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	<title><![CDATA[John McCain Repeats Al-Qaida Shiite Confusion]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/08/john-mccain-repeats-al-qa_n_95624.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>John McCain again confused Shiites and Sunnis during today's Senate Armed Services hearing, undermining suggestions that the conflation is simply a "<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/23/hume-dimisses-mccain-gaffe-as-a-blip-and-a-senior-moment/">McCain moment</a>."</p>

<p>In the past month, the veneer of Sen. John McCain's foreign policy expertise has been muddied by his repeated confusion of <a href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/03/18/a_mccain_gaffe_in_jordan.html">Sunnis and Shiites</a>. During his Middle East tour, McCain repeatedly claimed that al-Qaida, a Sunni terrorist organization, was receiving funding and training from Shia Iran. Only later, after Sen. Joe Lieberman whispered a correction in...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-04-16T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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