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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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Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:
Attacks Could Erode Faction's Support — Pressure Building Against Shiite Militia — BEIRUT, July 13 — The radical Shiite movement Hezbollah and its leader, Hasan Nasrallah, hold an effective veto in Lebanese politics, and the group's military prowess has heartened its supporters at home and abroad in the Arab world.
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CNN:
Rockets fly into Israel as it pounds Lebanon — Reports: Hezbollah leader safe after Israeli airstrikes — BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Israeli warships and aircraft were clamping down on Lebanon's air, sea and land infrastructure on Friday, three days after Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers.
Michael Young / New York Times:
Israel's Invasion, Syria's War — ISRAEL'S incursion into Lebanon after the kidnapping on Wednesday of two Israeli soldiers by the militant group Hezbollah is far more than another flare-up on a tense border. It must also be seen as a spinoff of a general counterattack against American …
Michael Oren / Washington Post:
Necessary Steps for Israel — Confronting State Sponsors of Terror Is the Only Option — JERUSALEM — For the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Israel is facing hostilities on two fronts. The exceedingly volatile situation is liable to embroil other Middle Eastern states …
Pajamas Media:The Israel-Hezbollah War Part Two
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Michael Slackman / New York Times:Voices of Peace Muffled by Rising Mideast Strife
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Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:Israelis continues bombardment of Beirut
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Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:Israel's Existence at Stake
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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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Washington Post:Vice President Sued by Plame And Husband
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:Ex-C.I.A. Officer Sues Cheney and Others Over Leak
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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.
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Orin Kerr / OrinKerr.com:
The Specter Bill's Major Shift in Constitutional Authority to Conduct Monitoring — I have read the Specter bill, and am most intrigued by Section 9 of the bill, which is titled "CLARIFICATION OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978." Interestingly, the Section is a "clarification" …
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Jonathan S. Landay / Knight Ridder:Bush agrees to have domestic eavesdropping program reviewed
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Donna Cassata / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Poll: Americans want Democrats in power — WASHINGTON — Republicans are in jeopardy of losing their grip on Congress in November. With less than four months to the midterm elections, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that Americans by an almost 3-to-1 margin hold …
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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
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Watching Finances Of Terror Suspects Discussed in 2002 — At a House subcommittee hearing five months after the Sept. 11 attacks, plans were openly discussed to give the government a highly secure, real-time electronic capability to request and receive data from financial institutions …
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Senate denies funds for new border fence — Less than two months after voting overwhelmingly to build 370 miles of new fencing along the border with Mexico, the Senate yesterday voted against providing funds to build it. — "We do a lot of talking. We do a lot of legislating," …
Pete Thamel / New York Times:
Top Grades and No Class Time for Auburn Players — A graphic popped up on James Gundlach's television during an Auburn football game in the fall of 2004, and he could not believe his eyes. — One of the university's prominent football players was being honored as a scholar athlete for his work as a sociology major.
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Big Bang Theory In Ruins — The most intellectually honest case for the war in Iraq was never about Saddam Hussein's alleged stockpiling of weapons of mass destruction. It was the Big Bang Theory. — Not to be confused with theories about the origins of the universe, the Middle East Big Bang idea was simple and seductive.
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