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2:30 PM ET, September 12, 2006

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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Rich Lowry, Serious Foreign Policy Expert, announces his serious plan for victory in Iraq  —  (updated below)  —  One of the most depressing aspects of the Iraq debate is to watch the self-styled "experts" who advocated this war, such as National Review Editor (and Sean Hannity substitute) …
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Marine Report Sees Grim Outlook in West Iraq
Discussion: LamontBlog and Macsmind
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
MORE TROOPS....In an all-star op-ed written by the editors …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
CNN:
Al Qaeda releases 9/11 anniversary message  —  (CNN) — A lengthy video statement from Ayman al-Zawahiri, issued on the eve of the fifth anniversary of al Qaeda's attacks on the United States, calls on Muslims to step up their resistance to the United States and warns that "new events" are on the way.
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Amir Taheri / New York Post:
9/11: FIVE YEARS ON
Times of London:
Fears of revenge attacks on stingrays over Irwin death  —  At least ten stingrays have been found dead and mutilated on Australia's eastern coast in the last week in what conservationists believe could be revenge attacks for the death of Steve Irwin, the popular naturalist and television personality.
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Guardian:
Stingray mutilations prompt Irwin vengeance fears
Discussion: TAPPED and Hit and Run
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
A War of Words  —  There was a time, not so long ago, when no one ever spoke of an American "homeland."  During World War II there was a home front, and of course there has always been a heartland between the two heartless coasts, but no one thought of our big-shouldered cities …
Discussion: The Heretik
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Jerome Taylor / Independent:
Pakistan rape reform fails after Musharraf caves in  —  In a setback for women's rights in Pakistan, the ruling party in Islamabad has caved in to religious conservatives by dropping its plans to reform rape laws.  —  Statutes known as the Hudood ordinances, based on sharia law, currently operate in Pakistan.
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Reuters:
Pakistan gives in to conservatives on rape law
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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 …
James B. Meigs / New York Post:
CONSPIRACY CRANKS  —  CREATING CRAZED '9/11 TRUTH'  —  ON Feb. 7, 2005, I became a member of the Bush/Halliburton/Zionist/CIA/ New World Order/Illuminati conspiracy for world domination.  That day, Popular Mechanics, the magazine I edit, hit newsstands with a story debunking 9/11 conspiracy theories.
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.
Emilio Karim Dabul / New York Post:
ONE ARAB'S APOLOGY  —  WELL, here it is, five years late, but here just the same: an apology from an Arab-American for 9/11.  No, I didn't help organize the killers or contribute in any way to their terrible cause.  However, I was one of millions of Arab-Americans who did the unspeakable on 9/11: nothing.
Rasmussen Reports:
Arkansas Governor: Beebe by 11  —  Beebe (D) 49% Hutchinson (R) 38%  —  For the first time since May, State Attorney General Mike Beebe's lead in the race for Arkansas governor is back to double digits (see crosstabs).  The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows Beebe leading Asa Hutchinson 49% to 38%.
Discussion: Crosstabs.org and Hit and Run
Ryan H. Sager / TCS Daily:
Is There an Elephant in Here?  —  Editor's Note: A little over a year and a half ago, TCS Daily sent New York Post columnist Ryan Sager down to the 2005 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to observe the state of the conservative movement in the wake of George W. Bush's reelection.
Discussion: BrothersJudd Blog and EconLog
 
 
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