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<item><title><![CDATA[ Weighing the 'Surge' ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090301486.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090301486.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD -- Nearly every week, American generals and politicians visit Combat Outpost Gator, nestled behind a towering blast wall in the Dora market. They arrive in convoys of armored Humvees, sometimes accompanied by helicopter gunships, to see what U.S. commanders display as proof of the effectiveness of a seven-month-long security offensive, fueled by 30,000 U.S. reinforcements. Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. military leader in Iraq, frequently cites the market as a sign of progress. ]]></description><author>Sudarsan Raghavan</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Many Trainees Are Complicit With 'Enemy Targets' ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090301478.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090301478.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD -- The platoon of American soldiers was pinned down in an alley outside the holiest Shiite shrine in western Baghdad's Kadhimiyah neighborhood. Machine-gun fire sprayed from apartment windows and rooftops with a deafening clatter. The troops were 15 yards from their Humvees, but they didn't know if they could survive the dash. ]]></description><author>Joshua Partlow</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Signing Up Sunnis With 'Insurgent' on Their Résumés ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090301470.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090301470.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ NASR WA SALAM, Iraq -- Naiem al-Qaisi was imprisoned for four months, beaten, shocked with electric probes and, he said, forced to witness fellow Sunni male prisoners being raped by Shiite soldiers of the Iraqi army. ]]></description><author>Joshua Partlow</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ No Relief From Fear ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/04/AR2007090402275.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/04/AR2007090402275.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ BAGHDAD -- Driven by fear and desperation, Um Abdullah's parents, who are Sunnis, swapped homes with a Shiite family they have known for years. Her parents moved to a section of Baghdad's Saidiya neighborhood controlled by Sunni insurgents. And their friends moved into her family home in the Risala area, controlled by Shiite militias. Each family left behind their furniture, so they could move swiftly and in secret.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/world/mideast/iraq;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=365112009365" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/world/mideast/iraq;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=365112009365" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><author>Sudarsan Raghavan</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Missteps and Mistrust Mark the Push for Legislation ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/04/AR2007090402190.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/04/AR2007090402190.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ IRBIL, Iraq -- Two weeks after the United States launched an ambitious security plan for Iraq, then-U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad issued an enthusiastic announcement about progress toward an Iraqi oil law, a key American goal. ]]></description><author>Joshua Partlow</author></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ U.S. Efforts May Work Against Iraqi Self-Sufficiency ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/04/AR2007090402285.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/04/AR2007090402285.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/iraq</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JIFF JAFFA, Iraq -- After the feast, the tribal leaders of Jiff Jaffa laid out their problem. They had five water pumps issued by the Iraqi government, but none were working. Municipal officials either said they were afraid to visit this dangerous region or demanded that the leaders pay large sums to use certain contractors. Now, the sheiks were asking for help from the United States. ]]></description><author>Sudarsan Raghavan</author></item></channel></rss>
