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		<title>Left Needs to Deal With Terrorism</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2010/01/03/left-needs-to-deal-with-terrorism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past decade the political left has had a lot of trouble with the issue of terrorism.  Bush&#8217;s seemingly unthinking and ideological response to Islamic fundamentalist antagonism confirmed for many on the left that the modern version of world terrorism is in fact nothing more than a reaction to the persistence  of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harper and Mackay Need to Show Humility</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/11/26/1156/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The blow-up in Parliament over the testimony of a former Canadian intelligence agent in Afghanistan is fraught with errors and missed opportunities.  The agent, Richard Colvin, testified that from May 2006 through to the end of 2007 he frequently informed officials and politicians that Taliban prisoners transferred by Canadian forces to Afghani jails were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Must Address Crisis Group Report on Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/11/26/crisis-group-recommendations-need-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A just released report from the excellent International Crisis Group (ICC) looks at the disastrous Afghanistan Presidential election and concludes that the election &#8220;delivered a critical blow to the legitimacy of both the government and the international community&#8221;.  The ICC says: 
“Karzai’s retaining power under these circumstances has bolstered the impression that the international [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Listen to Oxfam on Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/11/18/1109/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poll by Oxfam just completed in Afghanistan makes interesting reading.  It suggests that ordinary Afghanis see the things that make their life miserable somewhat differently than the popular reports put out by diplomats and the international media .  Based on a sample of 720 people, seven in ten (70%) individuals see unemployment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillary Fails First Big Test</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/11/04/hillary-fails-big-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.policycentre.ca/?p=997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The August presidential election should have been an important step in securing the future of Afghanistan.  With increasing concerns about the Taliban&#8217;s success in spreading its insurgency, and doubts about whether the Afghan government is carrying its share of the burden, the election was important in building credibility at home and abroad.
Instead it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Afghan Election Right</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/11/01/990/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.policycentre.ca/?p=990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hamid Karzai&#8217;s main contender in the Afghan election, Abdullah Abdullah, has announced that he will not be running in the election between he and Karzai scheduled for November 7.  He has done so for good reason.  Karzai has maintained an iron grip over the election machinery.  He used that plus other corrupt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban Leaders &#8220;Hideout&#8221; an Open Secret</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/10/29/truth-time-in-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/10/29/truth-time-in-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the BBC, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has questioned Pakistan&#8217;s failure to capture senior al-Qaeda leaders.
It reports that Mrs Clinton said in an interview with journalists in Lahore she found it &#8220;hard to believe&#8221; nobody in the government knew where they were.
Mrs Clinton has been in Pakistan for two days trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please Listen to New Advice on Afghanistan, Mr. Obama (and Harper)</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/10/28/please-listen-to-new-advice-on-afghanistan-mr-obama-and-harper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/10/28/please-listen-to-new-advice-on-afghanistan-mr-obama-and-harper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.policycentre.ca/?p=953</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A US State Department employee, Mr. David Hoh, has resigned, stating in a letter that he has “lost understanding of and confidence in the strategic purposes of the United States&#8217; presence in Afghanistan”.  This has caused quite a stir, getting the attention even of the White House.  However, it is not clear that the White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Afghan Election Called</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/10/20/new-afghan-election-called/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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New Election November 7!






Hamid Karzai will face his main rival Abdullah Abdullah (right)





 
The  UN-backed Elections Complaint Commission has confirmed substantial fraud in the August election, bringing President Karzai&#8217;s vote below 50%.   The Afghan Elections Commission today (Oct. 20/09) announced a second election for November 7.  The Commission had no other choice after facing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corrupt Karzai Must Face 2nd Election</title>
		<link>http://www.policycentre.ca/2009/10/19/821/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surprise -surprise.  The election in Afghanistan was a fraud and will have to be done over.  That is the finding of the official Election Complaints Commission, overseen by the UN, that was set up to review Afghan elections back in the early part of this decade.  It has taken two months to come to this [...]]]></description>
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