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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Toon-deaf Europe is taking the wrong stand — From Europe's biggest-selling newspaper, the Sun: ''Furious Muslims have blasted adult shop [i.e., sex shop] Ann Summers for selling a blowup male doll called Mustafa Shag. Not literally "blasted" in the Danish Embassy sense, or at least not yet.
BBC:
Thousands join pro-Islam protest — About 5,000 UK mainstream Muslims joined a protest in London's Trafalgar Square against controversial cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad. — There had been fears the rally may have been disrupted by extremists, but it proved to be a trouble-free afternoon.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
For Possible '08 Run, McCain Is Courting Bush Loyalists — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a man in perpetual motion, flew to South Carolina on Jan. 16. His stops included a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and speeches to local Republican groups. But one of his most important events …
Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
US prepares military blitz against Iran's nuclear sites — Strategists at the Pentagon are drawing up plans for devastating bombing raids backed by submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks against Iran's nuclear sites as a "last resort" to block Teheran's efforts to develop an atomic bomb.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Katrina Report Spreads Blame — Homeland Security, Chertoff Singled Out — Hurricane Katrina exposed the U.S. government's failure to learn the lessons of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as leaders from President Bush down disregarded ample warnings of the threat to New Orleans …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Do Bush followers have a political ideology? — Alexandra von Maltzan at All Things Beautiful has written a long and somewhat personal post expressing her "disappointment" in my blogging and in my political views. Scott "Big Trunk" Johnson at Powerline, in a post entitled "One Beautiful Thing …
Gateway Pundit:
Egyptian Ambassador Mona Attia, The Rage Behind the Rioting — Freedom for Egyptians also contributed to this story and explains Mona's hypocrisy at her blog. — Mona Omar Attia... Preaches to the West on "Freedom of Speech" while working with the Imams in the back room.
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Mark Mazzetti / Los Angeles Times:
Bomb Buster for Iraq Hits Pentagon Snag — Army brass says a device that destroyed 90% of roadside explosives in tests needs further study. Marine Corps decides to bypass the bureaucracy. — WASHINGTON — A new high-tech vehicle that destroys roadside bombs has passed a series …
Times of London:
British imam praises London Tube bombers — A LEADING imam in the mosque where the July 7 bombers worshipped has hailed their terrorist attack on London as a "good" act in a secretly taped conversation with an undercover reporter. — Hamid Ali, spiritual leader of the mosque in West Yorkshire …
Times of London:
Focus: How liberal Britain let hate flourish — A clash of civilisations or a failure of moderates to stand firm? Richard Woods and David Leppard report on the rise of Islamic extremism — WHEN Rachid Salama, a young Algerian, found himself homeless in London, salvation lay …
Deborah Howell / Washington Post:
Why Not Publish These Cartoons? — Hundreds of readers have asked why The Post hasn't reprinted the Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad that inflamed Muslims around the world, leading to deadly protests and the burning of embassies. Some readers questioned the Post's journalistic courage.
Samantha Gross / Associated Press:
Nor'easter Dumps Nearly Two Feet of Snow — A major storm slammed the mid-Atlantic and Northeast states with nearly 2 feet of windblown snow on Sunday, nearing record levels as it blacked out thousands of customers and shut down air travel from Washington to Boston.
Lynn Zinser / New York Times:
Michelle Kwan Pulls Out of Olympics — TURIN, Italy, Feb. 12 ˆ Michelle Kwan, the face of United States figure skating for more than a decade and one of the best known female athletes in the world, announced in a tearful news conference today that she has withdrawn from her final Olympics …
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Nonie Darwish / Telegraph:
We were brought up to hate - and we do — The controversy regarding the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed completely misses the point. Of course, the cartoons are offensive to Muslims, but newspaper cartoons do not warrant the burning of buildings and the killing of innocent people.
Ann Louise Bardach / Los Angeles Times:
For one Marine, torture came home — ABOUT A YEAR and a half ago, a 40-year-old former Marine sergeant named Jeffrey Lehner, recently returned from Afghanistan, phoned and asked to meet with me. Since his return he had been living with his father, a retired pharmacist, in the Santa Barbara home where he was raised.
