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The end of cowboy diplomacy — Why the 'Bush Doctrine' no longer works for Bush administration — Editor's note: The following is a summary of this week's Time magazine cover story. — Time.com — All the good feeling at the White House at President Bush's early birthday party on July 4 …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Bush's Shift: Being Patient With Foes — WASHINGTON, July 9 — President Bush has never made apologies for enshrining pre-emption as the defining doctrine of his first term. He has declared many times that in a post-9/11 world, presidents no longer have the luxury of waiting for the slow grinding …
NY Daily News:
It's WWIII, and U.S. is out of ideas — Last week's headlines prove the point: North Korea fires missiles, Iran talks of nukes again, Iraq carnage continues, Israel invades Gaza, England observes one-year anniversary of subway bombing. And, oh, yes, the feds stop a plot to blow up tunnels under the Hudson River.
Michael Sheridan / Times of London:West mounts 'secret war' to keep nuclear North Korea in check
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Macsmind, Austin Bay Blog, A Chequer-Board of Nights …, Dean's World and Liberty and Justice
Jeremy Pelofsky / Reuters:US "has votes" for U.N. resolution against N. Korea
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Baghdad Erupts in Mob Violence — BAGHDAD, July 9 — A mob of gunmen went on a brazen daytime rampage through a predominantly Sunni Arab district of western Baghdad on Sunday, pulling people from their cars and homes and killing them in what officials and residents called a spasm of revenge …
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Washington Post:
Scores Of Sunnis Killed in Baghdad — Neighborhood Residents Describe Signs of Torture — BAGHDAD, July 9 — Shiite Muslim militiamen rampaged through a Sunni Arab neighborhood in Baghdad early Sunday morning, killing more than 50 people and discarding bodies in the streets, according to Iraqi officials and witnesses.
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Hoekstra Urges Bush to Impart Intelligence Details — The Bush administration briefed top lawmakers on a significant intelligence program only after a key Republican committee chairman angrily complained of being left in the dark, the chairman said yesterday.
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JustOneMinute, The American Thinker, Hot Air, Flopping Aces, Media Blog on National … and War and Piece
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New York Times:
Congressman Says Program Was Disclosed by Informant — WASHINGTON, July 9 — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday that the Bush administration briefed the panel on a "significant" intelligence program only after a government whistle-blower alerted him to its existence and he pressed President Bush for details.
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The Left Coaster
NIM / The Ham Hock of Liberty:
Attention Pundits — Memo to: Jon Chait, Joe Klein, Lee Siegel, Richard Cohen, and the rest. — From: Some guy with a blog. — Gentlemen, it has come to my attention that your strings of pearls are being worn thin from clutching, at the intemperate and potty-mouthed "fascism" of liberal blogs.
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Haaretz:
Hamas leaders: Meshal backs broad-based deal with Israel — Khaled Meshal, the Damascus-based head of the Hamas political office, supports Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's call for a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians, Meshal-affiliated Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip say.
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Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Bringing the Church to the Courtroom — Christian Group Becomes Force in Major Legal Battles — SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A 29-foot war memorial shaped like a cross should be allowed to remain on public land. A teacher should be able to emphasize references to God in the Declaration of Independence.
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Bark Bark Woof Woof
Times of London:
Death trap — Christina Lamb has spent 20 years covering Afghan wars and was lucky to escape with her life after a firefight 10 days ago. Afghanistan is littered with the debris of invading empires - so why do we refuse to learn from history? — When you twice stare death in the face …
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
U.N. Nuclear Chief Pulled Inspector at Iran's Request — The Nobel Peace Prize-winning chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency effectively fired his lead Iran investigator this spring at the request of the Iranians, according to a new report in the German newspaper Die Welt am Sonntag.
New York Times:
Detainee Rights Create a Divide on Capitol Hill — Senators Carl Levin, left, and Lindsey Graham talking to reporters in November about legal rights of detainees and enemy combatants. The two are expected to be among the leaders in the coming debate on the issue.
Robert J. Caldwell / San Diego Union-Tribune:
A political battle Bush is winning — Whether The New York Times damaged national security by disclosing a highly classified intelligence program monitoring terrorist financing is, of course, the overriding question in the debate over that newspaper's controversial revelation.
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The American Thinker
Barry Wilner / Associated Press:
Italy Beats France for 4th World Cup Title — Italy let France do nearly anything it wanted Sunday, except win the World Cup. That belongs to the Azzurri, 5-3 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw. — Outplayed for an hour and into extra time, the Italians won it after French captain Zinedine Zidane …
StrategyPage:
The Next Crucial Battle of the War — July 10, 2006: The Shia terror against Sunni Arabs has a name, Abu Deraa. He's being called the "Shia Zarqawi" for organizing death squads to take revenge after Sunni Arab suicide bombs kill Shia. But Abu Deraa isn't the only Shia death squad leader.
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