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	<title><![CDATA[Shock & Awful: Iraq Air Assault Just a Media Stunt]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nellie-b/shock-awful-iraq-air-assa_b_17481.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to <a href="http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/03/operative-swarmer-revealed-to-be.html">AmericaBlog</a> for highlighting <a href="http://www.back-to-iraq.com/archives/2006/03/operation_overblown.php">Back to Iraq</a> which linked to <em>Time </em>magazine's online update, <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1174448,00.html">How Operation Swarmer Fizzled</a>. BTI's Christopher Allbritton notes that </p>

<p><em><blockquote>"Operation Swarmer" is really a media show. It was designed to show off the new Iraqi Army -- although there was no enemy for them to fight. Every American official I've heard has emphasized the role of the Iraqi forces just days before the third anniversary of the start of the war. That...</blockquote></em></p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:46:00-04:00</date_published>
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