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Reuven Koret / Israel Insider:
Hezbollywood? Evidence mounts that Qana collapse and deaths were staged — It was to be a perfect Hollywood ending for Hezbollah. Just as the Israeli bombing of the village of Qana in 1996 brought a premature end to Israel's Operation "Grapes of Wrath," so too a sequel of Qana II could change …
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Richard / EU Referendum:
Milking it? — For an update on this post, see here. — Certainly, the photographs are distressing, and indeed they are meant to be. As this piece tells us: … But the photographers, it seems, are not too fussy about how they go about "adding to the shock value".
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Associated Press:
Israeli air force continue Lebanon strikes — JERUSALEM - The Israeli air force carried out strikes Monday in southern Lebanon despite an agreement to halt raids for 48 hours after nearly 60 Lebanese civilians were killed in an Israeli bombing, the army said.
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CNN:
Israel: No cease-fire in coming days — Hopes dim for quick end to Mideast crisis — JERUSALEM (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday there would be no cease-fire in the coming days to fighting between his nation's forces and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militia.
Associated Press:
Israeli Strikes Resume After Brief Lull — JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, hours after agreeing to temporarily halt raids while investigating a bombing that killed nearly 60 Lebanese civilians, mostly women and children seeking shelter.
Confederate Yankee:
Were the Qana Bodies Staged? — These questions and others are beginning to mount as the discrepancies in Hezbollah's versions of events start to fall apart: … Assuredly, Hezbollah's supporters will accuse those questioning the Qana attacks as conspiracy theorists, so I simply advise …
Guardian:
As the shells fall around them, Hizbullah men await the Israelis
As the shells fall around them, Hizbullah men await the Israelis
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TigerHawk, Liberty and Justice, Jay Currie, Israel Matzav, The Big Pharaoh and Rantings of a Sandmonkey
Haaretz:
France says Iran is respected, stabilizing force in Middle East — Iran is a significant, respected player in the Middle East which is playing a stabilizing role, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Monday, during a visit to Lebanon. — "It was clear that we could never accept …
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John Solo / Associated Press:
Gitmo Guards Often Attacked by Detainees — The prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay during the war on terror have attacked their military guards hundreds of times, turning broken toilet parts, utensils, radios and even a bloody lizard tail into makeshift weapons, Pentagon reports say.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Ned Lamont's First Video Blog: Let's Talk About Iraq — Over the weekend Ned filmed his first video blog. Since Joe Lieberman doesn't want to talk about his war in Iraq, I guess it's up to the rest of us. — If you think there is more to be said on the topic and things aren't going quite …
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Haaretz:
Senior government source: Despite IAF curbs, there is no cease-fire — A senior government source said Monday morning that despite a 48-hour halt in Israel Air Force activity in Lebanon, "there is no cease-fire." — The suspension of aerial activity was announced in the wake of an IAF strike …
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Los Angeles Times:
Crossing This Line Could Cost Him Deals — Mel Gibson is rich enough to finance his own movies, including the 2004 blockbuster "The Passion of the Christ" and the upcoming release "Apocalypto." But although riches can buy a certain freedom from creative interference, no man is an island in the movie business.
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Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
And Now, The Good News — The world seems aswirl. Where do we stand today? — Let's use the analysis of bestselling author Thomas Barnett, who divides the world into a functioning "Core" (North America, Europe, East Asia, rising China and India) and a nonfunctional "Gap" (the Middle East …
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New York Times:
Men Not Working, and Not Wanting Just Any Job — ROCK FALLS, Ill. — Alan Beggerow has stopped looking for work. Laid off as a steelworker at 48, he taught math for a while at a community college. But when that ended, he could not find a job that, in his view, was neither demeaning nor underpaid.
Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
'The Putting of First Things First' — The revival of the romance of the antiwar left is a potential disaster for the Democrats. It's what gave the world Richard Nixon in 1968. — To the consternation of my children, I once spent an afternoon with Monica Lewinsky.
Russell Berman / New York Sun:
Schumer Says Bolton Won't Face Filibuster — A Democratic filibuster of John Bolton's nomination as United Nations ambassador is "unlikely," Senator Schumer said yesterday. — Mr. Schumer supported an effort last year to block Mr. Bolton's nomination from gaining a full Senate vote …
Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Passing Down the Legacy of Conservatism — SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Headed for what she called "conservative boot camp," Christina Pajak grabbed the essentials: dress sandals, her Bible and "The Politics of Prudence" by Russell Kirk, the celebrated writer who a half-century ago gave the conservative movement its name.
Mohamed Sheikh Nor / ABCNEWS:
Somalia Has 1st Commercial Flight in Years — Somalia Has First Commercial Flight in Decade; Prime Minister Survives No-Confidence Vote — MOGADISHU, Somalia Jul 30, 2006 (AP)— The first commercial flight in a decade departed Mogadishu's newly reopened international airport Sunday …
Juan / Informed Comment:
Sistani Threatens US over Israeli War on Lebanon — The US punditocracy and ruling elite is fixated on Hizbullah as a "terrorist group" even though the organization hasn't engaged in international terror against American civilians in many years. What they forget about Hizbullah …