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Ralph Peters / realclearpolitics.com:
Myths of Iraq — During a recent visit to Baghdad, I saw an enormous failure. On the part of our media. The reality in the streets, day after day, bore little resemblance to the sensational claims of civil war and disaster in the headlines. — No one with first-hand experience of Iraq …
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New York Times:
Reprisal Killings Leave 87 Dead Throughout Baghdad — BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 14 — The police reported finding 87 bodies today scattered around the city, as the wave of reprisal killings in the wake of Sunday's attack on Shiite civilians appeared to gain steam.
CNN:
More than 80 dead in apparent reprisal killings — Bodies found around Baghdad in 30-hour period — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Authorities said at least 86 bodies were found in the Iraqi capital during a 30-hour period ending midday Tuesday, sparking fears that sectarian reprisal killings are continuing at a grisly pace.
Alexandra Zavis / Associated Press:
Iraqis Find 85 Bodies in 24-Hour Period — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police in the past 24 hours have found the bodies of at least 85 people killed by execution-style shootings — a gruesome wave of apparent sectarian reprisal slayings, officials said Tuesday. — The dead included at least 27 bodies stacked …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Sets Target for Transition In Iraq — Country's Troops to Take Lead This Year — President Bush vowed for the first time yesterday to turn over most of Iraq to newly trained Iraqi troops by the end of this year, setting a specific benchmark as he kicked off a fresh drive …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:Bush, Conceding Problems, Defends Iraq War
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Andrew Sullivan
Wall Street Journal:
Bush's Approval Ratings Slip In the Latest Harris Poll — President Bush's job-approval ratings continue to slip, according to a recent Harris Interactive poll, while job-approval ratings for most of his key cabinet members also remain low. — Mr. Bush's current job-approval ratings stand at 36% in March …
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CBS News:
Poll: Americans Pessimistic On Iraq — (CBS) A CBS News poll finds the American public is increasingly convinced that the war in Iraq is going badly and may not get any better. An overwhelming number say Iraq is currently in a civil war, and nearly half think the U.S. effort there will not succeed.
New York Times:
For Bush's Ex-Aide, Quick Fall After Long Climb — WASHINGTON, March 13 — Claude A. Allen often said his religious upbringing took him from a two-room apartment in a poor neighborhood of Washington to a post at the White House. — "Probably the vast majority of the kids who grew …
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Haaretz:
Jail siege ends as PFLP chief Sa'adat, 5 others surrender — A tense, gunfire-punctuated nine-hour IDF siege of a Jericho prison complex ended after dark on Tuesday with the abrupt surrender of Ahmed Sa'adat and five other militants. — Sa'adat, leader of the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats Beat Quick Retreat on Call to Censure President — WASHINGTON, March 13 — Senate Democrats on Monday blocked an immediate vote on a call by one of their own to censure President Bush for his eavesdropping program. — They acted after Republicans said they were eager to pass judgment …
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Study Links Ambien Use to Unconscious Food Forays — The sleeping pill Ambien seems to unlock a primitive desire to eat in some patients, according to emerging medical case studies that describe how the drug's users sometimes sleepwalk into their kitchens, claw through their refrigerators …
Erin Carlson / Associated Press:
Isaac Hayes Quits 'South Park' — NEW YORK - Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion. — Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday that he feels a line has been crossed.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:Chef Gets Huffy, Leaves South Park
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Patterico's Pontifications
New York Times:
Web Magazine Raises Doubts Over a Symbol of Abu Ghraib — The online magazine Salon is challenging the identity of a man profiled by The New York Times in a front-page article on Saturday who says he is the iconic hooded figure in a published photograph who was abused by Americans at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003 and 2004.
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Stephanie Murphy / palmbeachdailynews.com:
Gore: Country straying from principles — Former vice president urges Democrats 'not to take anything for granted' during fund-raiser. — WEST PALM BEACH — The people of "these United States are going to stand up and take our country back," former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday …
Associated Press:
Informant: Zawahiri Attended Lodi Mosque — SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An FBI informant testified Monday that a top Al Qaeda official lived in California's Central Valley in the years before the 2001 terrorist attacks, but the statements were attacked immediately as unreliable.
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Daniel Pipes / Front Page Magazine:
Sudden Jihad Syndrome — "Individual Islamists may appear law-abiding and reasonable, but they are part of a totalitarian movement, and as such, all must be considered potential killers." I wrote those words days after 9/11 and have been criticized for them ever since.
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
US postwar Iraq strategy a mess, Blair was told — Senior British diplomatic and military staff gave Tony Blair explicit warnings three years ago that the US was disastrously mishandling the occupation of Iraq, according to leaked memos. — John Sawers, Mr Blair's envoy in Baghdad …
Jesus' General:
Recruiting "top drawer blacks" for the GOP — Adele Fergusen — Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal — Dear Mrs. Fergusen, — I think you answered your own question about why black people aren't flocking to the Republican Party. If, as you point out, slavery was a godsend to them …
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Pam's House Blend
John R. Bradley / Washington Times:
Tehran elite turning on extremist presidency — TEHRAN — Iran's clerical and business establishments, deeply concerned by what they see as reckless spending and needlessly aggressive foreign policies, are increasingly turning against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
citizensforethics.org:
CREW FILES IRS COMPLAINT AGAINST GROVER NORQUIST'S AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM — Washington, DC - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today filed an Internal Revenue Services (IRS) complaint against Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), and American for Tax Reform Foundation …
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