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Billmon:
Mutually Assured Dementia — Maybe it's just me, but I've been at least a little bit surprised by the relatively muted reaction to the news that the Cheney Administration and its Pentagon underlings are racing to put the finishing touches on plans for attacking Iran - plans which may include …
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Riyadh seeks Russian help to prevent US strike on Iran — During a visit to Moscow last week, the head of the Saudi National Security Council "urged Russia to strive to prevent the adoption of a UN Security Council resolution which the United States could use as justification to launch …
New York Times:
Iran Reports Big Advance in Enrichment of Uranium — TEHRAN, April 11 — Iran announced Tuesday that its nuclear engineers had advanced to a new phase in the enrichment of uranium, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a series of the country's ruling clerics declared that the nation would now speed ahead …
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Alexandra von Maltzan / All Things Beautiful:
Out Of Time Part II — "The Opening of the Fifth Seal …
Out Of Time Part II — "The Opening of the Fifth Seal …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Lacking Biolabs, Trailers Carried Case for War — Administration Pushed Notion of Banned Iraqi Weapons Despite Evidence to Contrary — On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured …
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Wilson Report / Washington Post:
Prosecutor in CIA Leak Case Corrects Part of Court Filing — The federal prosecutor overseeing the indictment of Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, yesterday corrected a claim in an earlier court filing that Libby had misrepresented the significance placed …
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DefenseLINK:
Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chariman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace — DoD News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Pace from the Pentagon — SEC. RUMSFELD: Good afternoon, folks. — Reports from the military services, including the Army …
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CNN:
Top general defends Rumsfeld — Retired brass has called for the defense secretary's resignation — (CNN) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff defended Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld from new criticism by former Pentagon brass Tuesday, telling reporters that "nobody works harder than he does."
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Ian Fisher / New York Times:
Berlusconi Says He Will Contest Italy Vote — ROME, April 11 — Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday challenged his opponent's wisp of a victory in the divisive national elections, alternately suggesting a recount, or a German-style grand coalition government.
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Malcolm Moore / Telegraph:
Defiant loser leaves Italy in limbo as the winner inherits legacy of chaos
Defiant loser leaves Italy in limbo as the winner inherits legacy of chaos
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Immigrant Bill Fallout May Hurt House GOP — In the wake of this week's massive demonstrations, many House Republicans are worried that a tough anti-illegal-immigration bill they thought would please their political base has earned them little benefit while becoming a lightning rod …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Here We Go Again — The Washington Post is on cocktail weenie patrol again (per Americablog): … Except (per Pach) if you look at the video at the Post's own site (also at Crooks & Liars), you'll hear quite clearly that the booing started when Cheney walked onto the field — it was not in response to a crap pitch.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Judges Set Hurdles for Lethal Injection — Judges in several states have started to put up potentially insurmountable roadblocks to the use of lethal injections to execute condemned inmates. — Their decisions are based on new evidence suggesting that prisoners have endured agonizing executions.
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Islamists Post Hit List of 'Apostates' — An Egyptian group calling itself the "al-Jama'ah Consultative Council" has sent an e-mail hit list to people deemed 'apostates' yesterday. The group warned that those people on the list who had left the faith would have three days (as of yesterday) to repent or they would be killed.
Reuters:
IRAQ: Doctors, NGOs warn of high infant mortality in Basra — BASRA, 11 April (IRIN) - As a result of water-borne diseases and a lack of medical supplies, infants born in the southern city of Basra are subject to abnormally high mortality rates, say officials of an international NGO devoted to child health issues.
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Mitt Romney / Opinion Journal:
Health Care for Everyone? — We've found a way. — BOSTON—Only weeks after I was elected governor, Tom Stemberg, the founder and former CEO of Staples, stopped by my office. He told me, "If you really want to help people, find a way to get everyone health insurance."
NY Daily News:
Billionaire and his wife in dogfight? — Billionaire right-wing godfather Richard Mellon Scaife — who famously funded an investigation of Bill Clinton's sex life that resulted in a presidential impeachment — is having female troubles of his own. — Police responded to a call last week …
Michael Rubiner / Slate:
The Two-Minute Haggadah — A Passover service for the impatient. — Opening prayers: — Thanks, God, for creating wine. (Drink wine.) — Thanks for creating produce. (Eat parsley.) — Overview: Once we were slaves in Egypt. Now we're free. That's why we're doing this.
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Jawa vs. Schlussel — Sources tell me that I'll be on the radio in a few minutes to challenge Debbie Schlussel. While I cannot reveal to you my sources, they seem pretty reliable. You can listen to Hoist the Black Flag here. — In case I'm incoherent, my main point is not that Jill Carroll …
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