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10:55 PM ET, September 16, 2006

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5 churches attacked in Palestinian areas following Pope's comments on Islam — 5 churches attacked in Palestinian areas following Pope's comments on Islam ALI DARAGHMEH NABLUS, West Bank (AP) - Palestinians wielding guns and firebombs attacked five churches in the West Bank and Gaza on Saturday …

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Redstate, Mere Rhetoric, Catallarchy, Cold Fury, ProfessorBainbridge.com and Dr. Sanity

BBC:

Fresh criticism of Pope's remarks — Criticism is mounting from religious and political leaders in the Muslim world following remarks by Pope Benedict XVI about Islam. — Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, spoke of "sinister tendencies to associate terror with Islam" which gave rise to an "alienation with the West".

Discussion: Biased BBC

The Age:

Somali cleric calls for pope's death — A HARDLINE cleric linked to Somalia's powerful Islamist movement has called for Muslims to "hunt down" and kill Pope Benedict XVI for his controversial comments about Islam. — Sheikh Abubukar Hassan Malin urged Muslims to find the pontiff and punish …

Discussion: Jihad Watch

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pope to Muslims: Sorry if you're offended Update: British Muslim papers threaten

Discussion: Macsmind and IMAO

Robert / Jihad Watch:
Alykhan Velshi and Mahathir Mohamad on moderate Muslims (and the Pope)

Discussion: Rive Gauche, Vers la Droite and Mere Rhetoric

The Anchoress:
For Popes and Presidents, it feels like 1981 out there

Discussion: ProfessorBainbridge.com, Blue Crab Boulevard and Wizbang

Michelle Malkin:
Pope Rage on the Internet; church bombings in Gaza

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Mere Rhetoric, small dead animals, protein wisdom, Stix Blog, JunkYardBlog, The Moderate Voice, Ace of Spades HQ and Viking Pundit

Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:
Remarks by Pope Prompt Muslim Outrage, Protests

Discussion: IraqPundit, Norwegianity, The Carpetbagger Report, Middle Earth Journal, The Gun Toting Liberal, Atlas Shrugs and Abu Aardvark

Times of London:
Muslims vent fury at Pope's speech

Discussion: AMERICAblog

Kos Irhabi / The Jawa Report: Where's Adnan Hajj When They Need Him?

BBC:
Pope 'sorry' for offence to Islam

Discussion: Roger L. Simon, QandO, Mere Rhetoric, The Political Pit Bull, Jihad Watch, Captain's Quarters and Eteraz

Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:

CIA in Middle of Election-Year Battle — WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA believed it was operating lawfully in detaining and interrogating 96 suspected terrorists at locations from Thailand to Europe, until the Supreme Court this summer demolished that legal foundation.

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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Bush Fights On For "Waterboarding" — That's the ineluctable conclusion from the president's speech yesterday. Marty Lederman sees through the usual lies and obfuscation: … This is why McCain, Warner, Graham, Powell and every decent, sane conservative with military experience refuse to give in.

Discussion: Balkinization and Bradford Plumer

Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Even OLC is Unwilling to Say That That These Techniques Comply with Geneva

Discussion: Andrew Sullivan and The Left Coaster

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: Hullabaloo, The Left Coaster, Amygdala, Firedoglake, The News Blog, Daily Kos, Suburban Guerrilla and Hoffmania!

Michael J. Totten:

Getting Lebanon Wrong — Right after the end of the Hezbollah war I interviewed two members of Israel's Peace Now who stayed on a kibbutz just a few kilometers south of the border under Katyusha fire attack. Not wanting to give space only to the Israeli left, I sought out someone who could give …

Discussion: Kesher Talk

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Agence France Presse:
Palestinians open fire inside Nablus church

Discussion: Whiskey Bar

Adam Nagourney / New York Times:

In Campaign Ads for Democrats, Bush Is the Star — From Rhode Island to New Mexico, from Connecticut to Tennessee, President Bush is emerging as the marquee name in this fall's Congressional elections — courtesy not of his Republican Party but of the Democrats.

Discussion: The Reaction

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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush VS Republicans, The Press And Lawyers On Torture

Discussion: Legal Fiction

Mike Glover / Associated Press:

Bayh says Democrats can't be 'bunch of wimps' on terror — DES MOINES, Iowa - Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh defended Democratic assaults on President Bush's prosecution of the war on terror, but he warned Friday that his party can't come across as "a bunch of wimps" on security issues.

Jacob T. Levy / The New Republic:

THOSE WHO TAKE THEIR THEOLOGY SERIOUSLY CONTINUED: — Sandy drew our attention to John Nehaus' reflections on whether Mormonism is a form of Christianity or not. Insofar as that's a discussion within and between two theological traditions that center on the divinity of Jesus of Nazareth …

Discussion: Brad DeLong's Semi …, The Buck Stops Here, Unfogged and Muslihoon

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

James Taranto / Opinion Journal:

War Inside the Wire — You can handle the truth about Guantanamo Bay. — GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba—You might call Rear Adm. Harry Harris a jailer. As commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, a job he has held for six months, he is in charge of one of the world's best-known detention facilities.

Discussion: Blogs for Bush and Blue Crab Boulevard

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, The Reaction, The Heretik and Is That Legal?

Ali Eteraz / Eteraz:

URGENT: TIME TO PRESSURE MUSHARRAF — This is a call for action, read on for details. — I am sitting in a half empty taxi stand where the owner has let me use the computer for free because I have some urgent breaking news on the Women's Protection Bill. Popes and Mullahs keep fighting.