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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; Democracy</title>
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		<title>Kurdistan’s hour of reckoning</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/08/kurdistans-hour-of-reckoning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, the Kurdistan Region has risen in prominence and prosperity on a continuous basis. The region was transformed in a short period of time but no project is ever smooth-sailing in the volatile Middle East and Kurdistan faces new obstacles and perils that threaten to derail its development. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The democratic will of the people cannot be ignored</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/02/the-democratic-will-of-the-people-cannot-be-ignored/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a tense political climate ensues in Kurdistan ahead of the critical national elections in March, the notion of change and evolution must be embraced, however, at a crucial historical juncture the Kurds must be careful to guide their region towards a new dawn and not a tainted past. There is nothing wrong with change, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>New political climate must not compromise Kurdistan</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2010/01/new-political-climate-must-not-compromise-kurdistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s embrace the new democratic beginning in Kurdistan, not allow our historical disadvantages resurface. With escalating tensions between Change Movement and PUK a real danger &#8211; further disunity, a historical Kurdish failing, will only handicap the Kurdistan Region and benefit Kurdish rivals The unprecedented elections in the Kurdistan Region in July of last year, with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi national elections: a crucial year ahead for Kurds and Baghdad</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/10/iraqi-national-elections-a-crucial-year-ahead-for-kurds-and-baghdad/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/10/iraqi-national-elections-a-crucial-year-ahead-for-kurds-and-baghdad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With national elections in January 2010 and the upcoming withdrawal of US troops, the next year will prove decisive for Iraq. Although, progress and political reconciliation has been arduous and slow four years after the last elections, security and general stability has improved. There have been many alliances and splinters groups within the past few [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The evident limits to the application of democracy in Iraq</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/09/the-evident-limits-to-the-application-of-democracy-in-iraq/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/09/the-evident-limits-to-the-application-of-democracy-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no region in the world more difficult to apply &#8220;off the shelf&#8221; Western notions than in the Middle East. The Middle East, the undoubted cradle of civilisation, has had its lands soiled with much blood. Nowhere are rivalries as bitter or animosities as historically entrenched and deep rooted. With the rich heritage and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>In one part of Iraq, democracy is not a new phenomenon</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/07/in-one-part-of-iraq-democracy-is-not-a-new-phenomenon/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/07/in-one-part-of-iraq-democracy-is-not-a-new-phenomenon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been said about the advent of democracy in Iraq, however democracy in one part of Iraq, albeit not always in a perfect form, has been practiced since 1992. With the run up to crucial parliamentary and presidential elections in the Kurdistan Region in July of this year, it provides a gauge to determine [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s historic speech the platform for Middle Eastern peace?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/06/obamas-historic-speech-the-platform-for-middle-eastern-peace/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2009/06/obamas-historic-speech-the-platform-for-middle-eastern-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The birth of a &#8220;new beginning&#8221; with the Muslim world, hoped as a new beginning for the elusive peace process It was no secret that improving ties with the Muslim world was to become a core component of US President Barack Obama&#8217;s new administration. On 4th June president Obama delivered his highly anticipated speech at [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact with US</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2008/11/iraqi-cabinet-approves-security-pact-with-us/</link>
		<comments>https://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>Fuzzy Democracy is a Prelude to National Disaster</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2008/09/fuzzy-democracy-is-a-prelude-to-national-disaster/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2008/09/fuzzy-democracy-is-a-prelude-to-national-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As attempts to defuse the current crisis over Khanaqin intensify, it alludes to a more extensive web of tension and animosity between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Baghdad Ministry. It appears that enmity between both parties, undoubtedly fuelled by certain elements in Baghdad and abroad, is not isolated but threatens to rip Iraq apart. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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