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		<description><![CDATA[Gli abitanti del villaggio di Kala/Balge, nello stato nord-nigeriano di Borno, si sono ribellati. Tra le incertezze dei politici e i tweet degli attivisti, gli abitanti di Kala/Balge hanno preso le armi e hanno messo in fuga il nemico con un’imboscata contro un convoglio di Boko Haram, che stava arrivando per assaltare il loro villaggio....]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Gli abitanti del villaggio di Kala/Balge, nello stato nord-nigeriano di Borno, </span><a style="line-height: 1.5em;" href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/05/nigeria-villagers-kill-boko-haram-fighters-2014514152412389219.html">si sono ribellati</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">. Tra le incertezze dei politici e i tweet degli attivisti, gli abitanti di Kala/Balge hanno preso le armi e hanno messo in fuga il nemico con un’imboscata contro un convoglio di Boko Haram, che stava arrivando per assaltare il loro villaggio. Almeno quarantuno uomini di Boko Haram sono stati uccisi e dieci catturati nell’assalto a sorpresa contro due camion carichi di militanti. Armati di fucili, machete e archi, gli abitanti di Kala/Balge hanno coraggiosamente fatto quello che l’esercito nigeriano non ha potuto fare, e hanno messo in fuga Boko Haram.</span></p>
<p>Noi siamo stati portati a pensare che “attivismo” consista nel volere che qualcun altro faccia qualcosa. Imploriamo i politici eletti, i burocrati, spronandoli all’azione. Ma l’attivismo migliore, il più efficace, è quando prendiamo in mano la situazione e risolviamo i nostri problemi – o colpiamo i nostri nemici – da soli. Nello stato messicano di Michoacán, la popolazione si è ribellata contro il cartello del narcotraffico dei Cavalieri Templari, cacciandoli via con una forza tale che il governo messicano dispera di sopprimere i vigilantes e ora <a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-michoacan-violence-20140512-story.html%23page=1">spera di corromperli</a>, trasformandoli da una manifestazione spontanea della rabbia popolare in un altro braccio armato dello stato criminale. Speriamo che resistano.</p>
<p>E ora la popolazione si sta sollevando in Nigeria. Mentre il resto del mondo ha risposto ai crimini odiosi di Boko Haram con hashtag e selfie, la popolazione di Kala/Balge ha risposto con proiettili e machete, prendendo in mano la propria vita e le proprie famiglie. Difendere se stessi significa imparare a confidare in se stessi; i corsi di autodifesa, oltre alle tecniche per sconfiggere l’assalitore, insegnano anche ad avere fiducia nella propria forza e nel proprio potere. Boko Haram ha reagito come da sempre reagiscono i bulli davanti ad una vittima che improvvisamente prende coraggio: hanno fatto dietrofront e sono scappati, lasciandosi alle spalle morti e feriti da quei codardi che sono sempre stati.</p>
<p>Anche in America, il centro dell’impero, dobbiamo imparare ad agire direttamente contro i bulli tra noi, contro le forze dell’impero. Non occorre che l’azione sia frontale e violenta, anche se <a href="http://c4ss.org/content/24410">chi decide di affrontare direttamente gli oppressori merita il nostro rispetto</a>. All’interno del movimento contro la guerra di questi ultimi quattordici anni ci sono stati molti eventi buonisti diretti a risvegliare le coscienze e raccogliere fondi. Ma l’attivismo più efficace ha preso due forme: scoraggiare l’arruolamento nelle forze armate, e incoraggiare chi è arruolato ad uscirne. Entrambe rappresentano una sfida più efficace degli striscioni, allungano una mano verso i soldati ed offrono loro una buona alternativa alla vita militare, uno degli ultimi luoghi della nostra società in cui giovani capaci possono ottenere un lavoro sicuro con una buona paga e benefici. È importante il risultato ottenuto: togliere acqua dal mulino imperialista, obbligando i suoi padroni a impiegare più denaro e tempo a cercare di trattenere i soldati e meno ad uccidere e menomare.</p>
<p>Parlare di alternative all’arruolamento in un istituto superiore di borgata non ha la stessa drammaticità di un’imboscata ad un convoglio di Boko Haram nella giungla nigeriana nel cuore della notte, ma le due cose condividono un aspetto chiave: non devi implorare per ottenere pietà e pace. In entrambi i casi, prendi il nemico frontalmente, e affronti personalmente il meccanismo che causa oppressione e dolore. Se vogliamo salvarci, dobbiamo seguire l’esempio coraggioso della popolazione di Kala/Balge, e salvarci da soli.</p>
<p><a href="http://pulgarias.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Traduzione di Enrico Sanna</a>.</p>
