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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. General in Iraq Outlines Troop Cuts — WASHINGTON, June 24 — The top American commander in Iraq has drafted a plan that projects sharp reductions in the United States military presence there by the end of 2007, with the first cuts coming this September, American officials say.
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Rod Nordland / Newsweek:
Maliki's Master Plan — A national reconciliation plan for Iraq calls for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops and, controversially, amnesty for insurgents who attacked American and Iraqi soldiers. — Ali Haider / Reuters-pool — Maliki is scheduled to unveil a national reconciliation plan on June 25
Times of London:
Key insurgents vow to reject Iraq peace plan — IRAQ'S main insurgent groups intend to reject a peace plan that Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, will present today in an attempt to halt the country's spiral of violence. — Maliki is expected to go before parliament with a 28- point plan …
Michelle Malkin:
HOW ABOUT A NICE BIG GLASS OF... The New York Times and their traitorous, leaking sources have done it again. (Hat tip: LGF) This time they're broadcasting classified information on troop levels. Hey, Bill Keller—al Qaeda thanks you: … "Closely held secret." Not. Anymore.
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
"A BROAD, CONDITIONS-BASED TIMETABLE"....The fine folks at Newsweek have gotten hold of a draft copy of the national reconciliation plan soon to be announced by Iraq's new Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki. Among other things, it will ask for a firm U.S. withdrawal plan to be enforced by a United Nations resolution:
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:NYT Reveals Secret Briefing On The Painfully Obvious
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Associated Press:
FBI: Suspects Sought Help From al - Qaida — MIAMI (AP) — A plan hatched by seven men to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings was ''more aspirational than operational,'' FBI officials said. — The group of men, who were arrested Thursday when authorities busted their alleged hide …
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The Raw Story:
NY Times columnist Brooks attacks 'Kingpin' of Daily Kos — In Sunday's paper, conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks attacks the founder of Daily Kos for acting like a "Kingpin" who "commands his followers" to "unleash their venom on those who stand in the way," RAW STORY has found.
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James Wolcott:
HARD FASCISM, SOFT HEADS — Admittedly, I don't circulate as much as Mickey Kaus, who I gather is moonlighting as the Jerry Zipkin for fright-night bachelorettes, but you would think that by now I would have come across some of those Angry Bloggers I keep reading about …
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Lee Siegel / The New Republic:
THE ORIGINS OF BLOGOFASCISM: — At the end of my post yesterday, I wrote, "The blogosphere's fanaticism is, in many ways, the triumph of a lack of focus." It just so happens that on his blog today, none other than Andrew Sullivan, hardly an ideological soulmate of mine, quotes Santayana …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Warnings on WMD 'Fabricator' Were Ignored, Ex-CIA Aide Says — In late January 2003, as Secretary of State Colin Powell prepared to argue the Bush administration's case against Iraq at the United Nations, veteran CIA officer Tyler Drumheller sat down with a classified draft of Powell's speech to look for errors.
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
'Brights' — Since it was brought up in the comments, I thought I'd bring back my statement on the "Brights." — There's a lot of noise on the net right now about The Brights, the idea that we can invent a pleasant new name for godless atheists and thereby improve our image.
Associated Press:
Dean repeats call for Iraq troop drawdown — WASHINGTON - The head of the Democratic Party blamed the Bush administration's "failed political leadership and lack of foresight and planning" for turning U.S. soldiers into targets for the Iraqi insurgency. — In his party's weekly radio …
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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Patterico Cancels his Subscription to the L.A. Times — I cancelled my subscription to the Los Angeles Times this morning. — I explained to the person who answered the phone that I was cancelling because I am outraged that the newspaper revealed classified details of a successful anti-terror operation.
Investor's Business Daily:
Issues & Insights — And This Guy Was Almost President? — Politics: Sen. John Kerry has spent a career taking the side of America's enemies. His call last week for a pullout from Iraq was the latest evidence he is unfit to serve in the Senate — never mind the White House.
Richard Perle / Washington Post:
Why Did Bush Blink on Iran? (Ask Condi) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran knows what he wants: nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them; suppression of freedom at home and the spread of terrorism abroad; and the "shattering and fall of the ideology and thoughts of the liberal democratic systems."
Andrew Sullivan / Time:
How Doctors Got Into the Torture Business — Andrew Sullivan on the harrowing new book "Oath Betrayed", in which a medical ethicist documents how members of his profession got caught up in the abuse of prisoners — Soldiers are trained to kill and doctors to heal.
Radio Blogger:
Powerline's John Hinderaker and Scott Johnson on the New York Times' story blowing another weapon in the War On Terror. — HH: The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times did a very bad thing. They endangered American lives, they assisted terrorists. And to discuss the consequences of that …
Washington Post:
Bank Surveillance — The Treasury Department should be monitoring overseas bank transfers. Congress should make sure it's done right. — THE TREASURY Department's just-disclosed program of searching records of overseas bank transfers may provoke outraged comparisons …
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