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Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
How the imams terrorized an airliner — According to witnesses, police reports and aviation security officials, the imams displayed other suspicious behavior. — Three of the men asked for seat-belt extenders, although two flight attendants told police the men were not oversized.
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Washington Post:
Anbar Picture Grows Clearer, and Bleaker — The U.S. military is no longer able to defeat a bloody insurgency in western Iraq or counter al-Qaeda's rising popularity there, according to newly disclosed details from a classified Marine Corps intelligence report that set off debate in recent months …
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Fox News:
STATES, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARGUE FOR PRIMACY IN GLOBAL WARMING FIGHT — WASHINGTON — The debate over whether humans are to blame for Earth's rising temperatures isn't decided yet, but it is quickly being eclipsed by a new argument over who should manage global warming policy in the United States.
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Richard Black / BBC:
Carbon emissions show sharp rise — Environment correspondent, BBC News website — The rise in humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide has accelerated sharply, according to a new analysis. — The Global Carbon Project says that emissions were rising by less than 1% annually up to the year 2000, but are now rising at 2.5% per year.
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Washington Post:
Civil War in Iraq Near, Annan Says — The Iraq Study Group began two days of intensive behind-closed-doors deliberations yesterday as the White House conceded that Iraq has moved into a dangerous new phase of warfare requiring changes in strategy. In a sign of the growing global concern about Iraq's fate …
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New York Times:
Hezbollah Said to Help Shiite Army in Iraq — A senior American intelligence official said Monday that the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah had been training members of the Mahdi Army, the Iraqi Shiite militia led by Moktada al-Sadr. — The official said that 1,000 to 2,000 fighters …
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Captain's Quarters, Talking Points Memo, Israel Matzav, PBD, INTEL DUMP and AMERICAN FUTURE
Confederate Yankee:
Drugs are Bad... Apparently, even nominal quantities of over-the-counter cold medications can cause you to see the most interesting things. — I know this, because this Reuters picture has all the earmarks of a crudely-edited PhotoShop, from the rather odd smudges and apparent artifacts around …
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Lawyers, Guns and Money
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Will / Attytood:
Who's unhinged now? — You could have seen this coming a mile away. — With Democrats poised to take control of Congress, Iraq now officially a "civil war" (in most quarters), and George W. Bush becoming the lamest duck to waddle through the Oval Office in recent memory …
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Jesus' General
Don Babwin / Associated Press:
'Nativity' Booted From Ill. Holiday Fair — CHICAGO (AP) - A public Christmas festival is no place for the Christmas story, the city says. Officials have asked organizers of a downtown Christmas festival, the German Christkindlmarket, to reconsider using a movie studio as a sponsor …
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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.
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Thomas Ferraro / Reuters:
Likability poll bad news for Kerry — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. John Kerry, mulling a second bid for the U.S. presidency, finished dead last in a poll released on Monday on the likability of 20 top American political figures. — Among those placing ahead of Kerry …
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Blue Crab Boulevard
SeeDubya / JunkYardBlog:
Does AP Iraqi writer Qais al-Bashir have super powers? — It's looking like AP Baghdad correspondent Qais al-Bashir is the only one who can see this mysterious, non-existent "Captain Jamil Hussein". Well, it's not for certain yet, but al Bashir is the common element in four stories involving Captain Snuffleupagus.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:STORY OF SUNNIS BURNED ALIVE GOING UP IN SMOKE
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Gateway Pundit, Townhall.com Blog's …, small dead animals, Wake up America, UNCoRRELATED and Blue Crab Boulevard
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
CENTRISM....Yes, centrism can be a tic. Yes, it's often favored by DC pundits who automatically assume that bipartisanship is an inherent good regardless of its outcome. Yes, it can sometimes be a substitute for real thought. — That said, I hope the liberal blogosphere doesn't get into the habit …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. to Examine Its Use of NSA Wiretaps — Review Won't Address Program's Legality — The Justice Department's inspector general yesterday announced an investigation into the department's connections to the government's controversial warrantless surveillance program …
Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Rough days... The past four days during which we were under siege were long and rough for Baghdadis. Anxiety and fear haunted us at our homes and a flow of horrible news made the prison feel even tighter...it was a material and psychological siege that will not be easy to forget.
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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Associated Press, Flopping Aces, Hot Air, Blogs for Bush, Michelle Malkin, Riehl World View and Bill's Bites
legion.org:
American Legion to Congressman Rangel: Apologize Now — The National Commander of The American Legion called on Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) to apologize for suggesting that American troops would not choose to fight in Iraq if they had other employment options.
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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