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		<title>Direct Action Gets Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2014 18:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the village of Kalabalge, in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, the people struck back. While politicians dithered and activists twittered, the people of Kalabalge armed themselves and took the fight to their enemies, ambushing a Boko Haram convoy en route to attack their village. At least forty-one Boko Haram militants were killed and ten...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the village of Kalabalge, in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/05/nigeria-villagers-kill-boko-haram-fighters-2014514152412389219.html" target="_blank">the people struck back</a>. While politicians dithered and activists twittered, the people of Kalabalge armed themselves and took the fight to their enemies, ambushing a Boko Haram convoy en route to attack their village. At least forty-one Boko Haram militants were killed and ten were captured as the villagers surprised two trucks carrying militants. Armed with rifles, machetes and bows, the brave people of Kalabalge did what the Nigerian military could not and sent Boko Haram off howling.</p>
<p>We are conditioned to think of “activism” as getting someone else to do something. We plead with elected officials and bureaucrats, prodding them to take action. But the best and most effective activism is when we take matters into our own hands and solve our problems &#8212; or strike at our enemies &#8212; ourselves. In Mexico’s Michoacan province, the people rose against the Knights Templar cartel, driving them off with such alacrity that the Mexican government has given up attempts to suppress the vigilantes and now <a href="http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-michoacan-violence-20140512-story.html#page=1" target="_blank">hopes to suborn them</a>, turning them from a natural manifestation of the people’s wrath into another arm of the criminal state. We pray they resist the attempt.</p>
<p>And now in Nigeria, the people are rising. While the rest of the world responded to Boko Haram’s vicious crimes with hashtags and selfies, the people of Kalabalge responded with bullets and machetes, taking their lives and their families into their own hands. To defend oneself is to learn to rely on oneself; in self-defense courses, we learn confidence in our own strength and power as much as we learn specific techniques for defeating assailants. Boko Haram reacted the way bullies have reacted from time immemorial to suddenly emboldened victims &#8212; they turned tail and ran, leaving their dead and wounded behind like the cowards they always were.</p>
<p>In America, the imperial center, we too must learn to act directly against the bullies in our midst, against the forces of the empire. These actions need not be direct, violent confrontation &#8212; although t<a href="http://c4ss.org/content/24410" target="_blank">hose who do choose to engage their oppressors directly deserve our respect</a>. In the anti-war movement over the last fourteen years, many consciousness-raising, fund-raising and feel-good events have been held, but the most effective activism I&#8217;ve seen has taken two forms &#8212; discouraging enlistment, known as “counter-recruiting,” and encouraging soldiers currently in the military to get out. Both are much more challenging than holding a sign at a rally, requiring us to get to know the people we are trying to reach and to offer them a good alternative to the military, which is one of the last places left in our society where any able-bodied young person can get a secure job with good pay and benefits. But both get results that matter, denying grist to the imperial mill, forcing the managers of the imperial state to spend more time and money on finding and retaining soldiers and less on killing and maiming others.</p>
<p>Talking to a classroom in an inner city high school about alternatives to the military is not as dramatic as ambushing a Boko Haram convoy in Nigerian jungle in the middle of the night, but both actions share one key aspect &#8212; neither involves begging power for mercy and comfort. Rather, both take on the enemy directly, confronting personally the mechanisms of oppression and violence. If we are going to be saved, we must follow the bold example of the people of Kalabalge, and save ourselves.</p>
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		<title>Boko Haram e l’Imperativo dell’Autodifesa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2014 11:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Nigeria, il gruppo islamico radicale Boko Haram ha compiuto una serie di orribili attacchi, culminati nel recente rapimento di 234 ragazze da un collegio della città di Chibok. L’intenzione, secondo le dichiarazioni, sarebbe di venderle come schiave. Il governo nigeriano chiede la loro liberazione, ma secondo notizie avrebbe fatto ben poco se non aspettare...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Nigeria, il gruppo islamico radicale Boko Haram ha compiuto una serie di orribili attacchi, culminati nel recente rapimento di 234 ragazze da un collegio della città di Chibok. L’intenzione, secondo le dichiarazioni, sarebbe di venderle come <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/10808830/nigerian-islamist-leader-threatens-to-sell-abducted-girls-as-slaves.html">schiave</a>. Il governo nigeriano chiede la loro liberazione, ma secondo notizie avrebbe fatto ben poco se non aspettare che arrivino aiuti dall’estero.</p>
