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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; Baghdad</title>
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		<title>Erbil Deserves Equal Focus as Baghdad</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/04/erbil-deserves-equal-focus-as-baghdad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2016 08:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Iraq continued to make slow but steady gains against the Islamic State (IS), politicians were equally busy with scuffling and fighting of their own in parliament as Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s reform drive continued to hit obstacles. Abadi’s proposed cabinet reshuffle and reform plan, after weeks of protests led by influential cleric Moqtada [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleaning polluted political waters in Iraq when streams are rising</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/10/cleaning-polluted-political-waters-in-iraq-when-streams-are-rising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kurds prepare to send yet another delegation to Baghdad but can the same formula produce a different answer? The political forces in the Kurdistan Region are preparing to send a delegation ahead of Eid Ad&#8217;ha to Baghdad, hailed as a “final attempt” to solving the crisis. The delegation, which was intended to represent a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The regional fear of the disintegration of Iraq is out-dated, it has already happened.</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/01/the-regional-fear-of-the-disintegration-of-iraq-is-out-dated-it-has-already-happened/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fear of the disintegration of Iraq is hardly breaking news. A persistent theme of the past 9 or so years of the new Iraq has been how to preserve unity and bring about true national reconciliation amongst a climate of deep mistrust. Iraq in its transition to democracy may have achieved historical junctures but [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest disappointment with oil draft gives Kurds spur to break an already fragile coalition</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/09/latest-disappointment-with-oil-draft-gives-kurds-spur-to-break-an-already-fragile-coalition/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/09/latest-disappointment-with-oil-draft-gives-kurds-spur-to-break-an-already-fragile-coalition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil has unenviably proved as the paradoxical treasure and curse of the Mesopotamian plains. With the third largest oil reserves in the world, Iraq has the potential to become one of the most solid and prosperous economies in the world and bring with it a great standard of living for it people. However, the gift [&#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>Now deadlock is over but hard tasks are ahead</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/11/now-deadlock-is-over-but-hard-tasks-are-ahead/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/11/now-deadlock-is-over-but-hard-tasks-are-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A political breakthrough is finally reached but after eight months of tiresome political jostling, in what shape does the new government get to work? It was an arduous, protracted and tiresome journey at the best of times, but Iraqi politicians finally brokered a deal to form a new government. The announcement came as a result [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>After eight months of intense political tussling to form a government, the real work has yet to begin</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/10/after-eight-months-of-intense-political-tussling-to-form-a-government-the-real-work-has-yet-to-begin/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/10/after-eight-months-of-intense-political-tussling-to-form-a-government-the-real-work-has-yet-to-begin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst the advent of democracy in Iraq has often been hailed as historic, politicians embroiled in an ongoing and tense stalemate to form the next government, continued to set other unwanted records with the longest period of time taken to form a government after an election. Fast approaching eight months since the Iraqi national elections [&#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>Balancing the ethno-social political triangle in Iraq</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/07/balancing-the-ethno-social-political-triangle-in-iraq/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/07/balancing-the-ethno-social-political-triangle-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Four months after the much anticipated national elections in Iraq that was hoped to foster the first all encompassing government in Baghdad, Iraqi politicians continue to jockey, debate and pursue tense negotiations with view to assembling the required majority to form government. Giving the Iraqi track record, a lengthy period of government forming is hardly [&#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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=198</guid>
		<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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