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	<title>Direct Aid Iraq &#187; Media Highlights</title>
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		<title>Statement from Iraqi Nonviolence Group on recent mobilization in Baghdad</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Direct Aid Iraq recently received this communication, which was circulated in Iraq during the week of September 11. It is an expression of support for a recent mobilization that took place in Baghdad, calling for an end to political violence. A reminder of all that continues to happen in Iraq, below the deafening silence of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reidar Visser on the Iraqi Election Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>direct aid iraq</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historian and political analyst Reidar Visser begins his recent analysis of the initial results of the Iraqi elections with these words:
The provisional results of the Iraqi local elections, released today, can be summarised in three main points as far as the areas from Baghdad and southwards are concerned: Maliki and his Daawa party are big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on elections in Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Najlaa Al-Nashi</dc:creator>
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A few stories I&#8217;ve heard from reputable sources in Iraq today and tonight:


Members of the Iranian-backed Iraqi Supreme Islamic Council were moving freely among polling centers today, and in the streets their representatives gave lots of money to people to vote.


Many people who have a right to vote were prevented from voting because their names [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elections in Iraq&#8230;to what end?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Najlaa Al-Nashi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iraq's history has never - before these last few years - been governed by sectarian religious parties, and Iraqis want that history of secularism back. I hope if the Iraqi vote is under enough protection, there will be a big change in this election. If, however, the "hidden hands" of those now in power in Iraq manipulate the results for their own gain, then I fear there will be little change, and Iraq will face many more bloody years. ]]></description>
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