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		<title>Buying the peace on higher cost</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/10/04/buying-the-peace-on-higher-cost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amitabh Tripathi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Peace” has always been a beautiful and highly romanticized word humanity ever invented but no period of time in history passed without a war the more long period without war more devastating the war have been.  Since last one century word “peace” has been used as many times as now it has lost its meaning.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, the Middle East and Islam &#8211; An Initial Assessment</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/14/obama-the-middle-east-and-islam-an-initial-assessment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Pipes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why, just two weeks into a 209-week term, assess a new American president&#8217;s record on so esoteric a subject as the Middle East and Islam? In Barack Obama&#8217;s case, because of:
(1) A contradictory record: His background brims over with wild-eyed anti-Zionist radicals such as Ali Abunimah, Rashid Khalidi, and Edward Said, with Islamists, the Nation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yemen on high alert amid fears of al Qaeda attack</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/07/yemen-on-high-alert-amid-fears-of-al-qaeda-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News at a glance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al queda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (CNN) &#8212; Over the last several weeks a growing number of al Qaeda operatives have entered Yemen from Saudi Arabia and have established a renewed network that potentially threatens U.S. and Saudi targets in the region, both U.S. and Yemeni officials have told CNN.
&#8220;There are strong indications of heightened activity in Yemen,&#8221; one U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Poll: Palestinians Support Suicide Bombings By 55% To 37%</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/07/new-poll-palestinians-support-suicide-bombings-by-55-to-37/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new poll has shown that Palestinians support continued suicide bombings against Israel by 55.4 percent as compared to 37.6 percent who oppose it. The poll, conducted by Jerusalem Media and Communications Center, also found:
Â 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  That 50.8 percent of Palestinian believe that rocket attacks upon Israel from Gaza help Palestinians achieve their goals, as against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Explaining Israel&#8217;s Strategic Mistakes</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/01/explaining-israels-strategic-mistakes/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/01/explaining-israels-strategic-mistakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Pipes</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guest column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arab-Israel conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diplomacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moshe Ya'alon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an article earlier this month, &#8220;Israel&#8217;s Strategic Incompetence in Gaza,&#8221; I made three points: that the Israeli leadership unilaterally created its current problems in Gaza, that the war against Hamas meant ignoring the much larger threat of Iranian nuclear weapons, and that the goal of empowering Al-Fatah makes no sense.
These arguments prompted an earful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Israeli apology for defeating Iran&#8217;s Islamic proxy</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/01/no-israeli-apology-for-defeating-irans-islamic-proxy/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/01/no-israeli-apology-for-defeating-irans-islamic-proxy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gaza operation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=79</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amir R. Gissin

Looking at Canadian media coverage of Israel&#8217;s operation in Gaza, some fundamental Mideast realities were left out. One is that the majority of Israelis and probably the majority of Palestinians support a two-state solution. Hamas does not.
Read More&#8230;
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