{"id":1293,"date":"2011-02-18T22:27:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T02:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pidradio.com\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2011-02-18T22:27:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T02:27:53","slug":"p-i-d-radio-21811-middle-east-simmering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pidradio.com\/2011\/02\/18\/p-i-d-radio-21811-middle-east-simmering\/","title":{"rendered":"P.I.D. Radio 2\/18\/11: Middle East Simmering"},"content":{"rendered":"
WE WRAP up the week with a look at the latest from the Middle East: Egypt grants Iran permission to take two warships through the Suez Canal (one allegedly carrying long-range missiles for Hezbollah) and moves 4,000 troops into the Sinai; unrest continues in Kuwait, Yeman, Jordan, Libya, and Bahrain — home of the U.S. Fifth Fleet.<\/p>\n
Also: the patterns of history; a magma surprise; Tea Party betrayal; and Sam T. Dachshund’s bad day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"