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	<title>Arab News Blog &#187; islamic supreme council</title>
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		<title>Sadrists Pivotal Party, Vows Liberation of Iraq from Foreigners;  Tehran attempts to Broker Alliance</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/28/sadrists-pivotal-party-vows-liberation-of-iraq-from-foreigners-tehran-attempts-to-broker-alliance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al-Hayat reports in Arabic on the emergence of the Sadr Movement as the largest Shiite party within the Shiite fundamentalist coalition, the Iraqi National Alliance. The Free Independent (al-Ahrar) party that represented the Sadrists won 38 seats out of the 70 that the INA garnered, making the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, the Islamic Virtue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq&#8217;s elections: anything goes</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/27/iraqs-elections-anything-goes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist&#160;has a round-up of Iraq&#8217;s election results and this nice chart. The bottom line: The parties may still have to wait several more weeks while voting disputes are resolved and seats in parliament allocated. A complex formula will boost representation for women and minorities (including Christians) and award extra seats to the largest parties. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Muqtada and Ammar force the Next Prime Minister to Demand a US Withdrawal?   Turnout Heavy with two Dozen Dead in early Election Violence</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/03/07/will-muqtada-and-ammar-force-the-next-prime-minister-to-demand-a-us-withdrawal-turnout-heavy-with-two-dozen-dead-in-early-election-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voting in Iraq began early Sunday, and turnout appeared to be heavy. The BBC analysis is that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki&#8217;s State of Law coalition will do well enough at the polls to again form the government, partnering with other religious Shiite parties. According to the Iraqi constitution, the party or coalition list with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Maliki Gov&#8217;t Appeals Reinstatement of Candidates, Calls Special Session of Parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/02/05/al-maliki-govt-appeals-reinstatement-of-candidates-calls-special-session-of-parliament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraqi politics and the conduct of the March 7 elections has been thrown into turmoil by the reversal on Wednesday by a judicial appeals panel of the exclusion of over 500 candidates for parliament out of several thousand. The decision of the appeals panel evoked outrage among the Shiite religious parties, including the State of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>37 Killed, over 100 wounded in Hotel Bombings in Baghdad;  Guerrillas Seek to Isolate, Destabilize Maliki Gov&#8217;t;  Chemical Ali Executed</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/01/26/37-killed-over-100-wounded-in-hotel-bombings-in-baghdad-guerrillas-seek-to-isolate-destabilize-maliki-govt-chemical-ali-executed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al-Zaman reports in Arabic on Monday&#8217;s string of bombings in Baghdad, in which late reports say 37 persons were killed and more than 100 wounded. The bombings especially targeted the Jadiriya district, where many foreigners, diplomats, and Iraqi policiticians reside. Al-Zaman says that most leaders of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, including Ammar al-Hakim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq: Mr. Abdul Mehdi Goes to Washington</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2010/01/15/iraq-mr-abdul-mehdi-goes-to-washington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Guest Post by Brian Katulis, Center for American Progress In advance of Iraq’s elections in March, several Iraqi leaders are coming to Washington to meet with Obama administration officials, and Vice President Joe Biden is rumored to be preparing a series of meetings on the subject with the national security principals later this month.  Yesterday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silverman:  Iraqi Electoral Law Passes but Dangers Loom</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2009/12/07/silverman-iraqi-electoral-law-passes-but-dangers-loom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam L. Silverman writes in a guest op-ed for Informed Comment: Politics and Politicking: Iraqi Elections, the Failure of Reconciliation, and the Consolidation of Power Adam L. Silverman, PhD[1] The politics surrounding Iraq’s national election law is eerily reminiscent of the Faulkner quote that “the past is never dead, it&#8217;s not even past”. While the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPs Wounded in Blast;  al-Maliki Decries Baathists, al-Qaeda;  Kurds Threaten Election Boycott</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2009/10/26/mps-wounded-in-blast-al-maliki-decries-baathists-al-qaeda-kurds-threaten-election-boycott/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al-Hayat reporting in Arabic surveyed the reactions of Iraqi politicians to the massive bombings on Sunday. As with Prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, they blamed remnants of the former, Baath, regime and &#8220;al-Qaeda&#8221; (Sunni fundamentalist militants). I was struck by how they for the most part responded technocratically, by pledging a review and an improvement of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baghdad Devastated by Massive Blasts, 136 Killed, 500 Wounded, Ministries Destroyed</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2009/10/25/baghdad-devastated-by-massive-blasts-136-killed-500-wounded-ministries-destroyed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two massive blasts shook central Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 136 people and wounding 500, and destroying three government ministry buildings, according to the Times of London&#8217;s Oliver August reporting from Baghdad. It was the most destructive attack of 2009. August notes that the likely perpetrators were either Baathists from the old regime or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bombings in Karbala, Mortars in Baghdad;  Al-Maliki closes Mustansiriya U. and Bans on-Campus Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2009/10/15/bombings-in-karbala-mortars-in-baghdad-al-maliki-closes-mustansiriya-u-and-bans-on-campus-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mortars were fired in Baghdad, killing 7, and three bombs went off in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, killing 4 and wounding 48. The bombings were near to holy Shiite shrines, which is extremely dangerous. The bombing of the golden dome at Samarra in February of 2006 set off a vicious Sunni-Shiite civil war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq&#8217;s Elections in Peril?</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2009/10/14/iraqs-elections-in-peril/</link>
		<comments>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2009/10/14/iraqs-elections-in-peril/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WINEP/ here &#8221; &#8230;&#8230;. At stake is Iraq&#8217;s nascent democracy and the prospects of a smooth American withdrawal from Iraq. If elections are postponed for any reason beyond January, Iraq will be operating in a constitutional vacuum that could very well contribute to broad-based political instability. Iraq&#8217;s Independent High Election Commission has stated that unless the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hakim&#8217;s Death</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2009/08/27/hakims-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within only a few days of the creation of a new Iraqi Shi&#8216;ite front, the leader of the most powerful movement in that front, &#8216;Abd al-&#8216;Aziz al-Hakim of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) has died in Tehran of lung cancer. As the heir of the powerful Hakim clerical clan and a major figure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shiite Fundamentalist Coalition Announced  Al-Maliki Might Not win Second Term</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2009/08/25/shiite-fundamentalist-coalition-announced-al-maliki-might-not-win-second-term/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that five major Shiite fundamentalist parties along with some other personalities and small parties have announced the National Iraqi Alliance, the successor to the United Iraqi Alliance that had grouped the same parties plus the Islamic Mission (Da&#8217;wa) Party of current prime minister Nuri al-Maliki. This move could keep Nuri al-Maliki [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whodunnit in Baghdad</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2009/08/20/whodunnit-in-baghdad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speculation has been flying around in the news media and on the internet about who was behind Wednesday&#8217;s gory bombings in Baghdad. Let me lay out the various theories behing put forward, and then I&#8217;ll come back and give my view. If my conclusion is correct, it also helps answer the question of whether a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq between Accelerated Withdrawal and bringing US Troops back In</title>
		<link>http://www.arabnewsblog.net/2009/08/18/iraq-between-accelerated-withdrawal-and-bringing-us-troops-back-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arab News</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s story about Iraq is a story of conflict between Gen. Ray Odierno and the Iraqi parliament. Elements in the cabinet and the parliament put pressure on Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki not only to put the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the US to a referendum on Jan. 15, but also to allow Iraqis [...]]]></description>
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