{"id":877,"date":"2008-12-26T17:55:05","date_gmt":"2008-12-26T22:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=877"},"modified":"2008-12-26T23:22:49","modified_gmt":"2008-12-27T04:22:49","slug":"news-and-analysis-122608","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=877","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (12\/26\/08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Escapees are suspected of having al-Qaeda links amid escalating violence, a PM&#8217;s cancellation of a trip to Iran, and political turmoil:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE4BO0CQ20081226?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=worldNews\">Iraq Militants Escape Jail, at Least 14 Dead<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/25\/AR2008122500818.html?wprss=rss_world\">Iraqi Prime Minister Cancels Iran Trip; Attack in Mosul Kills U.S. Soldier<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/26\/world\/middleeast\/26baghdad.html?partner=rss&#038;emc=rss\">Iraq Unsettled by Political Power Plays<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;[E]ven as it opens the border to allow          much-needed supplies into Gaza,&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/2008\/1226\/p99s01-duts.html\">Report: Israel Set to Launch \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcLimited Operation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in Gaza<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The &#8220;first significant outburst of sectarian violence since the peace pact was signed&#8221; leaves Abyei &#8220;smoldering:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/12\/26\/world\/africa\/26sudan.html?partner=rss&#038;emc=rss\">Sudan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tug of War Over City Puts Treaty at Risk<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Japan, which &#8220;has not engaged in combat since&#8221; WWII may &#8220;soon follow suit&#8221; in the battle against piracy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSTRE4BO0Q820081226?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=worldNews\">Chinese Ships Head to Somalia<\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A self-proclaimed &#8220;modern&#8221; Muslim pronounces chastity before marriage as &#8220;shameful:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2008\/12\/25\/AR2008122500817.html?wprss=rss_world\">A Private Feud Turns Into a National Issue: France Overrules Muslim Couple&#8217;s Annulment<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The mobilization against India is &#8220;expected to frustrate the United States:&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2008\/12\/26\/world\/AP-AS-Pakistan.html?partner=rss&#038;emc=rss\">Pakistan Moves Troops Away from Afghan Border<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escapees are suspected of having al-Qaeda links amid escalating violence, a PM&#8217;s cancellation of a trip to Iran, and political turmoil: Iraq Militants Escape Jail, at Least 14 Dead (Reuters) Iraqi Prime Minister Cancels Iran Trip; Attack in Mosul Kills U.S. Soldier (Washington Post) Iraq Unsettled by Political Power Plays (NY Times) &#8220;[E]ven as it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-877","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\/877","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}