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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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Jerusalem Post:
PM Olmert declares Hizbullah attack 'act of war' by Lebanon — Seventeen days after IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped in Gaza, a second front was opened on Israel's northern border Wednesday morning as Hizbullah, under cover of a barrage of Katyusha rockets and mortar shells, kidnapped two more army troops.
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Joseph Panossian / Associated Press:
Hezbollah Captures 2 Israeli Soldiers — BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The Hezbollah militant group captured two Israeli soldiers during clashes along the Lebanese border on Wednesday, triggering an Israeli assault with warplanes, tanks and gunboats as Israeli troops crossed the frontier to hunt for the captives.
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Karamallah Daher / Reuters:
Israel calls Hizbollah capture of soldiers act of war — MARJAYOUN, Lebanon (Reuters) - Hizbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed up to seven Israelis in violence on either side of the Lebanese border on Wednesday, further inflaming Middle East tensions.
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.
Jerusalem Post:
Israel rejects Lebanese cease-fire call — IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz concluded his security briefings in the Kiryah in Tel Aviv on Wednesday afternoon and was on his way to consult with Defense Minister Amir Peretz. — A senior IDF officer said the military was preparing …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Two-front war: Hezbollah attacks Israel, kidnaps two soldiers …
Two-front war: Hezbollah attacks Israel, kidnaps two soldiers …
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Joseph Panossian / Associated Press:
2 Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah
2 Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah
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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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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
It's Bush's Way or the Highway on Guantanamo Bay — As Congress opened hearings yesterday on the treatment of terrorism detainees, the Bush administration's view was neatly summarized by Steven Bradbury, the Justice Department lawyer serving as lead witness. "The president," Bradbury said, "is always right."
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
U.S. Will Give Detainees Geneva Rights — WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration, called to account by Congress after the Supreme Court blocked military tribunals, said Tuesday all detainees at Guantanamo Bay and in U.S. military custody everywhere are entitled to protections under the Geneva Conventions.
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Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
My role in the Plame leak probe — WASHINGTON — Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has informed my attorneys that, after 2-1/2 years, his investigation of the CIA leak case concerning matters directly relating to me has been concluded. That frees me to reveal my role in the federal inquiry that …
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Wave of Violence in Baghdad Puts 3-Day Death Toll Past 100 — BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 11 — More than 50 people were killed in Baghdad on Tuesday in violence that included a double suicide bombing near busy entrances to the fortified Green Zone, scattered shootings, mortar attacks …
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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 …
The Raw Story:
Video: 50 year study says conservatives 'followers' — In an interview with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, former Nixon counsel John Dean explained a largely unknown 50 year academic study. The data shows that conservatives are much more likely to follow authoritarian leaders.
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Ramola Talwar Badam / Associated Press:
Death toll in Bombay attacks rises to 200 — BOMBAY, India - The death toll from a series of bombs that struck Bombay's packed commuter trains rose Wednesday to 200, and India demanded that Pakistan dismantle the "infrastructure of terrorism," but leveled no direct accusation at its rival for the attacks.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Losing the Next Alito Fight — I've been meaning to blog about what we should in the event of a new Supreme Court opening. I wrote a prescription for what the anti-Alito forces could have done better. I know it was forwarded around to various leaders, but apparently these leaders have learned very little.
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Lieberman's Real Problem — I am about to become a traitor to my class. Among my estimable colleagues in the Washington commentariat, the idea that Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is facing a serious challenge from a fellow Democrat over Lieberman's support for the Iraq war seems to evoke incredulity and exasperation.
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James Horney / cbpp.org:
A SMOKING GUN: PRESIDENT'S CLAIM THAT TAX CUTS PAY FOR THEMSELVES REFUTED BY ADMINISTRATION'S OWN ANALYSIS — In remarks on July 11 touting revised deficit projections in the Mid-Session Review of the Budget, President Bush once again claimed that tax cuts pay for themselves:
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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.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
U.S. Terror Targets: Petting Zoo and Flea Market? — WASHINGTON, July 11 — It reads like a tally of terrorist targets that a child might have written: Old MacDonald's Petting Zoo, the Amish Country Popcorn factory, the Mule Day Parade, the Sweetwater Flea Market and an unspecified "Beach at End of a Street."
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Washington Post:
Dan Rather's Carry-On Baggage — Former CBS newsman Dan Rather says he'll have complete editorial control over the content of the weekly newsmagazine he will kick off for Mark Cuban's HDNet in October. — "News at its best is a wake-up call, not a lullaby, and I'm not in the lullaby business …