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CNN:
Truck bomb kills more than 120 in Baghdad market … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden truck in a crowded Baghdad market Saturday, killing at least 121 people and wounding 373 others, a Health Ministry official said. — The blast, which destroyed automobiles …
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Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
Suicide bomber kills 121 in Baghdad — BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide truck bomber struck a market in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 121 people and wounding scores among the crowd buying food for evening meals, the most devastating strike in the capital in more than two months.
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Mussab Al-Khairalla / Reuters:
Baghdad truck bomb kills 121 - police — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A huge truck bomb killed 121 people and wounded 226 in a busy market in a mainly Shi'ite area of central Baghdad on Saturday, in the deadliest single bombing in the capital since the 2003 U.S.-led war.
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New York Post:
A FAN OBAMA DOESN'T NEED — SEN. Barack Obama might want to tell George Soros to shut up, now that the Hungarian-born billionaire has equated the George W. Bush administration with the Third Reich. Soros, who spent $26 million trying to beat Bush two years ago, is a key supporter …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Plan to Block Iraq Debate — Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, said Friday that his party would unite to block Senate debate next week on a bipartisan resolution opposing President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq unless the Democrats allowed votes on at least two Republican alternatives.
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Washington Post:
Bush to Request Billions for Wars — President Bush will ask Congress for close to three-quarters of a trillion dollars in defense spending on Monday, including $245 billion to cover the cost of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and other elements of the "global war on terror," senior administration officials said yesterday.
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Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Marketer says it acted quickly to halt scare — Denies trying to hide firm's involvement — The New York guerrilla marketing firm that spearheaded the advertising campaign that spawned the wave of bomb scares in Boston this week broke its silence yesterday, apologizing for any hardships …
Jim Lindgren / The Volokh Conspiracy:
VIETNAM SPITTING.— There is a flap about whether returning Vietnam veterans were really spat upon (via Instapundit). One commenter at Countercolumn says that Bob Greene, a former Chicago columnist, wrote a column in the 1980s saying that it was a myth. He received so many stories of spitting …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Candidates Pick Tunes at DNC Meeting — WASHINGTON (AP) - Everyone needs a soundtrack - even politicians. — The presidential candidates who addressed the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting Friday got to choose their tunes, and it was an eclectic mix that reflected personal favorites and not-so-subtle messages.
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Stephanie Simon / Los Angeles Times:
No sanctuary for Super Bowl flock — Churches scramble to cancel big-screen bashes after an NFL warning. — They were expecting a big crowd this Sunday at Farmland Friends Church in rural Indiana. — The sanctuary would be decked in blue and white streamers, the card tables groaning with sloppy-Joe fixings and bowls of chips.
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Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. can't prove Iran link to Iraq strife — Despite pledges to show evidence, officials have repeatedly put off presenting their case. — WASHINGTON — Bush administration officials acknowledged Friday that they had yet to compile evidence strong enough to back up publicly their claims …
Melanie Phillips's Diary:
The war against the west (4) — According to the latest report from the Community Security Trust, the defence organisation of British Jews, attacks on Jews in Britain reached their highest level for more than two decades last year. … The poisonous climate of incendiary lies about Israel …
John Byrne / The Raw Story:
Senator Clinton won't run out use of force to stop 'pro-terrorist' Iran — At a speech Friday to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) said "no option can be taken off the table" when dealing with Iran, RAW STORY has learned.
Atrios / Eschaton:
Happy Blogroll Amnesty Day — Hey, the blogroll is gone. — As I wrote earlier, one of the big complaints by new bloggers is that it's impossible to get onto blogrolls because established bloggers tend not to add them. They're right. A big reason for that is that everyone feels …
Media Matters for America:
Conservatives continue to use Fox's 24 to support hawkish policies … In his January 30 syndicated column, Cal Thomas attacked "ideologically decrepit" Iraq war protesters and claimed: "Unlike Vietnam, the Islamofascists won't leave us alone if we leave Iraq before stability is established."
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The Carpetbagger Report
Howie Klein / Firedoglake:
Blue America: Charlie Brown, CA-04 — [Charlie Brown joins us today in the comments to discuss his candidacy for Congress. As always in Blue America threads, please stay on topic — any off topic comments should be taken to the prior thread — and please be polite.
John J. Fialka / Wall Street Journal:
Global-Warming Report Gets U.S. Emphasis — WASHINGTON — U.S. government scientists Friday said the long-term outlook for global warming may be more dire than suggested by this week's United Nations' report, which they say doesn't fully address the impact of clouds and melting glaciers.
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New York Times:
Number of People Stopped by Police Soars in New York — The New York Police Department released new information yesterday showing that police officers stopped 508,540 individuals on New York City streets last year — an average of 1,393 stops per day — often searching them for illegal weapons.
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TalkLeft
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Where Congress Can Draw the Line — D eciding what to do next about Iraq is hard — on the merits, and in the politics. It's hard on the merits because whatever comes next, from "surge" to "get out now" and everything in between, will involve suffering, misery, and dishonor.