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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; ISIS</title>
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		<title>The liberation of Mosul rest on the Kurds</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/08/the-liberation-of-mosul-rest-on-the-kurds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the liberation of Ramadi, Tikrit, Sinjar and more recently Manbij in Syria proved painful and tricky leading to streams of refugees, then Mosul will prove much worse. Islamic State (IS) has held Mosul for over two years. If the liberation was anything other than bloody and complicated, then it would not have taken months [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Shargh Newspaper (Printed in Tehran, Iran)</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2015/08/interview-with-shargh-newspaper-printed-in-tehran-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#8211; Interview with Shargh Newspaper (Printed in Tehran, Iran) Please note: the interview was conducted in English but translated to Farsi (Persian) for the print edition of Shargh newspaper. The links to the Farsi version are listed below: http://www.sharghdaily.ir/1394/05/18/Main/PDF/13940518-2367-11-24.pdf (Newspaper Print Edition) http://tinyurl.com/nmnst2z (Website Edition) 1-Recently, some newspapers near AKP have expressed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>As ISIS maneuverers to extinguish Yezidi and Christian communities around Mosul, it’s not only Iraqi borders at threat of vanishing</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/08/as-isis-maneuverers-to-extinguish-yezidi-and-christian-communities-around-mosul-its-not-only-iraqi-borders-at-threat-of-vanishing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the unique features of Iraq was always its rich ethnic, religious and cultural diversity that spanned thousands of years and across multiple civilisations. Religious co-existence generally prevailed until the fall of Saddam and the rise of extremist groups. The Christian community from the Chaldeans, Assyrians, Mandeans and various other sects have dwelled in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Amidst sectarian flames, Iraqi security and marginalisation policies should be in the limelight, not Kurdish oil exports</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/08/amidst-sectarian-flames-iraqi-security-and-marginalisation-policies-should-be-in-the-limelight-not-kurdish-oil-exports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Islamic State (IS) with the help of several Iraqi Sunni groups waltzed into Iraq seizing large swathes of territory, the goalposts in Iraq completely changed. Iraq as we know it ceased to exist. Yet amidst the grave crisis in Iraq that Iraqi forces have failed to extinguish, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki seemed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it Time for Rojava and Kurdistan to Unite against Common Enemy?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/is-it-time-for-rojava-and-kurdistan-to-unite-against-common-enemy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2014 13:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) was propelled into the limelight in spectacular manner in Iraq, controlling Mosul, Tikrit and large swathes of territory across Iraq, for the Kurds of Syria their deadly battles with the al-Qaeda offshoot over the past year or so have largely failed to make headlines. The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>A Marriage of Convenience: The Many Faces of Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/a-marriage-of-convenience-the-many-faces-of-iraqs-sunni-insurgency/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/a-marriage-of-convenience-the-many-faces-of-iraqs-sunni-insurgency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may have stolen the limelight, but the current Sunni insurgency in Iraq is dominated by a number of Sunni groups, with ISIS forming possibly less than a third of rebel forces. Each group has its own reason and motivation for siding with ISIS, but far from sharing [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Unsatisfied with a raging war with Sunni militants, Maliki launches new front against the Kurds</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/unsatisfied-with-a-raging-war-with-sunni-militants-maliki-launches-new-front-against-the-kurds/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/unsatisfied-with-a-raging-war-with-sunni-militants-maliki-launches-new-front-against-the-kurds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2014 00:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relations between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Baghdad were already at a historical low. Yet for those who thought that ties could not get any worse, a series of events last week saw the line redrawn. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launched a fierce attack on the Kurds on national television, warning “We will [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Sunni insurgency threatens to put final nail in the Iraqi coffin</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/latest-sunni-insurgency-threatens-to-put-final-nail-in-the-iraqi-coffin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2014 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have continued to assume centre stage with more towns and borders crossings falling in dramatic fashion.  However, the lines have been blurred between a Salafist-Jihadist and a Iraqi Sunni insurgency. It is no longer acts of terrorism on show. This is a powerful, motivated and determined force [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How the seeds of Sunni insurgency were sown long before ISIS came to town</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/how-the-seeds-of-sunni-insurgency-were-sown-long-before-isis-came-to-town/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/how-the-seeds-of-sunni-insurgency-were-sown-long-before-isis-came-to-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does the US bail out Maliki, who ignored frequent US push for national reconciliation? The dramatic and rapid advance by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may have caught many by surprise but it was a long time in the making. The seeds of the sectarian mess that has gripped and paralysed Iraq [&#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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