{"id":841,"date":"2008-11-19T12:05:05","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T17:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=841"},"modified":"2008-11-19T12:05:05","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T17:05:05","slug":"news-and-analysis-111908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/19\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sadrists opposing the security agreement, &#8220;demanded that a draft bill regulating the adoption of treaties with foreign nations be adopted ahead of the debate on the security agreement&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/19\/AR2008111900726.html\">Iraqi Parliament&#8217;s Debate on US Pact Disrupted<\/a> (AP Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Previously ignored by US foreign policy, the residual Israeli occupation of Lebanon is an important factor in the May election:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/lamb11182008.html\">Who Will Evict Israel from Lebanon?<\/a> (Counter Punch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shariah&#8217;s integration into Western society offers Muslims alternatives to government courts without undermining their authority:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/19\/world\/europe\/19shariah.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=1&#038;partner=rss&#038;emc=rss\">Britain Grapples With Role for Islamic Justice<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;If you solve the Yemeni issue, you solve the Guantanamo issue.&#8221; &#8211; Mohammed Albasha, a spokesman for the Yemeni Embassy in Washington<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/18\/AR2008111803423.html\">Guantanamo&#8217;s Yemeni Detainees Epitomize a U.S. Security Concern<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pakistan remains unstable as US continues to orchestrate air strikes from Afghanistan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/11\/2008111982238425300.html\">Pakistan General Shot Dead<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2008\/11\/200811195924866993.html\">&#8216;US Missiles&#8217; Hit Pakistani Town<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Attacks on supply routes through Pakistani highlight the Achilles&#8217; heel of maintaining foreign troops:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/18\/AR2008111803940.html\">U.S. Seeks New Supply Routes Into Afghanistan<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[N]othing has changed since the days of the mujahideen: Afghanistan is still at war, and its pilots are in          the thick of it. &#8220;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1119\/p06s01-wosc.html\">Afghan Air Force Takes Off, Slowly<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadrists opposing the security agreement, &#8220;demanded that a draft bill regulating the adoption of treaties with foreign nations be adopted ahead of the debate on the security agreement&#8221;: Iraqi Parliament&#8217;s Debate on US Pact Disrupted (AP Washington Post) Previously ignored by US foreign policy, the residual Israeli occupation of Lebanon is an important factor 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-841","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\/841","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=841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}