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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Reid: Brief troop increase OK in Iraq — WASHINGTON - The Senate's top Democrat offered qualified support Sunday for a plan to increase U.S. troops in Iraq, saying it would be acceptable as part of a broader strategy to bring combat forces home by 2008. — President Bush's former secretary of state …
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The Reaction, Argghhh!, Daily Kos, State of the Day, ReBelle Nation, Political Insider and CorrenteWire
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John / AMERICAblog:
Senator Reid's game — I've been thinking for a few hours about the news that incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will support a brief increase in the number of US troops in America IF that increase is only temporary, and if it's tied to a larger plan to start bring US combat forces home by 2008.
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Eschaton
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Dec. 17 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: the president explores new options for Iraq. — (Videotape): — PRES. GEORGE W. BUSH: I'm not going to be rushed into making a difficult decision. — MR. RUSSERT: The tension between the First Amendment and the war on terror.
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Curt / Flopping Aces:
Finding Jamil Hussein — Marc Danziger at Winds of Change says he may have found Jamil Hussein working at the Yarmouk police station: … You will notice that the first name is spelled differently which would not jive with the AP's own reporting: … Additionally the AP has written …
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Editor and Publisher:
Jamil Hussein, Disputed AP Source, Finally Located? — NEW YORK Has the mysterious and much-disputed Associated Press source in Iraq, a police captain named Jamil Hussein — finally been found? His existence has been challenged in the past three weeks from the U.S. military, some Iraqi officials and conservative bloggers in the U.S.
Lindsay Beyerstein / Majikthise:Michelle Malkin invited to Iraq, Pajamas Media solves immolation mystery
Michael Moss / New York Times:
Former U.S. Detainee in Iraq Recalls Torment — One night in mid-April, the steel door clanked shut on detainee No. 200343 at Camp Cropper, the United States military's maximum-security detention site in Baghdad. — American guards arrived at the man's cell periodically over the next several days …
New York Times:
Murdoch Is Said to Have Ordered Editor's Dismissal — Rupert Murdoch personally ordered the dismissal of Judith Regan, the publisher of a widely criticized O. J. Simpson book, after he heard reports of a heated conversation Ms. Regan had with a company lawyer on Friday that included comments …
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The Political Pit Bull
Elizabeth Day / Daily Mail:
O, Muslim town of Bethlehem... All is quiet in Bethlehem. On Manger Square, the Church of the Nativity stands in the pale gloom of dusk, its doors open to passing pilgrims. — But inside, the nave is empty of visitors and the collection boxes depleted of coins.
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Melanie Phillips's Diary
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Randy Kennedy / New York Times:
An Atheist Can Believe in Christmas — IF last holiday season charitably could have been described as the war-on-Christmas Christmas — with Bill O'Reilly of Fox News declaring war on the warriors and others declaring war on him — maybe it's not such a stretch to think of this year's prevalent yuletide theme …
Maria Cereghino / New Yorker:
THIS WEEK IN THE NEW YORKER — For Immediate Release: December 10, 2006 — Press Contacts: Sonya McNair, (212) 286-6375 — Can Social Scientists Redefine the War on Terror? — In the December 18, 2006, issue of The New Yorker, George Packer reports on a radically new approach …
New York Times:
After Bankruptcy Filing, Recriminations Fly at Air America — In its search for a new chief executive this past summer, Air America Radio interviewed seasoned media executives in an effort to revive the faltering network. One interview took a bizarre turn, however, when the executive got …
Times of London:
Tsunami survivors given the lash — Michael Sheridan and Dewi Loveard, Banda Aceh — Disaster donations help Islamic vigilante force impose punishments on women — WHEN people around the world sent millions of pounds to help the stricken Indonesian province of Aceh after the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 …
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Pajamas Media
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Kerry rewrites U.S. foreign policy to fix Iraq wisecrack — Some people seem to have an unerring instinct for the wrong side of history. You can rely on them, at critical moments, to abandon friends and accommodate evil, in the name of good. — Neville Chamberlain famously chose to talk …
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Don Surber
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Los Angeles Times:
In jail and in danger — Violence has left 14 dead and hundreds hurt since 2000 in L.A. County lockups. Critics fault the sheriff's efforts. — On a Tuesday in October 2003, Ki Hong entered Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles to serve a five-day sentence for soliciting a prostitute.
Dan Conley / Political Insider:
More On Warner — Now that Hotline has published the rumor, my sources have released me from my pledges ... Mark Warner has, in fact, been rethinking his decision to leave the Presidential race for several weeks now. Warner's going to wait and see how this race plays out …
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Ibrahim Barzak / Associated Press:
Shots Fired at Palestinian Leader's Home — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Fighting between Hamas and Fatah escalated Sunday, as the foreign minister's convoy and the president's Gaza residence came under attack. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Hamas will boycott an early election called by the president.
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Washington Post:
Doubts About Iraqi Leader's Capabilities Persist — Uncertainty Puts In Question Plan To Shift U.S. Role — Even as the White House contemplates a faster turnover of responsibilities to the Iraqi government, severe doubts remain within and outside the Bush administration …
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Juan / Informed Comment:3 GIs killed, 53 Bodies found — Sunnis, Sadr Boycott 'Reconciliation' Conference
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Today in Iraq
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