memeorandum: Militants Using Chemical Bombs in Iraq (New York Times)

4:30 AM ET, February 22, 2007

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UPDATE: Maureen Dowd Column Incites Hillary-Obama War of Words — NEW YORK Maureen Dowd's column in The New York Times today, in which she quoted former Bill Clinton supporter David Geffen offering a few caustic comments, has incited a strong Hillary Clinton campaign attack on Geffen …

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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:

Team Hillary Shoots Back At Geffen, But the Facts Get Caught in the Crossfire — In his interview with Maureen Dowd, which is filling up email inboxes all around DC and Hollywood, David Geffen made this prediction about the Hillary Clinton campaign (which Dowd dubbed "Clinton Inc") …

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Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Clinton-Obama Hollywood Brawl

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John / AMERICAblog:
Hillary is Sistah Souljah'ing the entire Democratic Party

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hillaryclinton.com:
Clinton Camp to Obama: Cut Ties & Return Cash After Top Booster's Vicious Attacks

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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Today's Clinton-Obama flare up

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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Dems Find It Hot Under the Klieg Lights

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New York Times:

Militants Using Chemical Bombs in Iraq — For the third time in a month, insurgents deployed a new and deadly tactic against Iraqi civilians today: A chemical bomb combining explosives with poisonous chlorine gas. — A pickup truck carrying canisters of the gas, which burns the skin …

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Brian Murphy / Associated Press:

Iraqi insurgents use 2nd 'dirty' bomb — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents exploded a truck carrying chlorine gas canisters Wednesday — the second such "dirty" chemical attack in two days — while a U.S. official said ground fire apparently forced the downing of a Black Hawk helicopter.

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CNN:

General: Enemy fire might have downed U.S. copter … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A U.S. helicopter that had a "hard landing" Wednesday might have been brought down by enemy fire, according to military spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, and an insurgent group has claimed responsibility.

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democracyinaction.com:

Tell Democrats to Freeze Out Fox News — The Nevada Democratic Party is working with Fox News Channel to host a debate with all the Democratic Party presidential candidates in August. This is, to put it mildly, insane. Fox News is a partisan Republican propaganda outlet, not a news station …

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thepetitionsite.com:
Petition for a Fair Presidential Debate

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Chris Bowers / MyDD:
ACTION: Freeze Out Fox News

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Fox News:

PELOSI CALLS BUSH TO COMPLAIN OF CHENEY'S COMMENTS ON DEMOCRATS' IRAQ STRATEGY — WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday phoned President Bush to air her complaints over Vice President Dick Cheney's comments that the Congressional Democrats' plan for Iraq would "validate the Al Qaeda strategy."

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Allahpundit / Hot Air: Pelosi phones Bush to complain about Cheney's painfully accurate criticism

Christiane Amanpour / CNN:

Iranian official offers glimpse from within: A desire for U.S. ally … TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — As I sat down recently with a senior Iranian government official, he urgently waved a column by Thomas Friedman of The New York Times in my face, one about how the United States and Iran need to engage each other.

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Glenn H. Reynolds / Rocky Mountain News:

Arguing from ignorance — Paul Campos has beclowned himself. He did it in the usual way, by arguing loudly about things he does not understand. — Campos chose to devote an entire column ("The right's Ward Churchill," Feb. 20) to a blog entry of mine from last week …

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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Campos Heap, redux

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Annmarie Timmins / cmonitor.com:

Romney running as turnaround expert — epublican Mitt Romney will get an early start on the 2008 presidential race today when he rolls out television ads in New Hampshire and several other key states. — According to a transcript, the 60-second ad presents Romney as a masterly businessman who …

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David S. Cloud / New York Times:

National Guard May Undertake Iraq Duty Early — The Pentagon is planning to send more than 14,000 National Guard troops back to Iraq next year, shortening their time between deployments to meet the demands of President Bush's buildup, Defense Department officials said Wednesday.

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Jonathan Singer / MyDD:

Liveblogging the Carson City AFSCME Forum — In the interest of as clear disclosure as possible, my trip to Nevada has been sponsored by AFSCME. — I'm now in the Carson City Community Center for the first Democratic presidential forum ahead of the Nevada caucuses.

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Michael Wines / New York Times:

Bread Scarce in Zimbabwe as Mugabe Holds Party — President Robert G. Mugabe of Zimbabwe turned 83 on Wednesday to the strains of the song "God Bless President Mugabe" on state-controlled radio, along with an interview on state television, a 16-page paean to his rule in Harare's daily newspaper …

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Brian Doherty / Reason:

The Life and Times of Milton Friedman — Remembering the 20th century's most influential libertarian. — When Milton Friedman stepped forward on December 10, 1976, to receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences from the King of Sweden, he needed bodyguards.

Quinnipiac University News and Events:

February 21, 2007 - Giuliani Tops Clinton In 2008 Presidential Race, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Republican Runs Strong In Red, Blue And Purple States — Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani leads Sen. Hillary Clinton 48 - 43 percent among American voters …