<p>L’offerta di sicurezza è una delle giustificazioni più basilari dell’esistenza dello stato. Si immagina che lo stato protegga la popolazione dai predatori, sia interni che esterni. Ma in Nigeria lo stato non ha la capacità di adempiere questa funzione. E forti dubbi esistono anche riguardo la volontà: secondo notizie poi confermate da Amnesty International l’esercito nigeriano era venuto a conoscenza con quattro ore di anticipo del fatto che una colonna armata di militanti di Boko Haram si stava dirigendo verso Chibok: quattro ore durante le quali l’esercito non ha fatto assolutamente nulla.</p>
<p>Ora, visto che il governo nigeriano non può o non vuole proteggere i nigeriani, forse questi potrebbero prendere esempio dai messicani, che <a href="http://c4ss.org/content/24047">si sono armati</a> per difendere se stessi dall’aggressività sia dei cartelli della droga che dello stato. Ovviamente il governo nigeriano cerca di favorire la dipendenza della popolazione dallo stato vietando il possesso di armi semiautomatiche e fucili di qualunque genere; divieto che, pateticamente, non riesce ad applicare ai gruppi di Boko Haram ma che i custodi del collegio di Chibok disgraziatamente rispettano fin troppo.</p>
<p>L’autodifesa armata contro il terrorismo è uno di quei territori che nel corso del secolo appena iniziato sono stati esplorati ampiamente. Il punto di svolta dell’occupazione americana in Iraq non è stato, come si crede comunemente, un prodotto delle tattiche americane, ma piuttosto il risultato degli sforzi di gruppi armati di autodifesa, organizzati <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sons_of_iraq">dagli stessi iracheni</a> in barba al loro governo fantoccio. Anche se questi gruppi venivano finanziati dai militari americani, la decisione di agire è nata all’interno delle comunità tribali irachene. L’esempio iracheno, così come quello fornito dalla popolazione dello stato messicano di Michoacán, può costituire un modello efficace di difesa da Boko Haram per il popolo nigeriano.</p>
<p>Cosa possiamo fare noi occidentali per aiutare il popolo nigeriano? La cosa più ovvia è ovviamente illegale: se un americano dona armi ai nigeriani o va a combattere contro Boko Haram finisce in galera per molti anni. Un caso che illustra l’assurdità di queste leggi è quello di Eric Harroun, <a href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/ex-soldier-accused-of-joining-terrorist-group-in-syria-left-trail-of-videos/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_r=0">un veterano americano che è andato in Siria</a> a combattere il governo di Assad. Harroun rischia il carcere per aver aiutato gli stessi ribelli siriani che l’amministrazione Obama sta cercando di aiutare. Date queste leggi, c’è poco che l’occidente possa fare legalmente, se non fare donazioni alle istituzioni di carità nigeriane e fare pressione sul governo nigeriano.</p>
<p>Un consiglio al popolo della Nigeria: Il vostro governo non ha né il potere né la volontà di proteggervi. Gli aiuti da parte dei governi occidentali potrebbero risolvere questa dolorosa crisi nel breve, ma non sono una soluzione di lungo termine. Invece di aspettare che i burocrati di Abuja vengano a salvarvi, prendete misure adesso per proteggere voi stessi e i vostri figli. Armatevi, se potete. Organizzate servizi di vigilanza. E se il vostro governo vi chiede di fermarvi, chiedetegli dove era il quattordici aprile, quando le vostre figlie sono state rapite.</p>
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		<title>Boko Haram and the Imperative of Self-Defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2014 18:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Nigeria, radical Islamic group Boko Haram has carried out a series of horrific attacks, culminating in the recent abduction of 234 girls from a boarding school in the city of Chibok. The group allegedly intends to sell the girls into slavery. The Nigerian government pledges to free them, but thus far reports on the...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Nigeria, radical Islamic group Boko Haram has carried out a series of horrific attacks, culminating in the recent abduction of 234 girls from a boarding school in the city of Chibok. The group allegedly intends to sell the girls into <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/10808830/Nigerian-Islamist-leader-threatens-to-sell-abducted-girls-as-slaves.html">slavery</a>. The Nigerian government pledges to free them, but thus far reports on the ground indicate little has been done while the government awaits foreign assistance.</p>
