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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
(Updated) Hostage Video Released, Hostages Identified (Images/Video) — **Jawa Report Exclusive** — ***The Jawa Report releases names of four Western hostages. A hostage video has been released of the four Western peace activists taken hostage in Iraq. The Jawa Report has obtained a copy of the video.
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Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Video Shows Activists Kidnapped in Iraq — Al-Jazeera broadcast an insurgent video Tuesday showing four peace activists taken hostage in Iraq, with a previously unknown group claiming responsibility for the kidnappings. — The Swords of Righteousness Brigade said the four were spies working undercover …
Aljazeera:
Video shows four Iraq captives — Aljazeera has aired a videotape showing four peace activists who were captured in Iraq by a previously unknown group. — The group, calling itself the Swords of Righteousness Brigade. said the four were spies working undercover as Christian peace activists.
NewsMax.com:
John McCain: Torture Worked on Me — Sen. John McCain is leading the charge against so-called "torture" techniques allegedly used by U.S. interrogators, insisting that practices like sleep deprivation and withholding medical attention are not only brutal - they simply don't work …
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Betsy / Betsy's Page:
John Fund has a blockbuster of a story on several levels. Apparently, Harry Reid has leaked classified information to the press. … This is a scandal! If senators can't be trusted with top secret information, they won't be able to perform their Constitutional obligations to oversight of the Executive branch.
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John Fund / gop.com:
In Case You Missed It: Senator Sieve — From Opinion Journal's Political Diary — Is Senator Harry Reid all that swift when it comes to U.S. Intelligence matters? Last Wednesday, the Minority Leader appeared on KRNV-TV's "Nevada Newsmakers" program and dropped a stunning revelation.
Gregory M. Lamb / Christian Science Monitor:
A one-stop shop for the 'best' blogs — By gathering an elite group of widely read bloggers, a young media company hopes to make them more attractive to advertisers. — If a single thought-provoking weblog can find a large audience, might 70 or more linked together start a revolution?
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Golnaz Esfandiari / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Iran: President Says Light Surrounded Him During UN Speech — Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad says that when he delivered his speech at the UN General Assembly in September, he felt there was a light around him and that the attention of the world leaders in the audience was unblinkingly focused upon him.
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Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Ex-Powell Aide Criticizes Detainee Effort — WASHINGTON - A top aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that wrongheaded ideas for the handling of foreign detainees arose from White House and Pentagon officials who argued that "the president of the United States is all-powerful" and the Geneva Conventions irrelevant.
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Hillary Clinton Defends Pro-War Vote — WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday defended her vote to authorize war in Iraq amid growing unease among liberal Democrats who could determine the potential 2008 presidential candidate's future. — "I take responsibility for my vote …
MSNBC:
Bush, Rumsfeld: Iraq strategy is working — Both say troop withdrawal would be a mistake — President Bush said Tuesday that "it would be a terrible mistake" to pull U.S. forces out of Iraq and that politics should not play any part in a decision about withdrawal.
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The Left Coaster, The Heretik, The Democratic Daily Blog, Angry Bear, Oliver Willis and AMERICAblog
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web — Mistaken Identity — Yesterday we got an e-mail from an old friend who is a captain in the U.S. Army. He writes: … Here's the scene to which our friend refers: — "A hundred and fifty thousand American men and women are stuck in Iraq," according to the narration that accompanies this scene.
Washington Post:
TSA Would Allow Sharp Objects on Airliners — A new plan by the Transportation Security Administration would allow airline passengers to bring scissors and other sharp objects in their carry-on bags because the items no longer pose the greatest threat to airline security, according to sources familiar with the plans.
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The Washington Monthly
Ainsley Thomson / New Zealand Herald:
Ban on men sitting next to children — Air New Zealand and Qantas have banned men from sitting next to unaccompanied children on flights, sparking accusations of discrimination. — The airlines have come under fire for the policy that critics say is political correctness gone mad …
Michael J. Totten:
The Lebanese/Israeli Border — As promised yesterday, here are my photos of the Lebanese-Israeli border — a renewed hot zone in the Arab-Isareli conflict. If you want more complete descriptions of what's going on in this region and what some of these pictures are all about, read yesterday's article No Peace Without Syria.
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Tech Central Station
Associated Press:
Tribe: Abramoff Arranged Dorgan Donation — Tribe Says Abramoff Arranged for Dorgan Donation After Lawmaker's Letter — WASHINGTON Nov 29, 2005 — New evidence is emerging that the top Democrat on the Senate committee currently investigating Jack Abramoff got political money arranged …
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
CONGRESSIONAL CORRUPTION....Jeffrey Birnbaum has a story in today's Washington Post about the growing wave of corruption in Congress. Over at Josh's place, reader TC cries foul. — TC's complaint is that Birnbaum makes the recent corruption scandals sound like a bipartisan affair …
