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MSNBC:
Transcript for November 13  —  Guests: His Majesty King Abdullah II, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan;  —  Ken Mehlman, Chairman, Republican National Committee; and  —  Howard Dean, Chairman, Democratic National Committee  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: the Democrats win governorships in Virginia and New Jersey.
Discussion: OxBlog, Wizbang and Lonewacko
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Sweetness & Light:
Tim Russert, Democrat Shill  —  We realize Tim Russert only got his job at NBC because of Russert's then boss Senator Patrick Moynihan's friendship with the then head of NBC News.  But Russert regularly goes beyond the call of duty to his DNC overlords.  —  Behold this lead into a question …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and OxBlog
Forbes:
CIA allegedly hid evidence of detainee torture - report  —  WASHINGTON (AFX) - CIA interrogators apparently tried to cover up the death of an Iraqi 'ghost detainee' who died while being interrogated at Abu Ghraib prison, Time magazine reported today, after obtaining hundreds of pages of documents …
Discussion: Donklephant and Obsidian Wings
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Mark Bowden / Opinion Journal:
Always Another Way?  —  Sometimes cruelty and coercion are necessary in dealing with enemy prisoners.  —  The thorny issue of torture paid a visit recently to Mackenzie Allen (Geena Davis), television's newest president of the United States.  A terrorist plot to attack elementary schools …
Austin Bay Blog:
A big victory in The War On Terror  —  And an information victory at that.  Today Jordan put a captured "would be suicide terrorist" on tv.  (Link is to an AP report.)  —  Why is this a victory?  Because the harsh evil of Al Qaeda is front and center in Sunni Arab media.
Discussion: Power Line, Daily Pundit and Don Surber
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Amman Bombings Reflect Zarqawi's Growing Reach  —  BERLIN, Nov. 12 — Triple suicide bombings in Jordan this week marked a breakthrough for Islamic guerrilla leader Abu Musab Zarqawi in his efforts to expand the Iraqi insurgency into a regional conflict and demonstrated his growing independence …
Discussion: Rantingprofs and The Next Hurrah
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
SO, AT THE GYM they were for some reason running Face the Nation this morning where they usually show CNN or FoxNews.  But that means I caught this very interesting statement from John McCain: … I think the "Bush lied us into war" meme is in trouble, and the GOP pushback seems to be a general effort, not a one-off.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Counter-Offensive Turns Into A Team Sport
Discussion: West Virginians …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME  —  Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller, that is.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Agence France Presse:
White House declines to totally rule out torture  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) - In an important clarification of President George W. Bush's earlier statement, a top White House official refused to unequivocally rule out the use of torture, arguing the US administration was duty-bound to protect Americans from terrorist attack.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Sadly, No!
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Pam Spaulding / Pandagon:
LATEST FROM BUSH STOOGE: CAN'T RULE OUT TORTURE
Discussion: The Road To Surfdom
WorldNetDaily:
Anti-Christian rampage by 2,000 India Muslims  —  Organized vandals in buses burn churches, convent, schools, homes of pastors, priests  —  They came in buses to the small village of Sangla Hill in the Nankana district of Punjab in India.  —  Some 2,000 organized Muslims first vandalized three churches …
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Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Anti-Christian Rampage by 2,000 Muslims
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Cold Water, But Not Enough  —  The NY Times tackles the question of whether the Democrats can realistically hope to re-capture the House in 2006.  They are not hopeful: … They eventually get to some numbers sure to spread gloom across Team Reality:
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Jamal Halaby / Associated Press:
1,100 Lawyers Leave Saddam Defense Team  —  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Some 1,100 Iraqi lawyers have withdrawn from Saddam Hussein's defense team, citing insufficient protection following the slayings of two peers representing co-defendants of the ousted Iraqi leader.
Los Angeles Times:
Five questions non-Muslims would like answered  —  By Dennis Prager, Dennis Prager's nationally syndicated radio show is heard daily in Los Angeles on KRLA-AM (870).  He may be contacted through his website: www.dennisprager.com.  —  THE RIOTING IN France by primarily Muslim youths …
Justin Stares / Telegraph:
EC declared us mad so it could sack us, claim staff  —  The European Commission has been accused of trying to have troublesome staff declared mentally ill in order to provide an excuse for giving them the sack.  —  Critics claim that the commission has resorted to tactics "worthy of the KGB" …
Gateway Pundit:
Days 17 & 18: Violence Spreads in Europe  —  VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, GREECE, GERMANY & THE NETHERLANDS,  —  Last night- A nursery school was torched by youths in the southern French town of Carpentras, and a burning car was pushed up to an old people's home, which caused panic among residents.

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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
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