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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; Iraq</title>
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		<title>The regional dynamic underscoring the growing friction between Iraq and Turkey</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/12/the-regional-dynamic-underscoring-the-growing-friction-between-iraq-and-turkey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if the ever volatile Middle East was lacking flashpoints, Iraq and Turkey have been at loggerheads in recent weeks over the deployment of Turkish troops to a military camp in Bashiqa. The deployment of 150 or so troops in early December that Ankara insisted was for protection of its military trainers in place since [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>As ISIS strolls into Ramadi&#8230;</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/07/as-isis-strolls-into-ramadi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2015 09:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) storms into a key Iraqi city, the state forces are routed leaving their weapons behind, refugees flee in their thousands in sheer panic, hundreds of slaughtered bodies dot the streets and a sense of panic reverberates across the region. All this sounds very familiar. However, this is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Once the Islamic State is defeated, what is the long-term strategy to prevent IS mark 2?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/12/once-the-islamic-state-is-defeated-what-is-the-long-term-strategy-to-prevent-is-mark-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost 6 months since the Islamic State (IS) seized large swathes of territory Iraq in a rapid advance, the war on IS remains as fierce as ever in Iraq and Syria. The obvious goal is to defeat IS but sheer military might aside, what is the long-term strategy to keeping IS defeated? Initially, IS sprung-up [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The time to push for independence?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/06/the-time-to-push-for-independence/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/06/the-time-to-push-for-independence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the fall of Saddam Hussein and particularly in the latest sectarian storm as ISIS has swept through large parts of northern Iraq, many in the international arena point to the carving up and disintegration of Iraq. However, from a Kurdish perspective, it is a question of how can you break something that wasn’t whole [&#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>Another political fallout in Kurdistan at a time when need for unity greatest</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/12/another-political-fallout-in-kurdistan-at-a-time-when-need-for-unity-greatest/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/12/another-political-fallout-in-kurdistan-at-a-time-when-need-for-unity-greatest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when an aurora of calm and stability was returning to Kurdistan following the several weeks of riots that were instigated earlier this year in Sulaimanyia, turmoil, tension and anger returned to the scene once again in Kurdistan. The riots over the past week, which started when a large number of liquor stores, massage parlors [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent attacks show the fragility of the situation</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/08/the-ineffectiveness-of-iraqi-security-forces-underscores-mistrust-and-division-once-more/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/08/the-ineffectiveness-of-iraqi-security-forces-underscores-mistrust-and-division-once-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is Ramadan in Iraq. A month of humility, peace, forgiveness and charity. However, a number of deadly coordinated attacks in the past week shattered any hope that even hard-line groups in Iraq may show some semblance of remorse or humanity. Ironically, al-Qaeda, the group widely believed to be behind the spate of bloodshed, is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The constitution is more than simply a piece of paper</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/06/the-constitution-is-more-than-simply-a-piece-of-paper/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2011/06/the-constitution-is-more-than-simply-a-piece-of-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2003 after the downfall of Saddam Hussein, Iraqis had a historic opportunity to rebuild their country, national identity and basis for co-existence but above all placate this in a broad and inclusive new constitution. The Transitive Administrative Law (TAL) in 2004 was followed by a new constitution in October 2005, on the back of [&#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>Can the US Really be Blamed for Every Iraqi Misfortune?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2008/12/can-the-us-really-be-blamed-for-every-iraqi-misfortune/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2008/12/can-the-us-really-be-blamed-for-every-iraqi-misfortune/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bush Departs From Iraq Amidst Controversy Much the Same Way as He Entered in 2003, but can the US really be blamed for every Iraqi mishap? Shoe-throwing debacle guarantees that Bush&#8217;s aim of ending his Iraqi excursions on a high are thwarted, but would the same journalist have dared to throw a shoe at Saddam? [&#8230;]]]></description>
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