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Damien Cave / New York Times:
250 Are Killed in Major Iraq Battle — At least 250 militants were killed and an American helicopter was shot down in violent clashes near the southern city of Najaf on Sunday, Iraqi officials said. — For 15 hours, Iraqi forces backed by American helicopters and tanks battled hundreds …
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Reuters:
U.S., Iraqi forces kill 250 militants in Najaf — NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed 250 gunmen in a fierce battle involving U.S. tanks and helicopters on the outskirts of the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf on Sunday, a senior Iraqi police officer said.
rampurple.com:
Hezbollah reveals picture of the Sadam member — Manar TV will be showing tomorrow another picture they 'took' revealing a Sadam member @ Nahr el Kalb. Apparently they waited for things to calm down to reveal this important picture P — Check out how Manar Caught us in the act !
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Jeha / Jeha's Nail:
Gimme a Freakin' Break — It is not enough they dragged us back past the Stone Age, our politicians and media are now up in arms about a bunch of poison balloons infiltrating from Israel. — Sorry to burst your bubble (pun intended), those are simply part of a promotional campaign for something called …
Avi Issacharoff / Haaretz:
Three people killed in suicide bombing at Eilat bakery — An Islamic Jihad suicide bomber killed at least three people Monday morning, when he blew himself up in a bakery in the southern resort city of Eilat. — Authorities said that another person was wounded, but not seriously …
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Revital Levy-Stein / Associated Press:
Suicide Bomber Kills 3 at Israeli Bakery
Suicide Bomber Kills 3 at Israeli Bakery
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Jihad Watch
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Paper Chase — Did investigators turn a blind eye to the seriousness of the Sandy Berger scandal? — Washington scandals are curious things. Sometimes special prosecutors are appointed and the media provide saturation coverage of their doings. An example would be the Valerie Plame episode …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Feeding Frenzy for a Big Story, Even if It's False — Jeffrey T. Kuhner, whose Web site published the first anonymous smear of the 2008 presidential race, is hardly the only editor who will not reveal his reporters' sources. What sets him apart is that he will not even disclose the names of his reporters.
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AMERICAblog, CorrenteWire, protein wisdom, Political Animal, Bark Bark Woof Woof, Gun Toting Liberal ™, All Spin Zone and Unfogged
Graeme Wilson / Telegraph:
Young, British Muslims 'getting more radical' — A bleak picture of a generation of young British Muslims radicalised by anti-Western views and misplaced multicultural policies is shown in a survey published today. — The study found disturbing evidence of young Muslims adopting …
Los Angeles Times:
Was 9/11 really that bad? — The attacks were a horrible act of mass murder, but history says we're overreacting. — IMAGINE THAT on 9/11, six hours after the assault on the twin towers and the Pentagon, terrorists had carried out a second wave of attacks on the United States, taking an additional 3,000 lives.
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Argghhh!, Blue Crab Boulevard, The Mahablog, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Flopping Aces and Dr. Sanity
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Attack ads go online and underground — 'Viral' Web video spreads fast and far, biting candidates hard — sometimes with their own words. — In a dim Culver City editing room, two video snippets of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain fill the monitors. In the first, he says same-sex marriage should be allowed.
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DownWithTyranny!
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James Glanz / New York Times:
Iranian Reveals Plan to Expand Role in Iraq — Iran's ambassador to Baghdad outlined an ambitious plan on Sunday to greatly expand its economic and military ties with Iraq — including an Iranian national bank branch in the heart of the capital — just as the Bush administration has been warning …
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TPMmuckraker, The American Street, Hyscience, On Deadline, The Jawa Report and Bill's Bites
Daniel Freedman / It Shines For All:
Professor: Carter said 'Too Many Jews' on Holocaust Council, Saw as 'Political Gimmick' — We spoke to the former Executive Director of the Holocaust Memorial Council, Monroe Freedman, who confirmed a WorldNetDaily report that he had received a note from Jimmy Carter complaining that there were …
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Kesher Talk
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Politico: Niche Web Site Isn't Yet A Notch Above — For all the pregame hype about voice and attitude and peeling back the curtain of traditional journalism, the Politico debuted last week by relying on an old-fashioned concept: reporting. — The political-junkie Web site …
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Iran's Role in Iraq Will Be Exposed — WASHINGTON — New evidence of Iran's role in Iraq will be made in Baghdad by the chief spokesman for the multinational forces in Iraq, Major General William Caldwell. The Directorate of National Intelligence worked over the weekend to clear new intelligence …
Marc Sandalow / San Francisco Chronicle:
CONFLICT IN IRAQ — Pelosi's trip: She believes more strongly that withdrawal will help region, says troops deserve better policies than president's — (01-29) 04:00 PST Washington — Three days in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan have made House Speaker Nancy Pelosi even more certain …
Associated Press:
Rev. Robert Drinan, Ex-Congressman, Dies at 86 — The Rev. Robert F. Drinan, a Jesuit who served in Congress for 10 years until stepping down in response to a papal order, died Sunday. He was 86 and lived here in housing for the Georgetown University Jesuit community.
Houston Chronicle:
Contractor deaths in Iraq nearing 800 — Toll has surged in past months, but civilians still line up for the jobs — Laboring in a war with no discernible front line, more than 770 civilian contractors have died in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion began in March 2003.
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