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Telegraph:
Day of anger threatened over cartoons of Prophet — A leading Islamic cleric called for an "international day of anger" today over publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, and a Danish activist predicted that deadly violence could break out in Europe "at any minute".
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CNN:
Storm grows over Mohammad cartoons — (CNN) — The international storm over cartoon drawings of the Prophet Mohammad published in European media gathered pace across the Islamic world Thursday with angry demonstrations and the shutting down of the EU office in Gaza City.
Michelle Malkin:
THE COWARDLY AMERICAN MEDIA (VIDEO ADDED) — ***scroll for updates*** — Read this CNN report very carefully: … Unbelievable. The news network reports on an international controversy, but refuses to show readers what the news is actually about and let them judge the cartoons for themselves.
Michelle Malkin:
THE "INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ANGER" — Watch out. The London Telegraph reports: … Qaradawi heartily endorses terrorist suicide bombings. Previous coverage of Red Ken Livingston's terrorist sympathies here. — Just as a visual reminder that this Islamist conflagration is a violent global phenomenon, look and learn:
David Rennie / Telegraph:
Newspapers challenge Muslims over cartoons of Mohammed — 10am update: French editor sacked over cartoons — David Rennie's weblog: the cartoon row goes on — Newspapers across Europe yesterday defended what one editor called the "right to blasphemy" by printing Danish cartoons …
BBC:Anger grows over Muhammad cartoon
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Gateway Pundit:Islamic Society of Denmark Used Fake Cartoons to Create Story!
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The Next Hurrah:
For Boehner, Reform Begins Corruption Continues at Home — So, the House Republican caucus wanted to present a clean, faux-reformist image to Americans, so today they rejected Roy Blunt and chose as Tom DeLay's replacement as Majority Leader Ohio Congressman John Boehner.
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David Harris / NJDC's Blog:New GOP Leader Chosen: What Every American Jew Should Know About John Boehner
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Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Iraq, Niger, And The CIA — Vice President Cheney and his then-Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby were personally informed in June 2003 that the CIA no longer considered credible the allegations that Saddam Hussein had attempted to procure uranium from the African nation of Niger …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Democrats and Bush Aides Spar in Senate Over U.S. Spying — WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — Senate Democrats today angrily accused the Bush administration of conducting a public relations campaign to defend the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program while refusing …
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Tony Blankley / realclearpolitics.com:
State of the Democratic Party — During an election campaign, political operatives are fond of seeking to induce in their opponent a negative "defining moment." That is to say a highly publicized moment when their opponent portrays everything that is wrong with him.
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mysanantonio.com:
NEW: Bush-Cuellar photo prompts donations to Rodriguez — A well-traveled photograph of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar being embraced by President Bush prior to Tuesday's State of the Union address triggered a rush of Internet donations to one of Cuellar's Democratic primary rivals Thursday.
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John / AMERICAblog:
Help me understand this — I just got the following two emails, one from some lady in Florida, and another from a retired Marine. These are pretty good examples of the emails I've been getting from those on the right, and several folks claiming to be military or associated with the military …
Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Bush told Blair we're going to war, memo reveals — · PM backed invasion despite illegality warnings — · Plan to disguise US jets as UN planes — · Bush: postwar violence unlikely — Tony Blair told President George Bush that he was "solidly" …
Mark Benjamin / Salon:
Out of jail, into the Army — Facing an enlistment crisis, the Army is granting "waivers" to an increasingly high percentage of recruits with criminal records — and trying to hide it. — Pages 1 2 — Print EmailFont: S / S+ / S++ … It was about 10 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2002 …
WorldNetDaily:
NAACP chairman compares GOP to Nazis — Bond delivers blistering partisan speech in North Carolina — Civil rights activist and NAACP Chairman Julian Bond delivered a blistering partisan speech at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina last night, equating the Republican Party …
Gabriel Schoenfeld / Commentary:
Has the New York Times Violated the Espionage Act? — "Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts." Thus ran the headline of a front-page news story whose repercussions have roiled American politics ever since its publication last December 16 in the New York Times.
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge Slams Ex-EPA Chief Over Sept. 11 — NEW YORK - A federal judge blasted former Environmental Protection Agency chief Christine Todd Whitman on Thursday for reassuring New Yorkers soon after the Sept. 11 attacks that it was safe to return to their homes and offices while toxic dust was polluting the neighborhood.
Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Alito Splits With Conservatives on Inmate — New Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito split with the court's conservatives Wednesday night, refusing to let Missouri execute a death-row inmate contesting lethal injection. — Alito, handling his first case, sided with inmate Michael Taylor …
Washington Post:
Hussein, Co-Defendants Watch Their Trial on TV — BAGHDAD, Feb. 2 — Barred from entering the courtroom by a stern new judge tired of his antics, Saddam Hussein watched his own trial unfold on closed-circuit television Thursday from a courthouse chamber. — It was the latest …
