{"id":836,"date":"2008-11-13T12:13:45","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T17:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=836"},"modified":"2008-11-13T12:13:45","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T17:13:45","slug":"news-and-analysis-111308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=836","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/13\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8216;People who put on a mask of friendship, but with the objective of betrayal, and who enter from the angle of negotiations without preconditions, are more dangerous,&#8217; Hossein Taeb, deputy commander&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/12\/AR2008111203075.html?sid=ST2008111300852&#038;s_pos=\">Facing Obama, Iran Suddenly Hedges on Talks<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taha offers religious advice across rival Fatah and Hamas factions and remains committed to open dialogue with Jews and Christians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1113\/p01s01-wome.html?page=2\">A Rare Imam Who Juggles Fatwas, Interfaith Confabs<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The recent increase in violence leaves Baghdad residents weary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-iraq13-2008nov13,0,6714674.story\">In Iraq, a Sudden Spurt of Violence<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Inhumane policy leads to appalling results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1113\/p06s03-wome.html\">Human Rights Watch Faults Egypt&#8217;s &#8216;Shoot-to-Stop&#8217; Policy<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israel denies entry of food and drugs after initially claiming 30 truckloads would be allowed in on Thursday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/7726943.stm\">Israel Delays Gaza Aid Supplies<\/a> (BBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Continuing the strategy of President Bush and the proposed strategy of President-elect Obama:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/12\/AR2008111202681.html\">3,300 More U.S. Troops Sought to Train Afghans<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Violence and instability remain for residents in Northwest Pakistan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idUSTRE4AC0SJ20081113?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews&#038;sp=true\">Iran Diplomat Kidnapped, Insecurity Mounts in Pakistan<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8216;People who put on a mask of friendship, but with the objective of betrayal, and who enter from the angle of negotiations without preconditions, are more dangerous,&#8217; Hossein Taeb, deputy commander&#8221;: Facing Obama, Iran Suddenly Hedges on Talks (Washington Post) Taha offers religious advice across rival Fatah and Hamas factions and remains committed to open [&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-836","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\/836","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=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}