{"id":832,"date":"2008-11-09T13:22:41","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T18:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=832"},"modified":"2008-11-09T13:22:41","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T18:22:41","slug":"news-and-analysis-11708-10808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=832","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/7\/08 &#8211; 10\/8\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detention power used in the Marri case is called &#8220;unconstitutional and dangerous, raising the possibility that the government could one day snatch anyone off the street, even a political opponent, and lock him up without a trial:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/08\/AR2008110802266.html\">High Court May Consider Legality of Detention<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although an unusually quick public response, US stopped short of accepting full blame:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-afghan9-2008nov09,0,2042125.story\">U.S. Acknowledges 37 Afghan Civilians Killed in Fighting Last Week<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>AL&#8217; AMERICA <\/em>examines the connections between Islamic and Arab traditions and American culture:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/06\/AR2008110602810.html\">Peace Be Upon Us<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Delays continue on $180 million project to intended to bring jobs and electricity to troubled region:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/09\/world\/asia\/09kajaki.html?pagewanted=1&#038;ref=world\">Deep in Taliban Territory, a Push for Electricity<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The celebration of birthdays remain controversial in Saudi society:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-saudibirthday9-2008nov09,0,1615678.story\">Don&#8217;t Let Them Eat Cake, Saudi Cleric Says<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>U.S. forces hope to build confidence in Iraqi security forces by mentoring and training troops, and by mounting public-relations campaigns:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/08\/AR2008110801029.html\">Self-Sufficiency Still Eludes Domestic Security Forces<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest issue published on Saturday carried the editorial &#8220;Why does Iran not have an Obama?&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE4A80SD20081109\">Iran Bans Weekly Critical of President Ahmadinejad<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detention power used in the Marri case is called &#8220;unconstitutional and dangerous, raising the possibility that the government could one day snatch anyone off the street, even a political opponent, and lock him up without a trial:&#8221; High Court May Consider Legality of Detention (Washington Post) Although an unusually quick public response, US stopped short [&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-832","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\/832","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=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}