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10:10 AM ET, September 27, 2006

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Washington Post:
Sobering Conclusions On Why Jihad Has Spread  —  In announcing yesterday that he would release the key judgments of a controversial National Intelligence Estimate, President Bush said he agreed with the document's conclusion "that because of our successes against the leadership of al-Qaeda …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Study Doesn't Share Bush's Optimism on Terror Fight  —  Three years ago, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld wrote a memo to his colleagues in the Pentagon posing a critical question in the "long war'' against terrorism: Is Washington's strategy successfully killing or capturing terrorists faster than new enemies are being created?
Discussion: AMERICAblog, Daily Kos and White House
New York Times:
The Fine Art of Declassification  —  It's hard to think of a president and an administration more devoted to secrecy than President Bush and his team.  Except, that is, when it suits Mr. Bush politically to give the public a glimpse of the secrets.  And so, yesterday, he ordered …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Big Question Democrats Are Ducking  —  No matter how you slice it, the National Intelligence Estimate warning that the Iraq war has spawned more terrorism is big trouble for President Bush and his party in this election year.  It goes to the heart of Bush's argument for invading Iraq, which was that it would make America safer.
Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Iraq is 'cause celebre' for extremists  —  WASHINGTON - A declassified government intelligence report says the war in Iraq has become a "cause celebre" for Islamic extremists, breeding deep resentment of the U.S. that is likely to get worse before it gets better.
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Bush Makes Public Parts of Report on Terrorism
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Washington Post:
Rush to Error  —  AFTER BARELY three weeks of debate …
Discussion: Boston Globe
Washington Post:   Detainee Bill in Final Stages
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Faithbased Torture  —  By now probably everyone knows …
Discussion: Amygdala
New York Times:
Opera Canceled Over a Depiction of Muhammad  —  A leading German opera house has canceled performances of a Mozart opera because of security fears stirred by a scene that depicts the severed head of the Prophet Muhammad, prompting a storm of protest here about what many see as the surrender of artistic freedom.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Opera Cancelled In Germany For Being Offensive To Muslims  —  How far have political correctness and political fears gone?  This far: … Perhaps you didn't know that Mozart is considered offensive and should be banned.  —  But the uproar has been over the more modern staging …
Discussion: The Mahablog
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Fat Lady Sings For Berlin Opera That Depicts Mohammed
Richard Miniter / Opinion Journal:
What Clinton Didn't Do . . .  . . . .and when he didn't do it.  —  Bill Clinton's outburst on Fox News was something of a public service, launching a debate about the antiterror policies of his administration.  This is important because every George W. Bush policy that arouses the ire of Democrats …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Angry white man meets 'the smirk'  —  THE SMIRK is the new angry.  Remember the '90s, which Dems spent putting down "angry white men?"  Now the Dems are angry.  They've been hopping mad for six years.  Sunday, their biggest star, former President Bill Clinton, embraced his angry side during …
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Big Brass Blog
CNN:
Musharraf: Iraq war makes world more dangerous  —  (CNN) — The war in Iraq has not made the world safer from terror, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has told CNN, saying he stands by statements on the subject he makes in his new book, "In the Line of Fire."
Discussion: The RBC and Democrats.com
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Paul Alexander / Associated Press:
Pakistan Explains Stance on Israel
David B. Caruso / Associated Press:
NYC Mulls Ban on Trans Fats in Eateries  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Three years after the city banned smoking in restaurants, health officials are talking about prohibiting something they say is almost as bad: artificial trans fatty acids.  —  The city health department unveiled a proposal Tuesday …
Thomas Sowell / Real Clear Politics:
A Week's Revelations  —  This past week has told us more than we wanted to know about ourselves and about our enemies.  —  There was far more controversy over remarks made by the Pope than over the violence unleashed by Muslims against people who had nothing to do with what the Pope said.
Discussion: The Bullwinkle Blog and Dr. Sanity
Randolph E. Schmid / Associated Press:
White House said to bar hurricane report  —  WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported Tuesday.  —  The possibility that warming conditions …
brusselsjournal.com:
Third Night of Ramadan Rioting in Capital of Europe  —  It looks as if immigrants youths want to turn nightly rioting during the Islamic holy month of ramadan into an annual tradition.  Around 8:30pm last night violence erupted again in Brussels, the capital of Europe.
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Joshua Rozenberg / Telegraph:
Britain must pay traitor Blake for breaching his human rights  —  George Blake, who spied for the Soviet Union, won a human rights claim against the British Government yesterday, 40 years after he escaped from prison in London and fled to Moscow.  —  Britain was ordered by judges in Strasbourg …
Discussion: Tim Worstall
 
 
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
The 'Moderate Republican' Scam
Discussion: MyDD
James Lileks / Austin American-Statesman:
Now history is off limits lest we offend Islamicists
Discussion: Tim Blair
The American Thinker:
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Anne Saunders / Associated Press:
Top Aide to N.H. Congressman Resigns
Bashir Goth / Washington Post:
Community Censorship Plagues the House of Islam