{"id":5374,"date":"2009-08-07T11:25:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T15:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2009-08-07T11:43:02","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T15:43:02","slug":"world-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/world-links\/5374\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: More Attacks on Shi&#8217;ite pilgrims in Iraq, China Evacuates Thousands Ahead of Typhoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American officials attempt to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/04-intelligence-sources-have-confirmed-baitullah-death-fm-qureshi-qs-06\" target=\"_blank\">confirm the death<\/a> of Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban leader, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wfJdrmKvaig&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">Baitullah Mehsud<\/a>. A C.I.A. missile <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytimes.com.pk\/default.asp?page=200986\\story_6-8-2009_pg1_8\" target=\"_blank\">strike on Wednesday<\/a> aimed to kill Mehsud, a top priority in the United States effort to weaken the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan. NATO&#8217;s new chief in Afghanistan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSISL11555920090807\" target=\"_blank\">calls for additional troops<\/a> as violence there worsens.<\/p>\n<p>A suicide car bomber in Mosul, Iraq, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/middleeastCrisis\/idUSL7208224\" target=\"_blank\">kills at least 30 people<\/a> as they leave a Shi&#8217;ite Muslim mosque, while a series of bombs in Baghdad kills six Shi&#8217;ite pilgrims in the latest of several attacks this week on Shi&#8217;ite religious gatherings. The attacks may reignite sectarian violence after a calm since U.S. forces withdrew from urban areas in June. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki orders the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/middle_east\/article6742134.ece\" target=\"_blank\">removal of concrete blast walls<\/a> that line Baghdad&#8217;s streets.<\/p>\n<p>China <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2009-08\/07\/content_8541824.htm\" target=\"_blank\">evacuates more than 20,000 people<\/a> from the southeast coast of Fujian Province where typhoon Morakot is predicted to land on Saturday. The medium-strength tropical storm causes <a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/more?pz=1&amp;cf=all&amp;ncl=d1BlileGhmwfMqMi_xUtJvrrqnqiM\" target=\"_blank\">limited damage<\/a> as it passes over Taiwan after killing 11 people and triggering flash floods in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmanews.tv\/story\/169221\/Kiko-leaves-9-dead-15K-residents-affected-in-Luzon\" target=\"_blank\">Philippines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Senator Jim Webb says he plans to <a href=\"http:\/\/mizzima.com\/news\/world\/2593-us-senator-to-visit-burma.html\" target=\"_blank\">visit Burma<\/a> (Myanmar) this month, making him the first member of Congress to travel to the Southeast Asian country in more than a decade. Webb chairs a Senate subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific affairs and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvb.no\/english\/news.php?id=2778\" target=\"_blank\">leaves on Sunday<\/a> for a five-nation, two-week trip to explore opportunities to advance U.S. interests in Burma and the region.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook confirms that Thursday&#8217;s<strong> <\/strong>&#8220;massively coordinated&#8221; attack on websites including Google, Facebook and Twitter was <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/technology\/8189162.stm\" target=\"_blank\">directed at one individual<\/a>. The company says the strike was aimed at a pro-Georgian blogger known as Cyxymu. The blogger says he thinks the Russian government wanted to silence his criticism over the country&#8217;s conduct in the <a title=\"war for the disputed South Ossetia region\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/aug\/06\/south-ossetia-tensions-russia-georgia\">war over the disputed South Ossetia region<\/a>, which began a year ago today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American officials attempt to confirm the death of Pakistan&#8217;s Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud. A C.I.A. missile strike on Wednesday aimed to kill Mehsud, a top priority in the United States effort to weaken the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan. NATO&#8217;s new chief in Afghanistan calls for additional troops as violence there worsens. 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