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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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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 …
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The Israel-Hezbollah War Part Two — [IN ANOTHER IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS, INDIA IS BLAMING PAKISTAN FOR MONDAY'S TERROR ATTACKS: see Pajamas Media coverage here] — This is a developing post; scroll down for more stories — News Breaks (blogs and opinion below)
Michael Slackman / New York Times:Voices of Peace Muffled by Rising Mideast Strife
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Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:Jumblatt: Don't bomb Beirut
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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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Washington Post:
Vice President Sued by Plame And Husband — Ex-CIA Officer Alleges Leak Of Her Name Was Retaliatory — Former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, filed a lawsuit yesterday against Vice President Cheney, presidential adviser Karl Rove …
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Daniela Deane / Washington Post:Cheney, Rove and Libby Sued Over CIA Leak
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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
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Jonathan S. Landay / Knight Ridder:Bush agrees to have domestic eavesdropping program reviewed
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:What will Democrats do in the wake of the Specter cave-in?
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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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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 …
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
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," …
Times of London:
Baghdad starts to collapse as its people flee a life of death — As I hung up the phone, I wondered if I would ever see my friend Ali alive again. Ali, The Times translator for the past three years, lives in west Baghdad, an area that is now in meltdown as a bitter civil war rages between Sunni insurgents and Shia militias.
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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