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		<title>The ironic American-Turkish twist on Kurdistan</title>
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		<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>Continue to nurse a sick Iraq at the expense of Kurdish nationalism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not so long ago, the Kurds would have been overjoyed to see the Kurdistan flag hoisted on a building in Iraq, let alone see it proudly flap in the wind as it overhangs the prestigious Ritz Carlton hotel in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the visit of the head of a state. The point is simple. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The US, not winning in Iraq and losing in Afghanistan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As US initiates a frantic diplomatic drive, recent foreign policy in the Middle East demonstrates that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts To many, Afghanistan has long become a forgotten war. After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Afghanistan became the primary focus of the former US president George W. Bush&#8217;s new [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s pledge to listen instead of dictate bodes well</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While not a &#8220;miracle worker&#8221;, Obama is set to change the way the Muslim world perceives the US. The Middle East will prove a Tough Nut to Crack for Obama, But &#8220;listening&#8221; is a good start In the time since his widely publicised inauguration in front of million of expectant onlookers from around the world, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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