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4:00 PM ET, April 1, 2007

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Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Protest in Iran targets British Embassy  —  TEHRAN, Iran - About 200 students threw rocks and firecrackers at the British Embassy on Sunday, calling for the expulsion of the country's ambassador because of the standoff over Iran's capture of 15 British sailors and marines.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Taking of hostages by Iran is not Britain's finest hour  —  Twenty-seven years ago, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a student in Tehran and is said (by a former Iranian president, for one) to be among those in the U.S. embassy who seized and held American citizens hostage for more than a year.
Niall Ferguson / Los Angeles Times:
Iran exposes Britain's weakness  —  Blair's timid response to his soldiers' abduction shows how weak-willed the once-imperial power has become.  —  LET THAT BE a lesson.  Even before Britain's politicians had finished saying sorry last Sunday for depriving millions of their liberty …
Discussion: Unfogged
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Does This Sound Familiar?
Discussion: Hot Air
Ben Macintyre / Times of London:   UK Embassy in Tehran hit by violent protest
Washington Post:
Prosecutor Posts Go To Bush Insiders  —  Less Preference Shown for Locals, Senators' Choices  —  About one-third of the nearly four dozen U.S. attorney's jobs that have changed hands since President Bush began his second term have been filled by the White House and the Justice Department with trusted administration insiders.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Fox Catches McConnell Hypocrisy Over Testimony Of White House Officials Under Oath  —  This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace aired archived video of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) calling on the Clinton White House to testify before Congress under oath.  Here's what McConnell said on June 16, 1996:
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
April Fools  —  This morning, Sen. Orrin "Never Met A Bushie …
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
Iraq Prepares to Resettle Arabs Sent to Kirkuk by Hussein Edict  —  The Iraqi government will soon begin relocating Arabs who were moved to Kirkuk under an edict by Saddam Hussein to force Kurds out of the disputed northern city, officials said Saturday.  —  The controversial step …
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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
U.S. toll in March is twice Iraq forces
Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
Iraq Says Truck Bomb in North Killed 152
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Albert Aji / Associated Press:
U.S. House Visit Syria to Discuss Ties  —  DAMASCUS, Syria — U.S. House members meeting with President Bashar Assad Sunday said they believed there was an opportunity for dialogue with the Syrian leadership.  —  The U.S. House members, who included Virginia Republican Frank Wolf …
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Clinton Raises $26M... Good, Bad, Or Brick-Crap Time?  —  Here it is: Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign raised a record-setting $26 million for her presidential campaign in the first three months of a year, an impressive feat that may nonetheless be overshadowed in the next few days by news that Sen. Barack Obama managed to keep pace.
Terry Jones / Guardian:
Call that humiliation?  —  No hoods.  No electric shocks.  No beatings.  These Iranians clearly are a very uncivilised bunch  —  I share the outrage expressed in the British press over the treatment of our naval personnel accused by Iran of illegally entering their waters.  It is a disgrace.
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Bryan / Hot Air:
Terry Jones: Captured British sailors good for a laugh
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  It's been such a long, long Time since it's been good  —  How many ways can one news outlet demonstrate that it is out of touch with the public in one week?  —  Yesterday, Time Washington bureau chief Jay Carney wrote about his magazine's latest poll …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Engram / Back Talk:
The Effect of the Troop Surge on Casualties in Iraq (So Far)  —  I track casualties in Iraq using the reports at Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, and I have do so for a long time.  There is no better way to get a sense of how things are going in Iraq, though you have to be careful …
Discussion: The Reaction and Bob Krumm
Associated Press:
Tommy Thompson to run for president  —  WASHINGTON - Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson on Sunday joined the crowded field of Republicans running for the White House in 2008 and proclaimed himself the "reliable conservative" in the race.  —  Thompson, who was health and human services …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Nico / Think Progress:
Mitchell: Petraeus Held Closed-Door Strategy Meeting With Republican Caucus  —  This morning on the Chris Matthews Show, NBC News' Andrea Mitchell revealed that Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, met "very recently" with the Senate Republican caucus to discuss their strategy on Iraq legislation.
Discussion: Democrats.com
White House:
President's Radio Address  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  In recent days, the House and Senate each passed emergency war spending bills that undercut our troops in the field.  Each of the Democrats' bills would substitute the judgment of politicians in Washington for that of our generals on the ground.
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SusanG / Daily Kos:
Partying Down with Bush in His Radio Address
Discussion: Don Surber and Brendan Nyhan
Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Female ex-candidate to 'protect' Hillary Clinton  —  The first woman to run on a US presidential ticket has promised her friend Hillary Clinton that she will help her fight Republican "dirty tricks" in the race for the White House.  —  "The only thing that can stop Hillary becoming …
Sean Hackbarth / The American Mind:
My Big Announcement: TAM Bought by MySpace  —  Remember that "big announcement" I teased you with a few days ago?  Well, here it is.  —  I also put it below the fold because it's a bit long.  —  FOX INTERACTIVE MEDIA ENTERS INTO LANDMARK AGREEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN MIND BLOG.
 
 
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