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6:10 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.
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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.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Israel: Game On If Hezbollah Keeps Weapons  —  Israel has warned the UN and Lebanon that any solution that allows Hezbollah to retain any weapons will result in a resumption of hostilities.  Kofi Annan's earlier reaction to the reported deal between Fuad Siniora and Hassan Nasrallah that amounted to a …
Discussion: Riehl World View
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
After the Bombs, Politics  —  The Lebanon war was damaging for Israel …
Bill Roggio / Counterterrorism Blog:
After Action Report: Winners and Losers in the Hezbollah-Israel War
Discussion: Secular Blasphemy and Jay Currie
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dem angst escalates  —  A group of Senate Democrats is growing increasingly angry about Sen. Joe Lieberman's (D-Conn.) campaign tactics since he lost the Democratic primary last week.  —  If he continues to alienate his colleagues, Lieberman could be stripped of his seniority within …
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New York Times:
New Lieberman Retooling Race as Independent
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and Hullabaloo
Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
Update: Senate Democrats Supporting Ned Lamont
Discussion: Democrats.com and Booman Tribune
Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
Update on Senate Democrats Supporting Ned Lamont
Discussion: Slog
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
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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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John Dickerson / Slate:
Once a Boob, Always a Boob? …
Discussion: Riehl World View and The Fix
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 …
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: NewsBusters.org and Hot Air
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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 …
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.
John Kifner / New York Times:
Hezbollah Leads Work to Rebuild, Gaining Stature  —  As stunned Lebanese returned Tuesday over broken roads to shattered apartments in the south, it increasingly seemed that the beneficiary of the destruction was most likely to be Hezbollah.  —  A major reason — in addition to its hard-won reputation …
Times of London:
German troops may face Jews - as part of mission for peace  —  From Roger Boyes in Berlin and Richard Beeston in Beirut  —  GERMANY was poised yesterday to shatter its most enduring postwar taboo by sending troops into the cauldron of Lebanon, where they risk coming into direct conflict with Israelis.
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 …
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: All right, thank you for accommodating me for my late schedule today.  It's good to be here.  Just a couple of things off the top and then we'll go to questions.  —  First, the Department …
Discussion: Bring it On! and Gateway Pundit
John Files / New York Times:
Military's Discharges for Being Gay Rose in '05  —  The Defense Department discharged 726 service members last year for being gay, up about 10 percent from 2004, figures released by a gay rights group show.  —  The group, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, obtained the information through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Discussion: Amygdala and Wonkette
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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Yoav Stern / Haaretz:
UNIFIL chief expects advance int'l force to arrive next week
Discussion: Israel Matzav
mnf-iraq.com:
Press Briefing, Aug. 14
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Independent:
Robert Fisk: In the face of Bush's lies, it's left to Assad to tell the truth
Discussion: Informed Comment
Nicholas Bakalar / New York Times:
Coffee as a Health Drink? Studies Find Some Benefits
Discussion: Donklephant
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Scarborough: "Is Bush An 'Idiot'?"
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Andrew / Craig Murray:
The UK Terror plot: what's really going on?
Heritage Foundation:
James A. Phillips  —  Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Does the onset of "Iraq Syndrome" mean it's Giuliani time?
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
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Eric Boehlert / The Huffington Post:
Little Green Footballs, Staged War Photos, and the Story the Press Won't Tell
Doug Donovan / Baltimore Sun:
Cardin promises cancer cure
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Michael J. Totten:
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