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7:45 AM ET, June 29, 2006

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Associated Press:
Hamas leaders arrested; Israeli executed  —  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli forces rounded up dozens of Palestinian Cabinet ministers and lawmakers from Hamas, increasing pressure on the Islamic militants to release a captured Israeli soldier, and witnesses said tanks moved into northern Gaza …
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Haaretz:
More than 30 Hamas man arrested, Palestinians say  —  Israel Defense Forces troops launched early Thursday a major arrest operation against Hamas officials, detaining more than 30 of the ruling militant group's ministers and parliamentarians in the West Bank, Palestinian security officials said.
Discussion: Israellycool and Kesher Talk
Reuters:
Gaza militants say fired chemical-tipped warhead  —Text+GAZA (Reuters) - A spokesman for gunmen in the Gaza Strip said they had fired a rocket tipped with a chemical warhead at Israel early on Thursday.  —  The Israeli army had no immediate comment on the claim by the spokesman …
Associated Press:
IDF confirms PRC report of Eliyahu Asheri's death  —  The IDF confirmed early Thursday a report the Popular Resistance Committees issued from Gaza that it had executed Eliyahu Asheri, 18, of Itamar, who was kidnapped earlier this week in the West Bank.  —  IDF combat engineers …
Guardian:
Israel detains Hamas ministers  —  David Fickling and agencies  —  Israeli troops arrested dozens of Hamas ministers and parliamentarians today as they stepped up their campaign to free a soldier kidnapped by militants in Gaza at the weekend.  —  The Israeli army said that 64 Hamas officials …
Reuters:
Israeli army poised to step up Gaza offensive
Discussion: Israel Matzav and lgf
Jed Babbin / Real Clear Politics:   Into Hamastan  —  Unless he is extraordinarily lucky …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Behind Bush's Fury, a Vow Made in 2001  —  WASHINGTON, June 28 — Ever since President Bush vowed days after the Sept. 11 attacks to "follow the money as a trail to the terrorists," the government has made no secret of its efforts to hunt down the bank accounts of Al Qaeda and its allies.
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof and Mia Culpa
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James R. Carroll / Courier-Journal:
Bunning: New York Times committed treason with story
Washington Post:
Bush Seeks to Use Media Leaks to His Advantage
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt and Economist's View
Associated Press:
Insurgents offer to halt attacks in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks — including those on American troops — if the United States agrees to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq in two years, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Associated Press:   Insurgents Demand Withdrawal of U.S. Forces in Iraq in 2 Years
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:   Staying the wrong course in Iraq
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Uphold Most Remapping in Texas by G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON, June 28 — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a broad challenge to Texas's controversial Congressional redistricting plan, giving a victory to the Republican Party and the architect of the plan, Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader.
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Iraq War Ends Silently for One American Soldier  —  RAMADI, Iraq, June 28 — A soldier was dead, and it was time for him to go home.  —  The doors to the little morgue swung open, and six soldiers stepped outside carrying a long black bag zippered at the top.  —  About 60 soldiers were waiting to say goodbye.
Norm / normblog:
Wanton murder  —  Report of June 26: … Report of June 23: … Report of June 21: … Report of June 16: … Report of June 13: … Report of June 9: … Report of June 5: … That's just a small number of reports from June 2006.  As is now all too well known, I could easily have added to them.
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and Blue Crab Boulevard
Shaun Schafer / Associated Press:
Awkward moments abound in penis pump trial  —  BRISTOW, Okla. - Serving on the jury in an indecent-exposure trial unfolding in this conservative Oklahoma town has been a giggle-inducing experience.  —  Former Judge Donald D. Thompson, a veteran of 23 years on the bench …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
James C. Dobson / CNN:
Commentary: Media provides cover for assault on traditional marriage  —  Editor's note: James C. Dobson is founder and chairman of Focus on the Family Action.  He has a Ph.D. in child development and is author of the best-selling book, "Bringing Up Boys."  He's currently working on a follow-up, "Bringing Up Girls."
Patrick J. Buchanan / The American Conservative:
Time for an "Agonizing Reappraisal"  —  Gazing across what Zbigniew Brzezinski once called the "arc of crisis," U.S. foreign policy appears to be disintegrating.  —  On the Horn of Africa, Islamic warriors have seized Mogadishu.  The warlords, our allies, are on the run.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
George Conger / Jerusalem Post:
BBC rejects call to change terminology  —  LONDON  —  The BBC has rejected a call made by an independent panel studying charges of bias in its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to change its editorial policies on the use of the word "terrorist" and appoint a senior editor to oversee its Middle East coverage.
Discussion: Hang Right Politics
White House:
Nominations Sent to the Senate  —  John Preston Bailey, of West Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, vice Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., retiring.  —  Mary O. Donohue, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York …
 
 
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Jim Christie / Reuters:
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Slate:
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Day two at the gun ban conference
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Chicago Sun Times:
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