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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
STEPHEN GREEN HAS POSTED more pictures from the Danish Embassy rally, which has also gotten coverage, and photos, at Wonkette. — And reader Patrick Rockefeller sends the photo at bottom below, which I liked, along with this report: "It was a decent sized crowd full of good people …
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A Rally for Freedom — Thanks to the inspiration of Christopher Hitchens, Washingtonians showed their peaceful solidarity on Friday with the people of Denmark. A sampling of the rally for freedom at the Embassy of Denmark below. — UPDATE: Video is now available.
Corsair the Rational Pirate:
Hey Ho Danish Protest Today... Gotta Go — Today was the big, hastily arranged protest in front of the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC. Here is a photoblog of the event: — Not wanting to drive to DC, I took the Metro from Vienna to Woodley Park/Zoo — This is what the Metro station looks …
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Edelfenbein / Your Guide to Financial Success:
Danish Embassy Rally — A small, but spirited crowd rallied in support of Denmark today outside the Danish Embassy in Washington. — The festive crowd of about 200 broke into chants of "We're All Danes Now!" Lots of flag-waving and Danish-eating. — Here are a few photos:
Greg Tinti / The Political Pit Bull:
Rallying For Denmark And Free Speech — I just got back from the Danish solidarity rally organized by Christopher Hitchens outside Denmark's Embassy in Washington. And let me just say, it was in every way the polar opposite of all the other "rallies" you have seen in reaction to the Mohammad cartoons.
Stephen Green / Vodkapundit:
Photoblogging — Some days, it's really good to be a blogger. In the last few minutes, Chris Huckenpoehler and Patrick Rockefeller both emailed pictures to me of today's protest at the Danish Embassy. — Here are a few from Patrick - — Yes, that's Christopher Hitchens. — Sully was there, too.
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click2houston.com:
United Arab Emirates Donated At Least $1M To Bush Library — HOUSTON — A sheik from the United Arab Emirates contributed at least $1 million to the Bush Library Foundation, which established the George Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University in College Station.
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It Didn't Work — "I can tell you the main reason behind all our woes — it is America." The New York Times reporter is quoting the complaint of a clothing merchant in a Sunni stronghold in Iraq. "Everything that is going on between Sunni and Shiites, the troublemaker in the middle is America."
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:"It Didn't Work" (UPDATED SEVERAL TIMES NOW)
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Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:Anger Tinged Calls for Peace in Iraq
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Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
White House 'Discovers' 250 Emails Related to Plame Leak — The White House turned over last week 250 pages of emails from Vice President Dick Cheney's office. Senior aides had sent the emails in the spring of 2003 related to the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Libby Loses a Round in Court — Ex-Cheney Aide Is Denied in Bid to Learn Leaker's Identity — Vice President Cheney's former top aide is not entitled to know the identity of an anonymous administration official who revealed information about CIA operative Valerie Plame to two journalists …
Minerva / Terrorism Unveiled:
FOILED ATTACK NEAR AD DAMMAM, SAUDI ARABIA — Saudi security forces have foiled an apparant suicide car bomb attack on a major oil production facility in Abqaiq (45 miles southwest of Damman, also known as Buqayq), according to BBC News. The cars carried the logo for Aramco, which is headquartered in nearby Dhahran.
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Hasan Jamali / Associated Press:Al-Qaida Claims Attack on Saudi Refinery
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Caroline Glick / Jerusalem Post:
Column One: Ilan Halimi and Israel — Ilan Halimi's barbarous murder in France should awaken all Jews to the most significant truth of our times: Today, every Jew in the world is on the front lines of war. — As was the case 70 years ago, every Jew today is a target for our enemies …
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Goel Pinto / Haaretz:Chirac, de Villepin attend memorial ceremony for slain Jewish youth
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Zeyad / Healing Iraq:
Fierce streetfighting at my doorstep for the last 3 hours. Rumor in the neighbourhood is that men in black are trying to enter the area. Some armed kids defending the local mosque three blocks away are splattering bullets at everything that moves, and someone in the street was shouting for people to prepare for defending themselves.
Adam Aasen / idsnews.com:
Ann Coulter splits IU's crowd — 'Ms. Right' draws supporters, protesters — Both supporters and dectractors of conservative commentator Ann Coulter voice their opinions Thursday evening at the IU Auditorium. For more on the editor's decision to run this photo, see page 2. — Aaron Bernstein
Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:
E-Mails Show FBI Agents Fretted About Prisoner Abuse — One official was hesitant to probe Abu Ghraib, while others warned of Guantanamo methods. — WASHINGTON — Senior FBI officials in Iraq were reluctant to investigate allegations of prisoner abuse for fear that the bureau would lose access …
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Molly / Molly Saves the Day:
For the women of South Dakota: an abortion manual — I understand that you're probably really angry right now. Maybe you're reading a blog expressing that anger — the anger that your state thinks it knows better than you what to do with your body. Maybe you're anxiously wondering …
Chris Tryhorn / Guardian:
Livingstone suspended over 'Nazi' jibe — Ken Livingstone was today suspended from office for four weeks by a disciplinary tribunal for likening a Jewish Evening Standard reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard. — The three-man Adjudication Panel for England said the mayor of London should step down from his duties on March 1.
