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<title><![CDATA[PAKISTAN: Key anti-Taliban lawmaker assassinated in targeted bombing]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/pakistan-key-anti-taliban-lawmaker-assassinated-in-targeted-bombing/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD (AP) &#8212; Pakistan&#8217;s Supreme Court said Tuesday it will soon begin examining an e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD (AP) &#8212; Pakistan&#8217;s Supreme Court said Tuesday it will soon begin examining an e]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[AFGHANISTAN PULSE: Locals; Don't send more troops, negotiate with Taliban]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/afghanistan-pulse-locals-dont-send-more-troops-negotiate-with-taliban/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[By Martin Patience &#8211;BBC News, Kabul You do not have to go far out of Kabul to run into trouble]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[By Martin Patience &#8211;BBC News, Kabul You do not have to go far out of Kabul to run into trouble]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Rally the troops! Patton's Air Force]]></title>
<link>http://isthison.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/rally-the-troops-pattons-air-force/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>isthison</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[It was a Patton moment, sort of.  Dozens and dozens of Airmen gathered to hear an impromptu gatherin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It was a Patton moment, sort of.  Dozens and dozens of Airmen gathered to hear an impromptu gatherin]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[AFTER-ACTION NOTES FROM TERRORISM: Insurgent journo's top 5 mistakes in Insurgency Communication Strategy; sound familiar?]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/after-action-notes-from-terrorism-insurgent-journos-top-5-mistakes-in-insurgency-communication-strategy-sound-familiar/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/after-action-notes-from-terrorism-insurgent-journos-top-5-mistakes-in-insurgency-communication-strategy-sound-familiar/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An Iraqi journalist and insurgent supporter lists in an article published on Al-Jazeera’s website wh]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[An Iraqi journalist and insurgent supporter lists in an article published on Al-Jazeera’s website wh]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[AMATEUR VIDEO: Drone Strikes Persist Over Pakistan]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/amateur-video-drone-strikes-persist-over-pakistan/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/amateur-video-drone-strikes-persist-over-pakistan/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Pakistan is under increasing pressure from the US to stop Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters from operati]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Pakistan is under increasing pressure from the US to stop Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters from operati]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[BREAKING: INTEL sources; Iran hands control of naval forces to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/breaking-intel-sources-iran-hands-control-of-naval-forces-to-the-iranian-revolutionary-guard/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/breaking-intel-sources-iran-hands-control-of-naval-forces-to-the-iranian-revolutionary-guard/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Iran Guards take over naval forces in Gulf: US intelligence WASHINGTON, November 30, 2009 (AFP) ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Iran Guards take over naval forces in Gulf: US intelligence WASHINGTON, November 30, 2009 (AFP) ]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[PAK POLL: Biggest Threat to PAK? US 59%, Taliban 11%, conspiracy theories abound]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/pak-poll-biggest-threat-to-pak-us-59-taliban-11-conspiracy-theories-abound/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/pak-poll-biggest-threat-to-pak-us-59-taliban-11-conspiracy-theories-abound/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In Pakistan, more than 200 people have been killed in the last month in at least six separate bombin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[In Pakistan, more than 200 people have been killed in the last month in at least six separate bombin]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[SPEED IT UP: War weary Brits; hand over AF as quickly as possible, resources stretched]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/speed-it-up-war-weary-brits-hand-over-af-as-quickly-as-possible-resources-stretched/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/speed-it-up-war-weary-brits-hand-over-af-as-quickly-as-possible-resources-stretched/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LONDON, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) &#8212; British Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth said Monday that there is e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[LONDON, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) &#8212; British Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth said Monday that there is e]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[HOMEGROWN TERROR : 20 charged; links to Al Qaeda, most prolific terrorism investigation since 