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11:00 PM ET, March 16, 2006

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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Largest Iraq Air Assault Since '03 Begins  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — U.S. forces, joined by Iraqi troops, on Thursday launched the largest airborne assault since the U.S.-led invasion, targeting insurgent strongholds north of the capital, the military said.  —  The military said the operation …
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Operation Swarmer Near Samarra  —  A joint U.S. & Iraq force launches large air assault operation; Iraqi military uniforms discovered  —  North-central Iraq has become a main focus in the fight against the insurgency.  In what is described as the "largest air assault operation since Operation Iraqi Freedom …
Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:
"Operation Swarmer" And The First Strike War Doctrine  —  Salvador DALI "Prémonition de la guerre civile" [Premonition of Civil War ], 1936, Musée d'Art de Philadelphie  —  TO BE UPDATED WITH LINKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WATCH THIS SPACE  —  I posted late this morning as I have been watching the Breaking News, just in:
Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. Begins Big Assault in Iraq; New Parliament Convenes
AMERICAN DIGEST:   Choppers by Day. Spooky by Night?
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Restates Terror Strategy  —  2002 Doctrine of Preemptive War Reaffirmed  —  President Bush issued a new national security strategy today reaffirming his doctrine of preemptive war against terrorists and hostile states with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, despite the troubled U.S. experience in Iraq.
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Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner on National Review Online:
WHAT DID WE KNOW AND WHEN DID WE KNOW IT?  —  Peggy Noonan asks whether conservatives should have known in 2000 that Bush would be a big spender—whether, that is, spending was always integral to compassionate conservatism.  My answer to this question has been a qualified yes.
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Brad DeLong / Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal:   Peggy Noonan Realizes She Has Conned Herself—and Says That She …
Bluto / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
A Familiar Face  —  The Pentagon has just released to the public documents captured in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  They can be accessed here in Adobe Acrobat format.  —  This one's interesting; the synopsis describes it this way: … The document hasn't been translated into English …
courant.com:
Lieberman Takes Issue With Lamont's Tone  —  U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman took issue Thursday with the tone of his Democratic opponent's campaign.  —  Ned Lamont formally announced Monday that he will oppose Lieberman for the party's nomination, becoming Lieberman's first Democratic challenger since …
Discussion: firedoglake and Decision '08
Guardian:
Britain's standing is now at a nadir in the Middle East  —  By colluding with the Israeli attack on Jericho, Straw has underlined the Americanisation of British policy in the region  —  Seumas Milne  —  Jack Straw has brought Britain's standing in the Arab and Muslim worlds to its lowest point for half a century.
Shmuel Rosner / Haaretz:
Saddam Hussein maintained pretense of chemical arms to prevent Israeli attack  —  WASHINGTON - Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein pretended to have chemical weapons because, among other reasons, he feared that Israel might attack if it discovered he did not.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
IN SADDAM'S ARCHIVES  —  As Scott noted below, the government has finally begun making available a few of the many thousands of documents captured from Iraqi intelligence during and after the 2003 war.  Only a handful are now available on the Foreign Military Studies Office web site …
NY Daily News:
Clooney & Huffington's blog of war  —  George Clooney is spitting mad at Arianna Huffington - and the blogosphere is wobbling on its axis.  —  "She said some things that I won't share, but she did tell me that this could be bad for me - bad for my career.  Well, screw you!" …
Associated Press:
Scalia Rails Against the 'Judge-Moralist'  —  BOSTON — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia railed against the era of the "judge-moralist," saying judges are no better qualified than "Joe Sixpack" to decide moral questions such as abortion and gay marriage.
Jonathan Gurwitz / Opinion Journal:
Once More Unto the Breach  —  The Angry Left takes on a moderate Democrat—and loses.  —  SAN ANTONIO—More than one political venture has met an unseemly end in the hardscrabble landscape of South Texas.  It was here, in 1948, that Box 13 gave Lyndon Johnson a dubious 87-vote primary victory …
Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Senate Bill Would Override State Health Coverage Rules  —  GOP backers see the legislation as a way for insurers to offer more affordable plans.  Critics say it would undermine treatment protections.  —  WASHINGTON — The battle over healthcare moved to a new front Wednesday …
Thomas Heath / Washington Post:
Companies Fear Spread of March Madness  —  Web-Broadcast Games Seen as Threat to Productivity, Computer Systems  —  The NCAA men's basketball tournament begins today, and for the first time, every game of the 19-day ritual known as March Madness will be available live — and free — over the Internet.
David A. Lieb / kansascity.com:
House rejects spending for birth control  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - An attempt to resume state spending on birth control got shot down Wednesday by House members who argued it would have amounted to an endorsement of promiscuous lifestyles.  —  Missouri stopped providing money for family planning …
 
 
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