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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Israeli strikes are part of a broader 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 …
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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.
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 …
Newsweek:
The Hand That Feeds the Fire — Behind The Crisis: How Iran is wielding its influence to wage a stealthy war against Israel and America. — July 24, 2006 issue - The cool rage of Hassan Nasrallah crackled over the telephone line to a Beirut television station.
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Inside the Mind of Hezbollah — Hasan Nasrallah is exactly where he always wanted to be. — "Ever since I was 9 years old, I had plans for the day when I would start doing this," the Hezbollah chief reflected on his leadership quest, when I visited him in the southern slums of Beirut not long ago.
Abu Kais / From Beirut to the Beltway:
Siniora takes on Hizbullah — AT LAST!!! WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? — In an emotional address to the Lebanese people, PM Fouad Siniora declared Lebanon a disaster area, and called for 3 things: — 1- An immediate cease fire brokered by the UN — 2- The Lebanese state to extend …
Pajamas Media:
The Israel-Hezbollah War Part Seven
The Israel-Hezbollah War Part Seven
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Katherine Zoepf / New York Times:
Spirits Are High in Syria's Capital as Leaders Openly Show Support for Hezbollah
Spirits Are High in Syria's Capital as Leaders Openly Show Support for Hezbollah
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Michael J. Totten:
Comments are Closed, and Some Clarifications - UPDATED BELOW
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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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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.
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.
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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 …
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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.
Greg / burchismo:
MARX AND MUHAMMED — Lately I've been feeling the need to clarify things to myself — to try to restate as clearly as I can ideas that I've been developing for quite some time. One of these is the parallels and distinctions between two of the greatest challenges that the Western Enlightenment has faced: Marxism and Islam.
Washington Post:
Amid War, Some Violence May Be Personal — From a Squad of Nine, Six Are Charged in Crimes Against Iraqis, and Three Are Dead — On March 12, a 15-year-old Iraqi girl was raped, and she and her father, mother and sister were gunned down in their home. — Three months later, three U.S. soldiers were slain by insurgents.
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