{"id":5567,"date":"2024-01-18T09:56:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T15:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5567"},"modified":"2024-01-22T23:42:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T05:42:46","slug":"5567","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/01\/18\/5567\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And the drive for radical Shia revolution beyond its borders, part of its constitution.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/18\/world\/middleeast\/iran-conflict-gaza-pakistan-hezbollah.html\">\u201cWhy Iran Is the Common Link in Conflicts From Gaza to Pakistan,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 1-18-24.<\/p>\n<p>This Iran proxy is back on the list.\u00a0 Should never have been removed.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/business-heads-see-red-sea-tensions-causing-lengthy-trade-dislocation-2024-01-17\/?utm_source=iterable&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=8800809_\">\u201cU.S. lists Houthis as terrorists, rebels hit another US-operated ship,<\/a>\u201d Reuters, 1-18-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/01\/18\/world\/iran-pakistan-attacks-tensions-explainer-intl-hnk\/index.html\">\u201cWhy are Iran and Pakistan striking each other\u2019s territory \u2013 and what does it have to do with the Middle East?,\u201d<\/a> CNN, 1-18-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meforum.org\/65463\/does-khamenei-want-iran-to-be-bombed\">\u201cDoes Khamenei Want Iran to Be Bombed?,\u201d<\/a> Middle East, 1-18-24.<\/p>\n<p>Target practice is rare, and costly.\u00a0 \u201cThe Islamic Republic is now attacking random areas in Syria to show off its missile capabilities while using the cover of \u201cstriking terrorists\u201d as a way to test the missiles\u2019 precision. \u2026 There is no evidence that Iran struck ISIS. It appears that it attacked an area of Syria controlled by Turkish-backed extremist groups to show off the missile\u2019s capability.\u201d\u00a0 See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-782680\">\u201cIran attacked Syria with long-range missile in message to Israel \u2013 analysis,\u201d<\/a> Jerusalem Post, 1-18-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And the drive for radical Shia revolution beyond its borders, part of its constitution.\u00a0 \u201cWhy Iran Is the Common Link in Conflicts From Gaza to Pakistan,\u201d NYT, 1-18-24. This Iran proxy is back on the list.\u00a0 Should never have been removed.\u00a0 \u201cU.S. lists Houthis as terrorists, rebels hit another US-operated ship,\u201d Reuters, 1-18-24. \u201cWhy are &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/01\/18\/5567\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5567"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5584,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567\/revisions\/5584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}