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Arab op-ed: Pope's remarks may lead to war — Muslim world newspapers filled with articles slamming pope's remarks; 'it is clear that such remarks only contribute to the fueling of the fire raging between Islam and the West,' op-ed published in al-Sharq al-Awsat says — Roee Nahmias
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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".
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:Pope to Muslims: Sorry if you're offended Update: British Muslim papers threaten
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 …
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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.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:Bush VS Republicans, The Press And Lawyers On Torture
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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.
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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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Hindrocket / Power Line:THEY LIKED IT WHEN IT WAS MCCAIN'S IDEA
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Marty Lederman / Balkinization:Even OLC is Unwilling to Say That That These Techniques Comply with Geneva
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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.
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.
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Save Yourself, Blame Bush — I can't help but feel sorry for my old Republican friends in Congress who are fighting for their political lives. After all, it must be tough explaining to voters at their local Baptist church's Keep Congress Conservative Day that it was their party that took …
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.
John M. Broder / New York Times:
What Would the Democrats Do? — Some Democrats in the center of the war debate: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, James Webb of Virginia, Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Senator John Kerry, Patricia Madrid of New Mexico and Senator Joseph Biden Jr. — FOR Democrats in Congress and those hoping to join them …
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