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7:15 PM ET, June 18, 2006

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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
In 2003, U.S. Spurned Iran's Offer of Dialogue  —  Just after the lightning takeover of Baghdad by U.S. forces three years ago, an unusual two-page document spewed out of a fax machine at the Near East bureau of the State Department.  It was a proposal from Iran for a broad dialogue with the United States …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Lieberman, neoconservatism and Iran — the need for more, not less …
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Jack Kelly: Presumed guilty
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Anne Saunders / delawareonline:
Biden in N.H.: 'I'm running for president'  —  DOVER, N.H. — Calling the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks a greater shock to the American psyche than Pearl Harbor, Sen. Joe Biden said Saturday that Democrats must demonstrate they can provide for national security to win back the presidency.
Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times:
Kicked out of Gitmo  —  A Times reporter's struggle to get the truth about America's island prison just got tougher.  —  IN THE BEST of times, covering Guantanamo means wrangling with a Kafkaesque bureaucracy, with logistics so nonsensical that they turn two hours of reporting into an 18-hour day …
Ron Suskind / Time:
Al-Qaeda Cell Planned to Attack Subway With Poison Gas, Says New Book  —  Exclusive Excerpt: Author Ron Suskind reveals how officials learned about a cell that came within weeks of striking New York City  —  Two months had passed since 9/11, and at the highest levels of government …
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Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Ayatollah's grandson calls for US overthrow of Iran  —  The grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini, the inspiration of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, has broken a three-year silence to back the United States military to overthrow the country's clerical regime.  —  Hossein Khomeini's call …
Times of London:
Horror show reveals Iraq's descent  —  A morgue's grim scenes testify to a disintegrating nation, says Hala Jaber in Baghdad  —  THE morning rush had begun at the health ministry's morgue in Baghdad, and by 9.30am last Thursday 36 coffins already lined the street outside.
Discussion: Today in Iraq and NO QUARTER
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
U.S. Airstrikes Rise In Afghanistan as Fighting Intensifies  —  In Response to More Aggressive Taliban, Attacks Are Double Those in Iraq War  —  As fighting in Afghanistan has intensified over the past three months, the U.S. military has conducted 340 airstrikes there …
Nico / Think Progress:
Murtha on Rove: 'He's Sitting in His Air-Conditioned Office on His Big, Fat Backside, Saying Stay the Course'  —  Karl Rove attacked Rep. John Murtha during a speech last week in New Hampshire.  Rove described Murtha's Iraq plan as "cutting and running," and suggested that the 37-year Marine combat veteran …
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ynetnews.com:
German paper doubts Gaza beach reports  —  German newspaper casts doubt on Palestinian claims that IDF shell killed seven family members on Gaza beach.  How come Hadil Ghalia was seen wearing dry clothes after the Gaza beach attack when she was reported to have been swimming?  —  Ynet
Associated Press:
Bill Clinton decries 'divisive' politics  —  LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that, if he returns to the White House in 2008 because his wife becomes president, his role would be to "do whatever she wants" because that's what a good citizen would do.
Bill Roggio / Counterterrorism Blog:
Observations from Southeastern Afghanistan  —  Richard Fernandez of the Belmont Club and I discussed the recent Coalition offensives against the Taliban in Afghanistan as well as Pakistan's involvement with the Taliban.  The podcast is available at Pajamas Media.  —  Also, I'll be on the radio twice on Manday, June 19th:
Discussion: A Newer World and PrairiePundit
Joe Lauria / Washington Post:
My Unwitting Role in the Rove 'Scoop'  —  The May 13 story on the Web site Truthout.org was explosive: Presidential adviser Karl Rove had been indicted by Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald in connection with his role in leaking CIA officer Valerie Plame's name to the media, it blared.
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
In New Orleans, Money Is Ready but a Plan Isn't  —  It is unclear which areas of New Orleans will get city services.  Adam Hutton, 11, on Friday added to piles of garbage in Central City.  —  NEW ORLEANS, June 17 — Billions of federal dollars are about to start flowing into this city …
Discussion: PoliBlog and A Blog For All
James Traub / New York Times:
The Submerging Republican Majority  —  During the 2000 presidential campaign, Karl Rove, the political mastermind George W. Bush called Boy Genius, was wont to draw an analogy with the election of 1896, in which the Republican William McKinley drubbed William Jennings Bryan.
David Adam / Guardian:
Time running out to curb effects of deep sea pollution, warns UN  —  Damage to the once pristine habitats of the deep oceans by pollution, litter and overfishing is running out of control, the United Nations warned yesterday.  In a report that indicates that time is running out to save them …
Discussion: The Reaction
CNN:
Poll: Bush's unpopularity could hurt GOP candidates  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's continued unpopularity could present a challenge for Republican candidates in this fall's mid-term elections, according to a new CNN poll released Friday.  —  The poll results weren't all bad news for Bush.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
 
 
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David Usborne / Independent:
Baghdad blasts mock US claims of Iraqi progress
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Derbyshire's war  —  Quite a few people have commented …
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Qais Al-Bashir / Associated Press:
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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