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1:30 PM ET, September 16, 2006

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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 …
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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:
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 …
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
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: OxBlog
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Pope Apologizes For Being Prophetic
Discussion: Jerusalem Post
Benjamin Harvey / Associated Press:
Muslim leaders demand apology from Pope
Discussion: Jihad Watch and AMERICAblog
BBC:
Apology call over Pope's comments
Discussion: The Corner
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Pope's Real Threat
Discussion: OxBlog
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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White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
Helen / Dr. Helen:
We Don't Support Gropers except for Bill Clinton  —  In a recent post, Ann Althouse rightly pokes fun at a picture of a group of left-leaning bloggers who met with and posed with Bill Clinton.  Professor Althouse points out the irony of a female blogger from a "feminist" …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Pull Up A Chair...
Discussion: Liberal Values
Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
Left builds power base in the blogosphere
Discussion: TalkLeft
Kevin Aylward / Wizbang Politics:
SECRET CARDIN STAFFER BLOG EXPOSED!  —  Just days after Rep. Ben Cardin won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maryland, we've found the secret blog of a female Cardin staffer who has quite a bit to say about race, gender, and creepy old Jewish guys... It's not quite Washingtonienne …
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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 …
Real Cities:
In a replay of Iraq, a battle is brewing over intelligence on Iran  —  WASHINGTON - In an echo of the intelligence wars that preceded the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a high-stakes struggle is brewing within the Bush administration and in Congress over Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program and involvement in terrorism.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Talking Points Memo
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.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Lebanon Must Disarm Hezbollah, Israeli Foreign Minister Warns  —  The Lebanese government must fully implement a recent U.N. resolution requiring the disarming of the militant Shiite group Hezbollah or Israel will be less reluctant to attack the Lebanese state if Hezbollah resumes hostilities …
Times of London:
Neo-Nazis join quiet march to poll victory  —  THERE was not a skinhead to be seen in this Baltic town at the heart of Germany's neoNazi revival.  No thugs with steel-tipped paratroop boots, no ranting xenophobes.  —  Yet the signs are clear: the far Right is on the march in Eastern Germany.
Discussion: protein wisdom and Truthdig
Eric Herman / Chicago Sun Times:
Hynes to Obama: Run for president  —  Barack Obama's one-time rival for the U.S. Senate wants him to run for president in 2008 — a move that could leave Obama's Senate seat vacant again.  —  State comptroller Dan Hynes, a fellow Democrat whom Obama trounced in the 2004 primary …
 
 
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