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	<title>Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project &#187; Iraq</title>
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		<title>&#8220;City&#8221; diplomacy: Minneapolis and Najaf</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/city-diplomacy-minneapolis-and-najaf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Najaf city employee Hiba Qader in Minneapolis, October, 2011
In 2009, Minneapolis residents worked with the city council to approve a &#8220;Sister City&#8221; relationship with Najaf, Iraq. A sister city relationship is about building peaceful relationships between the people of two cities. President Eisenhower launched the idea in 1956, when he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water for Peace Installations</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/water-for-peace-installations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are images from schools and a mosque in Najaf, Iraq, where water filtration units were recently installed by the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project and our partner, the Muslim Peacemaker Teams. Thanks to donors St. Augustine Church, Cohasset, MN; Albuquerque Mennonite Faith Community, Albuquerque, NM; and Community Presbyterian Church, Cohasset, MN.
Water for Peace is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post: Raed Jarrar</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/guest-post-raed-jarrar/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/guest-post-raed-jarrar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Raed Jarrar is a nationally known Iraqi-American blogger. The below post originally appeared in the Washington Peace Letter.
Voices from Iraq: End the Occupation Now!
By Raed Jarrar
Baghdad did not fall in three weeks, as the U.S. public was made to believe. Baghdad fell after 13 years of wars, air strikes, and economic sanctions. While we think of March 19, 2003 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have a Birthday Coming Up?</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/have-a-birthday-coming-up-consider-donating/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/have-a-birthday-coming-up-consider-donating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GiveMN tool kit: Birthday fundraisers
Got a birthday coming up? Well then, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We hope you get everything you want. However, if you feel like you&#8217;ve got enough stuff already, consider asking your friends and family to make a donation to IARP in lieu of gifts. Other folks are doing it, check out these fabulous fundraisers:
http://givemn.razoo.com/story/Mollysbirthday
http://givemn.razoo.com/story/Jason-And-Nicola-s-Birthday-Wish
To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Navigating the Aftermath</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/navigating-the-aftermath-3/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/navigating-the-aftermath-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 03:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The original version of this article appeared in The Veteran (Spring 2011).
By Luke Wilcox
&#8220;It&#8217;s not clear how much time passed. Perhaps it was only a handful of minutes. Suddenly, she awoke to a burst of pain. Sitting squarely on top of her legs was a shell bomb. Shock and horror. Crushing weight. Loss of consciousness. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artworks by Minneapolis artist traveling in Karbala, Iraq</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/artworks-by-minneapolis-artist-traveling-in-karbala-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/artworks-by-minneapolis-artist-traveling-in-karbala-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 16:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minneapolis-based artist Sean Smuda sent artworks from his Blown Derivatives project with Muslim Peacemaker Teams Director Sami Rasouli when Sami returned to Najaf, Iraq this past February. Today, the artworks are traveling to farms, art exhibits, local streets by holy shrines and various communities in Karbala, Iraq. This display of Blown Derivatives is made possible by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq Trip Report Back: Humbling</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/iraq-trip-report-back-humbling/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/iraq-trip-report-back-humbling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 03:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Hughes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009 I traveled back to Iraq not as a service member but as a representative of Iraq Veterans Against the War to attend the First International Labor Conference in Erbil, Iraq. Shortly after that trip I wrote this report on my return experience. I think that this trip is an example of reconciliation that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s Consider Our Humanity for a Minute…</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/lets-consider-our-humanity-for-a-minute/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/lets-consider-our-humanity-for-a-minute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 19:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Deborah Pannell
In honor of Mother’s Day and my maternal instincts that extend well beyond my own child, I want to present you with this thought. If we can get ourselves to think about at least one other person in the world outside our immediate circle and do something to more fully understand them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Echo Valley Hope Breakfast Brainstorm عصف ذهني خلال وجبة الافطار في منطقة &#8220;أمل وادي الصدى&#8221; في ولاية ويسكانسون-الولايات المتحدة</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/echo-valley-hope-breakfast-brainstorm/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/echo-valley-hope-breakfast-brainstorm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Muslim Peacemaker Teams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MPT]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sami Rasouli on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 11:52pm
Echo Valley Breakfast Brainstorm: How do you resolve conflict in your daily life?
كيف تتصرف عندما تواجه نزاعاً في حياتك اليومية؟
“I train myself to pause and skip my initial, violent reaction.”
ألتزم الهدوء بالبدء و أتفادى رد فعلي الأول
“I try not to judge”
ألا أصدر حكماً سريعاً
“I look within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Navigating the Aftermath&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/navigating-the-aftermath/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/navigating-the-aftermath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Alex Potter
In a recent Oval Office address, President Obama marked the “end” of combat operations in Iraq: “We have met our responsibility. Now, it is time to turn the page.”
Not so fast. Unfortunately, the Iraq War has etched itself onto our two countries’ histories: more than 4,400 Americans dead; at least 100,000 Iraqis dead; more than 32,000 Americans wounded; [...]]]></description>
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