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		<title>&#8220;Navigating the Aftermath&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Soccer Team Builds Peace in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/soccer-team-builds-peace-in-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of promoting nonviolence among Iraqi youth, IARP and its partner the Muslim Peacemaker Teams (MPT) have arranged friendly football matches for its soccer team with other teams in Iraq.]]></description>
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		<title>قرار مدينة منيابولس Minneapolis City Council Resolution – Arabic Translation</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%88%d9%84%d8%b3-minneapolis-city-council-resolution-arabic-translation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the English version, click here.
2009R-337
قرار مدينة منيابولس
بأصدار من:  هادجس, جوردن, حافستد, رمينجتن, جلدن

قبول دعوة من مدينة النجف الاشرف في العراق للانضمام بإتفاقية التوأمة و دعوة مواطني مدينتي النجف و منيابولس للمشاركة بالنشاطات المذكورة في الاتفاقية ، والموافقة على تطوير الخطط الخاصة بها من قبل منظمة &#8220;مشروع المصالحة العراقية-الامريكية&#8221;
حيث أن الكثير من مواطني مدينة منيابولس [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minneapolis and Najaf are Sister Cities!</title>
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		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/mpls-najaf-sister-cities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After more than a year of moving toward this goal, the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project (IARP) and our partner in Iraq the Muslim Peacemaker Teams (MPT) are celebrating the beginning of a formal Sister City relationship between Najaf, Iraq and Minneapolis, MN USA. On Friday, July 31st, 2009, the Minneapolis City Council passed a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letters From U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[



Patrick N. 

Abigail M.

Samuel H.

Ruby L.

No Name

Ella F.

Hugh

Maya C. 

Eli W.

June P.

John N.

Hope V.

Timothy B.

Penelope W.

Dear Iraqi Friend,
We have just read some of the letters you are writing about what life is like in Iraq today. It is amazing to know that we are the same age and yet our lives are so different. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Images of Iraqis: Shock and Cliché?</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/images-of-iraqis-shock-and-cliche/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/images-of-iraqis-shock-and-cliche/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across a great photo essay on the enduring suffering of Iraqis: SUFFERANCE: Iraqi Victims of War (some images graphic). Below are two images from the essay.
These images are both sad and powerful. They provide a window into the lives of Iraqis hurt by the war and conflict. They personalize the reality of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water for Peace Action at Al-Ghadeer Kindergarten in Najaf</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/water-for-peace-action-at-al-ghadeer-kindergarten-in-najaf/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/water-for-peace-action-at-al-ghadeer-kindergarten-in-najaf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are some images of children at Al-Ghadeer Kindergarten in Najaf, where a small water purifier unit was recently installed by the Muslim Peacemaker Teams. 150 kids attend the school.
Thanks to the sisters at Racine Dominicans for donating the purifier unit.
I feel bad for the kids having to sit through so many pictures! (there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education for Peace</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/education-for-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/education-for-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a recent note from Sami Rasouli, Director of Muslim Peacemaker Teams (IARP&#8217;s partner in Iraq):
Dear friend,
&#8220;Schools across Iraq are crumbling as a result of a lack of government attention as well as rampant corruption, leaving many children without any means of education say observers.&#8221; By Nizar Latif / Wasit
Read: http://www.niqash.org/content.php?contentTypeID=74&#38;id=2420&#38;lang=0
Meanwhile IARP &#38; MPT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“The Promise of Freedom” documentary</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/the-promise-of-freedom-documentary/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/the-promise-of-freedom-documentary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Iraqis who believed most in America are now running for their lives. Who will save them?&#8221;
Below are trailers for &#8220;The Promise of Freedom,&#8221; a documentary about Kirk Johnson, an American aid worker trying to help Iraqis who are in danger because they cooperated and worked with the U.S. over the last six years.


]]></description>
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		<title>IARP Reconciliation Report</title>
		<link>http://reconciliationproject.org/iarp-reconciliation-report/</link>
		<comments>http://reconciliationproject.org/iarp-reconciliation-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a simplified version of the second edition of IARP&#8217;s new e-newsletter, the Reconciliation Report. If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please email info@mpt-iraq.org with the word &#8220;subscribe&#8221; in the subject line, or leave a comment here on this blog.
IARP Reconciliation Report
Issue 2, May 2009 
Art shows, water systems, and expanding [...]]]></description>
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