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		<title>Grim milestone.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE &#8216;08: So apparently somewhere along the line the comments database for this site became corrupted. All comments have been lost. Odd, considering I was not updating the site. I suspect the problem is be related to the constant bombardment of spam comments and the thousands of comments I had &#8216;awaiting moderation&#8217;. Well, looks like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taoofdefiance.com/2007/06/18/grim-milestone/</link>
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		<title>Southern Thailand insurgency: Increasing brutality and suspected foreign involvement should worry Australia.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South-East Asia security analyst Zachary Abuza has an op-ed piece in today&#8217;s SMH about the predominantly Indonesian terror group Jemaah Islamiah, prompted by the recent capture of it&#8217;s amir, Abu Dujana. In the final paragraph he mentions the escalating conflict in Southern Thailand, stating that although JI have not been actively involved in that confict, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taoofdefiance.com/2007/06/14/southern-thailand-insurgency-increasing-brutality-and-suspected-foreign-involvement-should-worry-australia/</link>
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		<title>Blogpower Awards &#8211; voting ends today!</title>
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Today is the last day of voting in the Blogpower Awards, folks, so get in there and get voting. Links directly to the 20 categories below. 



Voting will end on Wednesday, June 13th, at 19:00, London time.
1 Best Britblog or Column 
  
2 Best North American Blog or Column 
  
3 Best Blog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taoofdefiance.com/2007/06/13/blogpower-awards-voting-ends-today/</link>
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		<title>WWWW 3.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have submitted my post, “Female Genital Mutilation: An Islamic Practice” to the Watcher’s Council. Unfortunately I quite possibly missed this week&#8217;s deadline.

As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher&#8217;s Council hold a vote every week on what they consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around&#8230;  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taoofdefiance.com/2007/06/13/wwww-3/</link>
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		<title>The radicalization of Mohammad Sidique Khan, mastermind of 7/7.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shiv Malik went into the Beeston ghetto in Leeds to do research for a BBC documentary on the lives of the four 7/7 bombers, 3 of whom were from Beeston. What he found was a self-isolated Pakistani community in which a large proportion of the secondg eneration, having become alienated from the traditionalism of their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taoofdefiance.com/2007/06/09/the-radicalization-of-mohammad-sidique-khan-mastermind-of-77/</link>
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		<title>Requirements.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

One of Moscow&#8217;s trendiest nightclubs recently hosted a night called &#8220;Marry a Millionaire&#8221;, which is your night of nights if you&#8217;re hip young (preferably very young) Russian &#8220;millionaire hunter&#8221;. You will probably also enjoy the event if you&#8217;re seedy cashed-up mafia boss with a taste for women half, a third or perhaps a quarter your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taoofdefiance.com/2007/06/09/requirements/</link>
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		<title>Female genital mutilation: An Islamic practice.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is a reply to a guest post over at Pommygranate&#8217;s blog, by Kizzie, a Sudanese Muslim woman, who currently resides in Cairo. In her post Kizzie tries to show that Female Genital Mutilation is not an Islamic practice, but rather a cultural one, partly basing her argument on the premise that the two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taoofdefiance.com/2007/06/08/female-genital-mutilation-an-islamic-practice/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t f**k with the Russians.</title>
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Stratfor reporting on the case of some Russian multinational employees that were kidnapped by Nigerian militants last week (subscription only), in hope of gaining a ransom payout:

The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Nigeria&#8217;s ambassador June 4 to discuss the June 3 kidnapping of six Russian employees of giant Russian aluminum producer United Company RUSAL in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taoofdefiance.com/2007/06/07/dont-fk-with-the-russians/</link>
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		<title>Ayaan Hirsi Ali&#8217;s lecture in Sydney.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pommygranate has posted a fantastic report on Ayaan Hirsi Ali&#8217;s presentation at the Sydney Recital Hall last Sunday night. Inspirational stuff.
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		<link>http://www.taoofdefiance.com/2007/06/06/ayaan-hirsi-alis-lecture-in-sydney/</link>
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		<title>The Blogpower Awards &#8211; nominations closing soon!</title>
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The Blogpower team, of which I recently became a member, is running the first ever Blogpower Awards and nominations are closing soon (very soon &#8211; Tuesday 5th of June 21:00, London time&#8230; yes, I should have posted about this earlier).
Things are getting a little complicated, but you can read all about how the nominations work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.taoofdefiance.com/2007/06/05/the-blogpower-awards-nominations-closing-soon/</link>
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