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John / OPFOR:
PREPPING THE BATTLESPACE — One of the lessons America, and the world, drew from the lightning campaigns of Gulf Wars I & II was the importance of battlesplace preparation. That is, the conditioning of the battlefield's environment prior to initiating full scale military operations.
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Observer:
Children die in convoy attack as Israel widens Lebanon assault — Inigo Gilmore in Nahariyah, Patrick Wintour in St Petersburg and Tracy McVeigh — Israel steeply escalated its military campaign against Hizbollah in Lebanon yesterday with a series of air strikes that left more than 35 civilians dead …
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Jerusalem Post:
Nasrallah calls for aid from Arab world — In a recorded television speech on Sunday evening, Hizbullah head Hassan Nasrallah urged Arab states to come to the organization's aid. — "Where are the Arab nations?" he asked, moments after declaring that Hizbullah wouldn't ask for help from anyone.
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Strikes Are Called Part of Broad Strategy — U.S., Israel Aim to Weaken Hezbollah, Region's Militants — Israel, with U.S. support, intends to resist calls for a cease-fire and continue a longer-term strategy of punishing Hezbollah, which is likely to include several weeks of precision bombing in Lebanon …
Greg Myre / New York Times:
In Haifa, a Scene of Death and Destruction — HAIFA, Israel, July 16 — The train platform, slick with blood and littered with chunks of fallen roof, was the grim evidence confirming a prediction that Israeli security chiefs had made for years. Hezbollah, they said, had acquired larger …
Associated Press:
Israel steps up raids after Haifa attack — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah and Israel traded rocket and missile barrages without letup for a fifth day Sunday, as the war that has suddenly flared in the Middle East showed no sign of easing. Hezbollah rockets struck deep inside Israel …
Ynetnews:
Left-wing rally: Negotiate with Hamas, Hizbullah — Some 1,000 people take part in march held in protest of Israeli operations in Lebanon, Gaza. Demonstrators call on government to cease military actions, negotiate for release of hostages — Moran Rada
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Reuters:
G8 calls on Hizbollah to end attacks — ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Group of Eight leaders on Sunday blamed extremists for an upsurge of Middle East violence and while accepting Israel's right to defend itself said the Jewish state should exercise "utmost restraint."
David Axe / Defense Tech:ISRAEL'S AERIAL BLOCKADE
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Newsweek:The Hand That Feeds the Fire
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Pajamas Media:The Israel-Hezbollah War Part Seven
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Amanda / Think Progress:
VIDEO: Rice Calls Idea That Iraq War Contributed To Regional Instability 'Grotesque' — Today on ABC's This Week, George Stephanopoulos pointed out that the Bush administration repeatedly promised that war in Iraq would bring peace and stability to the Middle East.
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran calls Western incentives acceptable — TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said Sunday that Western incentives to halt its nuclear program were an "acceptable basis" for talks, and it is ready for detailed negotiations. — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice responded that Iran should talk directly …
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Blue Crab Boulevard
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Philip J. LaVelle / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Dean raps Bush on defense — Democratic chairman speaks at conference — Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean accused President Bush last night of being weak on national defense and absent in the escalating violence between Israel and Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon.
Glenn Frankel / Washington Post:
A Beautiful Friendship? — In search of the truth about the Israel lobby's influence on Washington — All David Ben-Gurion wanted was 15 minutes of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's time. — Israel's founding father, one of the indomitable political leaders of the 20th century …
Richard A. Epstein / Chicago Tribune:
The problem with presidential signing statements — a law professor at the University of Chicago — Recently, the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Arlen Specter, held a hearing about "presidential signing statements." Shortly thereafter, the Supreme Court issued …
Michael Kinsley / Time:
Yes, It Really Is Brain Surgery — Be nice to the man with the holes in his head — Like NASA before the first moon landing, I have been soliciting advice about what to say when I wake up from brain surgery. That's right, brain surgery—it's a real conversation stopper, isn't it?
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Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Bomber kills 26 at cafe in northern Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber detonated explosives Sunday inside a cafe packed with Shiites in northern Iraq, killing 26 people and injuring 22, an Iraqi general said. Gunmen seized a top Oil Ministry official, the second major kidnapping in as many days.
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