memeorandum: Pope sorry for offending Muslims (BBC)

1:30 PM ET, September 17, 2006

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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) …

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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.

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Ynetnews:

Security around pope beefed up — Italian media report security around Benedict XVI tightened following harsh responses to his remarks on Islam; pope expected to deliver weekly sermon from his summer home on Sunday, but it remains unclear whether he will address international uproar

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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.

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BBC:

Pope sorry for offending Muslims — Pope Benedict XVI has apologised in person for causing offence to Muslims in a speech in Bavaria last week. — He said the medieval text which he quoted did not express in any way his personal opinion, adding the speech was an invitation to respectful dialogue.

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Ian Fisher / New York Times:
Vatican Says Pope Benedict Regrets Offending Muslims

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Ron Coleman / Dean's World:
The Pope stands firm, sort of

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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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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:

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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 …

CC Goldwater / Newsweek:

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Robert Tanner / Associated Press:

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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 …

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Gateway Pundit:

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New York Times:

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Washington Post:

Major Problems At Polls Feared — Some Officials Say Voting Law Changes And New Technology Will Cause Trouble — An overhaul in how states and localities record votes and administer elections since the Florida recount battle six years ago has created conditions that could trigger a repeat …

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