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Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Hizbullah wants soldiers moved to Iran — Israel has information that Hizbullah guerrillas who captured two Israeli soldiers are trying to transfer them to Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said. — Regev did not disclose the source of his information.
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Amos Harel / Haaretz:
One rocket fired from Lebanon hits central Haifa; Katyusha rockets hit Nahariya, Safed and Carmiel — A rocket slammed into the northern port city of Haifa on Thursday evening. There were no reported casualties when the rockets hit the Stella Maris area near French Carmel.
Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Israel Claims Hundreds of Hits in Lebanon — Israel has hit hundreds of targets in Lebanon as part of its effort to force the release of two soldiers captured by Hezbollah guerrillas, a top Israeli general said Thursday. — Israel intensified its attacks against Lebanon on Thursday …
Washington Post:
Hezbollah Raid Opens 2nd Front for Israel — Israel Targets Lebanese Military Base, Beirut Airport in Response — BEIRUT, July 13 — Israel bombed Beirut's airport, a Hezbollah television station and other targets in Lebanon Thursday and imposed a blockade on Lebanon's ports and airspace …
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Haaretz:
Israel: Hezbollah plans to move abducted IDF soldiers to Iran — Israel has concrete evidence that Hezbollah plans to transfer the two Israel Defense Forces soldiers abducted Wednesday to Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said Thursday. — "We have concrete evidence that Hezbollah plans …
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Haaretz:
IDF bombs Lebanese army bases, not ruling out ground incursion — Israel Air Force helicopter gunships late Thursday unleashed missiles on Beirut international airport, setting fuel tanks ablaze, in the second attack on Lebanon's only international air facility, Lebanese security
Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Former CIA officer sues Cheney over leak — WASHINGTON - The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
A Wilson Civil Suit? — ABC News tells us that Joe and Valerie Wilson have filed a civil suit against Cheney, Libby, Rove, and others in the Bush Administration over the Plame leak: … Joe Wilson had hinted at this lawsuit when we learned that Rove would not be indicted …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
14:59: Wilson/Plame sue Cheney, Rove, Libby, pretty much everyone, really — As Glenn Close said to Michael Douglas, "I'm not just going to be ignored, Dan." — Might as well. Why not? Rove skated, Novak blamed it all on a big misunderstanding — their martyrdom juice is almost spent.
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Surveillance Oversight Plan Gets a Boost — WASHINGTON — The White House has conditionally agreed to a court review of its controversial eavesdropping program, Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter said Thursday. — Specter said President Bush has agreed to sign legislation …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
07/13/06 FOX News Poll: Democrats Favored On Most Issues; Bush Approval Down — NEW YORK — Less than four months before Election Day, the latest FOX News Poll finds that voters strongly favor the Democrats on key issues such as the economy and gas prices, and give the minority party …
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House Rejects Changes to Voting Rights Act — WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act, rejecting efforts by Southern conservatives to relax federal oversight of their states in a debate haunted by the ghosts of the civil rights movement.
Nick Wadhams / Associated Press:
U.S. vetoes U.N. condemnation of Israel — UNITED NATIONS - The United States blocked an Arab-backed resolution Thursday that would have demanded Israel halt its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, the first U.N. Security Council veto in nearly two years.
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Rumor: Israel Tells Condi Rice to "Back Off" — Headlines throughout the American media read: — MAJOR ESCALATION — as Israel has intensified its bombing campaign of the Beirut Airport and highways. — 45 Lebanese civilians are reported dead. — Although I do not have independent …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Josh Marshall questions the timing — in Time magazine — His debut, no less. — This makes three bloggers writing for Time now: Marshall, Wonkette, and of course St. Andrew. — St. Andrew being the "conservative." — Remember when WaPo hired Ben Domenech and the left wet its pants …
The Raw Story:
Fox crew shot at in Israel — After revealing detailed information about the movement of Israeli troops, a Fox News crew has been shot at on live television. — Partial transcript follows video. — FOX HOST: Palestinian Prime Minister, Mahmoud Abbas, says, "Israeli's incursion into Lebanon could start a regional war."
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Hindustan Times:
Pak's ISI masterminded 11/7, says intelligence — Forty-eight hours after bombs ripped through Mumbai, the needle pointed to Pakistan. Intelligence agencies on Thursday confirmed that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was the "mastermind" of the blasts that killed about 200 people.