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7:50 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.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
After the Bombs, Politics  —  The Lebanon war was damaging for Israel, the United States and, most of all, Lebanon itself.  But it may have taught everyone a lesson that will be immensely important to the future of the Middle East: The solutions to the big problems that afflict the region are not military but political.
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 …
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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
Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
Update on Senate Democrats Supporting Ned Lamont
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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.
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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 …
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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 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 …
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? …
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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.
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.
Edmund Blair / Reuters:
Iran says won't back down over atomic rights  —  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday Iran would not yield to Western pressure to give up its home-grown nuclear technology.  —  His comments came days before an August 22 deadline Iran set itself to respond …
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 …
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