{"id":858,"date":"2008-12-07T12:16:19","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T17:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=858"},"modified":"2008-12-07T12:16:19","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T17:16:19","slug":"news-and-analysis-126-708","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=858","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/6-7\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The empowerment of tribal and religious leaders leaves women struggling for equality, justice:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/06\/AR2008120602289.html\">Iraqi Women, Fighting for a Voice<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Will the pursuit of justice in the prosecution of the Hariri assassination be sacrificed to political pressure to move Syria away from Iran and towards Israel?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1205\/p25s17-wome.html\">How a Murder Investigation Could Snarl Mideast Peace<\/a> (CS Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The conditions are ideal &#8230;&#8217;for settlers to seek to force their agenda without fear of challenge or repercussions'&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/07\/world\/middleeast\/07jerusalem.html?pagewanted=1&#038;ref=world\">New Tensions in Jerusalem\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Arab Neighborhoods<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>US must open dialogue and improve relations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-elbaradei6-2008dec06,0,6772296,full.story\">Head of Nuclear Watchdog Calls Efforts Against Iran &#8216;A Failure&#8217;<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Opportunistic tribal forces offer peace with Pakistan to fight India:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/05\/AR2008120502500.html\">Mistrust of India Forges Sense of Unity in Pakistan<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sectarian divisions continue to plague Iraqi unity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-baqubah7-2008dec07,0,1380997.story\">Baqubah a Minefield of Iraqi Sectarian Tensions<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blackwater&#8217;s trigger happy security guards claim the government is trying to second guess &#8216;honorable men&#8217;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/06\/AR2008120601180.html\">Contractors&#8217; Attorneys Lash Out at Justice Dept.<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The empowerment of tribal and religious leaders leaves women struggling for equality, justice: Iraqi Women, Fighting for a Voice (Washington Post) Will the pursuit of justice in the prosecution of the Hariri assassination be sacrificed to political pressure to move Syria away from Iran and towards Israel? How a Murder Investigation Could Snarl Mideast Peace [&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-858","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\/858","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=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}