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2:15 PM ET, September 16, 2006

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Michelle Malkin:
Pope Rage on the Internet; church bombings in Gaza  —  My friend Lorenzo Vidino, counterterrorism expert and author of al Qaeda in Europe, sent the above photo and this note: … The script in red calls for the Pope's beheading.  The rest of the translation:
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New York Times:
The Pope's Words  —  There is more than enough religious anger in the world.  So it is particularly disturbing that Pope Benedict XVI has insulted Muslims, quoting a 14th-century description of Islam as "evil and inhuman."  —  In the most provocative part of a speech this week on …
TigerHawk:
Infantilizing Muslim "rage"  —  Just about the entire world knows that that Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech on Tuesday condemning religious conversion by violence.  The Muslim "street" did not respond until Friday, when the leaders of the Muslim religion called for their faithful to surge …
BBC:
Pope 'sorry' for offence to Islam  —  Pope Benedict XVI has said he is sorry that a speech in which he referred to Islam has offended Muslims.  —  In a statement read out by a senior Vatican official, the Pope said he respected Islam and hoped Muslims would understand the true sense of his words.
Discussion: Biased BBC, OxBlog and Informed Comment
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MUSLIMS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST POPE  —  All around the world, Musliims are taking to the streets to demonstrate against the Pope's quotation of a fictional dialogue between a fourteenth-century Byzantine emperor and a Persian scholar which included a criticism of Islam.
Times of London:
Muslims vent fury at Pope's speech  —  From Richard Owen in Rome and Suna Erdem in Istanbul  —  THE Pope's visit to Turkey, which many hoped would herald a new era of improved relations between Islam and the West, was in doubt yesterday amid condemnation of remarks by the pontiff that appeared to link Islam and violence.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Pope Apologizes For Being Prophetic
Discussion: Jerusalem Post and Stop The ACLU
Benjamin Harvey / Associated Press:
Muslim leaders demand apology from Pope
Discussion: Jihad Watch and AMERICAblog
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Behind the Debate, Controversial CIA Techniques  —  President Bush's push this week for legislation that narrowly defines U.S. obligations under the Geneva Conventions is motivated by his aides' conviction that the CIA must continue using a small number of highly controversial interrogation techniques …
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wbal.com:
Cardin Staffer Sacked In Blog Flap  —  WBAL Radio as reported by Leonard Roberts and Robert Lang  —  A blog has apparently led to the firing of a staffer in the Ben Cardin for Senate campaign.  —  According to the Washington Times Insider Politics blog, a person labeling herself …
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Rajiv Chandrasekaran / Washington Post:
Best-Connected Were Sent to Rebuild Iraq  —  After the fall of Saddam Hussein's government in April 2003, the opportunity to participate in the U.S.-led effort to reconstruct Iraq attracted all manner of Americans — restless professionals, Arabic-speaking academics, development specialists and war-zone adventurers.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Suburban Guerrilla
Brian Faler / Bloomberg:
Republican Voters Dismayed by Biggest Spending Rise Since 1990  —  Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) — Republican voters are angry, not for the first time, at big-spending politicians in Washington.  This year, their wrath is aimed at their own party.  —  The Republican-controlled Congress heads …
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Security Ring for Baghdad Underway  —  Massive Effort Aims To Block Insurgents  —  U.S. military and Iraqi security forces have begun a massive effort to seal off Baghdad with a ring of reinforced checkpoints, berms, trenches, barriers and fences in an attempt to clamp down on insurgents, officials said Friday.
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and The Reaction
Washington Post:
Congress Ducks  —  We know that you know that there is an entitlement problem.  But the message hasn't reached Capitol Hill.  —  THERE'S NO great mystery about how to address Medicare's financial crisis.  Either you contain the rate at which the program's costs rise, or you raise more money to pay for it.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush VS Republicans, The Press And Lawyers On Torture  —  The controversy continues to grow over President George Bush's push for legislation that narrowly defines the Geneva Convention — a move that is being opposed by some in the military and some key GOPers (most interestingly, high profile Republicans who served in the military).
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
How Bad Is the Senate Intelligence Report?  —  Very bad.  —  According to a report released September 8 by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Saddam Hussein "was resistant to cooperating with al Qaeda or any other Islamist groups."  It's an odd claim.
Discussion: Security Watchtower
National Journal:
Know Thy Voter  —  A sophisticated and previously unrevealed experiment by Democratic interest groups could provide Democratic candidates in as many as nine states with an unanticipated edge in the November elections.  —  America Votes, a roundtable of the nation's top liberal membership groups …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Associated Press:
Intruder killed by nurse was hit man, police say  —  PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — When Susan Kuhnhausen returned home from work one day earlier this month, she encountered an intruder wielding a claw hammer.  After a struggle, the 51-year-old nurse fended off her attacker by strangling him with her bare hands.
 
 
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