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	<title><![CDATA[The Obvious Confirmed: Sectarian Cleansing Major Reason for Drop in Violence in Iraq]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-bergmann/the-obvious-confirmed-sec_b_127880.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://spi.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/19/wwwreuterscom_2.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=450,height=341,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img height="303" border="0" width="400" alt="Wwwreuterscom_2" title="Wwwreuterscom_2" src="http://www.democracyarsenal.org/images/2008/09/19/wwwreuterscom_2.jpg" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;" /></a>
It was for some reason a debatable point whether the sectarian cleansing of mixed neighborhoods contributed to the decline in violence. <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN1953066020080919">Reuters now confirms </a>- and has visual evidence - to prove that the decline in violence in Iraq, specifically in Baghdad, was caused in no small measure by the massive sectarian cleansing that preceded the surge. The sectarian...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-10-20T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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