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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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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 …
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
IDF says it may not be responsible for Qana deaths — The Israel Defense Forces indicated yesterday that it might not have been responsible for the deaths of at least 54 Lebanese, including 37 children , when a building bombed in an Israeli air strike in the village of Qana collapsed yesterday …
Richard / EU Referendum:
Who is this man? — If he had been a genuine rescue worker, he would deserve a medal. Mr "Green Helmet" is everywhere at Qana, rushing around pulling children out of the rubble, carting them to ambulances and even, on the front page of the Guardian, escorting "White Tee-shirt" …
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Israel/Lebanon: Israel Responsible for Qana Attack
Israel/Lebanon: Israel Responsible for Qana Attack
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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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Henry A. Kissinger / Washington Post:
The Next Steps With Iran — Negotiations Must Go Beyond the Nuclear Threat to Broader Issues — The world's attention is focused on the fighting in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, but the context leads inevitably back to Iran. Unfortunately, the diplomacy dealing with that issue is constantly outstripped by events.
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Iran Hangs in Suspense as War Offers New Strength, and Sudden Weakness
Iran Hangs in Suspense as War Offers New Strength, and Sudden Weakness
housedemocrats.gov:
Dear Mr. President, Simply Staying the Course in Iraq is Not Working — Washington, DC—With violence exploding in Iraq, there is little evidence that the Bush Administration and Congressional Republicans have a coherent strategy to stabilize Iraq. Thousands have been killed in sectarian …
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Damien Cave / New York Times:
Leaders in Iraq Strongly Rebuke Israel
Leaders in Iraq Strongly Rebuke Israel
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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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Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Mel Gibson's Meltdown — HE IS SICK TO HIS EMPTY CORE WITH JEW-HATRED. — I was just in the middle of writing a long and tedious essay, about how to tell a real anti-Semite from a person who too-loudly rejects the charge of anti-Semitism, when a near-perfect real-life example came to hand.
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R.G. Ratcliffe / Houston Chronicle:
Appeals court hears from lawyers in DeLay ballot battle — NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals panel indicated today that the ability of Republicans to replace former U.S. Rep. Tom Delay on the ballot rests on whether there was "conclusive" evidence that he had moved to Virginia.
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.
Argus Leader:
Statewide poll: Without key exceptions, more South Dakotans oppose abortion ban — Amid the often hostile rhetoric that pierces South Dakota's closely watched abortion debate, a new survey shows that more residents of the largely conservative state oppose a ban on the pregnancy-ending procedure …
Nicholas Lemann / New Yorker:
AMATEUR HOUR — On the Internet, everybody is a millenarian. Internet journalism, according to those who produce manifestos on its behalf, represents a world-historical development—not so much because of the expressive power of the new medium as because of its accessibility to producers and consumers.