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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.
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Jay Currie, The Big Pharaoh, Vital Perspective, Blue Crab Boulevard and Rantings of a Sandmonkey
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Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
Israel Takes A Stupid Pill — Apparently not content to let the U.S. do a self-immolation act in the Middle East by itself, Israel decided to set itself on fire by invading Lebanon. Burn baby burn? Like George Bush, Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, never served in a combat unit …
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Some Questions Regarding Israel's Objectives: Is Israel Trying to Curb America's Deal-Making in Middle East? — When I visited Israel in March, one of the more interesting dinner discussions I had was with former Mossad Director Danny Yatom, now a Labor Party member of the Knesset.
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
ISRAEL AND THE BLOGOSPHERE.....Via email, Matt Yglesias suggests that I address the topic of why the liberal blogosphere doesn't write very much about Israel-related subjects. I can only speak for myself, of course, and my own reasons for light blogging on this subject are both predictable and banal.
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The Real Ugly American.com, ed fitzgerald's unfutz, Decision '08, Instapundit.com and Unfogged
Haaretz:
Lebanon PM asks for UN help to deploy army in south — Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora called Saturday for an immediate cease-fire with Israel, and asked for help in deploying the country's army in the south, from where Hezbollah has for days pounded northern Israel with Katyusha rockets.
Greg Myre / New York Times:
Israel Widens Scope of Attacks Across Lebanon — METULA, Israel, Sunday, July 16 — Expanding the reach of its airstrikes, Israel on Saturday hit coastal radar installations in northern Lebanon that it said were targeting its warships and early Sunday bombed the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Bill Roggio / Counterterrorism Blog:Hezbollah missile sea strikes: UAV or ground based? (Updated)
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Associated Press, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, Ynetnews, Secular Blasphemy, Yourish.com and The Glittering Eye
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Lieberman Hopes His Fate Isn't Sealed With a Kiss — WASHINGTON, July 15 — On his increasingly difficult path to re-election, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman keeps getting kissed. And not lovingly. — Kisses mock Mr. Lieberman, the incumbent Democrat, all over Connecticut — on signs, on buttons, even on giant parade floats.
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Associated Press:
Bill Clinton defends Lieberman's Iraq stance — HARTFORD, Conn. —Former President Bill Clinton is sticking up for U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman and his support of the Iraq war. — Clinton, who spoke at an Aspen Institute conference last week, questioned why Democrats in Connecticut are focusing on ousting a fellow Democrat, Lieberman.
Judd / Think Progress:
Putin to Bush: "We Certainly Would Not Want to Have the Same Kind of Democracy as They Have in Iraq" — During a press conference today at the G8 summit in Russia, President Bush told President Vladimir Putin that Americans want Russia to develop a free press and free religion "like Iraq."
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Setting Back The Cause … For a guy who considers himself one of the moral guardians of the nation he sure has a high tolerance for torture, abuse and humiliation. They certainly "flushed it all out," "cleaned up" Abu Ghraib and moved on, didn't they? And keeping Rumsfeld has really been just great for "the cause."
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Raphael J. Sonenshein / jewishjournal.com:Lieberman Facing Lose-Lose Proposition in Race
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LamontBlog
Evelyn Leopold / Reuters:
UN Council imposes sanctions on N. Korea — UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose weapons-related sanctions on North Korea in response to its flurry of missile tests earlier this month. — The resolution demands that North Korea suspend …
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Atlas Shrugs, Hot Air, Tammy Bruce, Security Watchtower, The Reaction, Blue Crab Boulevard and The Glittering Eye
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Dafydd / Big Lizards:
Israeli Warship Hit By Chinese/Iranian Cruise Missile — This is exactly the danger the United States has been warning about ever since 9/11: that rogue states like Iran may begin transferring modern military weaponry to terrorist groups: … The C-802 — a.k.a. Ying-Ji-802 or YJ-2 …
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 …
Washington Post:
Ex-Bush Aide Fatally Shoots Son, Himself — Gunfire at McLean Home Followed Fight With Wife — A former Bush administration official, after arguing violently with his wife Thursday night, shot and killed his 12-year-old son inside their McLean home, then turned a shotgun on himself and committed suicide, Fairfax County police said.
Lynn Brezosky / Austin American-Statesman:
Gunfire lasted 5-7 minutes — HARLINGEN — South Texas sheriff's deputies on Thursday were investigating whether Mexican gunmen who fired on deputies and Border Patrol agents from across the Rio Grande had crossed into the United States. — Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said 200 …
Discussion:
The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta
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Seanna Adcox / Associated Press:
Democrats pull ad with flag-draped coffins — ROCK HILL, S.C. - Democrats pulled an Internet ad that showed flag-draped coffins Friday after Republicans and at least two Democrats demanded it be taken down on grounds the image was insensitive and not fit for a political commercial.
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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.
Ryan Anderson / MyDD:
Scott Kleeb: huge cash advantage in deep red NE-03 — Okay, I had to read this and re-read this over and over again to make sure I got it right. I even picked up a couple different papers and checked the internet to make sure this wasn't the result of an honest mistake. But they all repeat the same thing:
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