistance: In Scramble for Cash, Pakistan Turns to China&#8217;s Deep Reserves (Washington Post) US plan to arm tribes against the Taliban risks outbreak [&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-808","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\/808","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=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}