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1:20 PM ET, July 13, 2006

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CNN:
Israel strikes Beirut airport, blocks ports  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Israeli aircraft bombed Beirut International Airport on Thursday before blocking naval traffic in Lebanese waters as Israel expanded its military campaign against Hezbollah guerrillas who kidnapped two Israeli soldiers.
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Jerusalem Post:
Hizbullah: Bomb Beirut, we'll hit Haifa  —  Hizbullah warned Israel Thursday afternoon that if the IDF attacked southern Beirut, where the organization's leadership is based, they would target Haifa.  —  "The Islamic resistance warns against targeting civilians and the infrastructure," a statement read on Hezbollah TV said.
Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Israeli warplanes attack Beirut airport  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel intensified its attacks against Lebanon on Thursday, blasting Beirut's international airport and the southern part of the country in its heaviest air campaign against its neighbor in 24 years.  Nearly three dozen civilians were killed, officials said.
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 …
CNN:
Israel authorizes 'severe' response to abductions  —  JERUSALEM (CNN) — The Israeli Cabinet authorized "severe and harsh" retaliation on Lebanon after Hezbollah guerillas kidnapped two soldiers and killed three others in a cross-border raid Wednesday.  —  Israel quickly blamed …
Discussion: Kesher Talk, Hyscience and The Reaction
Ynetnews:
Al-Aqsa leader: West Bank rocket war is on  —  Terror leader announces start of missile barrage nearing Israel's main population centers  —  While Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip have been contending with almost daily missile attacks, Palestinian rockets will now be launched regularly …
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 …
Bill Roggio / Counterterrorism Blog:
Imad Mugniyah likely behind the capture of Israeli soldiers
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Bush Backs Israel's Right to Self Defense
Nadim Ladki / Reuters:
Israel attacks Beirut airport; Israeli town hit
Discussion: The Dumb Ox
Pajamas Media:
Widening Into War?: The Israeli Response in Lebanon and Gaza
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Democrats Link Fortunes to Rise in Minimum Wage  —  WASHINGTON, July 12 — Democrats, seeking to energize voters over economic issues in much the way that Republicans have rallied conservatives with efforts to ban same-sex marriage, have begun a broad campaign to raise the minimum wage and focus attention on income inequality.
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Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
Party shuns Vermont Democrats in race
Discussion: Hit and Run and Greg's Opinion
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
Eyeing '08, Warner woos his party with $860,500
Discussion: Below The Beltway
Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
Not so SWIFT  —  WHY THE TIMES SHOULDN'T HAVE PUBLISHED ITS STORY.  —  In the latest battle between the press and the White House, opinions have tended to break along predictable lines.  The ACLU, most Democrats in Congress, and Frank Rich contend that the New York Times did the right thing …
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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Specter touts deal on eavesdropping review  —  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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Bush agrees to submit NSA wiretaps to FISA courts …
Discussion: Stop The ACLU and PoliPundit.com
The Hill:
Cunningham to be honored  —  The U.S. Capitol Historical Society will hold a reception next week to honor a select group of lawmakers "for their hard work, service, time and the sacrifices made in upholding the office with which they were entrusted."  —  One of the people slated to receive …
CNN:
CNN LARRY KING LIVE  —  Interview with Dan Rather  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  LARRY KING, CNN ANCHOR: Tonight, exclusive, Dan Rather, what happened?  His first live in-depth interview on his life after CBS.
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
On Iran, Giving Futility Its Chance  —  Let's imagine, and this is purely hypothetical, that President Bush has already decided that he will not leave office in January 2009 without a satisfactory resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem.  Let's imagine that he has already determined …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Fox News Reports on Sub-Par Dailykos Flame War  —  How do you know when the media is obsessed with the progressive netroots?  When they report on a sub-par flame war on Dailykos: … This is hysterical—in every sense of the word.  Fox News is seriously dedicating time to a Dailykos flame war?
Discussion: THE NEWS BLOG and Bring it On!
Amelia Gentleman / New York Times:
Mumbai Inquiry Focuses on Militants  —  NEW DELHI, July 12 — Senior police officials investigating Tuesday's murderous attacks on Mumbai's rail system said today that they were focusing on a Kashmiri militant group, Lashkar-e-Toiba, which has denied involvement in the attacks.
 
 
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