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	<title><![CDATA[Saudis Will Fill Vacuum Left by US in Iraq and Challenge Iran's Pretensions]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/saudis-will-fill-vacuum-l_b_35141.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><img alt="OilTrans_nawaf.jpg" src="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/OilTrans_nawaf.jpg" width="206" height="125" /></p>

<p>Read <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR2006112801277.html">Nawaf Obaid today</a> in the <em>Washington Post</em>. Read it carefully.</p>

<p>The preamble:</p>

<blockquote>In February 2003, a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, warned President Bush that he would be "solving one problem and creating five more" if he removed Saddam Hussein by force. Had Bush heeded his advice, Iraq would not now be on the brink of full-blown civil war and disintegration.

<p>One hopes he won't make the...</p></blockquote>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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