memeorandum: A word about this supposed "deal" … (John/AMERICAblog)

9:55 AM ET, July 14, 2006

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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 …

Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE, A Blog For All, Blue Crab Boulevard, Done With Mirrors, The Beirut Spring and War and Piece

Haaretz:

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.

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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 …

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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.

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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 …

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Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press: Israeli Warplanes Strike in Beirut Again

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

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Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Bad Moon Rising

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Michael Oren / Washington Post:
Necessary Steps for Israel

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

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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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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 …

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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Ex-CIA officer finds new memoir publisher

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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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Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times:
Cheney, Rove, Libby sued in CIA leak case

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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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David Sirota:

The Chutzpah & Lies of Joe Lieberman — "Desperate politicians do desperate things" should be written on the political gravestone of Sen. Joe Lieberman (D) come this election season when he finally loses his job. Lieberman is so desperate, he's now dispatching his top political consultant to create a blog …

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E.J. Kessler / Forward:
Liberal Assault on Joe Could Hurt Democrats in Other Senate Races

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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.

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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.

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Laurie Kellman / ABCNEWS:
Democrats Fight Voting Rights Act Changes

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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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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.

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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 and Hotline On Call

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.

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