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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Violent Cycle of Revenge Stuns Iraqis — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 23 — After a day of violence so raw and so personal, Iraqis woke on Thursday morning to a tense new world in which, it seemed, anything was possible. — The violence on Wednesday was the closest Iraq had come to civil war, and Iraqis were stunned.
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Informed Comment, Outside The Beltway, State of the Day, Confederate Yankee and The Belmont Club
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National Review:
Standoff in Iraq — The insurgency in Iraq has no military capability either to drive the United States military from Iraq or to stop the American training of Iraqi police and security forces — or, for that matter, to derail the formation of a new government.
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Dr. Sanity
Bradley Graham / Washington Post:
U.S. Looks to Baghdad to Deal With Violence — Faced with a resurgence of sectarian violence in Iraq, the Bush administration took a largely wait-and-see posture in public yesterday while laboring behind the scenes to try to bolster Iraqi military forces and prevent the unraveling of negotiations on forming a new unity government.
Zeyad / Healing Iraq:
Samarra Attack, the Last Straw? Part 2 — Movement today was sparse. The government announced it a day off yesterday, while Sistani, the supreme religious Shi'ite authority, called for his followers to close their businesses for 7 days in mourning. Both he and Muqtada Al-Sadr have urged …
24 Steps to Liberty:We Are All Misinformed! — You guys always said you don't get all the news from Iraq.
Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:Not Good — The situation in Iraq is just flat bad …
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New York Times:
Dubai Company Delays New Role at Six U.S. Ports — WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 — The Dubai company at the center of a political furor over its plans to take over some terminal operations at six American ports said Thursday night that it planned to close the deal next week, but that it would …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Arab Firm Offers to Delay Deal On Seaports — Senators Challenge Legality of Approval — Facing unrelenting political and national security concerns, an Arab maritime company offered late last night to delay part of its $6.8 billion deal to take over significant operations at six U.S. ports …
Washington Post:
How to Lose Friends — AMONG MANY other things, the president's job description requires him to keep abreast of economic and political developments around the world; respond to disasters such as Hurricane Katrina; oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; appoint people to run embassies …
CBS News:
S. Dakota Moves Toward Abortion Ban — (CBS/AP) South Dakota moved closer to imposing some of the strictest limits on abortion in the nation, as the state Senate approved legislation that would ban it except when a woman's life is in danger. — The bill, designed to wage a national legal fight …
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Anti-gay fury mars funeral of a soldier in Anoka — Protesters from Kansas say God is killing our soldiers because the U.S. tolerates homosexuality. — On her way into the church where the funeral was to be held for her 23-year-old son Thursday morning, Deirdre Ostlund approached six men …
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Captain's Quarters, Norwegianity, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Shot In The Dark and Bring it On!
Shane Harris / nationaljournal.com:
TIA Lives On — A controversial counter-terrorism program, which lawmakers halted more than two years ago amid outcries from privacy advocates, was stopped in name only and has quietly continued within the intelligence agency now fending off charges that it has violated the privacy of U.S. citizens.
Murray Waas / whatever already!:
Did the Bush administration "authorize" the leak of classified information to Bob Woodward? And did those leaks damage national security? — The vice-chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) made exactly that charge tonight in a letter to John Negroponte, the Director of National Intelligence.
Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press:
Israeli Army Kills Top Militant — BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank - Israeli troops on Thursday killed five Palestinians, including a top militant who said just a day earlier that he would never be caught, in the largest West Bank military operation since Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip last summer.
Ruth R. Wisse / Opinion Journal:
Coup d'Ecole — Harvard professors oust Larry Summers. Now they must face their students. — CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The resignation of Lawrence Summers as president of Harvard turns the spotlight on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), which has consecrated more time and energy to his ouster …
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Democrat voters low on enthusiasm — Democrats, after 11 years as the minority party in Congress, still can't get it right with their own voters, a poll shows. — By objecting to virtually every initiative and proposal of the Bush administration and congressional Republican majority …
Nancy Benac / ABCNEWS:
Lobbyist Target of Several Investigations — Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Finds Himself Subject of Tangled Criminal, Congressional Investigations — WASHINGTON Apr 23, 2005 (AP)— Jack Abramoff is a man with a million connections and not many friends. The uberlobbyist's dealings are the subject …
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strata-sphere.com:
Weldon Bloggers Conference Call — I had the honor of being on an Able Danger bloggers conference call tonight with Representative Curt Weldon. Thanks to Mike at Able Danger Blog for setting this up. The first Able Danger Conference Call was with Attorney Mark Zaid. — Bloggers on the line:
