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8:55 PM ET, July 12, 2006

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Haaretz:
3 soldiers killed, 2 seized in Hezbollah border strike  —  Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed and two others were abducted Wednesday morning in an attack by guerillas from the militant Hezbollah organization.  —  The militants attacked two IDF armored Hummer jeeps patrolling along …
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Mohammed Zaatari / MSNBC:
Israel strikes come within 10 miles of Beirut  —  Prime minister says assaults over captured prisoners will be 'very painful'  —  Among the sites targeted by Israeli warplanes was the Qassmieh Bridge in southern Lebanon.  At least two civilians have died in the attacks.  —  FREE VIDEO
Washington Post:
Hezbollah Captures 2 Israeli Soldiers  —  7 Troops Killed as Israeli Forces Enter Lebanon to Conduct Search  —  SIDON, Lebanon, July 12 — The militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers along the Israel-Lebanon border Wednesday morning.
Fox News:
U.S. Blames Syria, Iran For Israeli Soldiers' Kidnapping  —  ROSTOCK, Germany — Syria and Iran are to blame for the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah terrorists and the subsequent Israeli military response, U.S. officials said Wednesday.  —  The White House called for the immediate …
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IAF jets, navy gunboats pound PFLP base south of Beirut
Discussion: Israellycool and Israel Matzav
Guardian:   Israelis invade Lebanon after soldiers are seized
Amanda / Think Progress:
Justice Department Lawyer To Congress: 'The President Is Always Right'  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday heard testimony from Steven Bradbury, head of the Justice Department's office of legal counsel.  When questioned by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on whether the President's interpretation …
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Patrick Hynes / Ankle Biting Pundits:
Web Video Too Low Even for DemoRATS
Discussion: The RCP Blog
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Army to End Expansive, Exclusive Halliburton Deal  —  Logistics Contract to Be Open for Bidding  —  The Army is discontinuing a controversial multibillion-dollar deal with oil services giant Halliburton Co. to provide logistical support to U.S. troops worldwide, a decision that could cut deeply …
Allison Klein / Washington Post:
July Homicide Total Rises to 14 in District  —  'Crime Emergency' Declared By Ramsey Following Surge in Crime  —  D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey reacted yesterday to a recent surge in homicides by declaring a "crime emergency," a move that gives him the freedom to quickly adjust officers' schedules and restrict their days off.
Discussion: Tammy Bruce and AMERICAblog
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Brett Zongker / Associated Press:
Nation's Capital Declares Crime Emergency
Discussion: QandO
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Novak: Rove was a source in outing Plame  —  WASHINGTON - Columnist Robert Novak said publicly for the first time Tuesday that White House political adviser Karl Rove was a source for his story outing the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.  —  In a column, Novak also says his recollection …
Claire Shipman / ABCNEWS:
Gorbachev: 'Americans Have a Severe Disease'  —  15 Years After Being Deposed From Power, Former Leader Discusses Russia, U.S.  —  July 12, 2006 — Mikhail Gorbachev is generally regarded as the man who broke down the "iron curtain" that separated the communist world from the West and thawed …
Noel Sheppard / Real Clear Politics:
Is the Daily Kos About to Implode?  —  It appears that the post-Yearly Kos month from hell is continuing for Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, the proprietor of the Internet's premier liberal blog Daily Kos.  After receiving some extremely negative press from major publications such as the New York Times …
Tbogg / ...a somewhat popular blogger:
The hidden balls trick  —  Which one is the quarterback?  —  As Mr Mark B. from Austin Texas will tell you, I am prone to the occasional misspelling or typo when putting up posts.  Hey, it happens to the best of us.  But I found this comment over at Ann Althouse particularly humorous in light of the subject matter.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Online Venture Seeks To Elevate the Debate  —  Civility Is In, Rancor Out on Web Site Begun by Democratic, GOP Strategists  —  A group of political strategists who have spent years firing heavy artillery at each other came together at the Hay-Adams Hotel yesterday, put aside their weapons …
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Nations sending Iran to Security Council  —  PARIS - World powers agreed Wednesday to send Iran back to the United Nations Security Council for possible punishment, saying the clerical regime has given no sign it means to negotiate seriously over its disputed nuclear program.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Jules Crittenden / Real Clear Politics:
Dawn Over Tokyo  —  Sixty-one years after the end of World War II, Japan is on the verge of becoming a mature, responsible democracy.  —  Once Japan's troops raped and murdered their way across China, enslaved women as prostitutes for their soldiers, and starved, beat and worked Allied POWs to death.
Discussion: Murdoc Online and QandO
Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:
Chances of Voting Rights Act renewal dim  —  WASHINGTON - A conservative backlash to the massive street demonstrations over immigration is aggravating Republican leaders' carefully orchestrated plans to renew the landmark Voting Rights Act before the fall elections.
Gina Serpe / Yahoo! News:
Airwaves Again Safe for "South Park" Scientology Spoof  —  Comedy Central is finally respecting Cartman's authoritay.  —  One week after South Park's controversial "Trapped in the Closet" episode garnered an Emmy nomination, and nearly four months after it was abruptly pulled from rotation on the cable net …
Tim Starks / public.cq.com:
Confluence of Hurdles Hampers Panel's Iraq Probe  —  A Senate panel investigation into the use of intelligence leading up the the Iraq war remains in limbo after almost three years of politically charged clashes over the content and conclusions of the inquiry.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and The Horse's Mouth
Gabriel Sherman / New York Observer:
Wall Street Rift: Journal Reporters Reject Gigot Line  —  The Wall Street Journal news staff can live with occasional opposition from the paper's editorial page.  What it can't live with is the editorial page's support.  —  "People feel like we're walking around with knives in our backs," one news staffer said.
MSNBC:
Putin takes swipe at Cheney over criticisms  —  Russian president tells NBC that VP was on 'an unsuccessful hunting shot' … Today show  —  MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin lashed out at Vice President Dick Cheney ahead of this weekend's G-8 summit, calling his recent criticisms of Russia …
house.gov:
Murtha compares cost of war and domestic expenses  —  A Report by Congressman John Murtha  —  (Washington D.C.)- We are spending $8 billion a month in Iraq.  That equates to $2 billion a week, or $267 million a day, or $11 million an hour.  —  The following are some comparisons between …
 
 
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