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	<title><![CDATA[Why American Neo-Cons Wanted Ahmadinejad to Win]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-zunes/why-american-neo-cons-wan_b_216790.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The only people happier than the Iranian elites over Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's apparently stolen election win Friday, were the neoconservatives and other hawks eager to block any efforts by the Obama administration to moderate U.S. policy toward the Islamic republic.</p>

<p>Since he was elected president in 2005, Ahmadinejad has filled a certain niche in the American psyche formerly filled by the likes of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Qaddafi as the Middle Eastern leader we most love to hate. It gives us a...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-07-18T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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