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<title><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19571.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></description><category domain="19571">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Strategy Opens a Path to Toning Down the Conflict]]></title>
							<link>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-strategy-iran-israel-war-qatar_n_6859be5fe4b0eb84d4e104b5</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Akbar Ahmed</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Iran's strike against the U.S. actually leaves open a path to toning down the conflict. Will American and Israeli leaders seize the opportunity?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Is Hamas Thinking Now?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hamas-gaza-biden-israel-interview_n_660c54c2e4b09f580bc5bcb2</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Akbar Ahmed</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HuffPost obtained rare interviews with Hamas leaders Mousa Abu Marzouk and Basem Naim, pressing them six months since Oct. 7 on the group's attacks on civilians and its vision for the future of Israel-Palestine.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Says He's Ready to Lead. He Got Iraq Wrong 3 Times.]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Akbar Ahmed</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After voting for the Iraq War, Biden tried to drastically reorganize the country along ethnic and sectarian lines and helped lay the groundwork for ISIS to thrive.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Thistle and the Drone: The U.S., Islam, and the War on Terror]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/03/08/the_thistle_and_the_drone_the_us_islam_and_the_war_on_terror_117352.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Akbar Ahmed</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We will not tolerate more genocide of innocent tribesmen.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
This was the message of hundreds of tribesmen from Waziristan demonstrating in front of the Governor'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s House in Peshawar, Pakistan on March 5, 2013. They were protesting the on-going drone campaign Pakistan which...]]></description>
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