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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
THE 'EURABIA' MYTH — A RASH of pop prophets tell us that Muslims in Europe are reproducing so fast and European societies are so weak and listless that, before you know it, the continent will become "Eurabia," with all those topless gals on the Riviera wearing veils. — Well, maybe not.
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Quartet of ladies shows where we're headed — Have you seen a movie called ''Four Jills In A Jeep''? Don't worry, it's not at the multiplex. It came out in 1944. A wartime movie, about the contribution of the gals to the big existential struggle. Great title, and downhill after that.
Tom Raum / Associated Press:
U.S. involved in Iraq longer than WWII — WASHINGTON - The war in Iraq has now lasted longer than the U.S. involvement in the war that President Bush's father fought in, World War II. As of Sunday, the conflict in Iraq has raged for three years and just over eight months.
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
A Matter of Definition: What Makes a Civil War, and Who Declares It So? — Is Iraq in a civil war? — Though the Bush administration continues to insist that it is not, a growing number of American and Iraqi scholars, leaders and policy analysts say the fighting in Iraq meets the standard definition of civil war.
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Washington Post:
Baghdad Braces For More Reprisals — Cellphones and Web Spread Threats, Fear — In the aftermath of one of the deadliest spasms of violence, a new level of fear and foreboding has gripped Baghdad, fueled in part by sectarian text messages and Internet sites, deepening tensions in an already divided capital.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The "centrist" position on the war in Iraq — This Washington Post article on the inner workings of the bizarrely revered Baker-Hamilton Commission is notable for several reasons, the first of which is that neoconservatives are stomping their feet and whining loudly because they feel …
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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Iraq Group a Study In Secrecy, Centrism — In the history of U.S. foreign policy, there's been nothing like it: a panel outside government trying to bail the United States out of a prolonged and messy war. — The innocuously titled Iraq Study Group, which has evolved into a parallel policy establishment …
Telegraph:
Britain wants UK break up, poll shows — The United Kingdom should be broken up and Scotland and England set free as independent nations, according to a huge number of voters on both sides of the border. — A clear majority of people in both England and Scotland are in favour of full independence …
Abby Ellin / New York Times:
Big People on Campus — ASK Sheana Director for a detailed description of herself, and chances are the word fat will come up. It is not uttered with shame or ire or any sense of embarrassment; it's simply one of the things she is, fat. — "Why should I be ashamed?" said Ms. Director …
Daniel / Venezuela News And Views:
Apotheosis in Caracas: Rosales draws the biggest rally in Venezuela's History — I am just back from an event that even in my wildest dreams I could not believe it would ever happen. The march or Rosales today and his rally was something that was never seen, something that nobody could have expected.
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Los Angeles Times:
Do we need another T.R.? — If John McCain gets his way, you'll have your faith in the country restored ... or else! — YOU CAN READ 1,000 profiles of GOP presidential front-runner John McCain without encountering a single paragraph examining his core ideological philosophy.
Financial Times:
Markets rocked by sharp slide in dollar — By Neil Dennis and Chris Giles in London and Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt — A sharpening slide in the US dollar unnerved global markets on Friday as investors sought to protect themselves from the possibility of sustained dollar weakness.
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Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Presidential Politix & Mitt Romney's Underwear — I seldom blog on presidential politics (except to give John Kerry well deserved kicks in the slats) because it's tough to rise above the "horse race" aspect of who is running and what the competition is. — But as my TMV colleague Michael …
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Louis Uchitelle / New York Times:
Here Come the Economic Populists — FOR years, the Clinton wing of the Democratic Party, exercising a lock on the party's economic policies, argued that the economy could achieve sustained growth only if markets were allowed to operate unfettered and globally.
Washington Post:
Needed: A Big Stick — Iran and Syria are waging war in the Middle East. Will the West fight back? — ONE WAY TO understand the deteriorating situation in the Middle East is to contrast last week's assassination of Lebanese Christian leader Pierre Gemayel with the response to it.
Reuters:
Rumsfeld okayed abuses says former U.S. general —Text+MADRID (Reuters) - Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the prison's former U.S. commander said in an interview on Saturday.
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Associated Press:
Despite truce, Palestinian attacks go on — JERUSALEM - Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza Strip as an unexpected truce took hold Sunday, but two major Palestinian militant groups, saying they had no intention of stopping their attacks, fired volleys of homemade rockets into Israel.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Guess Who Financed The Insurgencies? — The New York Times reports on the financial underpinnings of the insurgencies in Iraq, showing that they have developed well-oiled mechanisms for generating millions in funding for their operations. A significant portion of those funds come …
Laurie David / Washington Post:
Science a la Joe Camel — At hundreds of screenings this year of "An Inconvenient Truth," the first thing many viewers said after the lights came up was that every student in every school in the United States needed to see this movie. — The producers of former vice president Al Gore's film …
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