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1:05 AM ET, August 16, 2006

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Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Israel threatens to resume war if Hizbullah refuses to disarm  —  The IDF will have to resume operations in Lebanon if the expanded United Nations force being assembled does not fulfill its obligation to dismantle Hizbullah, an official in the Prime Minister's Office warned on Tuesday.
Discussion: DEBKAfile and Wizbang
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Washington Post:
Hezbollah Balks At Withdrawal From the South  —  Hezbollah refused to disarm and withdraw its fighters from the battle-scarred hills along the border with Israel on Tuesday, threatening to delay deployment of the Lebanese army and endangering a fragile cease-fire.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Wizbang
Bill Roggio / Counterterrorism Blog:
After Action Report: Winners and Losers in the Hezbollah-Israel War  —  With the cessation of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel largely holding after 24 hours, it is time to look at the likely winners and losers of the Hezbollah-Israel war.  Israel spent the weekend scrambling to reach …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Israel: Game On If Hezbollah Keeps Weapons
Larry O'Dell / Associated Press:
Allen Sorry for Calling Man 'Macaca'  —  RICHMOND, Va. — Sen. George Allen apologized Tuesday for remarks that offended a man of Indian descent who was tracking the Republican's re-election campaign for Democratic challenger Jim Webb.  —  S.R. Sidarth said he felt Allen was singling …
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Washington Post:
George Allen's America
John Dickerson / Slate:
Once a Boob, Always a Boob? …
Discussion: The Fix and NewsBusters.org
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Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
Update: Senate Democrats Supporting Ned Lamont
New York Times:
Iraqi Death Toll Rose Above 3,400 in July  —  July appears to have been the deadliest month of the war for Iraqi civilians, according to figures from the Health Ministry and the Baghdad morgue, reinforcing criticism that the Baghdad security plan started in June by the new Iraqi government has failed.
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
Guardian:
Liberal agonies  —  Leader  —  "Why are the liberals always on the other side?" asks the fictional French military commander Colonel Mathieu when he is challenged, in The Battle for Algiers, for using torture to fight terror.  The film suggests that torture works as a tool of immediate necessity …
John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
What If 9/11 Never Happened?  —  A counterhistory.  —  T  —  here are days in New York—surprisingly many of them, all things considered—when it's almost possible to forget that we are living in an age of terror.  And then there are days, like last Thursday with its headlines out of London …
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Jamie Glassman / Times of London:
Have you heard the one about the Jews?  —  As a writer on The Ali G Show I can do insulting jokes.  But the anti-Jewish sentiment at Edinburgh is shocking  —  THERE'S NOTHING I like more than a Jewish joke.  It's the anti-Jewish ones I'm not so keen on.  —  Wandering through the streets …
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
The Era of Networked Journalism Begins  —  Today marks a key moment in the evolution of the Web as a reporting medium.  The first left-right-center coalition of bloggers, activists, non-profits, citizens and journalists to investigate a story of national import: Congressional earmarks and those who sponsor and benefit from them.
Luke Thomas / sanfranciscosentinel.com:
Happy Birthday Fidel  —  San Franciscans honor the life of the world's longest reigning revolutionary leader  —  Members of Dance Brigade perform a dance ode to honor the life of Cuban President  —  Fidel Castro at Dance Mission Theater on Saturday.  —  The event was co-sponsored by Casa Cuba Resource Center.
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Val Prieto / Michelle Malkin:
San Francisco In Support of Slavery
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Art Levine / Salon:
Salon's shameful six  —  There was Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004.  Here are the six states where vote suppression could cost voters their voice — and Democrats the election — in 2006.  —  Eva Steele has a son in the military who is supposed to be fighting for freedom in Iraq …
Chris Bowers / mydd.com:
MyDD / Courage Campaign Poll: Republicans Divided On Iraq, Accountability  —  Please continue to donate to the MyDD / Courage Campaign Polling Project.  This important work cannot continue without your support.  Also, check out the official, public, PDF version of the report.
