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BBC: Blair to announce troop pullout from Iraq — At least 1,500 to return home within the next several weeks, report says — LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce Wednesday a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported.
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Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Iraq: the British endgame — All British troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of 2008, starting with the withdrawal of 1,000 in the early summer, the Guardian has learned. — Tony Blair is to announce the moves - the result of months of intense debate in Whitehall - within 24 hours …
Cernig / NewsHog:
Breaking - Al Sadr's Office Attacked
Breaking - Al Sadr's Office Attacked
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Guantanamo Detainees Lose Appeal — Habeas Corpus Case May Go to High Court — A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that hundreds of detainees in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, do not have the right to challenge their imprisonment in federal courts, a victory for the Bush administration …
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Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Initial Thoughts on Boumediene — The U.S. Court of Appeals today by a 2-1 vote dismissed the pending habeas corpus petitons of hundreds of Guantanamo detainees. In an opinion by Judge Randolph, joined by Judge Sentelle, the court held (i) that the Military Commissions Act stripped …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Tony Snow and White House Reporters Slam The 'Hateful,' 'Polarized' Blogosphere — In a press roundtable at the National Press Club tonight, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow led a discussion with White House correspondents about the impact of the internet on their respective jobs. Their conclusion?
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Helen Thomas Moving Back After 46 Years Down Front — Every theater-style seat in the White House briefing room, now closed for renovation, had a brass plaque inscribed with the name of a news organization. Only one, in the middle of the front row, had a name: "HELEN THOMAS," it said.
Matthew Miller / DSCC:
NRSC "Inner Circle Member" Indicted On Terror Charges — According to the Associated Press, Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, a self-proclaimed life member of the National Republican Senatorial Committee's "Inner Circle Leadership Committee" has been indicted on charges of financing a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan.
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Frankie Edozien / New York Post:
LET ALIENS VOTE: ACTIVISTS — Immigrant-rights activists yesterday renewed their push to allow legal noncitizens to vote in the Big Apple. — A bill that would grant permanent residents and other legal immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections has been stalled in the City Council since last year.
Bill / INDCJournal:
"Tell the American people we need the U.S. Army here:" An Interview with the Jundi — An Interview with the Jundi — (L to R) Iraqi Army soldiers Jabbar, Mohaned F, Mohaned N and Mohammed sit in their room at Forward Operating Base Castle in NE Fallujah.
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AlterNet:
Maybe We Deserve to Be Ripped Off By Bush's Billionaires — While America obsessed about Brittany's shaved head, Bush offered a budget that offers $32.7 billion in tax cuts to the Wal-Mart family alone, while cutting $28 billion from Medicaid. — What was she thinking? How about nothing?
MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Feb. 19 — Guests: David Axelrod, Ron Reagan, Dana Priest — CHRIS MATTHEWS, MSNBC HOST: Tonight, the horrors of how we treat our Iraq wounded. More violence in the war and new pictures of the day Kennedy was assassinated. Let's play HARDBALL. — Good evening.
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Iraq War Attitudes — Public Opinion Strategies* has released a survey [PDF file here] of likely voters' attitudes toward the Iraq War that finds that most voters think the country is going in the wrong direction (67%) and President Bush is doing a poor job (60%), and that Iraq will never be a stable democracy (60%).
Keith Epps / Free Lance-Star:
Police say political dispute with stranger got physical — Man's Republican beliefs irritate suspect — A Fredericksburg man was arrested Saturday on charges he assaulted three strangers at their home during a dispute over politics, police said. — According to a Fredericksburg police report …
Matthew Yglesias / American Prospect:
Fitting the Bill — Why isn't Bill Richardson's presidential candidacy taken seriously? — On Thursday, February 8, Bill Richardson delivered a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on "The New Realism and the Rebirth of American Leadership," laying out the foreign policy vision …
Aaron Gould Sheinin / The State:
Clinton stresses credentials — N.Y. senator tells Columbia crowd she has experience needed to be president — Hillary Clinton told a crowd of more than 3,000 at Allen University on Monday she's "proud to be a woman," but she's not basing a run for president on her gender.
Times of London:
Female Pakistani minister shot dead for 'breaking Islamic dress code' — Devika Bhat, and Zahid Hussain in Islamabad — A Pakistani minister and woman's activist has been shot dead by an Islamic extremist for refusing to wear the veil. — Zilla Huma Usman, the minister for social welfare …