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2:00 AM ET, August 22, 2006

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White House:
Press Conference by the President  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.  Please be seated.  Fancy digs you got here.  Thanks for your hospitality.  It's good to visit with you.  I look forward to taking some of your questions.
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CNN:
Poll: Opposition to Iraq war at all-time high  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Opposition among Americans to the war in Iraq has reached a new high, with only about a third of respondents saying they favor it, according to a poll released Monday.  —  Just 35 percent of 1,033 adults polled say they favor …
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Bush Warns It Would Be 'Disaster' to Leave Iraq  —  President Bush said Monday the United States would lose "our soul as a nation" if it gave up on the Iraq war now, warning it would be a "disaster" if U.S. troops left before the new Iraqi government can control the country.
Faiz / Think Progress:
Bush Now Says What He Wouldn't Say Before War: Iraq Had 'Nothing' To Do With 9/11  —  President Bush was in the midst of explaining how the attacks of 9/11 inspired his "freedom agenda" and the attacks on Iraq until a reporter, Ken Herman of Cox News, interrupted to ask what Iraq had to do with 9/11.
Asa Eslocker Reports / The Blotter:
Is Tomorrow Doomsday?  —  Asa Eslocker Reports:  —  While no extra safeguards are in place, U.S. law enforcement are not ignoring the possible significance of tomorrow's date, August 22, a date that marks an important historic event on the Islamic calendar.
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Little Green Footballs:
Ahmadinejad: "The Iranian People Will Force You to Bow and Surrender"  —  From Iranian TV, August 13, 2006.  (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.)
George Jahn / Associated Press:
Iran denies inspectors access to site  —  VIENNA, Austria - Iran has turned away U.N. inspectors wanting to examine its underground nuclear site in an apparent violation of the Nonproliferation Treaty, diplomats and U.N. officials said Monday.  —  The officials, who spoke on condition …
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Cameron Abadi / Spiegel Online:
Ignoring the Propaganda in Tehran  —  The government of Iran appears set to reject the European incentive package on Tuesday.  A show of strength?  A diplomatic blunder?  Iranians themselves don't know what to think.  —  "No, don't worry.  We are peaceful people," Arash says.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Washington Post:
President Bush Holds a News Conference  —  SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES  —  BUSH: Thank you all.  Please be seated.  —  Fancy digs you got here.  —  Thanks for your hospitality.  It's good to visit with you.  I look forward to taking some of your questions.
Discussion: Tristram Shandy
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Editor and Publisher:
Bush Tells Press U.S. Won't Leave Iraq While He Is President …
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Patrick Bishop / Telegraph:
Hizbollah pushes past guards in show of force  —  Hizbollah mourners on a funeral parade shoved aside anti-tank barriers at a United Nations base in Lebanon yesterday in a demonstration of their new political strength.  —  The party had been told it would be allowed to bury three "martyrs" …
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and Jihad Watch
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
British Authorities Charge 11 in Bomb Plot  —  Authorities Find Bomb Equipment and "Martyrdom" Tapes  —  British authorities today announced terrorism and murder-conspiracy charges against 11 people in the alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners, saying their searches since Aug. 10 …
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CNN:
Judge drops Padilla terror charge  —  Padilla, codefendants faced double jeopardy, ruling says  —  MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — A federal judge in Miami on Monday dismissed a terror count against Jose Padilla, the U.S. citizen once identified as a "dirty bomb" suspect and detained as an "enemy combatant."
New York Times:
Europeans Delay Decision on Role Inside Lebanon  —  The ruins of southern Beirut Sunday, after being pounded by Israeli airstrikes for a month.  Arab nations promised reconstruction aid.  —  The shaky, United Nations-brokered cease-fire in Lebanon suffered another blow on Sunday …
Associated Press:
Calendars show Armitage met reporter  —  WASHINGTON - Then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage met with Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in mid-June 2003, the same time the reporter has testified an administration official talked to him about CIA employee Valerie Plame.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Martin Asser / BBC:
Dangers await Lebanon returnees  —  When Um Ali Mihdi returned to her home in the southern Lebanese city of Bint Jbeil two days ago, she found a 1,000lb (450kg) Israeli bomb lying unexploded in her living room.  —  The shell is huge, bigger than the young boy pushed forward to stand reluctantly next …
 
 
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