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2:25 PM ET, February 14, 2007

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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Officials linked to al-Sadr deny he fled  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr said Wednesday that the radical Shiite cleric was still in Iraq, denying a report that he fled to Iran ahead of a security crackdown targeting his militia.  —  An Iraqi government official said al-Sadr …
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Juan / Informed Comment:
On the Mystery of Muqtada al-Sadr's Disappearance
Discussion: Political Animal
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
U.S. Says Powerful Iraqi Cleric Is Living in Iran
CNN:
Uncle: Abducted U.S. soldier appears in video
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Hot Air
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
House Democrats' New Strategy: Force Slow End to War  —  Led by Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., and supported by several well-funded anti-war groups, the coalition's goal is to limit or sharply reduce the number of U.S. troops available for the Iraq conflict, rather than to openly cut off funding for the war itself.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Grace Time is Over  —  It's pretty obvious at this point …
Discussion: Redstate and Outside The Beltway
Bryan / Hot Air:
Murtha and the Democrats: A new low
USA Today:
Poll shows Clinton, Giuliani pull ahead ias campaigns kick off  —  WASHINGTON — New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani have widened leads over their rivals in recent weeks as they began to openly campaign for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations …
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Mark Memmott / On Deadline:
Bush: 'Preposterous' to suggest intelligence on Iran is wrong  —  President Bush just held a press conference at the White House.  Some highlights:  —  11:58 a.m. ET.  Sitting down with Iran wouldn't work: The last question was why — if the U.S. could negotiate with the former Soviet Union …
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White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
Bolton hits agreement as 'bad signal' to Iran
Discussion: New York Times
Betsy Rothstein / The Hill:
Rep. Ellison calls the cops to snuff Tancredo's cigar  —  Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) believes it is his right as a Muslim to be sworn into Congress with the Quran.  But apparently, the freshman lawmaker doesn't believe it's Rep. Tom Tancredo's (R-Colo.) right to smoke a cigar in his congressional office.
Gateway Pundit:
Explosion in Iran Kills Busload of Al Quds Members!!  —  An explosion today killed a reported 18 Al Quds members traveling in a bus in southeastern Iran.  —  Fars News is carrying this picture of one of those arrested after the blast earlier today  —  A car bomb exploded killing 18 Al Quds members today in Zahedan, Iran:
Discussion: Yourish.com
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Neoconservatives hate liberty as much as they love war  —  Frank Gaffney, one of the country's most influential and well-connected neoconservatives, has a column in today's Washington Times in which he argues that the debate taking place in Congress over the war in Iraq constitutes treason.
Baltimore Sun:
America's view of Republicans crumbles in Iraq  —  According to the latest Gallup survey, Republican self-identification has declined nationally and in almost every American state.  Why?  The short answer is that President Bush's war of choice in Iraq has destroyed the partisan brand Republicans spent the past four decades building.
Discussion: Firedoglake and Eschaton
hughhewitt.townhall.com:
Effective interrogation without torture 101 from retired Army Colonel Stuart Herrington.  —  The Hugh Hewitt Show  —  HH: This hour, don't go anywhere.  I'm joined by Colonel Stuart Herrington, retired from the United States Army.  He's a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Hewitt Cops To Torture
New York Times:
Libby and Cheney Won't Testify, Says the Defense  —  Lawyers defending I. Lewis Libby Jr. against perjury charges surprised the courtroom on Tuesday by saying that they would rest their case this week and do so without putting on the stand either Mr. Libby or Vice President Dick Cheney.
Terence Hunt / ABCNEWS:
Bush: Iran Supplying Weapons in Iraq  —  Bush Insists Iran Is Supplying Deadly Weapons to Fighters in Iraq  —  President Bush said Wednesday he's certain the Iranian government is supplying deadly weapons used by fighters in Iraq against U.S. troops, even if he can't prove that the orders came from top Iranian leaders.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
In 1993 Memo, Giuliani Staff Gave Harsh Assessment of Flaws  —  Sometimes in politics, the most damaging accusations come from your own staff.  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani learned that lesson again yesterday when a "vulnerability study," including warnings about his "weirdness factor" …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Anne Applebaum / Telegraph:
War with Iran is in no one's interests  —  'War in Iraq, war in Iran?  " That's a headline I saw in Britain earlier this week.  In Washington, the headlines read more like "Tentative nuclear deal reached with North Korea" and "Obama must show more than potential", but never mind …
Deseret News:
6 minutes of horror … In just six minutes, 18-year-old Sulejman Talovic left a tragic path of destruction that forever changed the lives of dozens of people.  —  "His intent was to shoot as many people as he possibly could," said Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank.
Boston Globe:
Doubts raised on linking of Iran to US deaths in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — Security analysts and critics of the Bush administration are questioning the quality of intelligence presented by three unidentified US officials in Baghdad on Sunday to demonstrate the Iranian government's ties …
 
 
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