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Annan: Israel bombed UN base for hours — Staff and agencies — The UN general secretary, Kofi Annan, today accused the Israeli military of carrying out a sustained bombing of the UN base on the Lebanon-Israel border that culminated in the killing of four unarmed monitors.
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Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
A Knife-Thrower at the Carnival — Kofi Annan has accused Israel of deliberately targeting UN position in southern Lebanon. According to the Independent: … In order to have some sense of how plausible this accusation is, it would be useful to examine the statements of the UNIFIL itself prior to this incident.
Jerusalem Post:
Annan: IAF hit 'apparently deliberate' — An Israeli bomb destroyed a UN observer post on the border in southern Lebanon, killing three peacekeepers with one other feared dead under the rubble. UN chief Kofi Annan said Israel appeared to have struck the site deliberately.
Associated Press:
8 IDF soldiers lightly wounded during fighting in Lebanon — Israel Defense Forces infantry and armored soldiers on Tuesday morning surrounded the Hezbollah stronghold in the south Lebanese town on Bint Jbail. — Military officials said Golani Brigade infantry troops had surrounded the village …
Fox News:
Hastert Rejects Calls to Disinvite al-Maliki to Speak to Congress — WASHINGTON — House Speaker Dennis Hastert has rejected calls Tuesday by congressional Democrats to cancel an address Wednesday by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to a joint session of Congress.
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Battle for Baghdad Boils Down to Grabbing a Slice at a Time — BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 25 — The Bush administration's announcement on Tuesday that it will shift more forces to Baghdad is much more than a numbers game. It reflects a new strategy to reclaim control of the Iraqi capital and a new approach for deploying the troops.
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Removes Abortion Option for Young Girls — WASHINGTON, July 25 — The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would make it a federal crime to help an under-age girl escape parental notification laws by crossing state lines to obtain an abortion. — The bill was approved on a 65-to-34 vote …
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:Interstate Abortion Bill Clears Senate
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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.
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Nell Henderson / Washington Post:
Tax Cuts May Come At a Price, Study Says — The federal government will need to either cut spending or raise taxes down the road to pay for extending President Bush's recent tax cuts, the Treasury Department said in a report released yesterday, dismissing the idea popular with many Republicans that such sacrifices can be avoided.
New York Times:
White House Bill Proposes System to Try Detainees — WASHINGTON, July 25 — Legislation drafted by the Bush administration setting out new rules on bringing terror detainees to trial would allow hearsay evidence to be introduced unless it was deemed "unreliable" and would permit defendants …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Case Closed — THE TRUTH ABOUT THE IRAQI-NIGER "YELLOWCAKE" NEXUS. — Now that Joseph and Valerie Wilson's fantasies of having been persecuted by high officials in the administration have been so thoroughly dispelled by Robert Novak (and now that it seems the prosecutor has determined …
Scheherezade Faramarzi / Associated Press:
Hezbollah: Israeli onslaught a surprise — BEIRUT, Lebanon - A senior Hezbollah official said Tuesday the guerrillas did not expect Israel to react with an all-out offensive after the capture of two soldiers, the first acknowledgment by the group that it had miscalculated the consequences of the raid two weeks ago.
Radioblogger.com:
Chris Matthews comes unglued on the Imus In The Morning program. — If you're a rancher, according to Matthews, you can't be president. — Here is an excerpt of audio from Chris Matthews from earlier today on the Imus In The Morning program. Listening is fine, but you need to really read what he had to say.
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Steele Slams Party — WASHINGTON — A Republican in a competitive Senate race called his party affiliation "an impediment," said he'd "probably not" want President Bush to campaign for him and the GOP-controlled Congress should "just shut up and get something done."
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