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Associated Press:
Italian nun shot dead by Somali gunmen — MOGADISHU, Somalia - An Italian nun was shot dead at a hospital by Somali gunmen Sunday, hours after a leading Muslim cleric condemned Pope Benedict XVI for his remarks on Islam and violence. — The nun, who was not immediately identified …
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Depressing Times — Oriana Fallaci, RIP, the Pope, and a Sad Age — Rarely has the death of a public intellectual affected me as much as the passing of Oriana Fallaci. I never met her, and only received a brief note once from her accompanying a copy of The Rage and the Pride.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
An Open Letter To Pope Benedict XVI — To His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI: — I went to church angry today for the first time in quite a while, perhaps since 9/11. We are called to humble ourselves when we worship God, and while I'm far from being the world's best example of Catholocism …
Michelle Malkin:
Italian nun killed; Pope sorry for Muslim reaction — ***scroll for updates...must-read for vital historical perspective: Andrew Bostom at The American Thinker on the Pope, the Byzantine Empire, jihad, and "dialogue"...*** — Shot in the back three times. Fox News says four times in the back by two "armed gunmen" with pistols.
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Pier Paolo Cito / Associated Press:
Pope sorry for reaction to his remarks
Pope sorry for reaction to his remarks
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Canada Free Press:
Next Attack Imminent: Muslims ordered to leave the United States — Urgent news from Abu Dawood, the newly appointed commander of the al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan: — Final preparations have been made for the American Hiroshima, a major attack on the U. S.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: AQ warns Muslims to leave NYC, Washington — The worry meter remains at midlevel, but I'm obliged to follow up on that earlier post. Via Bama Pachyderm via Gateway Pundit via World Net Daily, Pakistani journalist Hamir Mir says the end is nigh: … Let's wait and see about that audio message.
Jon Henke / The Allen Blog:
Liveblogging Meet the Press — The Allen/Webb Meet the Press debate begins momentarily. I'll be liveblogging it here, with time-stamped updates to include information and analysis. More as it happens. — PREDICTION: Senator Allen will discuss his positions on issues like the economy …
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Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
If It Was a Prize Fight, It Would Have Been Stopped at the First Commercial Break
If It Was a Prize Fight, It Would Have Been Stopped at the First Commercial Break
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Tom Bevan / The RCP Blog:
The AP's Switcheroo — Here's an email we received yesterday morning at 10:26 am: … The emailer is right that if you look at the AP headline now, it reads "Poll Shows GOP Not Making Its Case:" — Since I was the one who published the AP story yesterday and was 100% sure that I copied …
John Yoo / New York Times:
How the Presidency Regained Its Balance — FIVE years after 9/11, President Bush has taken his counterterrorism case to the American people. That's because he has had to. This summer, a plurality of the Supreme Court found, in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, that Congress must explicitly approve military commissions …
Robert Tanner / Associated Press:
U.S. holds AP photographer in Iraq 5 mos — The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing. — Military officials said Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen …
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Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Called From Diplomatic Reserve — Former Secretary of State Leads Attempt to Salvage Iraq Mission — Is Jim Baker bailing out the Bushes once again? — The former secretary of state, James A. Baker III, a confidant of President George H.W. Bush, visited Baghdad two weeks ago to take a look …
Jonathan Chait / Los Angeles Times:
A liberal hawk strikes back — THE CIRCULAR firing squad is the signature practice of the Democratic Party. Think of 1968, or 1972, or everything that happened during the Clinton presidency except impeachment, or the Howard Dean campaign. Democrats are never truly happy unless they're at each others' throats.
Patrick Quinn / Associated Press:
U.S. war prisons legal vacuum for 14,000 — BAGHDAD, Iraq - In the few short years since the first shackled Afghan shuffled off to Guantanamo, the U.S. military has created a global network of overseas prisons, its islands of high security keeping 14,000 detainees beyond the reach of established law.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Tribunal Dispute Could Ruin GOP Strategy — Bush-McCain Standoff Over Terrorism Trials Overshadows Electoral Battle — Congressional Republicans had carefully orchestrated the finale of the legislative year to be a showdown with Democrats over which party is best equipped to keep the country safe …