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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; US Withdrawal</title>
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		<title>U.S.withdrawal: End or beginning of Iraq?</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2011/12/u-s-withdrawal-end-or-beginning-of-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the last convoy of US troops trickled over the desertous southern-Iraqi border, the move was met with contrasting emotions, much like the overall US experience little shy of 9 years. For many in Iraq, the image of seeing their &#8220;occupiers&#8221; leave became a long-time nationalist dream.  Fast forward 9 years, 4500 lost lives and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The mutual necessity of extending the US stay in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2011/05/the-mutual-necessity-of-extending-the-us-stay-in-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Owed to the great commotion surrounding the second Gulf war and the subsequent public fall-out, the US liberation of Iraq may always be remembered as a dark moment of US foreign policy akin to Vietnam. However, in the midst of the hostilities, violence, squabbling amongst Iraqi factions and stumbling steps towards democracy, the significance of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Iraq experience &#8216;withdrawal symptoms&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2010/08/will-iraq-experience-withdrawal-symptoms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sight of departing US forces was a long-time dream for sections of the Iraqi population opposed directly and indirectly to the American occupation. However, as the remaining US combat forces trickle over the desertous border, ahead of the 31st August deadline as per their strategic agreement with Baghdad, what kind of an Iraq will [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi election law passes as hard task remains ahead</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2009/11/iraqi-election-law-passes-as-hard-task-remains-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2009/11/iraqi-election-law-passes-as-hard-task-remains-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Whilst this election law is a prelude to US withdrawal, it does not necessarily signal the end of a tough road for Iraq After weeks of protracted debates and intense political wrangling, the Iraqi election law was finally passed after elusive compromise was decisively reached on the hotly-contested province of Kirkuk. Perhaps no other [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi withdrawal symptoms</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2009/07/iraqi-withdrawal-symptoms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  As the continuous US adventure in Iraq enters yet another &#8220;new&#8221; dawn, the US can ill-afford to lose focus Over the past six years or so, the US has have experienced many false dawns in their quest to attain success in Iraq. Many key milestones have been hailed in this time, in the hope [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Tireless Quest to Reinvigorate Foreign Policy Results in Surprise Visit to Iraq</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2009/04/obamas-tireless-quest-to-reinvigorate-foreign-policy-results-in-surprise-visit-to-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s frantic foreign diplomacy drive incorporated a surprise visit to Iraq. While the US can point to hope and their &#8220;enormous sacrifice&#8221;, progress and national reconciliation in Iraq has clearly a long way to go. US President Barrack Obama&#8217;s whirlwind eight-day foreign tour, encompassing six countries, ended with a surprise visit to Iraq and his [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;beginning of the end&#8217; for the US may well be just the start for sovereign Iraq</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2009/03/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-us-may-well-be-just-the-start-for-sovereign-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With ubiquitous obstacles, much elusive progress in Iraq and a highly-costly liberation, record books may well show Iraq as  a war the US did not win, but a war that they &#8220;survived&#8221;. In a speech at the Marine Corps base of Camp Lejeune, U.S president Barack Obama, announced the onset of a &#8220;new&#8221; strategy in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact with US</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2008/11/iraqi-cabinet-approves-security-pact-with-us/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2008/11/iraqi-cabinet-approves-security-pact-with-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All smiles in public, as agreement mark an end to a sour chapter in relations. Almost one year after the signing of a declaration of principles between US President George Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, governing long-term cooperation and friendship between the two countries, the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) was finally passed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Further Stalling by Iraqi Politicians, Leaves Great Danger of US Suspension in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2008/10/further-stalling-by-iraqi-politicians-leaves-great-danger-of-us-suspension-in-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2008/10/further-stalling-by-iraqi-politicians-leaves-great-danger-of-us-suspension-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Iraq&#8217;s Political Council for National Security stalled in successive days to approve, the presumed &#8216;take it or leave it&#8217;, final draft of the SOFA agreement, US officials once again pressed their Iraqi counterparts to accept the deal.  It is hoped that if approval is obtained by the council, which practically brings together key political [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Eternal Slavery&#8217; or a Mutually Necessary Pact?</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2008/06/eternal-slavery-or-a-mutually-necessary-pact/</link>
		<comments>http://bashdar.co.uk/2008/06/eternal-slavery-or-a-mutually-necessary-pact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraqis look for an agreement respecting their rights and serving their interests  Discussions between U.S. and Iraq authorities on a status of forces agreement, essentially a legal framework defining the rights and obligations of militaries operating on foreign soil, are deadlocked. The intense US-Iraqi negotiations on the &#8220;status of forces agreement&#8221; (SOFA) has increasingly turned [&#8230;]]]></description>
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