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9:10 AM ET, August 1, 2006

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CNN:
Key Republican breaks with Bush on Mideast  —  Nebraska's Sen. Hagel calls for immediate cease-fire  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Urging President Bush to turn all U.S. efforts toward "ending this madness," a leading Republican senator Monday broke with the Bush administration and called for an immediate cease-fire in the Mideast.
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Aluf Benn / Haaretz:
ANALYSIS: Giving the war an image of victory, not a draw  —  Borrowing from the world of soccer beloved to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, the Israel Defense Forces operation in Lebanon went into overtime on Monday.  —  Olmert wants to take another stab at a decisive conclusion before the UN Security Council blows the final whistle.
Lebanon.Profile / Lebanese Political Journal:
When is Israel Wrong?  —  A Rant.  As I've said, what does Israel realistically hope to accomplish?  —  I'm serious in asking this question.  If Israel isn't wrong right now, when will the US, the international community, the rest of the world, and Israelis ever admit that Israel does horribly atrocious things?
David Horowitz / Front Page Magazine:
Jaws of Defeat  —  The United States and Israel and every sentient being in the path of the Islamist crusade are teetering on the brink of a massive defeat in Lebanon and thus in the war on terror.  Lest it be forgotten, this is a war that began with the Ayatollahs' revolution in Iran in 1979 …
Discussion: Hot Air, Whiskey Bar and MAX BLUMENTHAL
Haaretz:
Israel ready to swap 2 Lebanese prisoners for IDF soldiers
rushlimbaugh.com:
Drive-By Media Plays Willing Accomplice, Eats Up Sick Islamo-Fascist Propaganda
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Mark Lavie / Associated Press:   Israeli Security Cabinet OKs offensive
Anita Snow / Associated Press:
Castro relinquishes power before surgery  —  HAVANA - Fidel Castro temporarily relinquished his presidential powers to his brother Raul on Monday night and told Cubans he underwent surgery.  —  The Cuban leader said he had suffered gastrointestinal bleeding, apparently due to stress …
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Val Prieto / Babalu Blog:
fidel castro Death Watch, Take 2846  —  BREAKING NEWS:  —  Local news is reporting that fidel castro has "temporarily" handed power of the communist nation over to his brother Raul.  Details are sketchy at the moment, but reports are that he was suffering from "intestinal ailments."
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Ailing Castro Transfers Powers  —  Cuban Leader Has Surgery, Cedes Interim Control to Brother  —  Cuban President Fidel Castro, a nemesis of the U. S. government for more than four decades, temporarily relinquished power on Monday for the first time in his long reign, saying he had undergone intestinal surgery.
Discussion: Decision '08
Associated Press:
Ailing Castro Gives Temporary Power to Brother  —  HAVANA (AP) — Little was known of Fidel Castro's condition Tuesday after he underwent an operation and temporarily turned over the Cuban presidency to his brother Raul, ushering in a period of uncertainty at home and celebrations by his enemies abroad.
Michelle Malkin:   DANCING IN THE STREETS  —  Thousands of anti-Castro Cuban-Americans …
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Ned Lamont on the Colbert Report  —  Stephen Colbert interviewed Ned Lamont tonight about the upcoming Connecticut primary.  —  Some rough transcript quotes from Ned: … Ned did an outstanding job at handling the tough interviews Stephen Colbert gives.  He was quick with the responses and presented his platform very well.
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
A Primary Lesson for Lieberman  —  Consider the uncanny similarity between Sen. Joe Lieberman's campaign for reelection in Connecticut last weekend and a certain political weekend in New York 26 years ago.  —  In Connecticut, four Senate Democrats pleaded with the party's rank and file …
Ctblogger / ConnecticutBLOG:
Lieberman's shameless race baiting flyer (and a few words)  —  Here's the racist flyer from team Joementum that everyone is dying to see.  Read it and puke.  —  Front side:  —  Back side:  —  Now on the back side, notice the key race baiting phrase "He didn't pay as much attention to race...until he got into the sente race"
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Joe's Tomorrow Tour
Bill Brubaker / Washington Post:
Democrats Unite on Iraq Withdrawal Demands  —  Twelve Democratic leaders of the House and Senate have urged President Bush in a strongly worded letter to begin withdrawing the 130,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by year's end, a sign that Democrats may be uniting on a key election-year issue that has divided the party.
Washington Post:
No Cease-Fire Soon, Israeli Leader Says  —  Wider Ground War Approved; Airstrikes Resume  —  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed Monday that there "will be no cease-fire in the coming days," and his top security officials unanimously approved a widening of Israel's military operations on the ground …
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Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Analysis: Bush Mideast stance may flop
Discussion: THE WAR IN CONTEXT and NewsHog
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
The Gibson Affair: A Defining Hollywood Moment  —  So is Mel Gibson's drunken anti-Semitic spew really headline news — or is it just another celebrity DUI?  Another high-profile addition to The Smoking Gun's mug shot gallery (Nick and Glen, meet your new buddy Mel)?  Monologue fodder for Leno, Letterman, Conan, and Kimmel?
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Allison Hope Weiner / New York Times:
Mel Gibson: The Speed of Scandal
Discussion: Slate and Althouse
Pew Research Center:
Section 3: Attitudes Toward the News  —  A narrow majority of Americans say they enjoy keeping up with the news "a lot," and this attitude is one of the strongest predictors of how much news people actually seek out.  Enjoyment of the news has been very stable over the past dozen years.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and CBS News
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Haaretz:
Assad calls on Syrian army to prepare for 'regional challenges'  —  By Haaretz Service and News Agencies  —  Syrian President Bashar Assad called on his army Monday to increase readiness to cope with "regional challenges."  —  The president's comments came during an annual address …
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Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
This war must not end
Scott Guiterrez / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Suspect in Jewish Federation shootings recently baptized  —  Man who grew up Muslim drifted from Christianity  —  RICHLAND — Naveed Haq, now widely portrayed as a Muslim American so angry at Israel that he shot up a Jewish charity in Seattle, had recently converted to Christianity.
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Mideast Conflict a Setback for Iran Reform Movement  —  The Israeli onslaught in Lebanon and Hezbollah's daily victories in the regional public relations war over the conflict threaten to claim a victim in Iran: whatever hope remained of resurrecting the political reform movement.
Gretchen Ruethling / New York Times:
A Skeptic on 9/11 Prompts Questions on Academic Freedom  —  Sipping on a bottle of water and holding a book about the history and future of Islam, Kevin Barrett ticked off a few examples of what he saw as evidence that the Sept. 11 attacks had been an "inside job."
Discussion: Instapundit.com and Slog
 
 
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Vijay Joshi / Associated Press:
Bus filled with Iraqi soldiers bombed
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Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
Betting on Democracy  —  Reversals for Fragile New Governments Mean Hard Choices for Bush
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Iraq's Vice President Criticizes Israel
Jerusalem Post:
IDF exchanges heavy fire with Hizbullah in south Lebanon
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