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3:55 PM ET, August 28, 2006

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New York Times:
Shiite Militia Clashes With Iraqi Forces, Killing 15  —  Members of a Shiite militia killed at least 15 Iraqi soldiers in fierce fighting today in the southern city of Diwaniya, Iraqi officials said.  —  Some of the soldiers were executed in a public square after they ran out of ammunition …
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Elena Becatoros / Associated Press:
Dozens killed in Iraq; 8 U.S. troops die  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Violence in Iraq left nearly 50 people dead Monday in a suicide car bombing and clashes between Shiite militia and Iraqi security forces, a brutal contradiction of the prime minister's claim that bloodshed was decreasing.
Discussion: All Spin Zone
Reuters:   Shi'ite militia, Iraqi troops in fierce clashes
Solomon Moore / Los Angeles Times:
Deaths Drop in Iraqi Capital
Discussion: The News Blog
Greg Saunders / The Huffington Post:
Katrina : A Timeline  —  On CNN : … On Fox News : … From NPR's levee breach timeline : … Tuesday, August 30th  —  Updates from New Orleans TV station WWL : … From the Associated Press (more photos here): … More from WWL : … Wednesday, August 31st  —  Thursday, September 1st
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Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
Why we don't believe you  —  Does the mainstream press ever wonder why conservatives distrust them so much?  —  If so, they need look no further than the "fauxtography" scandals of the last couple of weeks.  Conservative bloggers have been hard at work sniffing out suspected fakery and staging …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Sister Toldjah
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
E&P buries correction on Mitchell's rewritten column from 2003
Michael J. Totten:
Eyeless in Gaza  —  The engine of a Qassam rocket fired from Gaza into Israel by Palestinian terrorists  —  SOUTHERN ISRAEL, NEAR GAZA - All eyes turned from Gaza to Lebanon as Israel fought a hot war with Hezbollah across its northern border.  Before the Lebanon war broke out …
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Washington Post:
Securing Future Fiscal Health  —  The economic and moral case for long-term reform of fiscal policy is clear.  Yet politicians refuse to act.  If this stalemate persists, it could end in catastrophe.  —  Over the next 30 years, spending on federal programs is on track to go up by 50 percent as a share of the economy.
BBC:
Rebel killing raises stakes in Pakistan  —  Guest journalist Ahmed Rashid assesses what the killing of a rebel tribal leader in Balochistan province means for the Baloch rebel movement and for the Pakistani government.  —  In his death and the manner in which it was carried out …
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Randy / RightWinged.com:
Adnan Hajj Reloaded - Another Hajj/Al-Reuters Photoshop  —  I've actually been sitting on this one for a while, after a reader named Michelle linked me to this Hajj fauxto, but I've been too busy to post on it the way I wanted to.  So without further ado, let's get it on...
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:   Another Adnan Hajj photoshop?
Media Research Center:
Election In The Streets  —  How The Broadcast Networks Promote Illegal Immigration  —  Executive Summary  —  Spurred by a passionate public outcry against the tide of illegal immigration, on December 16, 2005, the House of Representatives passed a bill to curb the flow of illegal aliens …
Rasmussen Reports:
Ohio Governor: Strickland Lead Widens to 25 Points  —  Blackwell (R) 32% Strickland (D) 57%  —  During the past several months, Democratic Congressman Ted Strickland's edge over Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell has ranged from four to seventeen percentage points.
John H. McWhorter / Washington Post:
In Defense of Andrew Young  —  Andrew Young unwittingly ended his brief tenure as Wal-Mart's ambassador to U.S. cities this month with his remarks about the nation's urban mom and pop shops:  —  "Those are the people who have been overcharging us — selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted vegetables …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Blogosphere Unites in Pursuit of Masked Senator  —  Who's trying to stop the government from telling its citizens where their tax dollars are being spent?  Help find out.  —  Just before the August recess, the Senate was set to vote on a bill co-sponsored by Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) …
Discussion: The Gadflyer, Porkbusters and Truthdig
Tim Worstall / TCS Daily:
America: More Like Sweden Than You Thought  —  One of the joys of my working life is that I get to read papers like "The State of Working America" from the Economic Policy Institute.  They are, as you may know, the people who urge that the USA become more like the European countries, most especially the Scandinavian ones.
Faiz / Think Progress:
Cheney Chooses Chief Propagator of False Iraq-9/11 Link To Be Official Biographer  —  Vice President Cheney — "the man running the country" — is now working on an official biography.  —  But don't hold out any hope that the biography will offer any revealing insight into "Dick Cheney's dark, secretive mind-set."
Telegraph:
Headteacher who never taught again after daring to criticise multiculturalism  —  Early yesterday afternoon, Ray Honeyford was listening with unconcealed delight to the radio commentary from the C&G Cup final at Lord's cricket ground as the Sussex batsmen, already 68 for 5, battled to find some form.
Discussion: Blogs for Bush and Wizbang
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Year After Katrina, Bush Still Fights for 9/11 Image  —  When the nation records the legacy of George W. Bush, 43rd president and self-described compassionate conservative, two competing images will help tell the tale.  —  The first is of Mr. Bush after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks …
Jerusalem Post:
IDF uncovers Hizbullah bunker  —  IDF forces from the Golani Brigade blasted open a Hizbullah bunker overnight Saturday some 400 meters from the security fence near Rosh Hanikra, it was reported on Sunday.  The bunker was discovered a mere stone's throw from a UN post.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Bin Laden, Most Wanted For Embassy Bombings?  —  Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is a longtime and prominent member of the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list, which notes his role as the suspected mastermind of the deadly U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa on Aug. 7, 1998.  —  is nowhere to be found on the same FBI notice.
Shelby Steele / Opinion Journal:
Life and Death  —  Western guilt blinds us to the nature of Islamic extremism.  —  The simple back-and-forth of war can create the illusion that both sides have a legitimate point to make even when this is not so, and it is clear that Hezbollah's cause has greatly benefited from war's "equalizing" effect.
 
 
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