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					<description><![CDATA[Having read the full Chilcot Report on the invasion of Iraq by the USA and the UK &#8211; in the original Latin &#8211; I have decided to spare my readers that ordeal by giving a succinct summary of what lies behind that disaster and why we are where we are. However, for the masochists among &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/chilcot-and-iraq-all-you-really-need-to-know/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Chilcot and Iraq, All You Really Need to Know</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often that I write about events outside of Wales, but I feel moved to say something about the current crisis in Syria, Iraq and Kurdistan. While the situation in the region is not entirely the fault of the West, we cannot escape blame, and it goes back a lot further than George Bush &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/to-thine-own-self-be-true/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">To Thine Own Self Be True</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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