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Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Hezbollah Rockets Kill 9 in Israeli City — Waves of warplanes thundering through the darkness bombed Beirut's southern suburbs for hours early Sunday, and Hezbollah rocket attacks killed at least nine people in Israel's third largest city. — A barrage of rockets pounded the northern Israeli city …
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Ynetnews:
IDF official: Hizbullah hid rockets in houses — Officer says Israeli planes struck houses in Southern Lebanon villages used by Hizbullah for concealing long-range rockets. 'We have no intention of hitting civilians, but those who live by the sword are bound to get hurt,' he states — Hanan Greenberg
Agence France Presse:
Iran warns Israel of 'unimaginable losses' if Syria hit — Iran warned its arch-enemy Israel of "unimaginable losses" if it attacks Syria and vowed that it was standing by the Syrian people. — "We hope the Zionist regime does not make the mistake of attacking Syria …
BBC:
Deadly Hezbollah attack on Haifa — Rockets fired by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon have killed at least eight people and wounded dozens of others in the coastal Israeli city of Haifa. — It is the worst attack on Israel since the clashes with Lebanon began.
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Michael J. Totten:
Comments are Closed, and Some Clarifications — Insulting my personal friends while they are driven out of their homes as war refugees is not acceptable. My old neighborhood is under attack. My friends are terrified and in danger. How on earth do you expect me to feel about this right now?
Eric Lee:
The Left should be supporting Israel in this war — No socialist group in Britain is saying what needs to be said today about the crisis in the Middle East. All the groups on the organised Left are busy denouncing Israel for its "aggression" against Gaza and Lebanon.
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Associated Press:
Arab League declares support for Lebanon, calls on UN to step in — The Arab League said on Saturday after an emergency meeting of foreign ministers in Cairo that the Middle East peace process had failed, and called on the United Nations Security Council to intervene to stop the escalating violence.
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:Some Questions Regarding Israel's Objectives: Is Israel Trying …
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Ynetnews:
8 killed in rocket attack on Haifa — (VIDEO) Attack on north resumes: Rockets fired by Hizbullah terrorists from Lebanon land in Haifa; eight killed by direct hit on train depot. Worker: The truth is that last night (Saturday) I had a very bad feeling that this time it (rocket fire) would reach us.
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New York Times:
The Real Agenda — It is only now, nearly five years after Sept. 11, that the full picture of the Bush administration's response to the terror attacks is becoming clear. Much of it, we can see now, had far less to do with fighting Osama bin Laden than with expanding presidential power.
littlegreenfootballs.com:
The Media Are the Enemy — New York Times photographer Joao Silva was right there in the room as a member of Muqtada al-Sadr's "Mahdi Army" tried to kill American troops: The New York Times - New York Region - Slide Show - Slide Show: Memorable Photographs.
David Postman / The Seattle Times:
Gingrich says it's World War III — Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich says America is in World War III and President Bush should say so. In an interview in Bellevue this morning Gingrich said Bush should call a joint session of Congress the first week of September and talk …
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Link to Disgraced Lobbyist Taints Race — Ralph Reed, left, and Casey Cagle, his opponent in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor, at a forum on Thursday in Marietta, Ga. — MARIETTA, Ga., July 13 — It is curious enough to see Ralph Reed, a man who was on the cover of Time magazine at age 33 …
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Clinton, in Arkansas, Says Democrats Are 'Wasting Time' — ROGERS, Ark., July 15 — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, returning to her red-state ties, chastised Democrats Saturday for taking on issues that arouse conservatives and turn out Republican voters rather than finding consensus on mainstream subjects.
Washington Post:
How Common Ground of 9/11 Gave Way to Partisan Split — It was the moment that was supposed to change everything. But almost five years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, American politics has reverted to many of its old habits and patterns. — The bipartisanship …
Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser — Media pounce on "screeching," "frothing [liberal] bloggers" — while waving on conservatives who advocate ... murder — In May, Greg Sargent wrote for The American Prospect's website: … Three of the four examples Sargent cited — Brady, Klein …
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