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		<title>Best. Lede. Ever.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>El Snarkistani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what has to be the best lede ever written by an 8th grade yearbook editor, Lawrence Bartlett of the AFP goes above and beyond to a place where not even the Pulitzer would dare to tread: The medieval Taliban who ran Afghanistan with the Koran in one hand and a gun in the other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingmytribe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15268080&amp;post=3301&amp;subd=findingmytribe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>El Snarkistani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This peace craze might actually start to be a thing if we&#8217;re not careful, and the latest report from the UNDP on Afghan opinions of the ANP seems to be pointing the way to sunshine, gumdrops, and cream-filled rainbow kittens. I mean, it&#8217;s that good. Just ask the Allied Command Operations Public Affairs Office: The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingmytribe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15268080&amp;post=3285&amp;subd=findingmytribe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And&#8230;We&#8217;re Back.</title>
		<link>http://findingmytribe.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/and-were-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>El Snarkistani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buckle up, kids, Daddy&#8217;s had some coffee. Between that and the really awful hair band music thanks to the good folks at Spotify coursing through the Bose, this is probably going to get a little ridiculous. So after a brief pause to consider the tone/direction/etc. of the blog, I&#8217;ve come to the following conclusion: this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingmytribe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15268080&amp;post=3277&amp;subd=findingmytribe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Hiatus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>El Snarkistani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Occasional/Dedicated/I Have No Life and Found This Accidentally Reader, Taking a few moments/days/whatever to retool the blog. Lately been realizing some of my commentary is &#8220;snark for snark&#8217;s sake,&#8221; which, while fun to do, isn&#8217;t really my intention. OK, sometimes it is, but I&#8217;d like to think that what I&#8217;m putting down has a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingmytribe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15268080&amp;post=3268&amp;subd=findingmytribe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Aluminum Python puts squeeze on insurgency</title>
		<link>http://findingmytribe.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/operation-aluminum-python-puts-squeeze-on-insurgency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>El Snarkistani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harsha]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, I&#8217;m not making up that headline. It&#8217;s from this article on DVIDS. Tip of the hat to the institutional genius that inspires that kind of headline. From the article: After the sniper threat was eliminated, 1st Platoon regrouped and continued their mission. Still under the cover of darkness, they approached Pata Tili to apprehend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingmytribe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15268080&amp;post=2992&amp;subd=findingmytribe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Love the FET, or, I Respond In Mature, Adult Fashion to Some Feedback</title>
		<link>http://findingmytribe.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/why-i-love-the-fet-or-i-respond-in-mature-adult-fashion-to-some-feedback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>El Snarkistani</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kabul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loya Paktia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some reader feedback on a post I did about a Female Engagement Team (FET) and their efforts in Helmand: Wow. Really Dude? I love most of your stuff, but this one is way off kilter. What does someone in Kabul know about the workings of FET programs in Helmand (where the Marines are)? In rural [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=findingmytribe.wordpress.com&amp;blog=15268080&amp;post=2770&amp;subd=findingmytribe&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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