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Salah Nasrawi / Associated Press:
Iraqi Leaders Call for Pullout Timetable — AP Photo XAN107 — CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Leaders of Iraq's sharply divided Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis called Monday for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces in the country and said Iraq's opposition had a ``legitimate right'' of resistance.
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John / AMERICAblog:
Iraqi leaders adopt Murtha proposal for withdrawal — This is an extremely bizarre and rather earth-shattering story. Basically, Iraq's leaders want us out, and they seem to have just endorsed Congressman Murtha's proposal for a timed withdrawal, a real beefing up of the Iraqi armed forces, and stronger protection at the borders.
mirror.co.uk:
EXCLUSIVE: BUSH PLOT TO BOMB HIS ARAB ALLY — Madness of war memo — PRESIDENT Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar, a "Top Secret" No 10 memo reveals. — But he was talked out of it at a White House summit by Tony Blair, who said it would provoke a worldwide backlash.
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Agence France Presse:
Blair talked Bush out of bombing al-Jazeera: report — LONDON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush planned to bomb pan-Arab television broadcaster al-Jazeera, British newspaper the Daily Mirror said, citing a Downing Street memo marked "Top Secret". — The five-page transcript …
David Stout / New York Times:
U.S. Indicts Padilla After 3 Years in Pentagon Custody — WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 - Jose Padilla, an American citizen held without charge for more than three years as an enemy combatant, has been indicted in what the federal authorities said today was a plot to "murder, kidnap and maim" people overseas.
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Balkinization
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:Dirty Bomb Suspect Jose Padilla Indicted
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The Counterterrorism Blog, The Huffington Post, The All Spin Zone, Michelle Malkin and Mathew Gross
Drudge Report:
CNN SENIOR MANAGEMENT LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION OF CHENEY 'X'; CONTROL ROOM STAFFER 'LAUGHED' WHEN X FLASHED — CNN management has launched an internal investigation into how a giant black 'X' mark appeared over Vice President Dick Cheney's face — as he delivered a speech from Washington on Monday!
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Drudge Report:
CNN: 'IT WAS A COMPUTER BUG' — 'IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN RE-CREATE TO SHOW YOU HOW IT HAPPENED' — CNN on Tuesday morning hoped to explain how and why a black 'X' flashed over Vice President Dick Cheney's face during a live speech. — The startling 'X' flashes over Cheney's face were first revealed by the DRUDGE REPORT.
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IMAO, Wonkette, IntoxiNation-News …, Polunatic, California Conservative, mediabistro and Daily Pundit
OSM:
Excuse us while we change back into our pajamas — Once upon a time, some friends who met in the casual atmosphere of the blogosphere (us) got together and decided it would be groovy to start a blog company. "We could call it Pajamas Media," we said, referring to the now-famous quote by whatshisface …
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Althouse, The Hotline's Blogometer, Open Source, Don Surber, La Shawn Barber's Corner, PoliBlog, California Conservative, The Moderate Voice, Arguing with signposts, Tammy Bruce, Decision '08, The Young Curmudgeon, TalkLeft, BuzzMachine, blogs4God, The Blogging of the President, The Talent Show, Secular Blasphemy, Barcepundit, All Things Beautiful, This Blog Is Full Of Crap and ProfessorBainbridge.com
Malia Rulon / Cincinnati Enquirer:
Schmidt in war of words — Rookie lawmaker's 'coward' remarks ricochet — WASHINGTON - Three days after Rep. Jean Schmidt was booed off the House floor for saying that "cowards cut and run, Marines never do," the Ohioan she quoted disputed the comments. — Danny Bubp, a freshman state …
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in defense of the Political Teen — Update: Welcome, Michelle Malkin and Hugh Hewitt readers. Sorry the place is such a mess, the maid is on vacation etc. — Drudge pointed out some shenanigans at CNN during the live coverage of VP Cheney's speech the other day.
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Michelle Malkin:CNN'S X-MEN...UPDATE: IT WAS JUST A GLITCH...OR NOT?
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The Political Teen, mediabistro.com, IntoxiNation-News …, Suitably Flip, Stop The ACLU, Hit and Run, Six Meat Buffet, Hugh Hewitt, GOP and the City, A Blog For All, Crooks and Liars, Wizbang, mediabistro, The Mahablog, Drudge Report, All Things Beautiful, PunditGuy, World O'Crap, euphoricreality.net, JunkYardBlog, The Right Place, Don Surber, Ed Driscoll.com, Slant Point and Amygdala
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Cheney Sees 'Shameless' Revisionism on War — WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 - Vice President Dick Cheney stepped up the White House attacks on critics of the Iraq war on Monday, declaring that politicians who say Americans were sent into battle based on a lie are engaging in "revisionism of the most corrupt and shameless variety."
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Washington Post, The Heretik, Daily Pundit, This Modern World, Wonkette and Air America Radio
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Financial Times:
Threat of federal charges against DeLay grows — The likelihood of federal charges against members of Congress intensified on Monday when a key player in a broad corruption probe pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed to co-operate with investigators. — Under a plea agreement …
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Dean Bakopoulos / Los Angeles Times:
Silver spoons and rusted wrenches — THE AMERICAN auto industry is dead. With General Motors announcing, days before Thanksgiving, 30,000 more layoffs and nine plant closings, the Rust Belt just got the final strike of the sledgehammer. When GM finally goes down for good, all the rusted remains of that region will crumble.
Frankie Edozien / New York Post:
SCALIA RAPS GORE FOR '00 — November 22, 2005 — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the high court did not inject itself into the 2000 presidential election. — Speaking at the Time Warner Center last night, Scalia said: "The election was dragged into the courts by the Gore people.