<p>Provision of security is the most basic justification given for the existence of the state. The state is supposed to protect the population from predators, both foreign and domestic. However, in Nigeria, the state is clearly incapable of fulfilling this function. Indeed, serious questions exist as to whether or not it even wants to; reports confirmed by Amnesty International indicate that the Nigerian army had <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/nigeria-had-notice-of-boko-haram-attack-says-amnesty-1.1790175">four hours’ notice</a> that an armed column of Boko Haram militants was en route to Chibok &#8212; four hours during which the army did absolutely nothing.</p>
<p>Since the Nigerian government is either unwilling or unable to protect the Nigerian people, perhaps Nigerians should look to the example of the Mexican people, who have <a href="http://c4ss.org/content/23895">armed themselves in self-defense</a> against both predatory cartels and predatory government forces. Of course, the Nigerian government strives to foster dependence on itself among the people, forbidding them to own semi-automatic rifles or handguns of any type &#8212; a prohibition it is pathetically unable to enforce on Boko Haram, but one which the guardians of the schoolgirls of Chibok sadly obeyed all too well.</p>
<p>Armed self-defense against terrorism is well-trodden territory this century. The turning point of the American occupation of Iraq was not, as is commonly believed, a product of American tactics, but rather the result of the efforts of armed self-defense groups established by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Iraq">Iraqis themselves</a>, outside the American-backed government. While these groups were funded by the American military, the initiative to act arose within the traditional tribal groups of the Iraqi people. This model, as well as the example of the people of Mexico’s Michoacan province, can serve as a template for successful self-defense against Boko Haram by the Nigerian people.</p>
<p>What can we do in the West to aid the Nigerian people? The most obvious way to help is of course completely illegal &#8212; any Americans who donate weapons to the Nigerians or who go to fight Boko Haram themselves face stiff prison sentences. The recent case of Eric Harroun, a <a href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/ex-soldier-accused-of-joining-terrorist-group-in-syria-left-trail-of-videos/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_r=0">U.S. Army veteran who traveled to Syria</a> to fight against the Assad government, illustrates the absurdity of these laws. Mr. Harroun may go to prison for aiding the same Syrian rebels the Obama administration is trying to aid. Given the laws as they are, there is little within those laws we can do in the West, aside from donating to Nigerian charities and helping bring more pressure on the Nigerian government.</p>
<p>To the people of Nigeria: Your government cannot and will not protect you. Aid from Western governments might address this immediate and painful crisis, but will not be a long-term solution. Rather than waiting for the bureaucrats in Abuja to save you, take steps now to protect yourselves and your children.  Arm yourselves, if you can. Organize watches. And when your government asks you to stop, ask them where they were on 14 April, when your daughters were stolen.</p>
<p>Translations for this article:</p>
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<li>Italian, <a href="http://c4ss.org/content/27192" target="_blank">Boko Haram e l’Imperativo dell’Autodifesa</a>.</li>
<li>Spanish, <a href="http://c4ss.org/?p=27239">Boko Haram y el imperativo de la autodefensa</a></li>
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		<title>The Weekly Libertarian Leftist And Chess Review 28</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2014 23:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Petrova]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Uhl discusses the murder of a Brazilian torturer who confessed to his crime. John Grant discusses Losing Tim: A Memoir. Troy Camplin reviews Literature and the Economics of Liberty: Spontaneous Order in Culture. Michael S. Rozeff discusses why libertarians should still embrace the non-aggression principle William L. Anderson discusses Republican governors who are against...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/28/confessed-brazilian-torturer-found-murdered/">Michael Uhl discusses the murder of a Brazilian torturer who confessed to his crime.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/28/a-mother-unravels-her-military-sons-suicide/">John Grant discusses <em>Losing Tim: A Memoir</em>.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/literature-and-the-economics-of-liberty-spontaneous-order-in-culture">Troy Camplin reviews <em>Literature and the Economics of Liberty: Spontaneous Order in Culture</em>.