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            <title><![CDATA[Jordan in the Crosshairs]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Thursday's roadside bombing outside Amman made clear that Jordan is at the center of the war on terror. Salameh Nematt on the new pressure on the kingdom as it partners with the CIA.

Proving for the second time in the past month that Jordan is at...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:18:12 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Double Agent for the Taliban?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  The suicide bomber who devastated a CIA base in Afghanistan will be a source of bragging for terrorists, but which terrorists? Salameh Nematt on why al Qaeda might not be behind the attack-and how the bomber pulled it off.
While news outlets in the...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Qaddafi Struts In]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Protected by 40 female virgins trained to kill-and perhaps even hosting dignitaries at his Bedouin tent on a Trump estate-Libya's "Brotherly Leader" will address the United Nations on Wednesday, offending some and amusing others. 
The man Ronald...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Pharaoh Comes to Washington]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ To get Arab nations behind the Middle East peace process, Barack Obama is making nice with the king of Egyptian corruption, President Hosni Mubarak. Can he be trusted?&nbsp;
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, who held talks at the White House with...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:34:49 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran's Nervous Neighbors]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Iran casts a long shadow over the Mideast-arming Hezbollah, backing outlawed Iraqi militias, supporting the Taliban. So how does the region feel about the uprising? Salameh Nematt checks in.
The crisis in Iran will have significant implications for...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:33:14 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Arab Media Is Covering Iran]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As democratic media back Iran's opposition, it's a different story in authoritarian regimes. Salameh Nematt reports on journalists remaining in Iran and the overall political news war.
Plus, read more insight on Iran's election from other Daily Beast...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:04:27 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is Iran's Regime Cracking?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pillars of the Islamic Revolution are turning against the supreme leader and a massive, bloody security crackdown on the thousands of peaceful protesters is looking increasingly likely-leaving Obama with a huge dilemma.
Plus, read more insight on...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:49:45 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bibi's Collision Course]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With his speech, Netanyahu put President Obama in the middle of the regional conflict, with Ahmadinejad on the other flank.
Bibi Netanyahu's speech on Sunday threw cold water on pro-peace forces in Israel, the Palestinian territories and the world,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:48:21 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Arab World Reacts]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Reaction to Obama's Cairo speech ranged from angry comparisons to Bush, praise for his balanced approach-and accusations that he's an apostate.  The Daily Beast's Salameh Nematt translates today's headlines from across the Arab world.
President...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:09:35 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Next Nuclear War?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Iran responded to this week's meeting between Obama and Netanyahu by testing a missile capable of hitting Israel. Will Obama have to confront Iran-or stop Israel's retaliation?
Only two days after the president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 21 May 2009 16:36:24 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Iraqis Want Us Out Now]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The irony of our success in Iraq is that the country may push us out even sooner than Obama plans. 
As he made the transition from campaigning to governing, President Obama came to realize that a precipitous withdrawal of troops from Iraq would...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:08:25 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Message to Muslims: We Are Family]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In an interview with an Arabic satellite TV network, Obama calls for "a new partnership based on mutual respect and mutual interest."
In his first formal interview since taking office, President Barack Obama waged a charm offensive against the Arab...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:48:10 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Carrots and Sticks for the Middle East]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[For Muslim nations, an offer of "mutual respect."
The speech offered Arab and Muslim countries a few carrots and a couple of sticks. On the carrot side, Obama pledged not to continue George W. Bush's policy of pre-emption, which brought about the war...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:38:37 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Family Secrets in Tehran]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Exiled author Azar Nafisi, whose Reading Lolita in Tehran was an international bestseller, talks with The Daily Beast's Salameh Nematt about her new book, digging up family secrets, and her hopes for Iran. Read an excerpt from her new book here. 
Azar...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:59:51 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hillary's Gaza Problem]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[From Jordan, The Daily Beast's Salameh Nematt on how Hillary Clinton can jumpstart the Mideast peace negotiations her husband left behind in 2000.
Israel's massive blitzkrieg of the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 330 Palestinians so far and...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:40:23 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Blog]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[I highly recommend reading "Zahra's Paradise," a comic strip about Iran, exploring social, political, and human-rights issues. A human-rights activist and an illustrator have joined hands to publish the Web serial simultaneously in English, Farsi,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:24:10 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Magazine Article]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It took an investigation by ProPublica for me to learn that at least 360 Arab interpreters-mainly Iraqis-were killed, and 1,200 injured in the Iraq War between March 2003 and March 2008, while assisting U.S. troops. The death toll was greater than that...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:30:31 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Website]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/1178///]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[I like the Web-based news site Elaph.com, the Pan-Arab online newspaper edited in London. Like the Beast, it is a the closest thing to a one-stop shop for news junkies from the Arab World, minus a lot of the censorship that plagues most Arab news...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:14:30 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Blog]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/1055///]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[You should read Fouad Ajami's editorial in The Wall Street Journal published on the anniversary of 9/11. It was a counterintuitive reminder that it was Arabs in Afghanistan and not Afghanis who plotted and attacked America on 9/11. Ajami unravels the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:13:09 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Blog]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Written under a pseudonym by an American journalist, this new blog about Burma, Dawbobopwint, is a tongue-in-cheek account of life in a police state. Apart from the fact that the Burma story is so compelling, it is also timely as democracy activist...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:51:45 -0400]]></pubDate>
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