{"id":857,"date":"2008-12-05T12:25:20","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T17:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=857"},"modified":"2008-12-15T11:52:03","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T16:52:03","slug":"news-and-analysis-120508","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=857","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/05\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under the new security pact, US military loses the ability to detain Iraqis without charge, leaving 16,000-17,000 detainees who either will stand trial or be release:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE4B41HS20081205?sp=true\">U.S. Military Frets Over Iraqi Prisoners<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rebel group Jundallah claim discrimination against Sunnis by the Iranian authorities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/05\/world\/middleeast\/05iran.html?ref=world\">Iran Says Rebels Killed 16 Soldiers<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;If they focus on politics and cultural matters, the Iraqi people will accept them more,&#8221; said Barrak al-Shimirty, a lawmaker with the Supreme Council. &#8220;That will make them more powerful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/04\/AR2008120404371_4.html\">Sadr Movement Seeks Its Way As Others Gain Power in Iraq<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;We are the victim of baseless Indian propaganda&#8230;we are just doing welfare work and nothing else.&#8221; &#8211; spokesman for Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a group US officials claim is the sucessor to Lashkar-e-Taiba:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jsBEfIYCPaLQzyHSWJj3hVNTUGOgD94SKO4O1\">Pakistan Charity Under Suspicion in India Attacks<\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Afghanistan has long accused Pakistan of failing to take action against Taliban militants based in the tribal region, and even colluding with them&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/05\/AR2008120500602.html\">Afghan, Pakistani Leaders Meet in Turkey<\/a> (AP \/ Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three million expected to journey to Mecca as Saudi officials seek to maintain safety and security:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/12\/20081258119975814.html\">Record Numbers Expected for Hajj<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the new security pact, US military loses the ability to detain Iraqis without charge, leaving 16,000-17,000 detainees who either will stand trial or be release: U.S. Military Frets Over Iraqi Prisoners (Reuters) Rebel group Jundallah claim discrimination against Sunnis by the Iranian authorities: Iran Says Rebels Killed 16 Soldiers (NY Times) &#8220;If they focus [&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-857","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\/857","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=857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}