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10:25 PM ET, June 27, 2006

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Ibrahim Barzak / Associated Press:
Israeli planes attack 3 Gaza bridges  —  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli planes attacked three bridges in central Gaza, the military said Wednesday, and Israeli tanks were on the move after the government approved a limited operation — a response to a weekend Palestinian attack in which two soldiers were killed and a third captured.
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Haaretz:
IAF bombs Gaza bridge to prevent transport of seized soldier  —  An Israel Air Force aircraft attacked the main bridge between Gaza City and Khan Yunis on Monday, in an effort to prevent miltants from transporting kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit within Gaza.  —  IDF officials said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert approved a "limited
Jerusalem Post:
Report: Israeli body found in Ramallah  —  Two days after IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit was captured by Palestinian terrorists, security establishment officials began assessing on Tuesday evening that 18-year-old Eliyahu Asheri of Itamar had in fact been kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists.
Jerusalem Post:
IAF aircraft blow up bridge in northern Gaza Strip  —  IAF aircraft blew up a key strategic bridge in the northern Gaza Strip shortly before midnight on Tuesday.  The army said that the operation was intended to keep Hamas from taking kidnapped soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit out of the Gaza Strip.
Ibrahim Barzak / Associated Press:
Israeli Planes Attack Bridge in Gaza  —  Israeli planes attacked a bridge in central Gaza late Tuesday, Israel Radio reported, and Israeli tanks were said to be on the move, possibly signaling the start of a military operation.  —  Palestinian security forces said Israeli tanks were moving near …
BBC:
Hamas 'implicitly accepts Israel'
Steven Gutkin / Associated Press:   Israeli Troops Enter Gaza; Bridges Hit
BBC:
US urges calm over Israeli gunner
Discussion: Hyscience
Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
Tony Snow Tells E&P: 'NYT' Deserves Special Criticism  —  NEW YORK White House Press Secretary Tony Snow told E&P today that The New York Times deserves the brunt of criticism for disclosure of a secret bank records monitoring program, even though two other newspapers - The Wall Street Journal …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The Bush lynch mob against the nation's free press  —  (updated below)  —  Any doubts about whether the Bush administration intends to imprison unfriendly journalists (defined as "journalists who fail to obey the Bush administration's orders about what to publish") were completely dispelled this weekend.
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Nuke the Messenger  —  In accusing the press — and specifically …
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Senate rejects flag desecration amendment  —  WASHINGTON - A constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration died in a Senate cliffhanger Tuesday, a single vote short of the support needed to send it to the states for ratification a week before Independence Day.
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New York Times:
Amendment on Flag Burning Fails by One Vote in Senate  —  WASHINGTON, June 27 — The Senate today fell one vote short of approving a constitutional amendment that would have enabled Congress to ban desecration of the American flag.  —  The vote was 66 to 34.  To pass, the measure needed 67 votes.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In the Senate, Covering Themselves in Old Glory  —  The Citizens Flag Alliance, a group pushing for the Senate this week to pass a flag-burning amendment to the Constitution, just reported an alarming, 33 percent increase in the number of flag-desecration incidents this year.
Washington Post:
In the Senate, Waving the Flag Amendment
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister and TalkLeft
Terrance / The Republic of T.:
On Rush Limbaugh's Penis  —  I know it was only yesterday that Rush Limbaugh was held for having Viagra without a prescription, while making his way through customs at Palm Beach airport.  And I know that the last thing anybody wants to think about first thing in the morning is Rush Limbaugh with an erection.
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Paul Bass / New Haven Independent:
A Divided Labor House Backs Joe  —  Connecticut's labor movement goes into the Democratic primary campaign for U.S. Senate deeply divided.  As expected, the state AFL-CIO endorsed Sen. Joe Lieberman for reelection at a convention at New Haven's Omni Hotel Tuesday.
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Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Joe Cannon siding with brother?  —  Utah Republican Party Chairman Joe Cannon says he's trying to stay neutral in his brother Rep. Chris Cannon's primary battle, but it didn't come across that way in comments he posted online last weekend questioning his brother's challenger.
The Ugly American / The Real Ugly American.com:
Mort and Me: An Interview with Morton Kondracke  —  I hope he forgives me for the headline.  I am a big fan of Mr. Kondracke's work on Special Report, his Beltway Boys program, and Roll Call.  —  If you are a political news superfreak like me I would highly recomend subscribing to Roll Call.
Art Buchwald / Washington Post:
When the Anchor Drops  —  Goodbye to Dan Rather.  He was a good man and served CBS for 44 years with distinction.  —  Television is a tough business.  When it's time to go, you go .  And if you don't go the way they want you to, they get very upset.  They tell the world …
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Scientists OK Gore's movie for accuracy  —  WASHINGTON - The nation's top climate scientists are giving "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's documentary on global warming, five stars for accuracy.  —  The former vice president's movie — replete with the prospect of a flooded New York City …
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
Jeff Dufour / The Hill:
Making love in the White House is even better  —  Because he was the first Democrat to step up and say publicly last year that he's exploring running for president, we can assume that Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) is plenty interested in the office.  —  But like most other men, apparently there are things that interest him more.
Discussion: The Florida Masochist
BBC:
Womb environment 'makes men gay'  —  A man's sexual orientation may be determined by conditions in the womb, according to a study.  —  Previous research had revealed the more older brothers a boy has, the more likely he is to be gay, but the reason for this phenomenon was unknown.
 
 
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