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	<title>Rebel Yid - Ideas beyond the left/right, red/blue, and liberal/conservative thinking &#187; Iraq</title>
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		<title>Another History of Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/12/another-history-of-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From American ThinkerDecember 28, 2008Iraq and Its LessonsBy Randall Hoven
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Fourth, as I have summarized before, Iraq has improved dramatically on multiple fronts since the end of &#8220;major combat operations.&#8221;
Five of Iraq&#8217;s provinces accounted for 87% of insurgent attacks, meaning 13 of its 18 provinces have been relatively peaceful throughout.Iraq now has its own democratically approved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hardest Work has Been Done</title>
		<link>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/08/the-hardest-work-has-been-done/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from “Moment of Truth in Iraq” by Michael Yon
“When our troops start drawing down, as they should when the conditions are favorable, the drawdown must be done methodically, for reasons both strategic and logistic. A hasty withdrawal would only empower our enemies and allow al Qaeda to regenerate. Politics dictates that politicians talk about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/08/one-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from “Moment of Truth in Iraq” by Michael Yon
“Iraq is one nation.” Those who suggest that Iraq should be partitioned, noting Iraqis often do not get along and the Sunni-Shia rift is profound, miss the crucial reality that Iraqis consider themselves foremost to be Iraqis. The conflicts between Iraqi Sunni and Shia are largely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Even the Good News is Reported as Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/08/when-even-the-good-news-is-reported-as-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign policy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[from Slate MagazineIraq&#8217;s Budget Surplus ScandalWhy do we have such a hard time hearing good news from Baghdad?By Christopher HitchensUpdated Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, at 6:53 AM ET
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Largely attributable to the bonanza in oil prices, to new discoveries of oil since the eviction of Saddam Hussein, and to the increasing success of Iraqi exports via [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War Beyond Left and Right</title>
		<link>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/08/war-beyond-left-and-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from “Moment of Truth in Iraq” by Michael Yon
“All news organizations, from the newbie blogger to the New York Times, from right-wing talk radio to NPR, from CNN to Fox, all ultimately depend upon the financial support of their audiences. So readers and listeners and viewers should not be surprised when media organizations tell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Moral High Ground Wins</title>
		<link>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/08/the-moral-high-ground-wins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>

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Some summary notes from “Moment of Truth in Iraq” by Michael Yon
Iraq is one country and should not be divided. Iraqis are Iraqi first; Sunni and Shia second.
Al Qaeda is defeated but not finished. They are psychopathic brutal murderers and sadists and ceded the moral high ground to the American troops and its Iraqi allies. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A True Martyr</title>
		<link>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/08/a-true-martyr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The murderer was dressed as a woman as he walked down the alley toward the mosque full of worshippers. It was Friday, late in January, just before the Muslim holy day of Ashura.&#8221;
&#8220;The bomb strapped to the murderer&#8217;s body was studded with ball bearings so that he could kill many villagers as they gathered for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Right by Being Wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/07/being-right-by-being-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/07/being-right-by-being-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[7/22/08
I was up early and watched an interview with Obama after his tour of Iraq. Obama was asked if he regretted his opposition to the surge since it apparently has worked quite well.
He stood by his original vote, and credited the success not to the surge but to the change in the Sunni participation in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tough, Smart and Principled&#8230;&#8230;. Not!</title>
		<link>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/07/tough-smart-and-principled-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/07/tough-smart-and-principled-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[from the Weekly Standardby Joe Lieberman
Senator Obama this morning said that he wants a foreign policy that is “tough, smart, and principled.” This afternoon, I ask: was it tough when Senator Obama voted to order U.S. forces to retreat from Iraq on a fixed timeline—regardless of the recommendations of our military commanders, regardless of conditions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Covering the Rest of the Story</title>
		<link>http://www.rebelyid.com/2008/07/covering-the-rest-of-the-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are such significant stories covered so poorly. When our troops are accused the story is trumpeted on the front page; when they are acquitted, hardly a peep. The same is true for the incredible story of the mass of yellow cake; why is hardly anyone aware of this?
from American ThinkerMemory and the Leftby J.R. [...]]]></description>
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