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12:15 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 …
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Terror Attack Foiled at US Embassy in Syria  —  "Four gunmen attacked the U.S. embassy in Damascus on Tuesday, but failed to harm any American diplomats before all four were killed, a Syrian official said.  —  Syrian state television said the attackers had tried to detonate a car bomb in front of the embassy but had failed.
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 …
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:   Marine Report Sees Grim Outlook in West Iraq
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 …
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.
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
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 …
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Jerome Taylor / Independent:   Pakistan rape reform fails after Musharraf caves in
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...
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.
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 …
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.
Aslam Abdullah / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
FROM OUR READERS: Kill us, too: We are also Americans  —  Radical Muslims not worthy of the religion  —  The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, recently issued a decree to its supporters: Kill at least one American in the next two weeks "using a sniper rifle, explosive or whatever the battle may require."
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 …
 
 
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