Eric Boehlert / The Huffington Post:
Little Green Footballs, Staged War Photos, and the Story the Press Won't Tell  —  As Little Green Footballs, the right-wing warblog, continues to be toasted in the press for helping ferret out a Reuters news photo that was marginally altered to show a smoldering, bombed-out Beirut in the wake …
KLTV-TV:
Clinton Sounds Off on Terror, Republicans  —  Taking a break from his work at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto on Monday, former President Clinton warned Republicans not to politicize the London terror arrests, slammed Sen. Joe Lieberman, whom he campaigned for just a couple weeks ago …
Kimberly Hefling / Associated Press:
Poll Shows Pa. Senate Race Narrowing  —  MANNS CHOICE, Pa. - Democrat Bob Casey is holding onto his lead over Republican Sen. Rick Santorum (news, bio, voting record) in one of the nation's hottest Senate races, despite the recent appearance of a Green Party candidate who is considered a spoiler for Casey, a poll released Tuesday shows.
Reuters:
Snow White's dwarfs more famous than US judges: poll  —Text+NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three quarters of Americans can correctly identify two of Snow White's seven dwarfs while only a quarter can name two Supreme Court Justices, according to a poll on pop culture released on Monday.
Michael J. Totten:
War Warps the Mind a Little  —  The events in this essay took place on August 11 and 12.  —  NORTHERN ISRAEL - War does strange things to the mind.  The first time you hear the loud BOOM, BANG, and CRASH of incoming and outgoing artillery, you will jump.  You will twitch.  You will want to take cover.
DFH / Drinking From Home:
Orla Guerin - Busted!  —  Two reports from Bint Jbeil from yesterday's news, one from Orla Guerin on the BBC (watch the full report here**) and the other from Alex Thomson on Channel 4 News (click here to view.  Window Media Player only. 2 mins in.)  (Added emphasis mine in all spoken extracts)
Rick Lyman / New York Times:
Census Shows Growth of Immigrants  —  The number of immigrants living in American households rose 16 percent over the last five years, fueled largely by recent arrivals from Mexico, according to fresh data released by the Census Bureau.  —  And increasingly, immigrants are bypassing …
Gavin Sandvoss / Gay Rights Watch:
EXCLUSIVE: Lou Beres of the Christian Coalition Confesses to Molesting Family Members  —  GayRightsWatch.com Exclusive:.  In a just released police report (pdf), Lou Beres, former head of the Oregon Christian Coalition, finally confessed to the charges that he so vehemently denied last October.
Ynetnews:
Iran: Victory celebrations, threats to Israel  —  Thousands of citizens take to streets chanting, 'Lebanon won, Israel destroyed'; dozens of ambulances hold procession in show of empathy with casualties of war.  Senior religious figure in Iran warns: 'If Israel and US attack us, we will shoot missiles at Tel Aviv'
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Lebanese rescuer 'Green Helmet' injured  —  TYRE, Lebanon - A civil defense worker who has drawn controversy for holding up the bodies of children killed in Lebanon said Tuesday he was lightly injured fighting a weekend fire sparked by an Israeli bomb.  —  Salam Daher, dubbed the Green Helmet …
Discussion: Hot Air
Martin Griffith / Associated Press:
Notices to be posted about Nevada candidate's death  —  RENO, Nev. (AP) - Nevada Republicans will get another reminder of the death of one of their statewide candidates when they vote in Tuesday's primary.  —  Under state law, election officials must post notices at polling places notifying voters …
Doug Donovan / Baltimore Sun:
Cardin promises cancer cure … With a month to go before primary voters head to the polls to choose Senate nominees, Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin kicked off yesterday a weeklong effort to highlight his congressional record and vision on health care by making the mother of all campaign promises - to cure cancer.
 
 
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Guardian:
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Ze'ev Schiff / Haaretz:
ANALYSIS: The IDF's military victory is not enough
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