{"id":839,"date":"2008-11-17T11:55:41","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T16:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=839"},"modified":"2008-11-17T11:55:41","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T16:55:41","slug":"news-and-analysis-111708","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=839","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/17\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Obama renews his commitment to closing Guantanamo without elaborating on fate of the detainees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/americas\/2008\/11\/20081117102528921928.html\">Obama Vows to Close Guantanamo<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A serious compromise of safety, interpreters are considered highly sought targets by insurgents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/16\/AR2008111602040.html?sid=ST2008111700767&#038;s_pos=\">Mask Ban Upsets Iraqis Hired as U.S. Interpreters<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Residents turn to local entrepreneurship          in response to violence across Baghdad:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1117\/p04s01-wogn.html\">Hip, New Baghdad Hangout is a Byproduct of War<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In response to growing security concerns, Pakistan temporarily closes passage into Afghanistan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/16\/AR2008111602291.html\">Some Trucks Denied Entry to Afghanistan<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After a particularly violence election season, the separatist led boycott aims at a 15 percent maximum for voter turnout:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/11\/2008111743352458523.html\">Voting Begins in Indian Kashmir<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As long as foreign occupiers remain in Afghanistan, we aren&#8217;t ready for talks because they hold the power and talks won&#8217;t bear fruit &#8230; The problems in Afghanistan are because of them&#8221; &#8211; Mullah Brother, deputy leader of the Taliban:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idUSTRE4AF0M920081117?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews&#038;sp=true\">Afghan Taliban Reject Karzai&#8217;s Safety Vow<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thirty trucks were allowed into Gaza including humanitarian supplies expected to last the UN one week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/11\/200811178175924421.html\">Israel Briefly Opens Gaza Crossing<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama renews his commitment to closing Guantanamo without elaborating on fate of the detainees: Obama Vows to Close Guantanamo (Al Jazeera) A serious compromise of safety, interpreters are considered highly sought targets by insurgents: Mask Ban Upsets Iraqis Hired as U.S. Interpreters (Washington Post) Residents turn to local entrepreneurship in response to violence across Baghdad: [&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-839","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\/839","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=839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}