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Zogby:
U.S. Troops in Iraq: 72% Say End War in 2006 — Le Moyne College/Zogby Poll shows just one in five troops want to heed Bush call to stay "as long as they are needed" — While 58% say mission is clear, 42% say U.S. role is hazy — Plurality believes Iraqi insurgents are mostly homegrown
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John Zogby / The Huffington Post:
On a New Poll Of U.S. Soldiers During Their Service in Iraq — In wars of America's century just past, we have sent our soldiers to far-off fields of battle and were left to wonder about their opinions of the life-and-death conflicts in which they were involved.
Michael Freund / Jerusalem Post:
Exclusive: Dubai ports firm enforces Israel boycott — The parent company of a Dubai-based firm at the center of a political storm in the US over the purchase of American ports participates in the Arab boycott against Israel, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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NY Daily News:
Pay attention: W right on Dubai — There are times when President Bush sorely disappoints. Just when you might expect him to issue a malapropistic explanation, pander to his base or simply not have a clue about what he is talking about, he does something so right, so honest and, yes …
Orly Halpern / Jerusalem Post:
Arab boycott largely reduced to 'lip service' — The Arab boycott, established by the Arab League in 1951 as an economic tool to hurt Israel, is a dying animal. Ask Aramex. — The company, which provides delivery services around the world, is commonly used by Arab and Israeli companies …
Edward Wong / New York Times:
At Least 75 Dead in String of Attacks in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 28 — At least 75 Iraqis were killed in a maelstrom of violence today as insurgents carried out one of their deadliest offensives in weeks. The vast majority of the victims died in five powerful bombings in Baghdad …
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Nelson Hernandez / Washington Post:Diplomacy Helped To Calm the Chaos
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Alexandra Zavis / Associated Press:Multiple Bombings in Baghdad Kill 41
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David Stout / New York Times:
Supreme Court Backs Abortion Protesters in Unanimous Ruling — WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 — Anti-abortion groups gained a victory in the Supreme Court today as the justices ruled, 8 to 0, that abortion clinics cannot rely on federal laws against racketeering and extortion to prevent demonstrations against abortions.
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ABCNEWS:
Bush: U.S. Won't Get Into Iraq Civil War — President Bush Grants Elizabeth Vargas Exclusive, Wide-Ranging Interview — WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2006 — In an exclusive interview with ABC News' Elizabeth Vargas, President Bush offered his views on a range of topics, including the response …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
How To Slant A Poll 101 — Today, we're going to look at two of the techniques that are often used by the mainstream media to slant polls against Republicans, both of which are on display in the latest CBS poll. — Let's start with the sexy headline and the first paragraph of the CBS piece on the poll:
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Greg Sheffield / NewsBusters.org:CBS Slants Bush Poll in Favor of Democrats
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Drudge Report:
BUSH CHEERS DECLINE OF MAINSTREAM MEDIA, RISE OF ALTERNATIVE PRESS — President Bush, for the first time, is hailing the rise of the alternative media and the decline of the mainstream media, which he now says "conspired" to harm him with forged documents. — "I find it interesting …
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Ezra Klein / TAPPED:
MORE ON THE GAS TAX. These are all very sensible comments by Duncan, but I want to particularly underscore one: For many people, using less car is Just Not An Option. I tend to find gas taxes most appealing to people in dense, urban environments with highly-functioning public transport systems.
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Michelle Malkin:
A MANIFESTO AGAINST ISLAMISM — Danish reader P.H.N. sends an important document published today in the Jyllands-Posten from 12 brave intellectuals: — MANIFESTO: Together facing the new totalitarianism — After having overcome fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism, the world now faces a new totalitarian global threat: Islamism.
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Do Opinion Magazines Still Matter in the Age of Blogs? — Franklin Foer, age 31, has been named the top editor at the legendary The New Republic. Many are wondering whether it matters. … TNR and its many cousins—National Review, the Weekly Standard, the Atlantic Monthly, the Nation …
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
U.S. lacked plan for rebuilding Iraq, report says — The Bush administration never drew up a comprehensive plan for rebuilding Iraq after the March 2003 invasion, which contributed to a severe shortage of skilled federal workers in Baghdad and to the mismanagement of the country's oil money, according to a new government report.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Latest Iraqi war casualty — conservative belief in "personal responsibility" — To the list of conservative principles which are being tossed aside like yesterday's trash in order to defend George Bush, let us add the ostensible virtue of "personal responsibility."
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Coast Guard Saw 'Intelligence Gaps' on Ports — The U.S. Coast Guard, in charge of reviewing security at ports operated by a Dubai maritime company, warned the Bush administration it could not rule out that the company's assets could be used for terrorist operations, according to a document released yesterday by a Senate committee.
Media Matters for America:
Media: National security is a right-wing value … In recent weeks, several journalists and media figures have taken to describing Democratic criticism of the Bush administration's approval of a deal allowing state-owned Dubai Ports World to assume control of six major U.S. ports as an attempt …
Paul Hackett / Philadelphia Inquirer:
Culture of careerism scuttled a political bid — When I got back from Iraq last year on March 18 after a seven-month combat tour with the First Marine Division in exotic cities like Ramadi and Fallujah, my wife arranged for a small group of friends and family to meet me at the Cincinnati airport.
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Times of London:
We should fear Holland's silence — Islamists are stifling debate in what was Europe's freest country, says Douglas Murray — 'Would you write the name you'd like to use here, and your real name there?" asked the girl at reception. I had just been driven to a hotel in the Hague.
Think Progress:
The Minnesota GOP's Stealth Attack On Privacy — A story by Minnesota Public Radio reveals a disturbing new way that a political party is secretly grabbing sensitive personal information about voters. — This week the Minnesota Republican Party is distributing a new CD about a proposed state marriage amendment.
MSNBC:
Judge OKs press subpoenas in CIA leak case — Libby defense aims to show any false statements were result of confusion — WASHINGTON - The judge in the CIA leak case said Monday that lawyers on both sides in the perjury trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" …
