{"id":849,"date":"2008-11-28T11:20:59","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=849"},"modified":"2008-11-28T11:26:13","modified_gmt":"2008-11-28T16:26:13","slug":"news-and-analysis-112808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=849","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (11\/28\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors simplified &#8220;a complex case of terrorism financing&#8221; to secure convictions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/26\/AR2008112600471.html\">Second Chance Helps US in Terror-Financing Case<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The High Court rules in favor of Palestinians, requiring the government explain why settlements have not been removed in accordance with the &#8216;road map&#8217; peace plan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1128\/p07s04-wome.html\">Israeli Court Rebukes State Over Illegal Outposts<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Maliki&#8217;s political reputation will be permanently linked to either the success or failure of the US security pact&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/27\/AR2008112700536.html\">Security Accord Approved In Iraq<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;Meanwhile the agreement&#8217;s opposition vocalize their disappointment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idUSLQ17155120081128?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews&#038;sp=true\">Thousands of Iraqis Protest U.S. Security Pact<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Eradication effort, along with drought and a global food shortage that boosted the price of wheat, cut production of the crop&#8221; which peaked in 2007:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-opium28-2008nov28,0,4532484.story\">Opium Poppy Harvest Declines 6% in Afghanistan<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Outrage ensues as foreign troops repeatedly attack civilians:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idUSTRE4AR1KF20081128?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews&#038;sp=true\">Afghans Riot in Kabul After Troops Kill Civilian<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Diplomats sent from the Obama administration would be the first since the 1979 hostage crisis:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/11\/26\/AR2008112604104.html\">Obama Likely to Inherit Decision on Iran Post<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors simplified &#8220;a complex case of terrorism financing&#8221; to secure convictions: Second Chance Helps US in Terror-Financing Case (AP \/ Washington Post) The High Court rules in favor of Palestinians, requiring the government explain why settlements have not been removed in accordance with the &#8216;road map&#8217; peace plan: Israeli Court Rebukes State Over Illegal Outposts [&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-849","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\/849","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=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}