{"id":830,"date":"2008-11-07T11:57:58","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T16:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=830"},"modified":"2008-11-07T12:05:03","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T17:05:03","slug":"news-and-analysis-11708-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=830","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/7\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Obama&#8217;s selection of pro-war enthusiast Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff grants power of presidential access to someone who once reportedly stabbed a steak knife into the table shouting &#8220;Dead! Dead! Dead!&#8221; while listing his political opponents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/justin\/?articleid=13728\">Forget the Honeymoon<\/a> (Antiwar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/06\/AR2008110601486.html\">In an unprecedented move<\/a>, Ahmadinejad congratulates Obama, emphasizing the need for change in American foreign policy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/06\/AR2008110603030.html\">Translation of Ahmadinejad&#8217;s Letter<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Extending humanitarian aid still a top priority in Iraq:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1107\/p01s01-wome.html\">In a Desert Camp, Iraqis Find Aid and Zone of Trust<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to fight the Taliban, but in fact, I was shot by my helpers. I don&#8217;t know who is my enemy, the Taliban or those who shot at me,&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE4A62AK20081107?sp=true\">U.S. Military Shoot, then Rescue Afghan Soldier<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Human Rights group argues &#8220;many instances of abuse are not exposed because they have become the norm&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7715861.stm\">Israel Army Studies &#8216;Abuse Video&#8217;<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reinstating the truce that existed since June is becoming increasingly difficult:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/11\/2008117113549751279.html\">Southern Israel Hit by Gaza Rockets<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama&#8217;s selection of pro-war enthusiast Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff grants power of presidential access to someone who once reportedly stabbed a steak knife into the table shouting &#8220;Dead! Dead! Dead!&#8221; while listing his political opponents: Forget the Honeymoon (Antiwar) In an unprecedented move, Ahmadinejad congratulates Obama, emphasizing the need for change in [&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-830","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\/830","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=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}