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Washington Post:
Lessons of War — TOMORROW MARKS the fourth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war, as appropriate a moment as any to take stock. What matters most is finding the best policy now — doing whatever can be done to help Iraq and safeguard U.S. interests in a vital region.
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Marie Colvin / Times of London:
Resilient Iraqis ask what civil war? — DESPITE sectarian slaughter, ethnic cleansing and suicide bombs, an opinion poll conducted on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq has found a striking resilience and optimism among the inhabitants.
Marie Colvin / Times of London:
Iraqis: life is getting better — MOST Iraqis believe life is better for them now than it was under Saddam Hussein, according to a British opinion poll published today. — The survey of more than 5,000 Iraqis found the majority optimistic despite their suffering in sectarian violence since …
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Brigid Schulte / Washington Post:
Veterans, Others Denounce Marchers — Counter-Demonstrators Number in Thousands — As war protesters marched toward Arlington Memorial Bridge en route to the Pentagon yesterday, they were flanked by long lines of military veterans and others who stood in solidarity with U.S. troops and the Bush administration's cause in Iraq.
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Michelle Malkin:
Blogburst: Gathering of Eagles—30,000 strong — ***Update: Kit at Gathering of Eagles reports on the National Park Service estimate of the GoE turnout: 30,000 strong. The silent majority no more. ***Update March 18, 2007 1:30am: The NYTimes lies...*** — Pure bullcrap.
Redhead Infidel / Gathering of Eagles:
Mission Accomplished — What an outstanding day! The Eagles soared!
Mission Accomplished — What an outstanding day! The Eagles soared!
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Neptunus Lex
Lauren Frayer / Associated Press:
7 U.S. troops die in Iraq violence — BAGHDAD - The U.S. military on Sunday announced the deaths of seven more troops in Iraq, including four killed by a roadside bomb while patrolling western Baghdad — the latest American casualties in a monthlong security crackdown in the capital.
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Sunni Militants Disrupt Plan to Calm Baghdad
Sunni Militants Disrupt Plan to Calm Baghdad
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Bill Theobald / Tennessean.com:
Tenn. mine enriched Gore, scarred land — No major pollution violations, but threat remains — CARTHAGE, Tenn. - Al Gore has profited from zinc mining that has released millions of pounds of potentially toxic substances near his farmstead, but there is no evidence the mine has caused serious damage …
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Simon Romero / New York Times:
Venezuela to Give Currency New Name and Numbers — Of all the startling measures announced by President Hugo Chávez this year, from the nationalization of major utilities to threats of imprisonment for violators of price controls, none have baffled economists quite like his venture into monetary reform.
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canada.com:
'Professor Torture' stands by his famous memo — Guantanamo Bay has just marked its fifth anniversary. John Yoo was instrumental in setting up the prison camp that has been widely condemned. (The normally solidly pro-American Daily Mail newspaper in England, for example, has called it …
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Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Gonzales' plight puts Bush at risk — Aides focus on keeping the controversy at Justice from spreading. — WASHINGTON — As more Republicans called last week on Alberto R. Gonzales to resign, President Bush's aides began to look beyond the attorney general and focus on preventing …
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Joel Mowbray / Opinion Journal:
Television Takeover — U.S.-financed Al-Hurra is becoming a platform for terrorists. — Fighting to create a secular democracy in Iraq, parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi had come to rely on at least one TV network to help further freedom: U.S. taxpayer-financed Al-Hurra. — Now, however, he's concerned.
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Bruce Leshan / WUSA 9:
EXCLUSIVE: Major New Problems At Walter Reed — Washington, DC (WUSA) — A major 9NEWS NOW EXCLUSIVE — allegations from a former inspector at Walter Reed of widespread and dangerous problems in nearly all the buildings at the Army's premier hospital. — Burst steam pipes near electrical cables …
Matthew Verrinder / Associated Press:
Pet owners worry about food recall — UNION, N.J. - Silviene Grzybowski became worried when her local pet store pulled the food she normally feeds her cat and posted an announcement saying it, and many other popular pet foods, had been recalled. Her cat, Smokey, hadn't been eating for days.
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Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
Lawyer Who Wiped Out D.C. Ban Says It's About Liberties, Not Guns — Meet the lawyer who conceived the lawsuit that gutted the District's tough gun-control statute this month. Meet the lawyer who recruited a group of strangers to sue the city and bankrolled their successful litigation out of his own pocket.