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4:40 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 …
David Schenker / Counterterrorism Blog:
Attacks on US Embassy in Damascus Foiled
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 …
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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) …
New York Times:
President Bush's Reality  —  Last night, President Bush once again urged Americans to take terrorism seriously — a warning that hardly seems necessary.  One aspect of that terrible day five years ago that seems immune to politicization or trivialization is the dread of another attack.
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
A War of Words
Discussion: The Heretik
Amir Taheri / New York Post:
9/11: FIVE YEARS ON  —  OSAMA'S ERROR  —  IT was to be "The Mother of All Raids" (ghazvat al-gha zavat) that would bring down "The House of the Spider" as promised by the sheik in his mountain hideout.  —  The "raid" would terrify the "infidel" and hasten his demise just as the armies …
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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%.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Washington Senator: Cantwell's Lead Takes 11-Point Leap
Discussion: Crosstabs.org
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
The Raw Story:
Video: Commanders privately express needing 3X more troops  —  U.S. Commanders in Iraq have privately expressed the need for an increase of three times the number of troops currently serving in Iraq, reports Michael Ware of CNN.  Officially, the military continues to say that …
Discussion: Eschaton and The Moderate Voice
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Marine Report Sees Grim Outlook in West Iraq
Discussion: LamontBlog and Macsmind
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.
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.
Benny Avni / New York Sun:
U.N. Emerges As a 'Wedge' In Election  —  UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations, and the way Americans relate to it, has become a "wedge issue" that could soon decide a presidential election, a pollster, Frank Luntz, said.  —  A center-right think tank, the Hudson Institute …
Discussion: TAPPED, Atlas Shrugs and The Corner
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 …
 
 
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Monthly:
And we thought Clinton had no self-control
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
WITHDRAWAL PAINS....In a crie de coeur over at The New Republic …
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USA Today:
La.'s Jefferson fights to stay in office
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Letter to MSNBC Concerning Keith Olbermann's 9/11/06 Attack on the President
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USA Today:
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Contactmusic.com:
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Rice Indicates Slight Shift in Stance on Iran Sanctions
Editor and Publisher:
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Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
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