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/04/michael-s-rozeff/a-statist-attack-on-libertarianism/">Michael S. Rozeff discusses why libertarians should still embrace the non-aggression principle</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/04/william-l-anderson/enemies-of-liberty/">William L. Anderson discusses Republican governors who are against the Bill of Rights.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://comehomeamerica.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/military-advisers-the-third-rail-of-us-engagement-in-se-asia/">Joe Scarry discusses U.S. military advisers in Southeast Asia.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/04/28/authoritarian-role-models/">Patrick Cockburn discusses Tony Blair&#8217;s ignoring of Saudi Arabia as prime source of terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.freemansperspective.com/truth-about-war-heroes/">Paul Rosenberg discusses the truth about war heroes.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2014/04/27/obamas-asian-pivot-stumbles/">Justin Raimondo discusses Obama&#8217;s pivot to Asia.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-libertarian-rights-fringe-problem/">W. James Antle III discusses the libertarian right&#8217;s issue with plagiarism and conspiracy theories. </a></p>
<p><a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/cathyreisenwitz/2014/04/28/republicans-need-to-get-to-know-their-enemies-on-income-inequality-n1828887/page/full">Cathy Reisenwitz discusses why Republicans should get to know their enemy on income inequality.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://reason.com/archives/2014/04/28/hillary-clinton-the-unrepentant-hawk?fb_action_ids=10201095640792708&amp;fb_action_types=og.likes">Steve Chapman discusses the hawkishness of Hilary Clinton.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://reason.com/archives/2014/04/28/arrested-development">Brian Doherty reviews <em>The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor</em>.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://fff.org/2014/04/29/venezuela-and-egypt/">Jacob G. Hornberger discusses U.S. intervention in Venezuela and Egypt. </a></p>
<p><a href="http://antiwar.com/blog/2014/04/28/how-the-us-supports-regimes-that-support-terrorism/">John Glaser discusses how the U.S. supports regimes that support terrorism.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2014/04/29/a-neocons-lament/">Justin Raimondo discusses the lamentation of a neocon.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://original.antiwar.com/henderson/2014/04/27/an-economists-case-for-a-non-interventionist-foreign-policy/">David R. Henderson discusses an economist&#8217;s case for a non-interventionist foreign policy.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2014/04/29/clapper-senators-the-executive-branch-favor-transparency-if-it-makes-drone-strikes-more-defensible/">Kevin Gosztola discusses transparency on drone strikes.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://zerogov.com/?p=3396">Bill discusses how a slave society is a polite society for the government.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://knappster.blogspot.com/2014/04/theres-no-could-become-about-it.html">Thomas L. Knapp discusses Israel and apartheid.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/the-conservative-phony-war/">Laurence M. Vance discusses he phony conservative war.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/pardon-me-obamas-right-clemency-non-violent-drug-offenders">Gene Healy dicusses why Obama is right on pardoning non-violent drug offenders.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2014/04/libertarian-hooliganism-and-vulcanism/">Jason Brennan discusses the three types of democratic citizens.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://reason.com/archives/2014/04/29/dont-talk-world-war-iii-blues">Ed Krayewski discusses why it&#8217;s not World War 3.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.independent.org/2014/04/29/is-the-canadian-middle-class-doing-better-than-the-american-middle-class/">John R. Graham discusses whether the Canadian middle class is doing better than the American one.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://reason.com/archives/2014/04/30/obama-finds-his-clemency-pen">Jacob Sullum discusses Obama&#8217;s plan to grant clemency to non-violent drug offenders.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/4-things-you-should-know-about-mass-incarceration">Daniel J. D&#8217;Amico discusses four things you should know about mass imprisonment.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/go-directly-to-jail-the-criminalization-of-almost-everything">George C. Leef reviews<em> Go Directly to Jail: The Criminalization of Almost Everything</em>.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1268971">Judit Polgar wins against Anatoly Karpov.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1254283">Judit Polgar defeats Garry Kasparov.</a></p>
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