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		<title>Mogadishu Residents Leave Ahead of US-Backed Offensive</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/germain-difo/2010/03/12/mogadishu-residents-leave-ahead-of-us-backed-offensive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Germain Difo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mogadishu Residents Told to Leave Somali Capital – BBC 
Mogadishu&#8217;s mayor has told residents to leave the Somali capital&#8217;s war zones, amid fierce battles with insurgents. Mayor Abdurisaq Mohamed Nor said the long-anticipated government offensive may start soon, so residents should withdraw at least 2km (1.25 miles)
It is questionable whether the US-backed Transitional Federal Government&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria Sends Alleged Shabaab Supporter To US For Trial</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/germain-difo/2010/03/10/nigeria-transfers-alleged-shabaab-supporter-to-us-for-trial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Germain Difo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somalia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brought to U.S., Man Is Charged With Aiding Somali Terrorists &#8211; New York Times
This past Monday, Nigerian authorities sent Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed to the United States to face charges that he provided material support to al-Shabaab, the terrorist insurgent group fighting to overthrow the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia. Ahmed is alleged to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;JihadJane,&#8221; Alleged Home-grown Terrorist</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/germain-difo/2010/03/10/jihadjane-alleged-home-grown-terrorist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Germain Difo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[JihadJane, an American woman, faces terrorism charges &#8211; Washington Post
A petite, blond-haired, blue-eyed high school dropout who allegedly used the nickname JihadJane was identified Tuesday as an alleged terrorist intent on recruiting others to her cause.
The most obvious point here is that if profiling was ever an effective counterterrorism tool in the past, which is doubtful, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enriching Uranium in Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/lindsey-ross/2010/03/09/enriching-uranium-in-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/lindsey-ross/2010/03/09/enriching-uranium-in-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey Ross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-Proliferation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While experts do not believe Iran has the intellectual capacity to manufacture the fuel rods required for its research reactor in Tehran as it claims is its aim, it is capable of making enough enriched uranium for a weapon “within six months or less,” states a March 3rd report from the Institute for Science and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior Jemaah Islamiyah Figure Killed in Police Raid</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/germain-difo/2010/03/09/senior-jemaah-islamiyah-figure-killed-in-police-raid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Germain Difo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bali Bomber Mastermind Dulmatin &#8216;Killed in Shoot-out&#8217; &#8211; Timesonline
Dulmatin, a senior figure in the Southeast Asian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, was killed during a police counterterrorism raid in Pamulang today. Dulmatin, who participated in the Bali bombing in 2002, was a highly sought-after terror suspect and the third fugitive that Indonesian police have killed since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banning Civilian Trials For Terror Suspects</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/germain-difo/2010/03/09/916/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/germain-difo/2010/03/09/916/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Germain Difo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Experts Urge Keeping Two Options for Terror Trials &#8211; New York Times
An article in yesterday&#8217;s New York Times noted that though several congressional Republicans have publicly equated a tough anti-terrorism stance with a commitment to try all foreign terrorism suspects before military tribunals, some high-ranking former Bush Administration counterterrorism officials believe that the option to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reassessing McChrystal</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2010/03/09/reassessing-mcchrystal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2010/03/09/reassessing-mcchrystal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Finel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[McChrystal eyes securing Kandahar &#8211; CNN.com
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan vowed that coalition forces &#8220;are absolutely going to secure Kandahar,&#8221; as security efforts expand in the country&#8217;s south.&#8230;.The push to secure Kandahar from what McChrystal calls a &#8220;menacing Taliban presence&#8221; is part of a larger counterinsurgency effort in the country&#8217;s south, started last month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Institutionalizing a Mess is not the Same as Fixing it</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2010/03/08/institutionalizing-a-mess-is-not-the-same-as-fixing-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2010/03/08/institutionalizing-a-mess-is-not-the-same-as-fixing-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Finel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil-Military Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guantanamo Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Torture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Opinion: It&#8217;s Still George Bush&#8217;s World &#8211; AOL News
Even more than a year after his inauguration, President Barack Obama&#8217;s foreign policy agenda is still largely devoted to fixing the messes he inherited from Bush. And that&#8217;s likely to continue to be the case for quite some time to come, unless Obama makes a more fundamental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arctic Shelf Releases More Methane Than Previously Thought</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/lindsey-ross/2010/03/05/arctic-shelf-releases-more-methane-than-previously-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/lindsey-ross/2010/03/05/arctic-shelf-releases-more-methane-than-previously-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey Ross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent studies led by University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists show that the East Siberian Arctic Shelf is not as impermeable as once believed.  It is instead leaking the large amounts of methane gas (30 times more potent than carbon dioxide) it stores.
This is particularly concerning because, unlike many other deposits, it exists in shallow waters.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preview of Things to Come in the Iraq Election</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/lauren-farber/2010/03/05/preview-of-things-to-come-in-the-iraq-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/lauren-farber/2010/03/05/preview-of-things-to-come-in-the-iraq-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Farber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If all goes according to plan, the 2010 Iraqi Parliamentary elections will take place on March 7th. Elections were previously scheduled to be held in January, but Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi forced a delay by vetoing the election law in November 2009. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of Law party is expected to win a [...]]]></description>
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