Top Items:
Agora:
Salman Rushdie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali et al Slam Islamic Totalitarianism — This just in, stay tuned as the story develops. I think we'll be seeing people die in the coming days. You know, from "reactions".... Update: This will be brought in the French weekly Charlie Hebdo tomorrow, Wednesday.
RELATED ITEMS:
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.
Stars & Stripes:
Poll of troops in Iraq sees 72% support for withdrawal within a year — WASHINGTON — Seventy-two percent of troops on the ground in Iraq think U.S. military forces should get out of the country within a year, according to a Zogby poll released Tuesday. — The survey of 944 troops …
Discussion:
Unqualified Offerings, Running Scared, Flopping Aces, Once Upon a Time, Alternate Brain, Vichy Democrats and Decision '08
RELATED ITEMS:
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Shiites Told: Leave Home Or Be Killed — Sunnis Force Evictions As Iraq Tensions Grow — BAGHDAD, Feb. 28 — Salim Rashid, 34, a Shiite laborer in an overwhelmingly Sunni Arab village 20 miles north of Baghdad, received his eviction notice Friday from a man at the door with a rocket launcher.
RELATED ITEMS:
Knight Ridder:
Intelligence agencies warned about growing local insurgency in late 2003 — WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly warned the White House beginning more than two years ago that the insurgency in Iraq had deep local roots, was likely to worsen and could lead to civil war …
RELATED ITEM:
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
The trial just got interesting. — I was just about to leave home to work when I heard a big bang... Uh, oh...I won't be able to reach the clinic today, I told Mohammed. — The explosion was probably less than a mile away so I knew the roads around us would be soon blocked.
RELATED ITEM:
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
GOP Unease Spreads to Security Issues — Port Deal Among Challenges to What Has Been Bush's Strength — The first heading on the issues page of Rep. Mark Foley's Web site brags that he is "one of President Bush's strongest supporters in Congress." The Florida Republican voted …
Discussion:
NY Daily News, The American Street, The Moderate Voice, Bark Bark Woof Woof and The Left Coaster
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Rack and Ruin — The Supreme Court considers Anna Nicole's surprisingly real claims. — Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Day. — It's difficult to imagine two more different pieces of circuitry: The Supreme Court is hard-wired to suck out the drama from even the most emotionally charged conflicts.
Discussion:
UNCoRRELATED
RELATED ITEM:
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 …
Ezra Klein / TAPPED:
WHEREIN I MAKE ENVIRONMENTALISTS STOP LIKING ME. I really hate to see the gas tax swaggering back into the debate among progressives. If there's any instance where the liberal urges towards environmentalism and populism collide, it's here. Since I'm supposed to be writing an article right now …
RELATED ITEM:
tvnz.co.nz:
NY Times sues Pentagon over spying — The New York Times sued the US Defense Department demanding that it hand over documents about the National Security Agency's domestic spying program. — The Times wants a list of documents including all internal memos and e-mails about the program …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
FANTASY AT THE UN, AND IN PAKISTAN — The New York Times reports on a United Nations conference in Qatar that addressed—productively, no doubt—the Danish cartoon controversy. — The conference sounds like a travesty. Here is the appalling Bishop Tutu: … "Imagine"? "Imagine"?
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice
Mark Pazniokas / courant.com:
Shays Endorsing Lieberman — It's been the subject of whispered conversations among top Republican officials for the past month. Now, U.S. Rep. Chris Shays, R-4th District, has let slip the secret: GOP officials have discussed cross-endorsing Democratic Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman this fall.
Associated Press:
President Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Bush made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday, flying here secretly to support its fledging government in the face of rising violence from al-Qaida and Taliban militants.
Discussion:
Outside The Beltway
Eszter / Crooked Timber:
The Mrs — On occasion, I get emails in which people address me as Mrs. Hargittai. I'm not suggesting that people need know my personal history or preferences. However, if you are going to contact someone in a professional context and they have a Ph.D. and they teach at a university …
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Pressure Seen on Probes at Baghdad Morgue — Former U.N. Envoy Says 'Both Sides' Exerting Influence; Death Count in Dispute — BAGHDAD, Feb. 28 — Officials overseeing Baghdad's morgue have come under pressure not to investigate the soaring number of apparent cases of execution and torture in the country …
Discussion:
The American Street
Washington Post:
Gonzales Seeks to Clarify Testimony on Spying — Extent of Eavesdropping May Go Beyond NSA Work — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales appeared to suggest yesterday that the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance operations may extend beyond the outlines that the president acknowledged in mid-December.
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
