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Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Sleeper Hizbullah cells activated — Hizbullah "sleeper" terror cells set up outside Lebanon with Iranian assistance have been put on standby The Jerusalem Post learned on Sunday, and are likely planning attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets throughout the world.
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Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Arabs press Syria to help end violence — SIDON, Lebanon - Mideast diplomats were pressing Syria to stop backing Hezbollah as the guerrillas fired more deadly rockets onto Israel's third-largest city Sunday. Israel faced tougher-than-expected ground battles and bombarded targets in southern Lebanon, hitting a convoy of refugees.
Valerie Olander / Detroit News:
Kerry knocks Bush on handling of Mideast conflict — U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D- Mass., who was in town Sunday to help Gov. Jennifer Granholm campaign for her re-election bid, took time to take a jab at the Bush administration for its lack of leadership in the Israeli-Lebanon conflict.
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Saudis ask Bush to intervene in Mideast — WASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia asked President Bush on Sunday to intervene in Israel's military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon to stop the mounting deaths. — "We requested a cease-fire to allow for a cessation of hostilities," …
Mike Allen / Time:
Into the Fray — After years of pulling away from Mideast diplomacy, the White House is forced, reluctantly, to undergo sudden immersion — President George W. Bush has always done the middle East his way. — When he became the first President to formally call for the creation of a Palestinian state …
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Failure to solve Palestinian question empowers Iran — Afew years back, when folks talked airily about "the Middle East peace process" and "a two-state solution," I used to say that the trouble was the Palestinians saw a two-state solution as an interim stage en route to a one-state solution.
Ze'ev Schiff / Haaretz:
ANALYSIS: Hezbollah unit based in Tyre wreaking havoc on Haifa — We can say without a doubt that the war of attrition against the city of Haifa and its residents is a tale of two cities: Tyre in Lebanon versus Haifa in Israel. The Hezbollah unit deployed in Tyre and its environs …
Haaretz:
Two killed in rocket strikes on Haifa; city comes under repeated fire — Israel Defense Forces officials admitted Sunday that efforts at reducing or preventing Hezbollah rocket fire have yet to bear fruit. — The IDF believes that unless the pace of the army's anti-Hezbollah operations …
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Times of London:God's army has plans to run the whole Middle East
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Says Invasion and Aftermath Are the 'Work of Butchers' — BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 22 — The speaker of the Iraqi Parliament criticized the American government's involvement in Iraq on Saturday, likening the invasion and its consequences to "the work of butchers" …
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Garance Burke / Associated Press:
ACLU Sues for Anti-Gay Group That Pickets at Troops' Burials — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas church group that protests at military funerals nationwide filed suit in federal court, saying a Missouri law banning such picketing infringes on religious freedom and free speech.
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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Study: Ex-Rep. Made Use of 'Black' Budgets — WASHINGTON - An independent investigation has found that imprisoned former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham took advantage of secrecy and badgered congressional aides to help slip items into classified bills that would benefit him and his associates.
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David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
I.R.S. to Cut Tax Auditors — The federal government is moving to eliminate the jobs of nearly half of the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service who audit tax returns of some of the wealthiest Americans, specifically those who are subject to gift and estate taxes when they transfer parts …
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Solomon / Solomonia:
Mayhem at the Defend Hizballah Rally! — This past Friday, the Muslim American Society held their "Justice for Palestine and Lebanon Protest" at Boston's City Hall Plaza referred to at the end of this post. The Boston Globe has its report here: Muslims, Christians protest bombardment of Lebanon
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
FDL Book Salon — The Age of Fallibility, Part II — (Please welcome George Soros, who is joining us in the comments to discuss his book The Age of Fallibility: Consequence of the War on Terror. Week one of the discussion can be found here.) — Since FDL has been open for business …
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