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12:00 PM ET, September 12, 2006

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Albert Aji / Associated Press:
Gunmen try to take U.S. Embassy in Syria  —  DAMASCUS, Syria - Islamic militants attempted to storm the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Tuesday using automatic rifles, hand grenades and at least one van rigged with explosives, the government said.  Four people were killed in the brazen attack, including three of the assailants.
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CNN.com:
Attack on U.S. Embassy foiled … DAMASCUS, Syria (CNN) — Syrian security forces killed four attackers Tuesday outside the U.S. Embassy in Damascus after a car exploded near the walls of the American compound, the Syrian Information Ministry said.  —  There was no claim of responsibility for the attack …
Discussion: Iowa Voice and IntoxiNation
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Terror Attack Foiled at US Embassy in Syria
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Gateway Pundit
Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian:
Bush: Saddam was not responsible for 9/11  —  George Bush last night admitted that Saddam Hussein had no hand in the 9/11 terror attacks, but he asked Americans to support a war in Iraq that he said was the defining struggle of our age.  —  On a day of sorrow and remembrance …
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Anne Applebaum / Telegraph:
Stop blaming America for terrorism  —  'Poised as I am, halfway between the two cultures, it was a little strange watching British reactions to events in America last week.  It was a little strange even being in Britain last week.  On Tuesday after hijacked planes had hit targets in Washington …
White House:
President's Address to the Nation  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good evening.  Five years ago, this date — September the 11th — was seared into America's memory.  Nineteen men attacked us with a barbarity unequaled in our history.  They murdered people of all colors, creeds, and nationalities — and made war upon the entire free world.
Washington Post:
Reinforce Baghdad  —  We are at a crucial moment in Iraq.  Supporters of the war, like us, have in the past differed over tactics.  But at this urgent pass, there can be no doubt that we need to stop the downward slide in Iraq by securing Baghdad.  —  There is no mystery …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
MORE TROOPS....In an all-star op-ed written by the editors …
Discussion: politburo diktat 2.0
New York Times:
9/11/06  —  The feelings of sadness and loss with which we look back on Sept. 11, 2001, have shifted focus over the last five years.  The attacks themselves have begun to acquire the aura of inevitability that comes with being part of history.  We can argue about what one president …
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:   A War of Words
Elaine Ganley / Associated Press:
World remembers 9/11 but many not crying
Discussion: Hot Air and Democrats.com
CNN:
Poll: More Americans blame Bush for 9/11  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The percentage of Americans who blame the Bush administration for the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington has risen from almost a third to almost half over the past four years, a CNN poll released Monday found.
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Dan / Riehl World View:
CNN Manipulates Poll Presentation To Slam Bush
Discussion: Power Line
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Keith Olbermann's Special Comment on Bush: Who has left this hole in the ground?  We have not forgotten, Mr. President.  You have.  May this country forgive you  —  Keith Olbermann blasts President Bush in his latest "Special Comment" section on Countdown tonight.  He leaves no stone unturned...
Reuters:
Pakistan gives in to conservatives on rape law  —  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ruling party has given in to the demands of religious conservatives opposed to the amendment of Islamic laws that would have taken rape out of the sphere of religious law.  —  A bill to amend the Islamic laws …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Jerome Taylor / Independent:   Pakistan rape reform fails after Musharraf caves in
New York Times:
Harvard Ends Early Admission  —  Harvard University, breaking with a major trend in college admissions, says it will eliminate its early admissions program next year, with university officials arguing that such programs put low-income and minority applicants at a distinct disadvantage …
Washington Post:
President Tries to Win Over a War-Weary Nation  —  President Bush's Oval Office speech last night was the culmination of two weeks of efforts to rally the nation behind his policies and presidency by summoning the memory of Sept. 11, 2001.  Five years after that indelible day, however …
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
White House Gains Concessions in Senate Measure on Tribunals  —  The Bush administration has won concessions from key Senate Republicans in proposed legislation on standards for detainee treatment and the rules for military trials of terrorism suspects, although some disagreements persist between …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
In Unpredictable District, Some Say Bush Is Politicizing Terrorism  —  Leaving services Sunday morning at Faith Bible Chapel, an evangelical megachurch, Jim McBride, a pilot who served in Vietnam, said he was not happy with President Bush's handling of Iraq.
New York Times:
In Prime-Time Address, Bush Says Safety of U.S. Hinges on Iraq  —  President Bush Monday at the Fort Pitt firehouse on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.  The door is from a truck that responded to the attacks.  —  President Bush used the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on Monday …
Discussion: Discourse.net and Hoffmania!
 
 
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