{"id":854,"date":"2008-12-03T11:48:09","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T16:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=854"},"modified":"2008-12-03T11:50:59","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T16:50:59","slug":"news-and-analysis-120308","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=854","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/03\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interrogation reveals suspect is Pakistani trained in Pakistan, and linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/02\/AR2008120202968.html?sid=ST2008120203535&#038;s_pos=\">Details Emerge From Sole Arrested Gunman<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/03\/world\/asia\/03mumbai.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=1&#038;ref=world\">U.S. and India See Link to Militants in Pakistan<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Approximately 60% of young Palestinians are not affiliated with any political faction:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/12\/2008122165249612152.html\"><span id=\"DetailedTitle\">Palestinian Youth &#8216;Should be Heard&#8217;<\/span><\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Army doctor establishes &#8220;Hope.MD&#8221; to provide needy children with medical care:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/02\/AR2008120202942.html\">A Lifeline Abroad for Iraqi Children<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notable countries not signing the treaty include, &#8220;US, China, Russia, India and Pakistan as well as Israel, which fired many cluster bombs during the 2006 Lebanon war&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2008\/dec\/03\/cluster-bomb-treaty-oslo\">Cluster Bomb Treaty: Signing Begins to Bring Ban on Production<\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Accused by the Iranian embassy of confusing salt for cocaine, the US military claims to have caught more than 30 suspects sponsored by Iran over the past four weeks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idUSTRE4B01MP20081203?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=topNews\">U.S. Forces in Iraq Detain, Kill Iran-Backed Suspects<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Social commentary at its best in Simpsons episode dealing with Muslims in America:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fox.com\/fod\/play.php?sh=simpsons\">Mypods and Boomsticks<\/a> (Fox)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interrogation reveals suspect is Pakistani trained in Pakistan, and linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba: Details Emerge From Sole Arrested Gunman (Washington Post) U.S. and India See Link to Militants in Pakistan (NY Times) Approximately 60% of young Palestinians are not affiliated with any political faction: Palestinian Youth &#8216;Should be Heard&#8217; (Al Jazeera) Army doctor establishes &#8220;Hope.MD&#8221; to [&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-854","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\/854","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=854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}