{"id":867,"date":"2008-12-16T12:48:47","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T17:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=867"},"modified":"2008-12-16T12:51:17","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T17:51:15","slug":"news-and-analysis-121608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=867","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/16\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Western forces are attempting to ally themselves with &#8220;moderates&#8221;, religiously conservative insurgents motivated to fight solely by local grievances:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1216\/p01s01-wosc.html\">Bid to Split Taliban, Al Qaeda<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In light of the<em> Boumediene <\/em>decision, the lower court must hear defendant&#8217;s allegations of\u00c2\u00a0 torture and harassment, such as the placement of a Qur&#8217;an in a toliet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/15\/AR2008121502944.html\">Detainees&#8217; Case Sent Back to Lower Court<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The agreement is the first of its kind between the US and an Arab nation skeptics compare to a &#8220;nuclear smugglers&#8217; hub&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-gulfnukes16-2008dec16,0,2314626.story\">U.S. and UAE Forge Nuclear Cooperation Deal<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The executive director of B\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Tselem describes the Israeli actions as &#8220;an act unbefitting of democracy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/16\/world\/middleeast\/16mideast.html?ref=world\">U.N. Rights Investigator Expelled by Israel<\/a>  (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>US and Britain attempt to buy Pakistani support, offering up to $15 billion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1216\/p06s02-wosc.html\">West Prods Pakistan on Antiterror Fight \u00e2\u20ac\u201c With Aid<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Artistic and intellectual contact with Israel meets with condemnation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-uneasypeace16-2008dec16,0,5023450.story\">Egyptian Intellectuals Pay Price for Curiosity<\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Khatami, who favors &#8220;more personal freedoms and a stronger civil society within the Islamic republic&#8221; stands in strong contrast to Ahmadinejad:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/15\/AR2008121502724.html\">Iran&#8217;s Khatami Mulls Run for Presidency<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western forces are attempting to ally themselves with &#8220;moderates&#8221;, religiously conservative insurgents motivated to fight solely by local grievances: Bid to Split Taliban, Al Qaeda (Christian Science Monitor) In light of the Boumediene decision, the lower court must hear defendant&#8217;s allegations of\u00c2\u00a0 torture and harassment, such as the placement of a Qur&#8217;an in a toliet: [&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-867","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\/867","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=867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}