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		<title>DID ISRAEL KILL RAFIK HARIRI WITH A PRECISION PENETRATOR BOMB?</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/did-israel-kill-rafik-hariri-with-a-precision-penetrator-bomb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. media is indulging in war mongering &#8220;yellow journalism&#8221;                    by repeating baseless allegations that Syria is behind the &#8220;car                 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8910&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Report Finds Iraq Water Treatment Project to Be Late, Faulty and Over Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A huge American-financed wastewater treatment plant in the desert city of Falluja, which United States troops assaulted twice to root out insurgents in 2004, was supposed to be the centerpiece of an effort to rebuild Iraq, a country smashed by war and neglect, and bring Western standards of sanitation.  &#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;
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		<title>Disillusioned Afghans Seen Turning on Karzai</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/disillusioned-afghans-seen-turning-on-karzai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Karzai has been under pressure from the US and other allies to do something about the growing problem of corruption in his government, forcing him to shuffle his cabinet earlier this month. The mounting allegations have even extended to his family, with his brother reportedly linked to the nation’s burgeoning heroin trade.  &#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;
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		<title>What&#8217;s wrong with having a Muslim for president?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What about other groups? If the idea of a Latino or a Muslim in the White House is beyond belief, what does that say of American society? Either the White House is strictly reserved for those who profess to be orthodox Christians (that excludes Mormons like Mitt Romney) and the whole notion of plurality is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8885&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Put Hate in My Sunday Paper? Uncovering the Israeli-Republican-Evangelical Networks behind the “Obsession” DVD</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/who-put-hate-in-my-sunday-paper-uncovering-the-israeli-republican-evangelical-networks-behind-the-%e2%80%9cobsession%e2%80%9d-dvd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Answering that question proved harder than one might think, as the groups behind this DVD have worked hard to hide their tracks.   The connections, which are partially concealed in the DVD and the distribution campaign, take one from groups in Israel, to pro-Israel lobby organizations in the United States, to Christian evangelical groups, and to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8834&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seven killed as Taliban ‘shoot down’ US chopper</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/seven-killed-as-taliban-%e2%80%98shoot-down%e2%80%99-us-chopper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The military sources based in Angoor Adda, a border town between Pakistan’s South Waziristan tribal region and Afghanistan’s Paktika province, also said they had also heard similar reports of shooting down of the US chopper by Taliban just across the border.  &#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;&#62;
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		<title>Taliban Kill Dozens in Bus Ambush, Officials Say</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The attack was on the main road running from the southern city of Kandahar to the western town of Herat, General Qati said. It took place in Maiwand District, which is known as an area with a significant Taliban presence, where attacks on military convoys are frequent. The road is also the main route for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8823&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Israel not among nations getting visa waiver from U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President George W. Bush announced a decision over the weekend to exempt the citizens of seven more countries from the need to apply for U.S. visas; Israel was not among the seven.
The U.S. is also supporting the same measure for an additional six countries &#8211; Israel, again, is not one of them. The countries that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8820&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>20bn barrel oil discovery puts Cuba in the big league</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mother nature, it emerged this week, appears to have blessed the island with enough oil reserves to vault it into the ranks of energy powers. The government announced there may be more than 20bn barrels of recoverable oil in offshore fields in Cuba&#8217;s share of the Gulf of Mexico, more than twice the previous estimate.
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		<title>PAKISTAN HAS GROUNDS FOR WAR CRIMES CHARGES AGAINST US</title>
		<link>http://5pillar.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/pakistan-has-grounds-for-war-crimes-charges-against-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the necessary plans have been made to cause a violent eruption in the Western Provinces, the proposed building site for the American oil and gas pipelines that will save the world. Thanks to the new US/India nuclear deal, Bush now has available 150,000 Indian troops to clear-out Pakistani opposition.
The only remaining obstacle is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=5pillar.wordpress.com&blog=4013818&post=8796&subd=5pillar&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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