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Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
Hezbollah leader said to be hiding in Iranian Embassy — Intelligence reports indicate the leader of Hezbollah is hiding in a foreign mission in Beirut, possibly the Iranian Embassy, according to U.S. and Israeli officials. — Israeli military and intelligence forces are continuing to hunt …
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Mitch Prothero / Salon:
The "hiding among civilians" myth — Israel claims it's justified in bombing civilians because Hezbollah mingles with them. In fact, the militant group doesn't trust its civilians and stays as far away from them as possible. — A dog walks through the rubble of buildings hit …
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Hit and Run
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
'Disproportionate' in What Moral Universe? — What other country, when attacked in an unprovoked aggression across a recognized international frontier, is then put on a countdown clock by the world, given a limited time window in which to fight back, regardless of whether it has restored its own security?
Jerusalem Post:
Hizbullah launches Iranian-made missile at Afula — After a number of Katyusha barrages hit northern Israel over the course of the morning, an Iranian-made Fajr-5 missile landed near Afula shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday. This was the first time a missile of this type has been fired at Israel by Hizbullah.
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Israel Matzav
Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Hezbollah rocket hits deeper into Israel — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah fired what it called a new kind of rocket, landing its deepest hit into northern Israel in 17 days of fighting. Israeli authorities reported that five rockets hit fields outside the town of Afula, causing no casualties.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
At least one killed during shooting at Seattle Jewish federation — At least five people were shot - one fatally - this afternoon at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle by a man a witness said was upset about "what was going on in Israel." — Police spokesman Rich Pruitt said there was one shooter …
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king5.com:
One dead, at least five injured in shooting at Jewish Federation in Seattle — SEATTLE - One person has been killed and at least five others have been injured in a shooting at the Jewish Federation at 2031 Third Ave. in downtown Seattle. One suspect has been taken into custody.
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CNN:
Bush, Blair call for Mideast cease-fire — Multinational force proposed for southern Lebanon — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Friday their support for a U.N. cease-fire resolution to end the Mideast crisis and a multinational force to stabilize southern Lebanon.
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Washington Post:
President Bush, Tony Blair Hold a Joint News Conference — SPEAKERS: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES — TONY BLAIR, PRIME MINISTER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM — BUSH: Thank you all. — Prime Minister Tony Blair, welcome back to the White House. As you know, we've got a close relationship.
Washington Post:
Bush, Blair to Seek U.N. Approval on International Force — Rice to Return to Mideast to Negotiate with Lebanon, Israel — President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced agreement today to seek a United Nations resolution next week that would send a multinational force …
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
House GOP pressing vote on minimum wage — WASHINGTON - House Republican leaders, giving in to political reality, plan a vote to raise the $5.15 minimum wage before leaving Washington this weekend for a five-week recess. — "Whether people like it or not, we need to go ahead with it," …
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Gateway Pundit:
John Bolton Embarrasses a Confused Senator Kerry (Video) — Ambassador John Bolton totally outclassed Senator John F. Kerry in the Senate hearings on Thursday, — Video HERE — John Kerry was really no match for UN Ambassador John Bolton: … Ouch!... It's pretty painful to watch.
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New York Times:
Utilities Pay Scientist Ally on Warming — WASHINGTON, July 27 — Coal-burning utilities are contributing money to one of the few remaining climate scientists openly critical of the broad consensus that fossil fuel emissions are intensifying global warming.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Pander Bears — Instead of the donkey as a party mascot, the Democrats may want to consider a more exotic animal. Peter Beinart has a suggestion — the pander bear. Beinart scolds Democrats for mindless and ineffective pandering to the pro-Israeli crowd by demanding that Nouri al-Maliki …
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The Influence Peddler
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Duncan Mansfield / Associated Press:
Army Dismisses Gay Arabic Linguist — JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A decorated sergeant and Arabic language specialist was dismissed from the U.S. Army under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, though he says he never told his superiors he was gay and his accuser was never identified.
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Bin Laden's "Brothers" — The conventional wisdom is that Hezbollah and al Qaeda are rivals, not partners. The conventional wisdom is wrong. — THE LATEST ZAWAHIRI TAPE, his tenth in the last year, will leave some al Qaeda watchers perplexed. In it, Zawahiri refers to his "brothers" …
Michelle Malkin:
Abusing kids for "art" — ***scroll for updates*** — This is unbelievably sick. A left-wing photographer, Jill Greenberg, deliberately makes toddlers cry and turns the pictures into a Los Angeles art exhibit called "End Times" to indulge her Bush Derangement Syndrome.
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