{"id":827,"date":"2008-11-05T12:03:43","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T17:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=827"},"modified":"2008-11-05T12:03:43","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T17:03:43","slug":"news-and-analysis-11508-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=827","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/5\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How will the election of Barack Hussein Obama shape foreign policy in the Middle East:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1105\/p99s01-duts.html\">Obama Win Sparks Global Conversation on Iraq and Afghanistan<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hamas retaliates after an Israeli air strike broke the truce agreed upon in June:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/04\/AR2008110402062.html?hpid=moreheadlines\">Israeli Officials Report Rocket Barrage from Gaza<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Organizers use the internet to plan a hunger strike in a &#8220;virtual&#8221; protest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1105\/p07s01-wome.html\">Rare Saudi Arabia Protest Tests Limits of Political Speech<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iraqi elections in 2009 will largely determine the status of the country as the US attempts to withdraw:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iraqelect5-2008nov05,0,4376262,full.story\">Iraq Looks Ahead to Provincial, National Elections<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>U.S. once again turns to the Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the opportunistic veteran commander who, as PM, bombed his own a capital:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/04\/AR2008110403604.html?hpid=topnews\">Afghan Rebel Positioned for Key Role<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\" id=\"Htmlphcontrol1\">At least 23 children dead in an attack on a wedding party in Kandahar<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/11\/200811514610870229.html\">US Air Raid Kills Afghan Civilians<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Home Secretary requests &#8220;criminal proceedings against Americans allegedly responsible for the rendition and abuse&#8221; of a British citizen at Guantanamo:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/cia-officers-could-face-trial-in-britain-over-torture-allegations-980384.html\">CIA Officers Could Face Trial in Britain over Torture Allegations<\/a> (The Independent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How will the election of Barack Hussein Obama shape foreign policy in the Middle East: Obama Win Sparks Global Conversation on Iraq and Afghanistan (Christian Science Monitor) Hamas retaliates after an Israeli air strike broke the truce agreed upon in June: Israeli Officials Report Rocket Barrage from Gaza (AP \/ Washington Post) Organizers use the [&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-827","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\/827","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=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}