{"id":837,"date":"2008-11-14T11:56:45","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T16:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=837"},"modified":"2008-11-14T11:56:46","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T16:56:46","slug":"news-and-analysis-111408","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=837","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/14\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a &#8220;bloodless capture&#8221; of Elasha Biyaha, militants look to capture capital and topple the weak transitional government:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/14\/world\/africa\/14somalia.html?ref=world\">Islamists Continue Advance Through Somalia<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But did he have a straight face when he said agreeing to keep American troops in Iraq &#8220;is important for Iraq to ban and stop foreign influence and interference&#8221;?&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/13\/AR2008111302541.html\">Iraqi Urges Passage of U.S. Deal<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230; as if in response, Al-Sadr urges &#8220;the honorable resistance fighters &#8230; to direct their weapons exclusively against the occupier&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD94EOOEG0\">Iraq&#8217;s Al-Sadr Renews Threats to Attack US<\/a> (Associated Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Self organized community activist improves lives through education:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-salon14-2008nov14,0,6325034,full.story\">An Intellectual Makeover for Iranian Women<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A significant minority feel trapped in the occupied territories of the West Bank:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/14\/world\/middleeast\/14settlers.html?ref=world\">Settlers Who Long to Leave the West Bank<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the conflict escalates, civilian casualties continue to rise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/13\/AR2008111300449.html\">U.S. Soldier, 18 Others Die in Afghan Bombing<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\" id=\"Span1\">&#8220;Despite protests by Islamabad, attacks by unmanned drones have\u00c2\u00a0continued to hit Pakistan&#8217;s tribal region bordering Afghanistan&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/11\/2008111464649987774.html\">&#8216;US Drone&#8217; Fires on Pakistan Target<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both sides remain verbally committed to truce, contradicting their actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE4AD1CB20081114?sp=true\">Hamas Fires Heavier Rockets at Israel<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a &#8220;bloodless capture&#8221; of Elasha Biyaha, militants look to capture capital and topple the weak transitional government: Islamists Continue Advance Through Somalia (NY Times) But did he have a straight face when he said agreeing to keep American troops in Iraq &#8220;is important for Iraq to ban and stop foreign influence and interference&#8221;?&#8230; Iraqi [&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-837","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\/837","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=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}