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	<title>Research And Information Network (RAIN) &#187; afghanistan</title>
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		<title>War crimes tribunal tries Bush, Blair</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press TV Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:41PM &#160; A War Crimes Tribunal in the Malaysian capital has begun its hearing against George W. Bush and Tony Blair, charging the former officials for the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, Press TV reports. &#160; The tribunal will determine whether the formerUSpresident and British prime minister committed war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington’s Enemy ‘Doesn’t Exist’</title>
		<link>http://rain.org.za/washington%e2%80%99s-enemy-%e2%80%98doesn%e2%80%99t-exist%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RAINman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Scheuer &#160; RT November 11, 2011 &#160; Americans are in the crosshairs of terrorists worldwide purely due toWashington’s policy in the Muslim world, not because there is an Islamic enemy whose only aim is to kill Americans for their freedoms and lifestyle, insists a former CIA officer. &#160; Historian Michael Scheuer, an author [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cost to house a captive at Guantanamo Bay is $800,000</title>
		<link>http://rain.org.za/cost-to-house-a-captive-at-guantanamo-bay-is-800000/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RAINman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By CAROL ROSENBERG &#160; McClatchy Newspapers Tuesday, Nov. 08, 2011 &#160; GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE,Cuba- Guards get combat pay, just like troops inAfghanistan, without the risk of being blown up. Some commanders get to bring their families to this war-on-terror deployment. And each captive gets $38.45 worth of food a day. &#160; The Pentagon detention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street&#8217;s Wars &#8212; Fallujah Veteran: &#8216;I Served The 1%&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://rain.org.za/wall-streets-wars-fallujah-veteran-i-served-the-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RAINman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ross Caputi The author is a Marine Corps veteran of the second siege of Fallujah and a member of March Forward!. He is the founder of the &#8216;Justice for Fallujah Project&#8217; which will host various events during the second annual &#8216;Remember Fallujah Week,&#8217; Nov. 16-19. Click here for more information. &#160; November 8, 2011 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imran Khan: new trouble man for US in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://rain.org.za/imran-khan-new-trouble-man-for-us-in-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://rain.org.za/imran-khan-new-trouble-man-for-us-in-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RAINman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rain.org.za/?p=12079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hamid Mir &#160; The News International    November 1, 2011  ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan is no more a cricketer turned politician. He has suddenly become an important regional player in theUS endgame inAfghanistan. &#160;  A mind-blowing public rally of Imran Khan inLahoreon October 30 made it very difficult for the Zardari regime to give new commitments or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>European Poll: Israel Biggest Threat To World Peace</title>
		<link>http://rain.org.za/european-poll-israel-biggest-threat-to-world-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://rain.org.za/european-poll-israel-biggest-threat-to-world-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RAINman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rain.org.za/?p=12064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Jewish Federations of North America &#160; Results of a new poll commissioned by the European Commission show thatIsraelis believed by Europeans in 15 countries to be the greatest threat to world peace, greater thanNorth Korea,IranorAfghanistan. &#160; While the European Commission will release the full results of the poll on Monday, the International Herald Tribune [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kyrgyz president-elect wants U.S. air base closed</title>
		<link>http://rain.org.za/kyrgyz-president-elect-wants-u-s-air-base-closed/</link>
		<comments>http://rain.org.za/kyrgyz-president-elect-wants-u-s-air-base-closed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RAINman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Robin Paxton   Reuters    Tue Nov 1, 6:10 am ET BISHKEK (Reuters) –Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s president-elect said on Tuesday theUnited Statesshould leave its military air base in the Central Asian republic when its lease expires in 2014, the same year NATO-led combat troops are due back fromAfghanistan.  Almazbek Atambayev, the pro-Russian prime minister who claimed victory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pepe Escobar: China and the US: The roadmaps</title>
		<link>http://rain.org.za/pepe-escobar-china-and-the-us-the-roadmaps/</link>
		<comments>http://rain.org.za/pepe-escobar-china-and-the-us-the-roadmaps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RAINman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rain.org.za/?p=12038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Pepe Escobar is the roving correspondent for Asia Times. His latest book is named Obama Does Globalistan (Nimble Books, 2009). &#160; While Beijing tries to address the West&#8217;s concerns, Hillary Clinton has a conflicting vision for the 21st century. &#160; Al Jazeera    Last Modified: 31 Oct 2011 11:51 &#160; Inquiring minds scattered across the world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justin Raimondo: Back to Uzbekistan &#8211;America and the Axis of Thieves</title>
		<link>http://rain.org.za/justin-raimondo-back-to-uzbekistan-america-and-the-axis-of-thieves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RAINman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rain.org.za/?p=12033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Justin Raimondo is the editorial director of Antiwar.com. He is the author of An Enemy of the State: The Life of Murray N. Rothbard (Prometheus Books, 2000), Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement (ISI, 2008), and Into the Bosnian Quagmire: The Case Against U.S. Intervention in the Balkans (1996). He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 150,000 attend Imran Khan’s rally</title>
		<link>http://rain.org.za/over-150000-attend-imran-khan%e2%80%99s-rally/</link>
		<comments>http://rain.org.za/over-150000-attend-imran-khan%e2%80%99s-rally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RAINman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rain.org.za/?p=12021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Peninsula Newspaper     Qatar     Monday, 31 October 2011 01:36 &#160; LAHORE: Pakistani cricket hero turned politician Imran Khan told a huge rally yesterday that his party would helpUStroops pull out fromAfghanistanand bring militancy in the country to an end. &#160; Addressing a crowd of tens of thousands in the eastern city ofLahorehe said his Tehreek-e-Insaf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://rain.org.za/iraq-syndrome/</link>
		<comments>http://rain.org.za/iraq-syndrome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RAINman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rain.org.za/?p=11984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ by Robert C. Koehler Robert Koehler is an award-winning, Chicago-based journalist and nationally syndicated writer. His new book, Courage Grows Strong at the Wound is now available. Contact him at koehlercw@gmail.com or visit his website at commonwonders.com. &#160; Published on Thursday, October 27, 2011 by CommonDreams.org &#160; This won’t beVietnam, exactly. No helicopter whisking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Target: Africa</title>
		<link>http://rain.org.za/target-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RAINman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by John Feffer  John Feffer is the co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC. He is the author of North Korea, South Korea: U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis (Seven Stories, 2003) among other books. &#160; Published on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 by Foreign Policy in [...]]]></description>
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