9/11]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/homegrown-terror-20-charged-links-to-al-qaeda-most-prolific-terrorism-investigation-since-911/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/homegrown-terror-20-charged-links-to-al-qaeda-most-prolific-terrorism-investigation-since-911/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By ANDREA ELLIOTT&#8211;NYT Federal officials on Monday unsealed terrorism-related charges against m]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[By ANDREA ELLIOTT&#8211;NYT Federal officials on Monday unsealed terrorism-related charges against m]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[REPORT: FBI team to travel to India; will share INTEL gleaned from Lashkar-e-Taiba arrests ]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/report-fbi-team-to-travel-to-india-to-share-intel-gleaned-from-lashkar-e-taiba-arrests/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/report-fbi-team-to-travel-to-india-to-share-intel-gleaned-from-lashkar-e-taiba-arrests/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As Reported by Goa Herald&#8211;United States  President Barrack Obama is dispatching a high-level F]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[As Reported by Goa Herald&#8211;United States  President Barrack Obama is dispatching a high-level F]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[A THUMB OF THE NOSE: Iran vaunts plans for 10 new uranium enrichment plants, ignores detractors]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/a-thumb-of-the-nose-iran-vaunts-plans-for-10-new-uranium-enrichment-plants-ignores-detractors/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/a-thumb-of-the-nose-iran-vaunts-plans-for-10-new-uranium-enrichment-plants-ignores-detractors/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[FROM BBC Iran&#8217;s government has approved plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants, accor]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[FROM BBC Iran&#8217;s government has approved plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants, accor]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[SENATE REPORT: bin Laden; we had him if we wanted him, let him walk across PAK border]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/senate-report-bin-laden-we-had-him-if-we-wanted-him-let-him-walk-across-pak-border/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/senate-report-bin-laden-we-had-him-if-we-wanted-him-let-him-walk-across-pak-border/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[US forces had Osama Bin Laden &#8220;within their grasp&#8221; in Afghanistan in late 2001, a US Sen]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[US forces had Osama Bin Laden &#8220;within their grasp&#8221; in Afghanistan in late 2001, a US Sen]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[BIDDING WAR: US, NATO give 45% pay hike to Kabul police in hopes of generating loyalty]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/bidding-war-us-nato-give-45-pay-hike-to-kabul-police-in-hopes-of-generating-loyalty/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/bidding-war-us-nato-give-45-pay-hike-to-kabul-police-in-hopes-of-generating-loyalty/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[KABUL: Afghanistan announced a pay rise of nearly 40 percent for police and military recruits yester]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[KABUL: Afghanistan announced a pay rise of nearly 40 percent for police and military recruits yester]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[STRAINED: Analysts; U.S., U.K. bond weakened and crumbling further]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/strained-analysts-u-s-u-k-bond-weakened-and-crumbling-further/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/29/strained-analysts-u-s-u-k-bond-weakened-and-crumbling-further/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By Paul Reynolds -World affairs correspondent, BBC News website Some sharp comments by a former Brit]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[By Paul Reynolds -World affairs correspondent, BBC News website Some sharp comments by a former Brit]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[CIA on hiring blitz, ad offensive in heart of largest U.S. Arab-American community]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/cia-on-hiring-blitz-ad-offensive-in-heart-of-largest-u-s-arab-american-community/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/cia-on-hiring-blitz-ad-offensive-in-heart-of-largest-u-s-arab-american-community/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) &#8211; At Tuhama&#8217;s Lebanese deli in Dearborn, and at bakeries an]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) &#8211; At Tuhama&#8217;s Lebanese deli in Dearborn, and at bakeries an]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[HISTORY REPEATING? SECDEF visits the same issue on Afghanistan, this time from the other side]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/history-repeating-secdef-visits-the-same-issue-on-afghanistan-this-time-from-the-other-side/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/history-repeating-secdef-visits-the-same-issue-on-afghanistan-this-time-from-the-other-side/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV- WSJ KABUL &#8212; The future of the war in Afghanistan was on the line as Gen.]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV- WSJ KABUL &#8212; The future of the war in Afghanistan was on the line as Gen.]