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Lieberman: Bomb Iran If It Doesn't Stop — Conn. Dem. Says The U.S. Should Strike If Tehran Keeps Helping Anti-U.S. Forces In Iraq — (CBS) The United States should launch military strikes against Iran if the government in Tehran does not stop supplying anti-American forces in Iraq …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Lieberman: 'We've Got To Be Prepared To Take Aggressive Military Action' Against Iran — This morning on CBS's Face the Nation, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) strongly advocated preparing for a strike against Iran. — "I think we have to be prepared to take aggressive military action …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Lieberman is Bombs away on Iran — Joe Lieberman's warmongering continues as he jumps on the bomb Iran bandwagon. Is anyone surprised? — Download (34) | Play (30) Download (24) | Play (19) … The Neocon cabal is alive and well inside the White House and supported by the <Independent> Lieberman.
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New York Times:
The Guidebook for Taking a Life — We were in a small house in Zarqa, Jordan, trying to interview two heavily bearded Islamic militants about their distribution of recruitment videos when one of us asked one too many questions. — "He's American?" one of the militants growled. "Let's kidnap and kill him."
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Mvdg / Michael P.F. van der Galiën:
Kill... With Manners — A fascinating article at the New York Times about informal Jihadi rules of conduct; or, Jihad etiquette. … The rules: — Rule #1: You can kill bystanders without feeling a lot of guilt. — This is the "let-God-sort-them-out"-line of thinking …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Military Envisions Longer Stay in Iraq — Officers Anticipate Small 'Post-Occupation' Force — BAGHDAD — U.S. military officials here are increasingly envisioning a "post-occupation" troop presence in Iraq that neither maintains current levels nor leads to a complete pullout …
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Joe Klein / TIME: Swampland:
Next Year in Iraq — Tom Ricks has this to say about military planning in Iraq today. There are two important points here. The first is this: … [Italics mine] — In other words, all the yammering by various politicians about bringing the troops home by March 2008 is nonsense.
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Snow: Bush standing firm behind Gonzales — WASHINGTON - The White House on Sunday dismissed Senate plans to hold a no-confidence vote on the attorney general and said the outcome will not undermine President Bush's resolve to keep Alberto Gonzales at the Justice Department. — "Not a bit.
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Joseph / CANNONFIRE:
The gay bomb — No, the title of this post does not refer to the 1997 flick Batman and Robin. I'd call this report jaw-dropping, but some folks might take that as a pun. … This sounds like a plotline for an episode of "American Dad." We even have a reference to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base …
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Mark Townsend / Observer:
MI6 probes UK nuclear link to Iran — A British company has been closed down after being caught in an apparent attempt to sell black-market weapons-grade uranium to Iran and Sudan, The Observer can reveal. — Anti-terrorist officers and MI6 are now investigating a wider British-based plot allegedly …
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Why Washington Can't Get Much Done — MEMBERS of Congress — with the possible exceptions of Senator Robert C. Byrd and Representative John D. Dingell — come and go. So do presidents and even Supreme Court justices. — But some big issues come to the nation's capital and never leave …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Zero-to-60 Thompson Run — Fred gears up for 2008. — In early March, only a handful of Fred Thompson's good friends knew that he was even thinking about a bid for president. Three months later, according to several polls, Thompson is in second place nationally, trailing frontrunner Rudy Giuliani.
Mark Stevenson / Associated Press:
Gonzales: US eyeing gun flow into Mexico — CUERNAVACA, Mexico — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Friday that Washington is taking steps to address Mexican concerns the U.S. is not doing enough to stop illegal weapons from being smuggled across the border and into the hands of brutal drug gangs.
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Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
The GOP Talking Points on Libby Debunked, By WaPo No Less — David Broder would have done himself a favor if he had read the Washington Post reporter who actually covered the Scooter Libby trial, Carol Leonnig before he penned his embarrassing regurgitation of GOP Talking Points.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The $5 Million Man? — If the latest report pans out, Ron Paul has leaped out of the asterisk box in the GOP campaign. His largely online funding, if verified, would put him on a par with McCain. Money quote: … I'd credit the Internet, wouldn't you? Stay tuned for confirmation.
Patrick Cockburn / The Independent:
UN warns of five million Iraqi refugees — Half of displaced people have no access to food aid — Omar, a Sunni driver, lived in a pleasant house in a Shia neighbourhood of al-Jihad district in west Baghdad until he decided that it was too dangerous for his family to stay.