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Haaretz:
Nasrallah vows to strike south of Haifa, says Israel chose 'all-out war' — Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed Friday to strike Israeli targets south of Haifa, after an Israel Air Force attack left the group's headquarters in Beirut in ruins. — The group was quick to announce …
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Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Israelis continues bombardment of Beirut — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world and bringing its offensive to the capital for the first time Friday to punish Hezbollah — and with it, the country — for the capture of two Israeli soldiers.
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IDF confirms warship hit by explosive-laden UAV — A Hizbullah strike on an IDF warship off the Lebanese coast damaged the ship severely, The IDF confirmed to The Jerusalem Post late Friday. — Earlier reports disagreed regarding the extent of the damage, with the IDF initially reporting that the ship was largely unharmed.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Vatican Rag (Updated) — The Vatican finally issued a statement on the conflict in Lebanon, and Catholics around the world — including yours truly — will wish that the Holy See had remained quiet. Despite the attack on Israel by Hezbollah, a member of the Lebanese government …
Laura Rozen / American Prospect:
The Rules of the Game — An American mediator with Hezbollah interprets the signals from Tel Aviv and the Lebanese militia group. — Mark Perry is co-director of the Conflicts Forum, a Beirut-based nongovernmental organization that has, over the past three years, put former senior American …
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Nasrallah reported to be unharmed
Nasrallah reported to be unharmed
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Bill Roggio / Counterterrorism Blog: The War Widens, Hezbollah Strikes Egyptian, Israeli Ships with UAVs
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Cheney, Rove and Libby Sued Over CIA Leak — Former U.S. ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV and his wife, former CIA agent Valerie Plame, said today Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials knowingly lied and abused their power to "exact personal revenge" …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
About Those Poison Pills... UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has the video …
About Those Poison Pills... UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has the video …
Walter Pincus / niemanwatchdog.org:
Fighting back against the PR presidency — The Summer 2006 issue of Nieman Reports is about 'Reflections on Courage.' Veteran Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus thinks that Washington editors and reporters should be brave enough not to cover any statements made by the president …
Harper's:
Stabbed in the Back! — The past and future of a right-wing myth … —Hagen to Siegfried — Die Götterdämmerung — Every state must have its enemies. Great powers must have especially monstrous foes. Above all, these foes must arise from within, for national pride does …
Brad / The BRAD BLOG:
BREAKING: DNC'S VOTING RIGHTS INSTITUTE ISSUES STATEMENT CALLING FOR 'MANUAL COUNT' OF ALL BALLOTS IN BUSBY/BILBRAY ELECTION! — Filed by Brad Friedman from San Diego... In a harshly worded statement, the DNC's Voting Rights Institute has issued a statement condeming the adminstration …
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Greg Moore / The Democratic Party:
DNC Voting Rights Institute on CA-50 Special Election
DNC Voting Rights Institute on CA-50 Special Election
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Newsday:
Lieberman has $4.3 million for re-election bid — HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, facing a strong Democratic primary challenge, said Friday he has nearly $4.3 million cash on hand for his re-election campaign. — Lieberman raised $1.3 million in the three-month period ending June 30 …
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John W. Dean / Boston Globe:
Triumph of the authoritarians — CONTEMPORARY CONSERVATISM and its influence on the Republican Party was, until recently, a mystery to me. The practitioners' bludgeoning style of politics, their self-serving manipulation of the political processes, and their policies that focus narrowly …
Associated Press:
Uproar Leads Democrats to Pull Flag-Draped Casket Ad — ROCK HILL, S.C. — Democrats pulled an Internet ad that showed flag-draped coffins Friday after Republicans and at least two Democrats demanded it be taken down on grounds the image was insensitive and not fit for a political commercial.
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Marc Caputo / Miami Herald:
Story of 'Joe's dead intern' began Harris' slide, insiders say — When Katherine Harris attacked a TV pundit, insiders say the incident revealed the depth of problems with her campaign — which was hit again by six staff departures. — mcaputo@herald.com
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
It's Our War — WHY IS THIS ARAB-ISRAELI WAR different from all other Arab-Israeli wars? Because it's not an Arab-Israeli war. Most of Israel's traditional Arab enemies have checked out of the current conflict. The governments of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia are, to say the least …
campusprogress.org:
Now Show Me Yours — By Julie Brinn Siegel, University of Pennsylvania — Two weeks ago, my editor here at CampusProgress.org, our daily web magazine, asked me if I would like to cover the Young America's Foundation (YAF) National Conservative Student Conference, set for July 30 to August 5 in Washington.
Adrienne P. Samuels / Boston Globe:
A new intolerance visits Provincetown — Police say gays accused of slurs — PROVINCETOWN — Town leaders here are holding a public meeting today to air concerns about slurs and bigoted behavior. And this time, they say, it's gay people who are displaying intolerance.