{"id":838,"date":"2008-11-16T12:37:41","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T17:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=838"},"modified":"2008-11-16T12:37:42","modified_gmt":"2008-11-16T17:37:42","slug":"news-and-analysis-111508-111608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/15\/08 &#8211; 11\/16\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US agrees to troop withdraw by 2011, unconditioned by &#8220;circumstances on the ground&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/16\/AR2008111600362.html?hpid=topnews\">Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S.<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pakistan set to receive $7.6 billion bailout at an interest rate between <span class=\"DetaildSuammary\" id=\"Span1\">3.51 to 4.51 per cent<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/11\/2008111510553284178.html\">IMF &#8216;Agrees&#8217; Pakistan Rescue Deal <\/a>(Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aid to Ahmadinejad hosted &#8220;a ceremony where women in traditional dress carried in the Koran, Islam&#8217;s holy book, to music&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE4AF1E620081116\">Iran Vice-President Under Fire Over Koran &#8220;Dance&#8221;<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After days of &#8220;tit for tat&#8221; retaliations since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/04\/AR2008110402062.html?hpid=moreheadlines\">Israeli Nov. 5 airstrike<\/a>, Olmert puts full blame of broken truce on &#8220;<span class=\"DetaildSuammary\" id=\"Span1\">Hamas and the other terror groups in Gaza&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/11\/2008111684029921542.html\">Olmert: Gaza Truce &#8216;Shattered&#8217;<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Undeterred by inhumane actions, victim remains determined to return to school and finish her education:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE4AE1HQ20081115\">Afghan Girl Says Acid Attack Won&#8217;t Stop Her Lessons<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many speculate that a &#8220;multicultural, charismatic president&#8221; would be immune to criticism for failing to fundamentally change American foreign policy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-essay16-2008nov16,0,3750642.story\">Obama Could Change Dynamics in the Arab World<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Karzai says he &#8220;will go to &#8216;any length&#8217; to protect Mullah Omar, the fugitive leader of the anti-government Taliban, in exchange for peace&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/11\/20081116143332184203.html\">Karzai Ready to Meet Taliban Chief<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US agrees to troop withdraw by 2011, unconditioned by &#8220;circumstances on the ground&#8221;: Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S. (Washington Post) Pakistan set to receive $7.6 billion bailout at an interest rate between 3.51 to 4.51 per cent: IMF &#8216;Agrees&#8217; Pakistan Rescue Deal (Al Jazeera) Aid to Ahmadinejad hosted &#8220;a ceremony where women 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-838","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\/838","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=838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}