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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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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 …
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:BOMBING AL-JAZEERA....This goes right to the top of the "seriously weird" pile:
Washington Post:Paper Says Bush Talked of Bombing Arab TV Network
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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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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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Wizbang, Don't Go Into The Light, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Gina Cobb, Flopping Aces and PC Free Zone
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 …
Independent:
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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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 …
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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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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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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:Still Searching for a Strategy Four Years After Sept. 11 Attacks
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How Appealing
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.
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
Why Faux Won't Show The Alito Ad — Lindsay and the Carpetbagger Report note that Fox News has rejected an ad critical of Alito. What's puzzling is exactly why the ad was pulled—the Yahoo article doesn't say. Lindsay assumes that it's the (completely accurate) strip search reference.
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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.
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Wonkette
Jack Kelly / realclearpolitics.com:
Zarqawi's Bad Week — Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the al Qaida chieftain in Iraq, has had a bad week. If it turns out Zarqawi was among seven al Qaida leaders killed in Mosul Saturday, it'll have been a really bad week. But even if Zarqawi got away again, it's been a rotten week for him.
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Insight:
East Asia allies doubt U.S. could win war with China — The overwhelming assessment by Asian officials, diplomats and analysts is that the U.S. military simply cannot defeat China. It has been an assessment relayed to U.S. government officials over the past few months by countries such as Australia, Japan and South Korea.
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Associated Press:
Venezuela sending cheap oil to Massachusetts — Two nonprofit groups sign deal to aid low-income residents — QUINCY, Massachusetts (AP) — Thousands of low-income Massachusetts residents will receive discounted home heating oil this winter under an agreement signed Tuesday with Venezuela …