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[TERROR: AQ linked group wrests control of key town in Somalia; hundreds of locals flee]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/terror-aq-linked-group-wrests-control-of-key-town-in-somalia-hundreds-of-locals-flee/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/terror-aq-linked-group-wrests-control-of-key-town-in-somalia-hundreds-of-locals-flee/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(VOA) An al-Qaida-linked militant group in Somalia has captured a key town near the border with Keny]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[(VOA) An al-Qaida-linked militant group in Somalia has captured a key town near the border with Keny]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[REPORT: Failure to roll-up bin Laden in '01 has stoked insurgency, increased support for AQ]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/report-failure-to-roll-up-bin-laden-in-01-has-stoked-insurgency-increased-support-for-aq/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/report-failure-to-roll-up-bin-laden-in-01-has-stoked-insurgency-increased-support-for-aq/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By SCOTT SHANE- NYT WASHINGTON — As President Obama vows to “finish the job” in Afghanistan by sendi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[By SCOTT SHANE- NYT WASHINGTON — As President Obama vows to “finish the job” in Afghanistan by sendi]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan: "Teenage Wasteland"]]></title>
<link>http://isthison.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/afghanistan-teenage-wastleland/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>isthison</dc:creator>
<guid>http://isthison.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/afghanistan-teenage-wastleland/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my Bob Hope moment.  Comedian? Check. Band? Check.  Bob Hope, not quite; but a fantasti]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my Bob Hope moment.  Comedian? Check. Band? Check.  Bob Hope, not quite; but a fantasti]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Syncing]]></title>
<link>http://isthison.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/syncing/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>isthison</dc:creator>
<guid>http://isthison.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/syncing/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Two recent events show how Public Affairs is syncing in &#8220;untraditional&#8221; manners to battl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two recent events show how Public Affairs is syncing in &#8220;untraditional&#8221; manners to battl]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[TALIBAN: Begins new offensive in formerly quiet Northern Afghanistan]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/taliban-begins-new-offensive-in-formerly-quiet-northern-afghanistan/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/taliban-begins-new-offensive-in-formerly-quiet-northern-afghanistan/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By CARLOTTA GALL NYT KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — Far from the heartland of the Taliban insurgency in the s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[By CARLOTTA GALL NYT KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — Far from the heartland of the Taliban insurgency in the s]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[HELL BENT: Former UK Ambassador to UN describes US march to Iraq War]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/hell-bent-former-uk-ambassador-to-un-describes-us-march-to-iraq-war/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/hell-bent-former-uk-ambassador-to-un-describes-us-march-to-iraq-war/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By David Stringer &#8211; The Associated Press LONDON — The United States was “hell bent” on a 2003 ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[POLITICAL FALLOUT: German Minister Resigns Over Afghan Airstrike  ]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/political-fallout-german-minister-resigns-over-afghan-airstrike/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/political-fallout-german-minister-resigns-over-afghan-airstrike/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By NICHOLAS KULISH-NYT BERLIN — A German cabinet official, Franz Josef Jung, resigned Friday, saying]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[By NICHOLAS KULISH-NYT BERLIN — A German cabinet official, Franz Josef Jung, resigned Friday, saying]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[ASSASSINATED: Key anti-Taliban leader in Pakistan]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/assassinated-key-anti-taliban-leader-in-pakistan/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/assassinated-key-anti-taliban-leader-in-pakistan/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[KHAR, Pakistan (AP) &#8212; A key anti-Taliban tribal leader was assassinated Friday in a roadside b]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[PBS Frontline episode Obama's War provides peek behind curtain of COIN ops]]></title>
<link>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/pbs-frontline-episode-obamas-war-provides-peek-behind-curtain-of-coin-ops/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>onthedefense</dc:creator>
<guid>http://onthedefense.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/pbs-frontline-episode-obamas-war-provides-peek-behind-curtain-of-coin-ops/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s War, veteran correspondent Martin Smith travels across Afghanistan and Pakistan to see]]></description>
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