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	<title>WOrldpinion - My Opinion of World Events &#187; Middle East</title>
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	<description>Everyone has their opinion about what is going on, this is mine.</description>
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		<title>Iran and U.S. elections</title>
		<link>http://www.worldpinion.org/2008/01/12/iran-and-us-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While everyone was concentrating on the primaries in New Hampshire, news of an “incident” with Iran nudged it&#8217;s way into the forefront of the news shows. Allegedly Iranian patrol boots threatened American war ships. Bush harshly criticized the Iranians, he made it clear that the U.S. would defend itself. Now we hear that this wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cease Fire Aftermath</title>
		<link>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/18/cease-fire-aftermath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reaction to the cease fire in Israel and by the Hisbollah and their supporters is another indication of poor judgement by the Israeli government. The first misstep was the conduct of the war. The indiscriminate bombardment of Lebanon and he disproportion use of force, which caused a high death toll and massive suffering amongst [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military Action against Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/16/military-action-against-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The conflict between Israel and the Hisbollah in Lebanon may influence U.S. plans for dealing with Iran. Israel&#8217;s difficulty in destroying the Hisbollah in Lebanon shows that a similar strategy, should it be used against Iran, could fail. On August 31 the deadline for Iran to give up its nuclear program runs out. Should Iran [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cease-fire in Lebanon and consequences for Israel</title>
		<link>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/14/ceasefire-in-lebanon-and-consequences-for-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/14/ceasefire-in-lebanon-and-consequences-for-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cease-fire between the Hisbollah and Israel has gone into effect and seems to be holding. This is good news for those suffering in the region. It is still does excuse the massive loss of civilian life, the destruction of a sovereign country and the suffering inflicted resulting from this destruction caused by Israel. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel must leave Lebanon</title>
		<link>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/09/israel-must-leave-lebanon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/09/israel-must-leave-lebanon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Israel wants many years of stability and peace then its forces must leave Lebanon. The deaths toll caused by the Israeli campaign will sit deep among the Lebanese. For the families that have lost their loved ones, Israel is to blame. Should Israeli occupy southern Lebanon, these families will constantly be confronted by those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Destroying Lebanon</title>
		<link>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/06/destroying-lebanon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/06/destroying-lebanon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://worldpinion.org/?p=11</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The loss of civilian life continues. The number of displaced persons increases. The destruction of Lebanon continues. Israel is displaying an amazing disrespect for human life. Their bomb raids in Lebanon continue to hit more civilians than militants. The destruction of Lebanon&#8217;s Infrastructure, of Lebanon&#8217;s cities and of Lebanese homes has condemned the Lebanese to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Jimmy Carter&#8217;s oped on the crisis in the Middle</title>
		<link>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/02/from-jimmy-carters-oped-on-the-crisis-in-the-middle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/02/from-jimmy-carters-oped-on-the-crisis-in-the-middle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some excerpts from an excellent oped by Jimmy Carter: Prisoner exchanges are common to all conflicts. As Jimmy Carter states below, this has been common praxis over the past years. He also hints that the current Israeli backlash due the the latest Palestinian and Hezbollah attempts at prisoner exchange will not change this. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ending the conflict in Lebanon</title>
		<link>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/02/ending-the-conflict-in-lebanon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/08/02/ending-the-conflict-in-lebanon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It came as it had to come. Israel&#8217;s bombs hit a building causing about 50 civilian casualties. Finally the outcry was big enough to compel Israel to stop the bombing for 48 hours. This deadline will run out at 1:00 am and there is no sign that Israel will extend the cease fire. On the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cease fire</title>
		<link>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/07/29/cease-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/07/29/cease-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CW</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://worldpinion.org/?p=7</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The fighting in Lebanon has been going on now for 17 days. Hundreds of bombs are still being dropped on Lebanon. The talks about cease fires continues. Today Toni Blair and George Bush met. There are no signs of the coflict ending though. Ending the conflict is just not a simple thing to do. There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli airstrike hits U.N. observer post</title>
		<link>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/07/26/israeli-airstrike-hits-un/</link>
		<comments>http://www.worldpinion.org/2006/07/26/israeli-airstrike-hits-un/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CW</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://worldpinion.org/?p=6</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Israel&#8217;s agressiveness in this conflict continues to kill innocent people. This is just the latest tradgedy of the war. If the numbers published on CNN and Fox News are accurate about 380 Lebanese civilians have been killed and only 11 Hezbollah fighters. That makes ca. 95% of all casualties civilian. On the other side about [...]]]></description>
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