memeorandum: Ad Blitz Satirizes Lebanon's Divides (Anthony Shadid/Washington Post)

10:35 AM ET, November 28, 2006

Top Items:

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 …

Discussion: Newsweek, Associated Press, Israel Matzav, Talking Points Memo, Michael J. Totten, Blue Crab Boulevard, PBD, PoliBlog (TM), Democrats.com, AMERICAN FUTURE, Secular Blasphemy, PrairiePundit and INTEL DUMP

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 …

Discussion: Associated Press, Editor and Publisher, The Belgravia Dispatch, TalkLeft, The Horse's Mouth, The Reaction, The Carpetbagger Report, First Read and War and Piece

jules crittenden:

What's In a Name: — NBC has made the headlines it intended to make with its decision to start calling the conflict in Iraq a civil war. This is one of those media events that is essentially meaningless. Like pointing out that the war in Iraq has now lasted longer than World War II.

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, The Sundries Shack, Dean's World and The Anchoress

Edmund Blair / Washington Times:

Iran vows to help Iraq with security — TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran would do whatever it could to help provide security to Iraq amid warnings the country was on the brink of civil war. — Mr. Ahmadinejad made the pledge at the start of a visit to Iran …

Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters: Hezbollah Training The Mahdi Militia?

WXIA-TV:

FBI To Lead Johnston Investigation — Officials say the FBI will lead an investigation into the fatal shooting of an elderly Atlanta woman during a drug raid last week. — The announcement was made by Police Chief Richard Pennington at a news conference Monday afternoon …

Discussion: PoliPundit.com

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.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Patterico's Pontifications, Big Lizards, QandO, First Draft, Reason Magazine and The Agitator

Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
ARE THE WARRANT DOCUMENTS RELEASED IN THE ATLANTA CASE FORGERIES?:

Discussion: The Agitator

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 …

Discussion: Outside The Beltway, INDCJournal, Matthew Yglesias, Angry Bear, Lean Left, PrairiePundit, Taylor Marsh, Confederate Yankee, The Anchoress, Eschaton, Riehl World View, PoliBlog (TM), The Reaction, AMERICAblog, The News Blog and Oliver Willis

Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:

How the imams terrorized an airliner — Muslim religious leaders removed from a Minneapolis flight last week exhibited behavior associated with a security probe by terrorists and were not merely engaged in prayers, according to witnesses, police reports and aviation security officials.

Discussion: Power Line, Outside The Beltway, Sister Toldjah, Stop The ACLU, Hyscience, PoliPundit.com, The Corner, Ed Driscoll.com, PrairiePundit and JunkYardBlog

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.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Richard Black / BBC:
Carbon emissions show sharp rise

Discussion: Daily Kos

The Blotter:

Update: One Bush Twin Leaves Argentina, One Twin Stays Behind — Joe Goldman and Rhonda Schwartz Report: — As one of the Bush daughters left Argentina, a U.S. embassy spokesman denied reports they suggested the twins leave in an official statement issued this evening.

Discussion: TPMmuckraker, Wonkette and The Democratic Daily

Reuters:
Embassy denies asking Bush twins to leave Argentina

Discussion: World-O-Crap

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 …

Discussion: TalkLeft, The Carpetbagger Report and ACLU

Eric Lichtblau / New York Times: Justice Official Opens Spying Inquiry

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 …

Discussion: Townhall.com Blog's … and Blue Crab Boulevard

Elizabeth Aguilera / Denver Post:

Dems won over Latino voters, study says — Latino voters leaned heavily Democratic in the recent midterm elections, indicating the heated debate over immigration reform may have cost Republicans support in some key races, an analysis released Monday indicates.

Discussion: Facing South

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.

Discussion: Blogs for Bush, Blue Crab Boulevard, Y.A.C.R.W.B and Bill's Bites

Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:

Ad Blitz Satirizes Lebanon's Divides — Provocative Signs Target Pervasive Sectarianism — The evening was tense, as most are these days in Beirut, its Maronite Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Sunni and Shiite Muslims and Druze perched imprecisely between war and peace.

Discussion: The Beirut Spring and The Lebanese Bloggers

Faiz / Think Progress:

CQ Analyst Suggests 'Rumsfeld's Leaving Is Just The Beginning,' Cheney Might Be Next — Appearing on MSNBC this afternoon, Congressional Quarterly political analyst Craig Crawford speculated that, as "neocons are heading for the hills," Dick Cheney may be the next to leave the administration.

Discussion: Outside The Beltway and PSoTD

Fiona Macrae / Daily Mail:

Women talk three times as much as men, says study — It is something one half of the population has long suspected - and the other half always vocally denied. Women really do talk more than men. — In fact, women talk almost three times as much as men, with the average woman chalking …

Kevin Drum / Political Animal:

HOUSE INTELLIGENCE UPDATE....In the soap opera that is the chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee, the latest chatter is that instead of selecting compromise candidate Silvestre Reyes, perhaps Nancy Pelosi should dig even deeper and select compromise-compromise candidate Rush Holt.