{"id":812,"date":"2008-10-20T11:42:13","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T16:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=812"},"modified":"2008-10-20T11:42:13","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T16:42:13","slug":"news-and-analysis-102008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=812","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (10\/20\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>General Powell becomes first Republican notable to give the correct response to the &#8220;charge&#8221; that Obama is a Muslim (beginning at 4:26 in the clip):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/21134540\/vp\/27265490#27265490\">Colin Powell Endorses Obama<\/a> (Meet the Press \/ msnbc.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Question remain as to whether\u00c2\u00a0 American troops will leave by 2011 and who decides when they are subject to Iraqi courts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/10\/19\/AR2008101900222.html?nav=rss_email\/components\">Shiite Bloc&#8217;s Demands Stall U.S.-Iraq Pact<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline might improve diplomatic relations as well as energy supplies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1020\/p05s01-wosc.html\">Pakistan Eyes &#8216;Peace Pipeline&#8217; for Region<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why the guitar store changed its name:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-trust20-2008oct20,0,2622733.story\">The Missing Ingredient for an Iraq Recovery: Trust<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Acts of espionage discovered around Iran&#8217;s uranium enrichment plant:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/18\/20081020\/twl-iran-busts-spy-pigeons-near-nuclear-3cd7efd.html\">Iran Busts &#8216;Spy Pigeons&#8217; Near Nuclear Site<\/a> (Yahoo News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Decreasing oil prices threaten the economy of Iran&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-oil-iran20-2008oct20,0,4744003.story\">Iran Scrambles to Stem Oil Price Plunge<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; but, paradoxically, have spurred hope for resolution of the stalled Iraqi oil agreement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-oil-iraq20-2008oct20,0,7299910.story\">For Iraq, Falling Oil Prices Could Have Silver Lining<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Powell becomes first Republican notable to give the correct response to the &#8220;charge&#8221; that Obama is a Muslim (beginning at 4:26 in the clip): Colin Powell Endorses Obama (Meet the Press \/ msnbc.com) Question remain as to whether\u00c2\u00a0 American troops will leave by 2011 and who decides when they are subject to Iraqi courts: [&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-812","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\/812","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=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}