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5:10 AM ET, July 22, 2006

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Liz Sly / Chicago Tribune:
Humanitarian toll hits southern Lebanon as violence continues  —  BEIRUT — Fears mounted Thursday that a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in southern Lebanon as Israel sustained its intense bombardment of the area and U.S. Marines landed on the beaches near Beirut to help speed the evacuation of Americans from the war-zone.
Discussion: Bring it On! and RedState
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Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IDF forces gathering in North for possible ground incursion  —  The IDF was gearing up for a large-scale ground incursion into Lebanon on Friday.  Thousands of reservists were being mobilized to the North throughout Friday to beef up forces stationed in the area in preparation for a possible operation.
New York Times:
Israel May Expand Ground Offensive  —  A man moved through the rubble of a southern suburb of Beirut Thursday after it was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.  Hezbollah, the target of the attacks, escorted journalists on a tour of the area, one of its strongholds.
Yaakov Katz / Associated Press:
5,000 called up in latest mobilization  —  The IDF sent out emergency calls for 5,000 reserve soldiers on Friday in addition to the reserves already called up.  —  OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Udi Adam stated that the move was done in order to relieve some of the forces currently operating in northern Israel.
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Sheera Claire Frenkel / Jerusalem Post:
Israelis and Lebanese are still talking - on the Net
Discussion: An Unsealed Room
World Tribune.com:
Israel's military stunned by the failure of its air war
Discussion: Cox & Forkum
Austin Bay Blog:
One reason the Israeli Army moves cautiously
Discussion: Associated Press
New York Times:
U.S. Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the Israelis  —  WASHINGTON, July 21 — The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday.
Discussion: Marc Cooper and Truthdig
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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Rice Plans Talks on Crisis With Mideast Leaders  —  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday announced plans for talks with Israeli, Palestinian and Lebanese leaders as part of a new U.S. diplomatic effort in the Middle East conflict, but warned that the United States would not support …
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Rice rejects quick fix in Mideast  —  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rejected the "false promise" of an immediate cease-fire in the spreading war between Israel and Hezbollah on Friday and said she would seek long-term peace during a trip to the Mideast beginning Sunday.
Discussion: TAPPED, PunditGuy and Preemptive Karma
Bloomberg:
Rice Seeks `Robust' Lebanon Force to Oust Hezbollah (Update2)
David Stout / New York Times:
Rice Outlines Strategy for Middle East Trip
New York Times:   More Than a Cease-Fire Needed  —  Lebanon needs more than U.S. marines …
Oliver Poole / Telegraph:
Violence may bring partition of Baghdad  —  Iraq's politicians were reported yesterday to be drawing up provisional plans to divide Baghdad into Sunni and Shia halves after a week of bloodshed that has left the government's security plan to pacify the capital in tatters.
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Reuters:
Mosques bombed, tense Baghdad under curfew  —  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs killed two worshippers at mosques in Iraq during Friday prayers and the authorities extended a daytime curfew on Baghdad after one of the bloodiest weeks this year.  —  On the eve of a high-profile meeting intended …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The News Blog
New York Times:
More troops to be deployed to Baghdad, general says
Discussion: The Belmont Club and Pajamas Media
Mariam Karouny / Reuters:
Gloom descends on Iraqi leaders as civil war looms
MSNBC:
Bush vetoes stem cell bill; House can't override  —  President says measure 'crosses a moral boundary' society needs to respect … WASHINGTON - The House on Wednesday failed to muster enough votes to override President Bush's veto of a bill to expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research.
PR Newswire:
Blogger Media at the Forefront of the Middle East Coverage War  —  Pajamas Media's Politics Central Leverages Global Editors for Continuous Stories and Exclusive Podcast Interviews  —  EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ — Pajamas Media (PJM) is providing special extended coverage …
Discussion: Peaktalk, Solomonia and The Anchoress
Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Afghanistan close to anarchy, warns general  —  The most senior British military commander in Afghanistan today described the situation in the country as "close to anarchy" with feuding foreign agencies and unethical private security companies compounding problems caused by local corruption.
Discussion: The Arabist
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Privilege Breeds Bad Campaigning … TNR, via mcjoan: … There is a connection between the sense of privilege Lieberman and Lieberman supporters feel, and between his terrible campaigning.  Matt hinted at this back on Tuesday night, as has emptywheel over at The Next Hurrah.
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Editor and Publisher:
Congressman 'Admits' Using Cocaine and Prostitutes on Colbert Show — Really?  —  NEW YORK By now, members of Congress ought to know that appearing on Stephen Colbert's "Better Know a District" segment on his nightly Comedy Central program is like walking across a minefield.
Ctblogger / ConnecticutBLOG:
Douglas Schwatrz breaks down latest Q-poll report  —  Douglas Schwartz, director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, gave a press conference where he talked about the latest Q-poll report released yesterday and what it means for the senate and governor's race.
Discussion: Firedoglake and spazeboy
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
White House Calls on Jewish Groups to Line Up Behind John Bolton  —  It's hard to imagine something more cynical than the White House exploiting Middle East convulsions — in which many innocents on all sides are dying in real time — to divide Americans at home in order to try and squeeze through …
 
 
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