{"id":861,"date":"2008-12-10T11:44:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T16:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=861"},"modified":"2008-12-10T11:44:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T16:44:44","slug":"news-and-analysis-121008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=861","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/10\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US forces claim they were under fire from  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a compound nearby\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, which turned out to be the police station:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/11\/world\/asia\/11afghan.html?ref=world\">U.S. Forces Mistakenly Kill 6 Afghan Police<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A privately funded public service effort reminding Muslims to follow the words of the prophet Muhammad:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1210\/p04s01-wome.html\">&#8216;Mercy&#8217; Ad Campaign Urges Saudis to Treat Foreign Workforce Humanely<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\" id=\"Span1\">&#8220;The Israeli government has faced a level of criticism by &#8216;normally cautious UN officials&#8221; not seen since the &#8220;the heyday of South African apartheid'&#8221; :\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2008\/12\/20081210551198584.html\">UN Attacks Israeli Rights &#8216;Crimes&#8217;<\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;The whole mall is full of Arabs, and I find it disgusting,&#8217; said a woman browsing in a bookstore who would not give her name:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/09\/AR2008120902780.html\">Israeli Wall Fuels Migration<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The principal ally to the US scheduled to withdraw troops, leaving behind only a small training force of 300-400 by June 2009:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/11\/world\/europe\/11britain.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=1&#038;ref=world\">U.K. Says Most Troops Will Leave Iraq<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Under suspicion, Indian Muslims hold &#8220;vigils to show their solidarity&#8221; with all Indians victimized by Mumbai attacks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/09\/AR2008120903084.html\">In India, Muslims Mark a Somber Eid<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Justice should be served. These victims &#8212; their rights should be taken into consideration&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-blackwater10-2008dec10,0,7167720.story\">Iraqis Applaud Charges Against Blackwater Guards<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US forces claim they were under fire from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a compound nearby\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, which turned out to be the police station: U.S. Forces Mistakenly Kill 6 Afghan Police (NY Times) A privately funded public service effort reminding Muslims to follow the words of the prophet Muhammad: &#8216;Mercy&#8217; Ad Campaign Urges Saudis to Treat Foreign Workforce Humanely (Christian [&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-861","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\/861","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=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}