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        <title><![CDATA[Ben Fishman - Senior Fellow]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Ben Fishman is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former director for North Africa at the National Security Council.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The U.S. Must Blunt Russia’s Adventurism in Libya]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The deployment of Kremlin-linked mercenaries will make a costly civil war even harder to end.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Fishman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:00:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Fighters loyal to the UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), geare transported on board of a military vehicle during clashes with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, in Espiaa, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of the Libyan capital Tripoli on August 21, 2019. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP) (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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