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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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Cenk Uygur / The Huffington Post:
Are We Still Going to Support Israel If They Use Nuclear Weapons? — Are there no bounds to hypocrisy? The Times is reporting that Israel is seriously considering using nuclear weapons against Iran so that Iran does not threaten the world with nuclear weapons. That would break all irony records.
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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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Larisa Alexandrovna / Larisa Alexandrovna's At Largely:Nuking Reality — Our carriers are nearly in position …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Report Says Israel Considering Tactical Nukes To Destroy Iran Nukes
Ryan Lizza / New York Times:
The Invasion of the Alpha Male Democrat — NANCY PELOSI'S carefully crafted introduction to the American people last week seemed to reinforce some stereotypes of the so-called mommy party. On the day she made history as the first woman to be elected speaker, she appeared on the House floor …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justices Continue Trend of Hearing Fewer Cases — Only a handful of decisions each year define the Supreme Court for the American public, and that might be especially appropriate this year. — After decades of decline in its caseload, the court is once again on track to take its fewest number of cases in modern history.
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Washington Post:
Critics Say 'Surge' Is More of The Same — Past Troop Buildups Have Not Quelled Iraq — President Bush is putting the final touches on his new Iraq policy amid growing skepticism inside and outside the administration that the emerging package of extra troops, economic assistance …
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 …
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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Future of Iraq: The spoils of war — How the West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches — Iraq's massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are about to be thrown open for large-scale exploitation by Western oil companies under a controversial law which is expected to come before the Iraqi parliament within days.
Rick Atkinson / Washington Post:
Iraq Will Be Petraeus's Knot to Untie — General Known to See Peace as Still Possible — Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus, who is President Bush's choice to become the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, posed a riddle during the initial march to Baghdad four years ago that now becomes his own conundrum to solve: "Tell me how this ends."
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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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 …
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.
Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Spurious Rumor Alert — Is John D. Negroponte's selection as deputy secretary of state a stepping stone to taking over from Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state? — Will Condi then replace the ailing Dick Cheney as vice president? — It's sure fun to speculate, isn't it?
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