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Haaretz:
Report: Fierce fighting as IDF commandos launch raid deep in Lebanon — Israel Defense Forces commandos reportedly landed by helicopter late Tuesday night near the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek in what Lebanese security sources described as a major operation against suspected Hezbollah positions.
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CNN:
Israel strikes deep into Lebanon — Peres estimates end of fighting in a matter of weeks — BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Israeli troops landed Tuesday near the eastern Lebanese town of Baalbeck, Lebanese security sources said, and the Israeli military engaged in fierce fighting with Hezbollah forces just across the border with Lebanon.
Yaakov Katz / Associated Press:
IDF commandos capture Hizbullah members after battle — After several hours of intense fighting in and around the in the eastern Lebanon town of Baalbek, which was built by Iran for the express purpose of treating Hizbullah operatives, IDF commando forces on Wednesday morning took a number of Hizbullah operatives captive.
Hussein Dakroub / Associated Press:
Israel seizes guerrillas in Lebanon raid — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel poured up to 10,000 armored troops into south Lebanon Tuesday, and separately sent commandos deep into the eastern Bekaa Valley where they raided a Hezbollah-run hospital and captured guerrillas during pitched battles, a major escalation of the three-week-old war.
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
News agencies stand by Lebanon photos — NEW YORK - Three news agencies on Tuesday rejected challenges to the veracity of photographs of bodies taken in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, strongly denying that the images were staged. — Photographers from The Associated Press …
ThreatsWatch:
Hizballah Is On The Ropes — The Clock Ticks for Hizballah as Assad Loves His Palaces More Than Nasrallah — Amid the relentless images of the dead extracted from a building in Qana, amid the fiery anger those images generated - from Lebanon to Europe and from Egypt to Indonesia …
Associated Press:
Fighting rages in Lebanon border village — BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon - Heavy ground fighting raged Tuesday near a Lebanese border village, and Israel resumed frequent airstrikes after it decided, in a major expansion of its offensive, to send thousands more troops deeper into Lebanon.
Michael J. Totten:
Some Small Encouraging Signs — First, a huge caveat: — I don't know what's going to happen in Lebanon and Israel, okay? And I don't claim to know. Just about anything could happen in the next couple of weeks. Every option I can think of is possible short of Lebanon declaring …
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Richard / EU Referendum:We need to know the truth — There are two wars being played out in the Middle East.
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Yoav Stern / Haaretz:Qana bombing body count falls sharply
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Jason Apuzzo / LIBERTAS:
Mel Gibson, Conservatives & The Cult of Celebrity — The Gibson mug shot. — Disney has unsurprisingly cancelled Mel Gibson's Holocaust TV series that he had in development. [The Reuters article obnoxiously states: "The actor ... holds strong conservative Catholic religious and political views."
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Democrats Scrambling To Organize Voter Turnout — Top Democrats are increasingly concerned that they lack an effective plan to turn out voters this fall, creating tension among party leaders and prompting House Democrats to launch a fundraising effort aimed exclusively at mobilizing Democratic partisans.
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Marine Names Murtha in Defamation Suit — Congressman Discussed Killings Involving Serviceman's Squad in Haditha, Iraq — A Marine Corps staff sergeant who led the squad accused of killing two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, will file a lawsuit today in federal court in Washington claiming …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Republicans Sponsor Green Candidate in Santorum Campaign — It's worse than we knew. Is the Green Party candidacy in the race for Rick Santorum's seat a wholly Republican sponsored affair? — As reported today by the AP and the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Green Party managed …
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Aziz P / Dean's World:
game over — What is clear is that Hizbollah is not going to be defeated by airpower alone. Barring the political will in Israel to mount a full-scale invasion of Lebanon up to the Litani river, the presence of Hizbollah in southern Lebanon is unlikely to be dislodged …
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John Dickerson / Slate:
Turki Dinner — A REVEALING EVENING WITH THE SAUDI AMBASSADOR. — Saudi Arabian Ambassador Turki al-Faisal's remarks Monday night were as carefully tailored as his gray suit. He called for peace in the Middle East and a face-saving solution for all parties involved in the violence.
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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Israel Launches Deepest Lebanon Strike — BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon (AP) - Israel launched its deepest ground strike into Lebanon on Wednesday, claiming it killed 10 Hezbollah guerrillas and captured five in the northeastern city of Baalbek, while nearby air raids killed at least 15 civilians.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
U.S. Wins Access to Reporter Phone Records — A federal prosecutor may inspect the telephone records of two New York Times reporters in an effort to identify their confidential sources, a federal appeals court in New York ruled yesterday. — The 2-to-1 decision, from a court historically sympathetic …
Jennifer Hughes / Financial Times:
US data fan rate rise debate — Data on Tuesday showing both healthy economic activity and rising inflation have re-ignited the debate over whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates when it meets next week. — Last week investors sharply cut back their expectation …
Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Senate Hearings on Public Expression of Religion Act Set For Wednessday — When the ACLU wins a case against the Boy Scouts, the public display of the Ten Commandments, veterans memorials, and other symbols of American history and heritage guess who pays them? You do!
David Sirota / Sirotablog:
SOLDIER: 101st Keyboarder refuses to answer hypocrisy — The New Republic was one of the strongest and most aggressive voices pushing for the invasion of Iraq. Their editor, Peter Beinart, led the charge, attacking Democrats who dared to question the move.
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