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12:45 AM ET, July 31, 2006

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Ynetnews:
IDF: Qana building fell hours after strike  —  IDF continuing to check difficult incident at Qana village, and attempting to account for strange gap between time of the strike on the building - midnight - and eight in the morning, when the building collapsed
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New York Times:
Israeli Strike Is Deadliest in Fighting So Far  —  A series of Israeli airstrikes in this small mountain town today killed dozens of people in the deadliest single attack in the war here so far, prompting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to postpone a trip to Lebanon …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
JUST WONDERING  —  This AFP photograph shows Beirut demonstrators with a giant poster of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that was used in a rally protesting the accidental killing of civilian human shields, along with terrorists, in Qana:  —  What seems odd about this is that the banner …
Discussion: TigerHawk and TBogg
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
US: IAF to suspend activity over Lebanon for 48 hours  —  Israel agreed to a 48-hour suspension of aerial activity over southern Lebanon after it bombed a Lebanese village on Sunday and a number of children died, a US official said.  —  The attack marred US Secretary of State Condoleezza …
Gideon Levy / Haaretz:
Days of darkness  —  In war as in war: Israel is sinking into a strident, nationalistic atmosphere and darkness is beginning to cover everything.  The brakes we still had are eroding, the insensitivity and blindness that characterized Israeli society in recent years is intensifying.
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Israel OKs temporary aerial suspension  —  JERUSALEM - Israel agreed to a 48-hour suspension of aerial activity over southern Lebanon after its bombing of a Lebanese village on Sunday that killed a number of children.  —  The attack marred Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's mission to halt the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Tom Perry / Reuters:
Lebanese crowd breaks into U.N. HQ in Beirut  —  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese protesters broke into the United Nations headquarters in Beirut on Sunday, smashing windows and ransacking offices, after an Israeli air strike killed at least 40 people in south Lebanon.
Discussion: WILLisms.com and Michelle Malkin
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
A New Enemy Gains on the U.S.  —  POUND for pound and pounding for pounding, the Israeli military is one of the world's finest.  But Hezbollah, with the discipline and ferocity of its fighters and ability to field advanced weaponry, has taken Israel by surprise.
Washington Post:
More Than 50 Killed in Israeli Airstrike  —  Israeli warplanes blasted a group of buildings in this southern Lebanese village Sunday, killing dozens of people, most of them women and children, according to Lebanese officials.  The Israeli military said the airstrike was aimed …
Paul / THE WAR IN CONTEXT:
Qana strike: civilians in the line of fire
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:   IDF: 150 rockets fired from Kana
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Israel Agrees To Temporary Suspension
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Billmon / Whiskey Bar:
War By Tantrum II
Discussion: Rising Hegemon
Yossi Melman / Haaretz:
Report: Hezbollah used UN post as cover prior to deadly attack
Discussion: Bring it On!
CNN:
Israeli air attack kills 60 civilians, including 19 children
Vital Perspective:
Responding to the Tragic Consequences of Hezbollah Firing Rockets From Qana
Discussion: Power Line
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IDF prepared for attack by Syria
Hindrocket / Power Line:
WHEN DID THE BUILDING COLLAPSE?
Discussion: Solomonia
John Robb / Global Guerrillas:
THE SECRETS OF HEZBOLLAH'S SUCCESS
Ali Waked / Ynetnews:
Lebanese PM thanks Hizbullah for 'sacrifices'  —  Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora says during press conference that he expresses his 'full estimation' for Nasrallah, and for all those who sacrifice their lives for Lebanon  —  Lebanese Prime Minister Fuoad Siniora expressed his 'gratitude …
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Jonathan / The Head Heeb:
GRAPES OF WRATH
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Professionalization of war is ghettoization of war  —  The other day National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez went to see Oliver Stone's new movie ''World Trade Center'' and remarked:  —  "It's about our love of family, and the work we'll do for them, and the joy they bring us.
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Seattle Times:
Community responds with sorrow, unity  —  The man accused of barging into the offices of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and killing one woman and wounding five others will be prosecuted on state murder and attempted-murder charges rather than federal hate-crime laws, officials said.
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Susan Levine / Washington Post:
Bills Soar As Many Hit Gap in Drug Plan  —  The calls are starting to come in from shocked or angry seniors.  They have just learned that their Medicare drug plans are maxing out on early coverage and that they must now spend $2,850 from their own pockets before coverage will resume.
Discussion: First Draft
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:   The West Wing Characters Become Lobbyists
Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
Report on Prewar Intelligence Lagging  —  Information Democrats Want Most Might Not Come Out Until After Election  —  When angry Democrats briefly shut down the Senate last year to protest the slow pace of a congressional investigation into prewar intelligence on Iraq, Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid …
 
 
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