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2:15 PM ET, September 17, 2006

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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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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.
Pier Paolo Cito / Associated Press:
Pope sorry for reaction to his remarks  —  CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that he was "deeply sorry" about the angry reaction to his recent remarks about Islam, which he said came from a text that didn't reflect his personal opinion.  —  "These (words) …
National Post:
Rioters' madness shames Muslim world  —  Reactions of some fanatics does not help open dialogue  —  Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Post  —  The eruption of rage in some quarters of the Islamic world against Pope Benedict XVI requires that several tough things be said.
BBC:
Pope sorry for offending Muslims
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pope to address controversy on Sunday Update: "Deeply sorry …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
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 …
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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 …
Discussion: Say Anything
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 …
CC Goldwater / Newsweek:
Goldwater Today  —  CC Goldwater on what her grandfather would make of today's GOP.  —  As the granddaughter of Barry Goldwater, I am often asked what I think my grandfather would have felt about the direction of today's Republican Party.  What I found in the past year I spent making …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Gateway Pundit:
Al Qaeda Orders Muslims to Leave US Before Nuclear Terror Strike!  —  My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy sends more news of a Nuclear Terror threat against the United States!  —  Be on the look out for this Al Qaeda terrorist, Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, who lived in the US for several years.
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 …
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.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Ed Koch / Real Clear Politics:
Losing Our Will to Win  —  The Islamic terrorists or as President Bush calls them — Islamic fascists — are continuing their ruthless bombing campaign in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The casualty numbers are staggering.  —  Nearly every day in Iraq alone, 50 or more civilians are found tortured …
Discussion: Say Anything
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 …
Bluto / The Jawa Report:
George Soros Gains a Recruit in the Global War on Bush  —  Cross-posted from The Dread Pundit Bluto  —  Becoming the most notable Democratic Party financial supporter: $$billions$$  —  Unsuccessfully trying to influence American elections: $$billions$$  —  Comparing the Bush administration to Nazis on CNN: Your immortal soul.
 
 
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