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OFFICIALS: WHITE HOUSE HOLDING BACK REPORT DETAILING IRAN'S MEDDLING IN IRAQ — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A plan by the Bush administration to release detailed and possibly damning specific evidence linking the Iranian government to efforts to destabilize Iraq have been put on hold, U.S. officials told FOX News.
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Pentagon investingating Iran's Qods Force role in Karbala attack — The US will withhold evidence that indicates Iran is providing weapons, bomb materials, agents and other support to the Sunni insurgency, al-Qaeda, and Shia militias. Dozens of suicide bombers per month are entering Iraq from Syria.

Iran involvement suspected in Karbala compound attack … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The Pentagon is investigating whether a recent attack on a military compound in Karbala was carried out by Iranians or Iranian-trained operatives, two officials from separate U.S. government agencies said.


Are the Iranians Out for Revenge? — The speed and level of chaos in Iraq is picking up fast. An apocalyptic cult came uncomfortably close to taking Najaf, one of Shi'a Islam's most holy cities, and murdering Grand Ayatollah Sistani. Sistani is the neo-cons' favorite quietist Shi'a cleric …


Beyond Baghdad — Since President Bush announced that he would send …
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Tiptoeing Around Persia
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Senators Assert Right to Block Bush on Iraq — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee began laying the constitutional groundwork today for an effort to block President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq and place new limits on the conduct of the war there, perhaps forcing a withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.
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Republicans and Congress' war powers — then and now — Russ Feingold today is chairing a Committee hearing in order to demonstrate that Congress has the Constitutional authority to compel the President to withdraw troops from Iraq, a power that is not merely confined to cutting off appropriations.


10 years to save the planet — Global Cool ... Pearl Harbor star Josh Hartnett — A NEW worldwide movement backed by celebrities, musicians, politicians and business leaders is aiming to reverse the effects of global warming over the next decade. — Global Cool launched in London …
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Libby Live: Judy Three — Go buy Anatomy of Deceit. Don't update crazily. And don't expect a transcript. — We're in sidebar. She's back to breathing. Looks down. She's wiping the sweat from under her eyes. Sees someone is laughing. Leans back. Someone made her relax.
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The Obama Messiah Watch — INTRODUCING A PERIODIC FEATURE CONSIDERING EVIDENCE THAT OBAMA IS THE SON OF GOD. — Is Barak Obama—junior U.S. senator from Illinois, best-selling author, Harvard Law Review editor, Men's Vogue cover model, and "exploratory" presidential candidate …
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Democrats unveil massive spending bill — WASHINGTON - Democrats have unveiled a massive spending bill combining the budgets of 13 Cabinet agencies with increases in aid for lower-income college students, while cutting President Bush's funding requests for foreign aid and closing military bases.
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Lara Logan & al Qaeda: What's the 411, CBS? — First, read this heart-rending appeal from Lara Logan complaining about CBS News refusing to air one of her Haifa Street reports, which highlighted a masked "Haifa Street resident" who "blamed the fighting on the U.S. Here's a screen shot of her source:

How This White House Operates — From the first time the White House was asked about allegations that senior officials had exposed a CIA agent's identity as part of a plot to discredit an administration critic, the answer was consistent. — As spokesman Scott McClellan put it as early as July 22 …
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Fleischer Handles Questioning in the Usual Fashion
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Hillary Clinton and the Politics of Resenting History — When Abraham Lincoln decided to run for a second term in the midst of the Civil War, he used a homespun analogy that nearly everybody could relate to: "You don't swap horses in the middle of a stream." In 1864, after all, people still rode horses to go places.
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The Case for Outing Jamil? — I'm presenting working on what will likely be my last post on the Jamil Hussein/Hurriyah mosque attacks debacle. I've got some emails out to several sources and the AP itself attempting to tie up loose ends, and I won't write a final draft until those addressed …
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FBI turns to broad new wiretap method — The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed. — Instead of recording only what a particular suspect is doing …
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Webb to Secretary Rice: Ahem — A couple weeks ago, Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) asked Secretary Condoleeza Rice if the administration thought President Bush had the power to take military action against Iran without permission from Congress. — She deferred an answer, saying …

Landmark Court Ruling Orders Apple To Pay $700,000 For Blogger's Legal Fees — Santa Clara, CA (AHN)-In a landmark ruling in favor of bloggers and cyber journalists, a Santa Clara County Court defended the First Amendment rights of online journalists to protect their confidential sources …
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