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	<title><![CDATA[Af-Pak Blowback]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-feffer/af-pak-blowback_b_227284.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Pakistan has one of the largest, most sophisticated militaries on the planet. Its army is <a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/army.htm">as large as</a> the U.S. Army. It's among the top 25 largest military spenders in the world. On top of the billions of dollars of weapons provided toPervez Musharraf's authoritarian regime, Washington is promising another $3 billion a year in military assistance over the next five years. And, to top it off, Islamabad has nuclear weapons.</p>

<p>None of that seems to help Pakistan prevail in...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-08-07T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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