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4:35 AM ET, July 29, 2006

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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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Seattle Times:
1 dead, at least 5 wounded in shootings  —  One person was dead and five others were hospitalized this afternoon in a shooting at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle building in downtown Seattle by a man who declared he was "angry with Israel."  —  Seattle police later arrested the alleged gunman …
Tim Booth / Associated Press:
5 Shot, 1 Fatally at Seattle Jewish Center  —  SEATTLE (AP) — At least five people were shot, one of them fatally, Friday afternoon at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and one person was arrested, authorities said.  —  Five or six people were wounded, assistant police chief Jim Pugel said.
Discussion: Power Line
Michelle Malkin:
Shooting in Seattle: Muslim revenge  —  ***Scroll for updates...shooter angered over Israel-Lebanon war***  —  Pakistani Muslim suspect in custody (hat tip: Jim Hoft)  —  Victim being taken from the scene via KOMO TV  —  Murder at the Jewish Federation building downtown.  —  Jim Hoft's covering it.
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
Gateway Pundit:
Shootings at Jewish Federation in Seattle!  —  Update: One person is dead!!!  —  (More Updates Below)  —  This is a picture of the suspect being led away by police after the shootings in Seattle where one person was killed today at a Jewish Center, from KING5 Video
Discussion: Hot Air and Kesher Talk
KOMO News:   One Dead, At Least 5 Shot At Seattle Jewish Center
AMERICAN DIGEST:   War at Some Remove  —  I SIT BEHIND a shaded window …
Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Hezbollah politicians back peace package  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah politicians, while expressing reservations, have joined their critics in the government in agreeing to a peace package that includes strengthening an international force in south Lebanon and disarming the guerrillas, the government said.
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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.
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.
Discussion: Donklephant and Daniel W. Drezner
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 …
White House:
President Bush and Prime Minister Blair of the United Kingdom …
Discussion: TAPPED
Washington Post:
Hezbollah Joins New Call for Cease-Fire
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:   500,000 Israelis living in bomb shelters
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air, Pacific Views and Hit and Run
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Jerusalem Post:
Hizbullah launches Iranian-made missile at Afula
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Float-a-phobia  —  While Michael Schaivo was holding a press conference to remind everyone what a sanctimonious, meddling, holier-than-thou, politically opportunistic tin-eared prick Joe Lieberman was during the difficult last days of his wife's life (YouTube above), Joe was touring Connecticut on a campaign bus.
Discussion: LamontBlog, MyDD and spazeboy
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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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Yoel Marcus / Haaretz:
With a thunderous roar  —  Three well-known columnists, who apparently met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week, wrote flattering things about him.  That he is "calm," "sober," "single-minded," "focused."  That he is doing an "awe-inspiring job" of directing the war against Hezbollah.
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Gregory / The Belgravia Dispatch:
MORALITY AND WAR-FIGHTING
Discussion: The RBC, Unfogged and The Peking Duck
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Danger  —  An email from Jerusalem: … This is a war Iran started.  I fear it has just begun.  Its ultimate end is simple: the eradication of Israel and the murder of every Jew in the Middle East.  Hezbollah and Ahmadinejad are very, very clear about this.  And they are playing the p.r. game brilliantly.
 
 
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