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Michelle Malkin:
"DO THE RIGHT THING! SHOW MOHAMMED" — ***Update: Stephen Spruiell reports at The Media Blog..."I just got off the phone with a Comedy Central spokesman. I asked him about last night's episode of South Park in which, at a moment right before the prophet Mohammed was supposed to make a cameo …
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Media Blog on National Review Online:
Comedy Central Censored Mohammed — I'm not sure if it's been reported yet, but for what it's worth, I just got off the phone with a Comedy Central spokesman. I asked him about last night's episode of South Park in which, at a moment right before the prophet Mohammed was supposed to make a cameo …
Jim Lindgren / The Volokh Conspiracy:
DID COMEDY CENTRAL CENSOR SOUTH PARK? Did Comedy Central censor tonight's episode of South Park? The answer would appear to be YES. — [UPDATE: In response to my inquiries whether the statement aired on South Park on Wednesday night was accurate, early this morning an official …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
'South Park' Creators Skewer Own Network — NEW YORK — Banned by Comedy Central from showing an image of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, the creators of "South Park" skewered their own network for hypocrisy in the cartoon's most recent episode. — The comedy _ in an episode aired during Holy Week …
Washington Post:
Iran's Nuclear Progress — MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD continues to help the Bush administration's effort to convince the U.N. Security Council that more concerted action is needed to stop Iran's nuclear program. His loud announcement yesterday that Iran had succeeded in enriching uranium confirmed recent warnings …
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Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
The slow-motion trap — His presidency was built on secrecy and, we now know, on lies. The more Bush struggles to free himself, the more his past deceptions bind him. — Print EmailFont: S / S+ / S++ — At a press conference in the White House on Oct. 6, 2003, President Bush …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Report Raises New Questions on Bush, WMDs — WASHINGTON - The White House faced new questions Wednesday about President Bush's contention three years ago that weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq. — The Washington Post reported that a Pentagon-sponsored team of experts determined …
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
White House Decries Report on Iraqi Trailers
White House Decries Report on Iraqi Trailers
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Confederate Yankee, Blue Crab Boulevard, Or How I Learned …, Editor and Publisher and azerbic
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The Minority Maker — The clever GOP strategy for defeat in November. — If Republicans lose control of Congress in November, they might want to look back at last Thursday as the day it was lost. That's when the big spenders among House Republicans blew up a deal between the leadership …
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RedState, Decision '08, The All Spin Zone, A Chequer-Board of Nights … and HolyCoast.com
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Wade Zirkle / Washington Post:
Troops in Support Of the War — Earlier this year there was a town hall meeting on the Iraq war, sponsored by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), with the participation of such antiwar organizations as CodePink and MoveOn.org. The event also featured Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), a former Marine who had become an outspoken critic of the war.
Los Angeles Times:
Anti-Rumsfeld Chorus Grows — Some military leaders question the public criticism as another retired general urges Defense chief to resign. — WASHINGTON — A recent surge in public criticism of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld by retired military leaders is the culmination of months …
Larisa Alexandrovna / rawstory.com:
On Cheney, Rumsfeld order, US outsourcing special ops, intelligence to Iraq terror group, intelligence officials say — The Pentagon is bypassing official US intelligence channels and turning to a dangerous and unruly cast of characters in order to create strife in Iran in preparation …
Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
Librarians Win as U.S. Relents on Secrecy Law — After fighting ferociously for months, federal prosecutors relented yesterday and agreed to allow a Connecticut library group to identify itself as the recipient of a secret F.B.I. demand for records in a counterterrorism investigation.
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Pakistan Strikes at High Value Target — Yesterday's helicopter attack in North Waziristan is directed at Mohsin Matawalli Atwa, one of the architechs of the 1998 attacks on the U.S. Embassies in Eastern Africa — Yesterday's assault on a suspected Taliban/al-Qaeda position in North Waziristan …
WorldNetDaily:
Protests backfire! — Zogby poll: National demonstrations by illegal aliens have negative impact — Recent images of seas of illegal aliens marching in cities across the U.S. are having a far greater negative than positive impact on the foreigners' cause, according to a new poll.
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
At the Immigration Rally — Having an open heart doesn't mean supporting open borders. — I love immigrants. That's not important or relevant, but it's where I start. I love them so much I often have the impulse to kiss their hands. I am not kidding. I love them because they are brave.
Rachel Tuinstra / Seattle Times:
Anger, apology over "Condoleezza" quiz — Bellevue Community College President Jean Floten apologized Wednesday at an emotional open-campus meeting called after students complained about what they said was a racially offensive math question used on a practice test.
New Statesman:
The Euston Manifesto — It started with some like-minded progressives meeting in a London pub. Disenchanted with what they saw as the wrong-headed thinking of the anti-war movement, they began to talk of a new left movement. By Norman Geras and Nick Cohen
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Mark Hosenball / Newsweek:
America's Secret Police? — Intelligence experts warn that a proposal to merge two Pentagon intelligence units could create an ominous new agency. — April 12, 2006 - A threatened turf grab by a controversial Pentagon intelligence unit is causing concern among both privacy experts and some of the Defense Department's own personnel.
DefenseLINK:
Coalition Launches 'Operation Mountain Lion' in Afghanistan — WASHINGTON, April 12, 2006 - Coalition forces, in cooperation with the Afghan National Army, began "Operation Mountain Lion" yesterday to establish security, deter the re-emergence of terrorism, and enhance the sovereignty of Afghanistan, military officials reported today.
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CBS News:
Poll: Sinking Perceptions Of Islam — (CBS) Although Americans believe they are better informed about Islam than they were five years ago, a new CBS News poll finds fewer than one in five say their impression of the religion is favorable. — Forty-five percent of respondents queried April 6 …
Washington Post:
Terrorists' Web Chatter Shows Concern About Internet Privacy — Groups Advise Members on Anonymity, Avoiding Intercepts — Terrorist groups, which for years have used the Internet and its various tools to organize and communicate, are paying more attention to addressing security …
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