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9:30 AM ET, July 14, 2006

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Iran warns of 'fierce response' should Israel strike at Syria — By Haaretz Service and News Agencies — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday an Israeli strike on Syria would be considered an attack on the whole Islamic world that would bring a "fierce response", state television reported.

Discussion: Ynetnews, QandO, Hot Air, Atlas Shrugs, Mere Rhetoric, The Moderate Voice, Blue Crab Boulevard, Captain's Quarters, Reuters and Assorted Babble

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.

Discussion: Media Blog on National …, The Reaction, Secular Blasphemy, TigerHawk and Outside The Beltway

John Gibson / Fox News:

Iran Attacking Israel Is Really Attack on U.S. — If you ever wondered whether it was worth all the trouble to keep Iran from getting a nuke, look at the news today. — When Hezbollah attacks Israel — or attacks anybody — it is Iran that is really doing the attacking.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, LiberalOasis, Hyscience and Calling All Wingnuts

New York Times:

Israel Blockades Lebanon; Wide Strikes by Hezbollah — BEIRUT, Lebanon, Friday, July 14 — Israel imposed a full naval blockade on Lebanon on Thursday and put Beirut's international airport out of commission, and the militant group Hezbollah loosed a hail of rockets and mortar shells that killed …

Discussion: Feministe, The Glittering Eye and Suburban Guerrilla

Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:

Israeli Warplanes Strike in Beirut Again — BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli warplanes punished the Lebanese capital on Friday, blasting the airport for a second day, shattering bridges, igniting fuel storage tanks and cutting the main highway to Syria. Hezbollah guerrillas fought back with a fresh barrage of rockets.

DEBKAfile:

DEBKAfile reports: Iran's national security adviser Ali Larijani flies to Damascus aboard special military plane Wednesday night as war tension builds up around Hizballah kidnap of 2 Israeli soldiers — Larijani is also Iran's senior nuclear negotiator. He will remain in Damascus …

Discussion: Hyscience, Reuters, Right Side of the Rainbow and OPFOR

Michael Young / New York Times:
Israel's Invasion, Syria's War

Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and War and Piece

Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Bad Moon Rising

Discussion: Legal Fiction, The Moderate Voice and Unfogged

Robert Tracinski / Real Clear Politics:
The War Comes to Us

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere, New York Sun, Dr. Sanity, AMERICAN FUTURE and Atlas Shrugs

Michael Oren / Washington Post:
Necessary Steps for Israel

Discussion: Riehl World View

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Israel says Haifa attack was staged ... by Iran (Update: Huh?

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Liberty and Justice, Agence France Presse, Counterterrorism Blog, Kesher Talk, Riehl World View, The American Thinker, The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta, Blogs of War, protein wisdom and Power Line

David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Behind the Crisis, A Push Toward War

Discussion: Mere Rhetoric, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and The Washington Monthly

Business Wire:

Valerie Plame Wilson and Ambassador Joseph Wilson Initiate a Civil Action Against Vice President Cheney, Karl Rove, and Scooter Libby for Violations of their Constitutional and Other Legal Rights — WASHINGTON—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 13, 2006—Former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband …

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Laurie Kellman / ABCNEWS:
Democrats Fight Voting Rights Act Changes

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Reuters:
Political parties clash over Iraq video

Discussion: Mia Culpa and First Draft

Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:

Bush Would Let Secret Court Sift Wiretap Process — WASHINGTON, July 13 — After months of resistance, the White House agreed Thursday to allow a secret intelligence court to review the legality of the National Security Agency's program to conduct wiretaps without warrants on Americans suspected of having ties to terrorists.

Discussion: CNN, Balkinization, The Carpetbagger Report, The Strata-Sphere, The Washington Monthly, Unclaimed Territory, The Anonymous Liberal, PrawfsBlawg and Crooks and Liars

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.

Discussion: Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Outside The Beltway, QandO, Blue Crab Boulevard, Done With Mirrors and Ace of Spades HQ

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 …

Discussion: MyDD, The Next Hurrah, The Democratic Daily and Taegan Goddard's …

DEBKAfile:

Eight Israeli troops killed in heavy fighting sparked by Hizballah kidnap of two Israeli soldiers under heavy rocket-mortar fire early Wednesday. Eleven civilians and soldiers injured — The names released: Master Sgt. Eyal Benin, 22, from Beersheba; Master Sgt. Shani Turjeman, 24 …

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New York Times:

Earning That Congressional Raise — Congress has just chopped a week off what already is a notoriously skimpy work calendar so that lawmakers will have extra campaign time at home this fall. The Capitol will recess at the end of September, leaving a world of unfinished business.

Discussion: It Pays To Be In Politics, The Democratic Party, Hotline On Call and The Hill

White House:

President Bush and German Chancellor Merkel Participate in Press Availability — President's Trip to Germany and Russia — CHANCELLOR MERKEL: (As translated.) Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be able to welcome the President of the United States here to Stralsund yet again.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Mahablog, NO QUARTER and Bring it On!