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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Iran</title>
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		<title>Poizner sues to further Iran divestiture</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/11/09/poizner-sues-to-further-iran-divestiture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner says he’s suing to challenge last month’s finding by the state’s administrative regulation watchdog that his efforts to stop insurers from investing in Iran amount to an “underground regulation.” The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit – in which Poizner is represented by state Attorney General (and Governor-elect) Jerry Brown – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers urge Iran to release hikers</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/07/30/lawmakers-urge-iran-to-release-hikers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California’s U.S. Senators were among six who today announced a resolution urging the Iranian government to immediately, unconditionally release three UC Berkeley graduates who have been detained in Iran since last July. Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Sarah Shourd’s, Josh Fattal’s and Shane Bauer’s capture hiking in a poorly marked border area in Iraq’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Iranians fret over opposition group&#8217;s fate</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/12/14/local-iranians-fret-over-opposition-groups-fate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/12/14/local-iranians-fret-over-opposition-groups-fate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my colleague Matt O’Brien wrote back in August, Iranian-Americans in the Bay Area continue to worry about the fate of an Iranian opposition group that has been living in Iraq for decades, but may now be in danger from the new U.S.-supported Iraqi regime. Hamid Azimi of Albany, a spokesman for the Iranian-American Community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;World&#8217; Has Not Had Enough</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/11/10/the-world-has-not-had-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, it&#8217;s not meant as a Bond reference, but rather to mean that when a protest group outlives that which it was formed to oppose, you can bet it&#8217;ll pivot smoothly to the next target. In this case, &#8220;World Can&#8217;t Wait &#8212; Drive Out the Bush Regime&#8221; shows no sign of slowing down now that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Palling around with terrorists&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/10/10/palling-around-with-terrorists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/10/10/palling-around-with-terrorists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=2528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: Ms. Palin delivered her scathing attack lines in a cheery but determined voice. She strongly questioned Mr. Obama’s acquaintance with Mr. Ayers and asked what he knew about Mr. Ayers’s past and when. “He didn’t know he had launched his political career in the living room of an unrepentant domestic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Lee: No covert action in Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/09/19/barbara-lee-no-covert-action-in-iraq/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/09/19/barbara-lee-no-covert-action-in-iraq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barbara Lee]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=2137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, yesterday introduced H.R. 6951, the “Transparent Actions over Covert Tactics in Iran Act of 2008” (“TACT in Iran Act” &#8212; ah, political acronyms!), which would bar the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Defense from providing covert or clandestine support, including military training or advice or equipment for military activities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area activism, near and far</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/08/18/bay-area-activism-near-and-far/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/08/18/bay-area-activism-near-and-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s plenty of liberal activism a-brewin&#8217;, as usual. El Cerrito piano tuner and longtime pro-Palestinian activist Paul Larudee, a cofounder of the Free Gaza Movement, and his cohorts are about to set sail from Cyprus en route to the Gaza Strip in an effort to &#8220;raise international awareness about the prison-like closure of the Gaza [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;No war with Iran&#8217; rally tomorrow in SF</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/07/no-war-with-iran-rally-tomorrow-in-sf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/07/07/no-war-with-iran-rally-tomorrow-in-sf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Groups like Direct Action to Stop the War, CodePink, World Can&#8217;t Wait and Stop AIPAC are concerned that House Concurrent Resolution 362 &#8212; &#8220;Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the United States by Iran&#8217;s pursuit of nuclear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kucinich moves on impeachment, locals react</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/06/10/kucinich-moves-on-impeachment-locals-react/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/06/10/kucinich-moves-on-impeachment-locals-react/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, last night introduced 35 articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush. From Article I &#8212; &#8220;Creating a Secret Propaganda Campaign to Manufacture a False Case for War Against Iraq&#8221; &#8212; to Article XXXV &#8212; &#8220;Endangering the Health of 911 First Responders&#8221; &#8212; the former Democratic presidential candidate laid out a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Lee talks to Iranians</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/06/10/barbara-lee-talks-to-iranians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/06/10/barbara-lee-talks-to-iranians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Congressional Progressive Caucus, of which Rep. Barbara Lee is co-chairwoman, and the Campaign for a New American Policy on Iran held a news conference on Capitol Hill today urging dialogue between ordinary Americans and ordinary Iranians as a means of heading off what they say is the Bush Administration&#8217;s drumbeat for war with Iran. [...]]]></description>
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