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US intelligence classified white phosphorus as 'chemical weapon' — The Italian journalist who launched the controversy over the American use of white phosphorus (WP) as a weapon of war in the Fallujah siege has accused the Americans of hypocrisy. — Sigfrido Ranucci, who made the documentary …
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Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Iraq's a lost cause? Ask the real experts — WHEN IT COMES to the future of Iraq, there is a deep disconnect between those who have firsthand knowledge of the situation — Iraqis and U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq — and those whose impressions are shaped by doomsday press coverage and the imperatives of domestic politics.
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Freshman Republican Weathers Backlash — Schmidt Says She Meant No Insult to Murtha — Rep. Jean Schmidt flung the word "coward" at a decorated war veteran from Pennsylvania last week, but the Ohio Republican's comments landed with a splat in her own Cincinnati district …
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U.S. Newswire:
CNN Caught Off-Guard; Recording Proves Damaging 'X' Over Vice President's Face was Intentional Says Team Hollywood — Contact: Jane Redding of Team Hollywood Inc., 310-289-2143 — SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ — The following statement concerning CNN's airing of an 'X …
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Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:The CNN Tape Exclusive on Cheney's X
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Washington Post:
3 Brigades May Be Cut in Iraq Early in 2006 — Some U.S. Troops Would Stay 'On Call' in Kuwait — Barring any major surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce the number of U.S. forces there early next year by as many as three combat brigades, from 18 now …
Steve Clemons:
Frank Gaffney: Bomb the Bad Media. . .If the Shoe Fits, Bomb Al-Jazeera — Just about every government in the Middle East has been ticked off at the reporting by Al-Jazeera. This fact, more than anything else, indicates that Al-Jazeera is doing a lot right.
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Ian Traynor / Guardian:
US pushes Bosnia leaders into deal after 10 years of ethnic divide — · Serbs, Muslims and Croats agree to centralise power — · Deal could eventually end bitter legacy of war — Bosnia's rival leaders agreed yesterday to the biggest shift towards centralising power …
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Below The Beltway
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
In Legal Shift, U.S. Charges Detainee in Terrorism Case — WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 - The Bush administration brought terrorism charges on Tuesday against Jose Padilla in a criminal court after holding him for three and a half years in a military brig as an enemy combatant once accused in a "dirty bomb" plot.
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Kevin Maguire / mirror.co.uk:
LAW CHIEF GAGS THE MIRROR ON BUSH LEAK — THE Daily Mirror was yesterday told not to publish further details from a top secret memo, which revealed that President Bush wanted to bomb an Arab TV station. — The gag by the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith came nearly 24 hours …
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noticias.info:
CONDOLEEZZA RICE: Interview on CNN with John King — /noticias.info/ QUESTION: Madame Secretary, thank you for joining us. — SECRETARY RICE: You're welcome. — QUESTION: I wanted to begin with the Iraq war debate here at home, which as you know has become quite intense and partisan in recent days.
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Margalit Fox / New York Times:
Ruth M. Siems, Inventor of Stuffing, Dies at 74 — Ruth M. Siems, a retired home economist whose best-known innovation will make its appearance, welcome or otherwise, in millions of homes tomorrow, died on Nov. 13 at her home in Newburgh, Ind. Ms. Siems, an inventor of Stove Top stuffing, was 74.
Jesselee / The Stakeholder:
OH-18: Poster Boy — Rep. Bob Ney is poster boy in bribe probe [AP] … We might need a bigger poster... Plea Deal Ties Ney to Second Tribe [Roll Call] … Ney's Troubles Are Mounting [Roll Call] … It may look bad, but really, have a little faith...
Wall Street Journal:
Majority Believe White House Misleads Public, Poll Shows — A majority of U.S. adults believe the Bush administration generally misleads the public on current issues, while fewer than a third of Americans believe the information provided by the administration is generally accurate, the latest Harris Interactive poll finds.
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The Carpetbagger Report
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
White House Says Alito Was Assuring on Districting — WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 - Moving to defend the Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. against attacks on his stance on civil rights, the White House said Tuesday that he had assured senators last week of his commitment to the principle of one person one vote.
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
Coalition Members Look for an Exit — P resident Bush has vowed not to "cut and run" in Iraq until the mission is accomplished and the Iraqi army can stand up. No need to even discuss a large drawdown next year of the kind the weak-kneed Democrats are demanding.
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Freed by DNA, Now Charged in New Crime — MADISON, Wis., Nov. 17 - As three men sat nervously on a stage, preparing to recount their nightmarish journeys through a justice system that had sent them away for crimes they had not committed, the moderator had a plea for the crowd in an auditorium here.
