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Michelle Malkin:
The media fog of war — ***4:30pm Eastern update: when it rains, it pours...here's a third must-read from milblogger John Noonan raising questions about AP stringer Bassem Mroue. One of the top stories over the Thanksgiving holiday came from the Associated (with terrorists) Press …
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Willful Suspension of Disbelief, redux — From Curt at Flopping Aces comes the news many of us quietly expected: Centcom has confirmed that Capt. Jamil Hussein, the primary source for the recent kerosene mosque murder reports—and for a whole host of reports of Shia massacres recounted by the AP …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bombshell: Centcom says AP's Iraqi police source isn't Iraqi police; Update: Fake cop linked to AP reporter? — I laid off this post at Flopping Aces initially because I didn't think there was anything particularly suspicious about the cop. Centcom was disputing his report …
SeeDubya / JunkYardBlog:
Does AP Iraqi writer Qais al-Bashir have super powers?
Does AP Iraqi writer Qais al-Bashir have super powers?
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The media's sudden intense interest in the House Intelligence Committee — The New Republic's Michael Crowley last night noticed something about Jane Harman that has evaded most Beltway commentators, including those who have suddenly developed such a bizarre and uncharacteristic interest …
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The New Republic:
Click Here to Subscribe Today … 1- — Crowley on staff before the war? — I believe Crowley has been at TNR for a decade or so. I read that he was hired by Mike Kelly to be a fact checker in 1996, but he must have been promoted immediately — otherwise he would have been a fact checker during …
The Blotter:
U.S. Embassy Asks Bush Twins to Leave Country — Joe Goldman and Rhonda Schwartz Report: — Amid a growing barrage of front-page headlines, U.S. embassy officials "strongly suggested" President Bush's twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara Bush, cut short their trip to Buenos Aires because of security issues …
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Rep. Frank Accuses Fox News Host of Bias — Following in President Clinton's footsteps, a prominent Democratic congressman yesterday accused a Fox News anchor of conducting a skewed interview designed to make Democrats look bad. — "I've got to say, Chris, you have an odd view of balance …
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Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
W library in record book — $500M center would be priciest for a Prez — DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF — WASHINGTON - He may be a certified lame duck now, but President Bush and his truest believers are about to launch their final campaign - an eye-popping, half-billion-dollar drive for the Bush presidential library.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In Need of New Moves, but in Which Direction?
In Need of New Moves, but in Which Direction?
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Haaretz:
Erekat: Despite violation, truce can and must hold — By Haaretz Service and News Agencies — Palestinian lawmaker Saeb Erekat on Monday condemned a Qassam rocket strike on Israel from Gaza earlier in the day, but said that the day-old cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians "can work, and I believe we have to make it work."
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Louis Uchitelle / New York Times:
Lure of Great Wealth Affects Career Choices — A decade into the practice of medicine, still striving to become "a well regarded physician-scientist," Robert H. Glassman concluded that he was not making enough money. So he answered an ad in the New England Journal of Medicine from a business consulting firm hiring doctors.
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Patrick J. Buchanan / Human Events:
Is Putin Being Set Up? — PARIS—Whoever poisoned Alexander Litvinenko had two goals: a long and lingering death for the KGB defector and pointing a finger of accusation for his killing right in the face of Vladimir Putin. — Which leads me to believe Putin had nothing to do with it.
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Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:
Attack Sparks Fire at Iraq Oil Facility — A mortar attack ignited a huge fire Monday night at an oil facility in northern Iraq, shutting the flow of crude oil to a major refinery, and a U.S. Air Force jet with one pilot aboard crashed in Anbar province, a hotbed of the Sunni-Arab insurgency, officials said.
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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
A Day When Mahdi Army Showed Its Other Side
A Day When Mahdi Army Showed Its Other Side
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Better Late Than Never — Two Republicans take a stand against profligate spending. — It's been years since federal agencies have screamed this loudly about fiscal discipline being imposed on them. GOP Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Jim DeMint of South Carolina have decided to take a stand …
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
A Fix for Social Security? — How Personal Accounts Could Please Both Sides — The next six months could be a productive time for economic policy. After a wasted 2005-06 cycle, in which the Bush administration approached entitlement reform too confidently and Democrats refused to talk, both sides may return to the table.
Bloomberg:
Ahmadinejad Predicts Collapse of Israel, U.S., U.K. (Update1) — Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted the collapse of Israel, the U.S. and Britain, attacking what he called their ``oppressive behavior.'' — ``The Zionist regime is on a steep downhill towards collapse …
Neil Johnson / TBO.com:
Hurricane Predictions Off Track As Tranquil Season Wafts Away — More from this channel: — This feature requires the Macromedia Flash Plugin. Please visit http://www.macromedia.com/go/ getflashplayer to download this plugin. — It was not the hurricane season we expected, thank you.
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USA Today:
Democratic gains in suburbs spell trouble for GOP — WASHINGTON — Democrats made large gains in suburbia in this month's elections, pushing Republican turf to the outer edges of major population centers in a trend that could signal trouble for the GOP, an analysis shows.
Saeed Ahmed / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Informant in shooting says he never bought drugs at house — Says he was asked to lie — The confidential informant on whose word Atlanta police raided the house of an 88-year-old woman is now saying he never purchased drugs from her house and was told by police to lie and say he did.
CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES — Interview With Bob Woodward — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — HOWARD KURTZ, HOST (voice over): "State of Denial." The best- selling author who says the Bush administration has bungled the war talks …
Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
MAD AS HELL — Regular viewers of "Lou Dobbs Tonight," on CNN, might be surprised at the venue that Dobbs chose for lunch not long ago: the Grill Room of the Four Seasons, a midtown bastion of the very same political and business "élites" that he denounces daily on his television program.
World Tribune.com:
Bolton: Future of Mideast 'may well be decided' in days — WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is facing a foreign policy crisis in Lebanon where the Iran-backed Hizbullah and Syria threaten to topple the weakened democratic government in Beirut. — "The future of the Middle East …
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
NBC Declares 'Civil War' In Iraq, McCaffrey: WH Rejection of Term 'Nonsense' — My antenna went up when Matt Lauer opened this morning's "Today" with these words: "Good morning. Civil war. A bloody weekend of sectarian clashes in Iraq and no sign it's letting up." — "Civil war"?