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3:10 PM ET, July 14, 2006

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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 …
New York Times:
Israel Extends Strikes Deeper Into Lebanon
CNN:   Rockets fly into Israel as it pounds Lebanon
New York Times:
Israel Blockades Lebanon; Wide Strikes by Hezbollah
Discussion: Slate, Feministe and keithboykin.com
Michael Slackman / New York Times:   Voices of Peace Muffled by Rising Mideast Strife
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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 …
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Ex-C.I.A. Officer Sues Cheney and Others Over Leak
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
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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" …
Jonathan S. Landay / Knight Ridder:
Bush agrees to have domestic eavesdropping program reviewed
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
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
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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Mark Silva / ledger-enquirer.com:
Bush defuses tension at German news conference with gentle jibes
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," …
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.
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.
Discussion: MyDD and The Peking Duck
Ynetnews:
Mother, son killed in Miron rocket attack  —  Mother, son killed by shrapnel from Katyusha that hit a house in Miron, 3 children, elderly woman hurt; earlier, Katyusha rocket hits house in Safed, wounding 12 people.  One person in serious condition after sustaining head injuries; some 14 rockets hit town Friday afternoon.
 
 
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