{"id":853,"date":"2008-12-02T11:37:30","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T16:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=853"},"modified":"2008-12-02T11:40:02","modified_gmt":"2008-12-02T16:40:02","slug":"news-and-analysis-120208","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=853","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/02\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India has requested extradition of these fugitives before and they are not believed to be links to the attack in Mumbai:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/03\/world\/asia\/03mumbai.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=1&#038;partner=rss&#038;emc=rss\">India Demands Pakistan Hand Over Fugitives<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once prominent on the road, women drivers slowly return amid security concerns:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/01\/AR2008120102934.html\">As Turmoil Ebbs, Iraqi Women Seek Freedom of Road Again<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israelis refuse to leave settlement despite <span id=\"Span1\" class=\"DetaildSuammary\">facing eviction for 18 months:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/12\/20081225257528292.html\">Palestinians Hurt in Hebron Attack<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Upcoming elections could measure Sadr&#8217;s strength:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-sadr2-2008dec02,0,5209714.story\">U.S.-Iraqi Accord Shows Muqtada Sadr&#8217;s Diminished Clout<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Divisions between the Kurdish regional government and Iraqi&#8217;s central government continue to grow&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/02\/world\/middleeast\/02kurd.html?ref=world\">Kurds Defend Policies in Sharp Rebuke to Iraqi Government<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;Meanwhile, members of the Kurdistan Workers Party, who seek an independent Kurdish nation, are targeted in Northern Iraq:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-kurds2-2008dec02,0,1636228.story\">Turkish Warplanes Bombing Kurdish Separatists<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Increasing troop levels are unlikely to result in the quick turnaround seen in Iraq:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/02\/world\/asia\/02strategy.html?partner=rss&#038;emc=rss\">Afghan Strategy Poses Stiff Challenge for Obama<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Between September and March every year, approximately 100 people a day cross into Yemen:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2008\/dec\/02\/human-trafficking-yemen-smuggling\">Smugglers Kill More Than 20 Refugees in Gulf of Aden<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has requested extradition of these fugitives before and they are not believed to be links to the attack in Mumbai: India Demands Pakistan Hand Over Fugitives (NY Times) Once prominent on the road, women drivers slowly return amid security concerns: As Turmoil Ebbs, Iraqi Women Seek Freedom of Road Again (Washington Post) Israelis refuse [&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-853","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\/853","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=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}