{"id":834,"date":"2008-11-11T11:10:58","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T16:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=834"},"modified":"2008-11-11T11:12:53","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T16:12:53","slug":"news-and-analysis-11-10-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=834","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11-11-08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script language=\"javascript\"> <!-- if ( show_doubleclick_ad &amp;#038;&amp; ( adTemplate &amp;#038; INLINE_ARTICLE_AD ) == INLINE_ARTICLE_AD &amp;#038;&amp; inlineAdGraf ) { document.write('<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>') ; } \/\/ --> <\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/ac2\/related\/topic\/Pakistani+Armed+Forces?tid=informline\">Pakistani military<\/a>, they say, has threatened to bomb their villages if they do not battle the Taliban:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/10\/AR2008111003240.html\">For Pakistan&#8217;s Tribesmen, A Difficult, Deadly Choice<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although mistrust remains, payment on Monday reflects the final step in Sons of Iraq transition to the national army:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iraq11-2008nov11,0,5141806.story\">Iraq&#8217;s Sunni fighters Leave U.S. Payroll<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The emerging broad strokes of Obama&#8217;s approach are likely to be welcomed by a number of senior <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/ac2\/related\/topic\/U.S.+Armed+Forces?tid=informline\">U.S. military<\/a> officials who advocate a more aggressive and creative course for the deteriorating conflict&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/10\/AR2008111002897.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&#038;sub=AR\">Obama to Explore New Approach in Afghanistan War<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Destabilizing Pakistani lands further encourages violence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/11\/world\/asia\/11pstan.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=1&#038;ref=world\">Pakistanis Mired in Brutal Battle to Oust Taliban<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Imprisoned for nearly a month, Esha Momeni released on $200,000 bail:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-esha11-2008nov11,0,2721563.story\">Cal State Northridge Student Released on Bail in Iran<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israel allows limited supply of fuel into Gaza as week long suspension ends:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/11\/200811117591938268.html\">Israel Eases Gaza Fuel Blockade<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Pakistani military, they say, has threatened to bomb their villages if they do not battle the Taliban:&#8221; For Pakistan&#8217;s Tribesmen, A Difficult, Deadly Choice (Washington Post) Although mistrust remains, payment on Monday reflects the final step in Sons of Iraq transition to the national army: Iraq&#8217;s Sunni fighters Leave U.S. Payroll (LA Times) &#8220;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-834","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\/834","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=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}