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		<title>US sanctions strain ties with Russia, threaten cooperation on key issues</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/08/us-sanctions-strain-ties-with-russia-threaten-cooperation-on-key-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2017 19:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump lamented the Congress sanctions bill targeting Russia that he grudgingly signed into law in the face of a Congress veto, as he decried, “our relationship with Russia is at an all-time and very dangerous low.” The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which places Russia in the same bracket of threat [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Do US air strikes change the picture in Syria?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/04/do-us-air-strikes-change-the-picture-in-syria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where former US President Barack Obama hesitated when the Syrian regime crossed his “red lines,” current President Donald Trump took swift military action in the aftermath of the Syrian chemical bombing of the rebel-held town Khan Sheikhoun which for Trump “crossed a lot of lines,” leaving 80 dead and hundreds more injured. The 59 Tomahawk [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>There was never an ideal time in eliminating IS</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/10/there-was-never-an-ideal-time-in-eliminating-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2016 15:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Islamic State (IS) entrenched in Mosul and parts of Iraq since 2014, its reign of terror in Iraq’s second largest city has been almost unhindered. So when the long-awaited battle to liberate the city finally arrived, for many it could not have come soon enough, yet others argue that the battle could have [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>US softening stance on Assad epitomizes failed foreign policy</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/04/us-softening-stance-on-assad-epitomizes-failed-foreign-policy/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/04/us-softening-stance-on-assad-epitomizes-failed-foreign-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura controversially claimed in a press that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “…is part of the solution”. Then a short while later in March, US Secretary of State, John Kerry, caused more controversy when declaring in an interview that “we have to negotiate in the end” with Assad. While both [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The ironic American-Turkish twist on Kurdistan</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/02/the-ironic-america-turkish-twist-on-kurdistan/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/02/the-ironic-america-turkish-twist-on-kurdistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Middle East can be an ironic stage. Only a few years ago, the US administration, deep in its Iraqi quagmire, was reassuring the Turks about the unity of Iraq and pressing an anxious Ankara towards diplomacy over potential conflict with Kurdistan. Fast forward to 2013, and it is the Americans who are worried that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.withdrawal: End or beginning of Iraq?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/12/u-s-withdrawal-end-or-beginning-of-iraq/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/12/u-s-withdrawal-end-or-beginning-of-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<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>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/05/the-mutual-necessity-of-extending-the-us-stay-in-iraq/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/05/the-mutual-necessity-of-extending-the-us-stay-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<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>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/08/will-iraq-experience-withdrawal-symptoms/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/08/will-iraq-experience-withdrawal-symptoms/#comments</comments>
		<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>Not to save the day alone</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/02/not-to-save-the-day-alone/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/02/not-to-save-the-day-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the US aims to save the day again in Iraq, the reality is that further underlying issues are being swept under the political rug. All too frequently democracy and reconciliation in Iraq has been hampered with the reality of taking one step forward and two steps back. Throughout the past several years US meddling [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi withdrawal symptoms</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/07/iraqi-withdrawal-symptoms/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/07/iraqi-withdrawal-symptoms/#comments</comments>
		<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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