memeorandum: Al Qaeda Leaders Regaining Power (Michael van der Galien/The Moderate Voice)

Al Qaeda Chiefs Are Seen to Regain Power — Senior leaders of Al Qaeda operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their once battered worldwide terror network and over the past year have set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border …

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Daveed Gartenstein-Ross / Counterterrorism Blog:

N.Y. Times: Al-Qaeda Gaining Strength in Pakistan, Waziristan Accord Has Failed — A report in today's New York Times discusses American intelligence and counterterrorism officials' view that al-Qaeda's senior leadership has "re-established significant control" over the worldwide terror network.

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

NYT: Everything comin' up roses for Al Qaeda in Waziristan — The stories about AQ taking over the Pakistani border areas are the Sunni jihadist equivalent of the Iranian nuclear saga: it's a slow-motion train wreck, it gets worse with each passing moment, and there's seemingly nothing …

Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:

Al Qaeda Leaders Regaining Power — Mark Mazzetti and David Rohde wrote a depressing article for the New York Times. It seems that Al Qaeda leaders, who are hiding in Pakistan are regaining power of their terrorist network and that they have set up training camps for terrorists "in the tribal regions near the Afghan border".

Jim Davenport / Associated Press:

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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:

McCain Runs a Different Race — DAVENPORT, Iowa — The jokes were familiar. So was the casual banter with voters who showed up at town hall meetings to meet the candidate. But the contrast this weekend was unmistakable: Sen. John McCain is a different man running in a vastly different moment …

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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:

As Clinton Runs, Some Old Foes Stay on Sideline — Back when Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was first lady, no one better embodied what she once called the "vast right-wing conspiracy" than Richard Mellon Scaife. — Mr. Scaife, reclusive heir to the Mellon banking fortune …

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Bill Sammon / Examiner:

Some mull idea of Sen. Bill Clinton — WASHINGTON - If Hillary Rodham Clinton wins the presidency, some top Democrats would like to see her husband, former President Bill Clinton, appointed to serve out Hillary's unexpired Senate term. — "As a senator, he'd be a knockout," said Harold Ickes …

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James Glanz / New York Times:

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Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:

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Tom Shales / Washington Post:
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CNN:

Reid: Iraq war 'worst foreign policy mistake' in U.S. history … WASHINGTON (CNN) — After months of heated rhetoric slamming President Bush's Iraq policy, the Senate's top Democrat moved into new terrain by declaring the Iraq war a worse blunder than Vietnam. — "This war is a serious situation.

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WSMV-TV:

Cabbie Runs Down Students — Religious Argument Leaves One Hospitalized — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A local cab driver allegedly tried to run over two customers after a fight over religion became heated. — The incident happened early Sunday morning on the Vanderbilt campus and left …

Washington Post:

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David Adam / Guardian:

Climate change: scientists warn it may be too late to save the ice caps — A critical meltdown of ice sheets and severe sea level rise could be inevitable because of global warming, the world's scientists are preparing to warn their governments. New studies of Greenland and Antarctica …

Associated Press:

Explosions Rattle Baghdad Neighborhoods — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — A string of bombings killed 10 people Monday in the Baghdad area one day after a massive car bomb attack in a Shiite area market delivered the first major blow to the U.S.-led security crackdown.

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Robert Farley / Lawyers, Guns and Money:

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Hindrocket / Power Line:
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:

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Larry C. Johnson / The Huffington Post:
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