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Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Al-Aksa claims biological, chemical capabilities — The Aksa Martyrs' Brigades group announced on Sunday that it its members have succeeded in manufacturing chemical and biological weapons to be used against Israel. — In a leaflet distributed in the Gaza Strip, the group …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Palistinians Claim WMD Capability — The Fatah terrorist faction has claimed the capability of chemical and biological weapons and has threatened Israel with a WMD attack, according to the Jerusalem Post. Leaflets distributed in the Gaza Strip state that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade has spent …
Michaelgalien / Liberty and Justice:
Al Aqsa Signs Own Death Sentence
Al Aqsa Signs Own Death Sentence
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Blue Crab Boulevard
New York Times:
Letter From Bill Keller on The Times's Banking Records Report — The following is a letter Bill Keller, the executive editor of The Times, has sent to readers who have written him about The Times's publication of information about the government's examination of international banking records:
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Devlin Barrett / macleans.ca:
Congressman: charge newspapers over reports on terrorist-tracing program — WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the House homeland security committee urged the Bush administration on Sunday to seek criminal charges against newspapers that reported on a secret financial-monitoring program used to trace suspected terrorists.
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Inal Ersan / Reuters:
Iraqi Qaeda-led group says Russian hostages killed — Source: Reuters — DUBAI, June 25 (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-led group posted video footage on the Internet on Sunday showing the killing of three men it said were Russian hostages seized in Iraq earlier this month.
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ogrish.com:
Russian diplomats executed by Mujahedeen Shura Council — The Mujahedeen Shura Council posted a video on the internet Sunday showing the execution of three Russian embassy employees. A fourth employee, not shown on video, was also reported killed. On June 3, a car the four were traveling …
Washington Post:
Democrats Cite Report On Troop Cuts in Iraq — Pentagon Plan Like Theirs, Senators Say — Senate Democrats reacted angrily yesterday to a report that the U.S. commander in Iraq had privately presented a plan for significant troop reductions in the same week they came under attack …
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MSNBC:
Transcript for June 25 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: a heated debate over the Iraq war in the U.S. Senate. — (Videotape): — SEN. BILL FRIST (R-TN): If we break our promise and cut and run, as some would have us do, the implications could be catastrophic.
Arizona Daily Star:
Murtha says U.S. poses top threat to world peace — SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL — MIAMI — American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said to an audience of more than 200 in North Miami Saturday afternoon.
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Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
GILLIARD-GATE: — Steve Gilliard claims that he did not write the email I attributed to him in this post. After doing some further investigating, I'm afraid to say that he is correct. He did not write that email. I apologize to Gilliard for not checking with him before publishing my post, and I regret the error.
Christopher Caldwell / New York Times:
After Londonistan — SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS? To Sir Ian Blair, top left, London's police commissioner, much of the answer to terrorism lies in developing a rapport between the police and residents of heavily Muslim communities like Brick Lane, Whitechapel and Forest Gate, bottom left …
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Michael Gove / Times of London:
To allow Islamists to direct the post-7/7 debate was a disaster
To allow Islamists to direct the post-7/7 debate was a disaster
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USS Neverdock
Andrew Romano / Newsweek:
The Right: The Next Big Thing? — Conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt marries the power of talk radio with the reach of the 'netroots.' Watch out, Kos. — July 3-10, 2006 issue - Hugh Hewitt is a master of multitasking. Week after week, the sanguine, persistent pundit hosts his "center-right" …
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
U.S. can't 'redeploy' its way out of Iraq — Last week John Kerry revealed his plan to "redeploy" U.S. forces from Iraq. This plan is different from fellow Defeaticrat Jack Murtha's plan to "redeploy" U.S. forces from Iraq to Okinawa, which Congressman Murtha seems to think is in the general neighborhood of Iraq.
Carol J. Loomis / CNNMoney.com:
Warren Buffett gives away his fortune — FORTUNE EXCLUSIVE: The world's second richest man - who's now worth $44 billion - tells editor-at-large Carol Loomis he will start giving away 85% of his wealth in July - most of it to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Premature Anti-Blogofascism — It is with great regret that I must resign from the vast left wing blogospheric conspiracy today. The time has come to choose one's allegiances, and mine must lie with my liege lords, the journalistic and political leadership who have brought us where we are today.