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1:35 AM ET, July 15, 2007

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John Follain / Times of London:
Carlos the Jackal sneers at Al-Qaeda's 'amateur' killers  —  FOR two decades until his capture in 1994, Carlos the Jackal murdered, bombed and kidnapped his way to infamy, retaining the title of world's most dangerous terrorist before Osama Bin Laden stole his crown.
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Martin Samuel / Times of London:
Bin Laden's deputy behind the Red Mosque bloodbath  —  Dean Nelson, Islamabad and Ghulam Hasnain  —  AL-QAEDA'S leadership secretly directed the Islamic militants whose armed revolt at the Red Mosque in Islamabad ended last week with more than 100 deaths after it was stormed by the Pakistan army.
David Beckham / CNN:
Bin Laden in video calls for martyrdom  —  (CNN) — Osama bin Laden stresses the importance of martyrdom for Muslim causes in a videotape that purportedly contains a 50-second message from the al Qaeda leader.  —  The 40-minute videotape, whose audio was being translated from Arabic by CNN …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Famous Terrorist Carlos The Jackal Calls Al Qaeda Terrorists "Amateurs"
Discussion: Riehl World View
The Blotter:   Possible New Message From Osama Bin Laden
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Maybe He's Only Mostly Dead
Gateway Pundit:
SUMMER OF SEQUELS!... New OBL Video Is Old OBL Video
Discussion: Wizbang
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Gilmore drops out of the race  —  Former Virginia Gov. James S. Gilmore III is dropping his underdog bid for the Republican presidential nomination today, he told The Politico in an interview.  —  Gilmore said he has been approached about running for Virginia governor a second time …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Gilmore Pulls Presidential Bid, Citing Financial Issues  —  Former Virginia governor James S. Gilmore III ended his long-shot Republican presidential campaign today, saying he was unable to raise enough money to communicate his conservative vision to Americans.
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Bush Leans On Petraeus as War Dissent Deepens  —  Almost every time President Bush has defended his new strategy in Iraq this year, he has invoked the name of the top commander, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus.  —  Speaking in Cleveland on Tuesday, Bush called Petraeus his "main man" — a …
Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Ted Rall Cartoon Depicts American Soldier as a Suicide Bomber  —  Ted Rall has created some truly offensive cartoons and articles during his career.  However, this might be one of the most disgraceful statements made by a media representative since this war began (h/t Dan Gainor):
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Michelle Malkin:
Ted Rall is at it again
Discussion: QandO and The Influence Peddler
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Bush Is Prepared to Veto Bill to Expand Child Insurance  —  The White House said on Saturday that President Bush would veto a bipartisan plan to expand the Children's Health Insurance Program, drafted over the last six months by senior members of the Senate Finance Committee.
Observer:
Generals' warning on Afghanistan  —  Military chiefs warn No.10 that defeat could lead to change of regime in Pakistan  —  Britain's most senior generals have issued a blunt warning to Downing Street that the military campaign in Afghanistan is facing a catastrophic failure …
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Sunni Insurgent Leader Paints Iran as 'Real Enemy'  —  U.S. Strategy Described as Only Inflaming Iraqi Resistance  —  BAGHDAD — He wore a pale yellow dress shirt and black-rimmed glasses that lost their tint when he entered the dark lobby of a Baghdad hotel.  He drank orange soda and refused a cigarette.
PBS:
Bill Moyers Journal  —  BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the Journal.  —  Impeachment...the word feared and loathed by every sitting president is back.  It's in the air and on your computer screen, a growing clamor aimed at both President Bush and Vice-President Cheney.  —  This week's news only agitated the clamor.
Telegraph:
Here is the news (as we want to report it)  —  This week the BBC was forced to apologise to the Queen for falsely claiming that she stormed out of a photo shoot.  We shouldn't be surprised, says former producer Antony Jay.  In this exclusive extract from a brilliant new CPS pamphlet …
Rick Perlstein / Campaign for America's Future:
SIRIUS Satellite Radio doesn't think you're patriotic  —  I just was a guest on Mike Feder's show SIRIUS Satellite Radio show and learned something deeply, deeply offensive.  —  The liberal channel is called "SIRIUS Left."  —  The conservative channel is called "SIRIUS Patriot."
The Corner:
No Fatah, no fems  —  Jonah, that Arafat-died-of-Aids story is "no shocker" to you, and pretty much an open secret in diplomatic circles.  I'm in Madrid at the moment, and it prompted many knowing chortles among political types I mentioned it to today, along with fond reminiscences …
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
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John Solomon / Washington Post:
In Intelligence World, A Mute Watchdog
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Gillian Flaccus / Associated Press:
L.A. archdiocese to pay $660M for abuse
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Michael Hawthorne / Chicago Tribune:
BP gets break on dumping in lake
John F. Burns / New York Times:
In a Baghdad Killing, Questions That Haunt Iraq
Discussion: Empire Burlesque and TigerHawk
Tim Blair / NEWS.com.au:
Fear of a global 'coldening'
Howie Klein / Firedoglake:
Blue America Welcomes Darcy Burner (What Took Us So Long?)
Anne Ashworth / Times of London:
Muslim heads stuck firmly in the sand
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Stephen F. Hayes / Washington Post:
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Frederic J. Frommer / IN-FORUM:
Democrats block amendment to prevent Fairness Doctrine
Discussion: Hot Air
Matt Stoller / Open Left:
Clinton on Obama on Iraq: "But That Was Five Years Ago"
New York Times:
The Plame Game  —  It has been four years since you were catapulted …
Christopher Hitchens / Washington Post:
An Atheist Responds  —  It's uncommonly generous of Michael Gerson …
Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Bush like Hitler, says first Muslim in Congress
Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Midwest Towns Sour on War as Their Tolls Mount
National Review Online:
Lowry: Hes Not for Turning