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Ken Silverstein / Harper's:
Could U.S. Troops End Up in Lebanon? — There's much discussion of putting a multinational, NATO-led force in southern Lebanon as part of a ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Lebanon conflict, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, according to a story in the Washington Post, has said that she does …
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Melanie / Melanie Phillips's Diary:
The war against Israel (2) — The responses in Britain and Europe to the current crisis in the Middle East more than ever confirm my view that much of the west is in the grip of a profound moral breakdown. The outward manifestation of the sickness is a hatred of Israel …
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Michael Freund / Jerusalem Post:
Cartoonist likens Olmert to Nazi — Invoking a scene from the film Schindler's List, one of Norway's largest newspapers recently published a political cartoon comparing Prime Minster Ehud Olmert to the infamous commander of a Nazi death camp who indiscriminately murdered Jews by firing at them at random from his balcony.
Think Progress:
McCain Falsely Claims the Iraqi Prime Minister Has 'Condemned Hezbollah' — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has repeatedly refused to condemn Hezbollah for its role in initiating the Lebanon-Israel conflict. Yesterday, in a press conference with President Bush, he …
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Marc Caputo / Miami Herald:
Polls show Harris losing GOP voters — In the latest poll on the U.S. Senate race, Republican Katherine Harris remained far behind incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson, indicating that her prospects of beating him are slim. — mcaputo@MiamiHerald.com — In only three months …
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Larry Wheeler / tallahassee.com:
Harris buzz growing a bit louder — Speculation: What would happen if she won primary, then quit? — WASHINGTON - It may be wishful thinking, but some Florida Republicans are contemplating what could be the most bizarre turn yet in Rep. Katherine Harris' beleaguered run for the U.S. Senate.
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Angela K. Brown / Associated Press:
Jury finds Yates not guilty in drownings — HOUSTON - Andrea Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity Wednesday in her second murder trial for the bathtub drownings of her young children. — Yates, 42, will now be committed to a state mental hospital, with periodic hearings …
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Rolling Stone:
Iran: The Next War — Even before the bombs fell on Baghdad, a group of senior Pentagon officials were plotting to invade another country. Their covert campaign once again relied on false intelligence and shady allies. But this time, the target was Iran. BY JAMES BAMFORD
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Browner Still — At approximately 7:00 AM Central European Time I received a phone call from a blocked number. The person on the phone told me I had written naughty things on my blog, and then laughed when I asked them who they were. — "You're a dead man."
Real Clear Politics:
Iraq Will Be a Graveyard For Terrorists — Thank you. Thank you. — In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful, Your Excellency, the Speaker of the House, Mr. Vice President, honorable ladies and gentlemen, members of Congress. it is with great pleasure that I am able …
Mike Spector / Wall Street Journal:
Cry Bias, and Let Slip the Blogs of War — J.P. Borda started a Web log during his 2004 National Guard deployment in Afghanistan to keep in touch with his family. But when he got home, he decided it was the mainstream media that was out of touch with the war. — "You hear so much about what's going wrong," he says.
TwinCities.com:
St. Paul police cite Sen. Norm Coleman's father for lewd and disorderly conduct — Norm Coleman Sr., the father of Minnesota's junior senator, was cited for lewd and disorderly conduct Tuesday after police officers reported finding him engaged in a sex act in a car near a pizzeria on E. 7th St. in St. Paul.
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The Aardvark / Abu Aardvark:
Rome conference fails. — I'm watching al-Jazeera's live coverage of the Rome conference right now. Al-Jazeera bumper sticker summary: Rome conference fails because United States rejects a ceasefire. The camera captured Condoleeza Rice looking visibly uncomfortable Lebanon's Prime Minister Seniora calmly …
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Interstate Abortion Bill Clears Senate — The Senate voted yesterday to make it a crime to take a pregnant minor to another state to obtain an abortion without her parents' knowledge, handing a long-sought victory to the Bush administration and abortion opponents.
Insight:
Dump Condi: Foreign policy conservatives charge State Dept. has hijacked Bush agenda — Conservative national security allies of President Bush are in revolt against Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying that she is incompetent and has reversed the administration's national security and foreign policy agenda.
Associated Press:
ConocoPhillips profit leaps 65 pct. in 2Q — HOUSTON - Lofty oil prices fueled a 65 percent surge in ConocoPhillips' second-quarter net income, the company announced Wednesday. Its shares rose 2 percent in morning trading. — The nation's third-largest oil company earned $5.18 billion …
Opinion Journal:
An ABA Hit Job — Political payback against a judicial nominee. — In March 2001, barely two months after taking office and two months before announcing his first judicial nominees, President Bush told the American Bar Association to buzz off. Specifically, Mr. Bush ended the tradition …
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