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Associated Press:
At Least 145 Killed in Deadliest Attack Since Start of Iraq War — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — In the deadliest attack on a sectarian enclave since the beginning of the Iraq war, suspected Sunni-Arab militants used three suicide car bombs and two mortar rounds on the capital's Shiite Sadr City slum …
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CNN:
More than 140 killed in Baghdad's Sadr City … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A savage string of bombing attacks erupted in Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday, killing more than 140 people, according to Iraq's health minister. — Police told The Associated Press the death toll was expected to rise significantly.
Mercury News:
Violence `spiking' all over Iraq — DEATH TOLL MOUNTS AS DECISIONS NEAR ON NATION'S FUTURE — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis are dying in record numbers and fleeing by the tens of thousands from an anarchic nation where armed men rule the streets and there's little faith in government institutions …
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Deadly Attack Kills at Least 144 in Baghdad — In the deadliest sectarian attack since the ouster of Saddam Hussein, explosions from five powerful car bombs and a mortar shell tore through teeming intersections in the Shiite district of Sadr City on Thursday afternoon, killing at least 144 people and wounding 206, the authorities said.
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Michael Young / Times of London:
So how does 'engaging with Syria' look now? — In recent weeks the idea that the United States and the UK should "engage" Syria, but also Iran, to stabilise Iraq has been all the rage. On Tuesday, in an east Beirut suburb, Lebanon's industry minister, Pierre Gemayel, showed what the cost of engagement might be.
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Mustapha / The Beirut Spring:Naked Apathy — Hezbollah couldn't care less about Pierre Gmayyel.
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BBC:
Ex-Russian spy dies in hospital — Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has died in hospital three weeks after apparently being poisoned in London. — University College Hospital, London, said Mr Litvinenko had died at 2121 GMT on Thursday and the cause of his condition was still being investigated.
Tony Hendra / The Huffington Post:
A Thanksgiving Prayer for Dick Cheney's Heart — and a Few Other Favorite Things — I give thanks O Lord for Dick Cheney's Heart, that brave organ which has done its darn-tootin' best on four separate occasions to do what we can only dream about. — O Lord, give Dick Cheney's Heart …
SeeDubya / JunkYardBlog:
Oh, Come ON, People — There is a principled, intellectually honest case to be made for increasing the security of America's borders. Part of it is pretty obvious to those of us aware of the simple need to keep terrorists, criminals, and drugs out. And, um, the freakin' Mexican Army.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Panel Calls for Big Changes in Medicaid — A federal advisory panel says that long-term care for aging baby boomers threatens to bankrupt Medicaid, and it recommends sweeping changes to rein in costs, including greater use of managed care for the sickest Medicaid recipients.
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
On John McCain and 'Adults' — Steve Clemons, though he takes some needless and inaccurate swipes at the progressive left, has a pretty good take on Lieberman's Marshall Wittman hiring. In particular Clemons is worried about a McCain-Lieberman ticket in 2008 occupying the 'center …
Investor's Business Daily:
A Profiling In Courage — Homeland Security: Kudos to US Airways. Risking fines and a boycott, it did the right thing this week by removing a group of Muslim men from a flight to protect its crew and passengers. — By most accounts, the six bearded men were behaving suspiciously …
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
A Bad Omen in Rumsfeld's Firing — Donald Rumsfeld, one week after his sacking as secretary of defense, was treated as a conquering hero, accorded one standing ovation after another at the conservative American Spectator magazine's annual dinner in Washington.
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Balko Distorts the Facts In a Lengthy Screed About How He Doesn't Distort the Facts — Radley Balko has a lengthy screed about me today, which misstates my position in several respects regarding the Atlanta shooting involving the 92-year-old lady. — The nonsense starts right from the beginning:
Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Thanksgiving: the White House "Pardoning" Scandal — Here's an extra serving of hypocrisy for your Thanksgiving dinner. — I think we're all familiar with the big, flashy show that the White House puts on every year when the president pardons his Thanksgiving turkey.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
DIGITAL CAMERA CARNIVAL: Okay, the entries are in. There were actually so many that I'm breaking this Carnival into two parts, with the second to follow tomorrow or Friday. (That also means that it's not too late to send one in — just put "digital camera carnival" in the subject line so that I can find it.)
David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
Saudis need a mirror to see injustice — Luckily, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers isn't Jewish. — Or a woman. Or gay. — The clown princes and oligarchs of Saudi Arabia don't take kindly to those kinds of people in their midst. Then again, Christians, Hindis, Buddhists, atheists, etc. ...
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