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Revealed: Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran — Uzi Mahnaimi New York and Sarah Baxter Washington — ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. — Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow …
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Crossroads — We've arrived at a crossroads in history. The choices are simple. — In a letter to President Bush Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate President Harry Reid said they want out of Iraq. It's over. The American people are sick of it. There is no reason and no will to keep fighting this.
Hilary Leila Krieger / Jerusalem Post:
Democrats: Nuclear Iran unacceptable — Iran with nuclear weapons is unacceptable, new House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told The Jerusalem Post hours after entering the party leadership position. — The Maryland Democrat said the view is shared by his party, rejecting assertions …
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
EYEING IRAN — WHY W'S TAPPING ADMIRAL TO HEAD CENTRAL COMMAND — WORD that Adm. William Fallon will move laterally from our Pacific Command to take charge of Central Command - responsible for the Middle East - while two ground wars rage in the region baffled the media.
DEBKAfile:
Bush Poised to Stake His All on Iraq Victory — DEBKAfile Exclusive Report — Lt.Gen David Petraeus, new US commander in Iraq — President George W. Bush is poised to stake every US resource to hand on a no-holds-barred military operation all the way to victory in Iraq, after first bringing Baghdad under control.
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Larisa Alexandrovna / Larisa Alexandrovna's At Largely:
Nuking Reality — Our carriers are nearly in position as are nearly all the key players and pieces. Israel, as it turns out, will be the proxy element through which the US will spread nuclear democracy across Iran. We are screwed and Israelis are screwed while our two extremist …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Report Says Israel Considering Tactical Nukes To Destroy Iran Nukes — Once again reports are surfacing about Israel seriously considering a strike to take out Iran's facilities that could pose a nuclear threat — this time from the Times Online that says contigency plans are now on the drawing boards.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:Report: Israel training for tactical nuke strike on Iran's reactors
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John F. Burns / New York Times:
Before Hanging, a Push for Revenge and a Push Back — When American soldiers woke Saddam Hussein in his cell near Baghdad airport at 3:55 a.m. last Saturday, they told him to dress for a journey to Baghdad. He had followed the routine dozens of times before, traveling by helicopter …
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
30 Dead in Baghdad Clash; Bodies Hanged on Lampposts — A fierce clash left at least 30 people dead in central Baghdad late Saturday night as Iraqi Army forces fought with gunmen in an area where several residents had been killed and their bodies hanged from street lampposts, the Iraqi military said.
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Bush Plan for Iraq Requests More Troops and More Jobs — President Bush's new Iraq strategy calls for a rapid influx of forces that could add as many as 20,000 American combat troops to Baghdad, supplemented with a jobs program costing as much as $1 billion intended to employ Iraqis …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Media Matters lies about HA's response to Jamilgate — Here's what's cooking on their front page as I write this. I'm surprised they used a good photo of Michelle; the official left-wing Malkin-as-hate-object signal is one of those goofy screencaps from her appearance on Hardball.
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Los Angeles Times:
Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation — The world's largest philanthropy pours money into investments that are hurting many of the people its grants aim to help. — First of two parts — Ebocha, Nigeria - Justice Eta, 14 months old, held out his tiny thumb.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats Try a New Balance on Capitol Hill — Less than 24 hours after taking over as speaker, Representative Nancy Pelosi summoned the new chairmen of five committees with responsibility for various aspects of Iraq policy to her office to review and coordinate plans for hearings and inquiries.
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH? — Contrary to the implication of my post "Troops halp Jon Carry in Irak," the troops did not snub Senator Kerry during breakfast on the morning of December 17, 2006 at the embassy mess hall in Baghdad or, for that matter, as TPMmuckraker instructed us, in London on January 9, 2006.
New York Times:
U.S. Inquiry Backs Charges of Killing by Marines in Iraq — An American government report on the killing of 24 Iraqis, including several women and children, by marines in the village of Haditha in 2005 provides new details of how the shootings unfolded and supports allegations by prosecutors …
Elizabeth Nash / Independent:
Spanish bishops fear rebirth of Islamic kingdom — Spain's bishops are alarmed by ambitious plans to recreate the city of Cordoba - once the heart of the ancient Islamic kingdom of al-Andalus - as a pilgrimage site for Muslims throughout Europe. — Plans include the construction …
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