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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.
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New York Post:
CAN ISRAEL WIN? — NOT THE WAY IT'S FIGHTING — July 22, 2006 — ISRAEL is losing this war. For a lifelong Israel supporter, that's a painful thing to write. But it's true. And the situation's worsening each day. — A U.S. government official put it to me this way: "Israel's got the clock, but Hezbollah's got the time."
Associated Press:
Israeli Forces Push Through Lebanon Border — ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER — Hundreds of Israeli troops moved into southern Lebanon on Saturday, taking control of a village and engaging Hezbollah militants by land, sea and air as part of the country's limited ground campaign.
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New York Times:
More troops to be deployed to Baghdad, general says — CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq - The top U.S. commander for the Middle East said Friday that the escalating sectarian violence in Baghdad had become a greater worry than the insurgency and that plans were being drawn up to move additional forces to the Iraqi capital.
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Mariam Karouny / Reuters:Gloom descends on Iraqi leaders as civil war looms
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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 …
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David Kopel / The Volokh Conspiracy:
UNITED NATIONS AN ACCOMPLICE IN HEZBOLLAH KIDNAPPING: After Hezbollah's kidnapping of a pair of Israeli soldiers spurred an Israeli counter-attack, many critics of Israel actions have suggested that the United Nations can serve as a buffer between Israel and Hezbollah.
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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.
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Bob Geiger / The Huffington Post:Right Wing Should Adopt 400,000 Frozen Embryos
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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.
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Sheera Claire Frenkel / Jerusalem Post:Israelis and Lebanese are still talking - on the Net
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Tim Tagaris / Ned Lamont for Senate:
Congresswomen Maxine Waters and Marcy Kaptur Endorse Ned! [4] — Congresswomen Maxine Waters and Marcy Kaptur Endorse Ned! — The festivities begin with a press conference this morning at 11 A.M. in Hartford. Marcy Kaptur is, of course, the Dean of Ohio's Democratic congressional delegation.
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Mohamed Olad Hassan / Associated Press:
Somali militant urges holy war on Ethiopia — BAIDOA, Somalia - Somalia's top Islamic leader called Friday for a holy war against Ethiopia to drive out troops the largely Christian nation sent to protect the internationally backed Somali government. — The radical Islamic forces control …
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Billmon / Whiskey Bar:
Useless Idiots … Randy Andy still seems to be having trouble figuring out if he's Roy Cohn or Oscar Wilde — persecutor or persecuted. He's not alone: These days it seems like half of Right Blogistan is busy hurling accusations of betrayal and cowardice at the other half …
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Dan / Riehl World View:
Ellensburg Said Greenwald Said — Here's an example of Ellensburg arguing on behalf of Greenwald at RWNH contrasted with Greenwald's actual post. It was hours later. Do Greenwald fanatics tatoo his posts on their arms? Even the logic flow is all but the same. Not to mention some wording.
Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
NASA's Goals Delete Mention of Home Planet — From 2002 until this year, NASA's mission statement, prominently featured in its budget and planning documents, read: "To understand and protect our home planet; to explore the universe and search for life; to inspire the next generation of explorers ... as only NASA can."
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.
Pamela / Atlas Shrugs:
THE INNOCENT CIVILIAN MEME — I am not buying into the innocent civilians meme. If by ignorance, complicity, neglect or helplessness the Lebanese wouldn't throw Hezbollah out and establish a strong government, then they must pay the price for the sins of Hizbollah.
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Bryan / Hot Air:
Video: The non-neutral press goes into Beirut — Alongside Hezbollah terrorists, no less. It's the BBC, doing what the Beeb does best. — Notes: at about 43 sec in, the reporters mentions Israel warning civilians to flee. Did Hezbollah warn Israelis to flee before raining rockets down on Haifa?
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