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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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Guardian:
Muslim leaders demand apology for Pope's 'medieval' remarks — John Hooper in Rome and Luke Harding in Berlin — Pope Benedict XVI was last night facing angry demands from Muslims that he apologise for a speech in which he appeared to say the concept of jihad was "unreasonable" …
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.
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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The Anchoress:
Benedict's "blunder" was partly media-enhanced-UPDATED — I am not especially saddened to see the brouhaha that is gaining strength over Benedict's speech. Whether he is "media savvy" or not, Benedict has managed - in his very scholarly fashion - to apply a very hot drawing poultice …
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.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Pope Apologizes For Being Prophetic — Pope Benedict XVI apologized more clearly for any offense taken from his speech by Muslims that decried violence in relgious proselytization, as Muslims burnt two churches in the West Bank. Benedict now says that he hoped Muslims would understand …
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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 — White House Conference Center Briefing Room — MR. SNOW: Hello, welcome. Let me begin with a personnel announcement. Tony Fratto, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Treasury, I am pleased to announce, will be coming over to the White House …
CNN:
Toobin: Bush 'playing chicken' with senators — (CNN) — President Bush warned on Friday that a CIA interrogation program for terror suspects is in jeopardy unless Congress approves his proposals seeking to reinterpret America's application of the Geneva Conventions.
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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Editor and Publisher:
Corn Denies Charge in 'WSJ' That He Outed Plame — NEW YORK David Corn, co-author with Michael Isikoff of the new book "Hubris" that has made so much news lately, today heatedly denied what he called an old and false charge in the Wall Street Journal that he — not Robert Novak — outed Valerie Plame as a CIA operative.
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David Corn / The Huffington Post:WSJ and Toensing: I Outed Plame (Here We Go Again)
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Andrew Kirtzman / WCBS-TV:
Bloomberg Secretly Considers Presidential Campaign — CBS 2 Exclusive: Despite Public Denials, Mayor Has Secret Meeting With National Political Strategist, Wall Street Money Man — (CBS) NEW YORK New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has always denied it, but CBS 2 has learned the details of a secret meeting …
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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.
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 …
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.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Los Angeles Times Editor Openly Defies Owner's Call for Job Cuts — The editor of The Los Angeles Times appears to be in a showdown with the paper's owner, the Tribune Company, over job cuts in the newsroom. — In a highly unusual move, Dean P. Baquet, who was named editor last year …
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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