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New York Times:
The War as We Saw It — VIEWED from Iraq at the tail end of a 15-month deployment, the political debate in Washington is indeed surreal. Counterinsurgency is, by definition, a competition between insurgents and counterinsurgents for the control and support of a population.
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Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Speaking of sanctuary, where's ours? — At the funeral of Iofemi Hightower, her classmate Mecca Ali wore a T-shirt with the slogan: "Tell Me Why They Had To Die." — "They" are Miss Hightower, Dashon Harvey and Terrance Aeriel, three young citizens of Newark, New Jersey …
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Blue Crab Boulevard
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Washington Post:
Local Arrests in Newark Slayings — Man, Found in Md., Is Called Ringleader — A key suspect in the brutal killings of three college students in Newark was arrested early yesterday in Oxon Hill, where authorities found the 24-year-old Nicaraguan man among a group drinking beer …
Washington Post:
How Rove Directed Federal Assets for GOP Gains — Bush Adviser's Effort to Promote the President and His Allies Was Unprecedented in Its Reach — Thirteen months before President Bush was reelected, chief strategist Karl Rove summoned political appointees from around the government to the Old Executive Office Building.
ABCNEWS:
Dems Come out Swinging on Experience vs. New Vision — Senior Dems Put Obama's Resume in the Spotlight — The eight Democratic contenders for the White House meet for a debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on a special edition of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos". (ABC NEWS)
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The Fix
Observer:
The day reality hit home — The writer Andrew Anthony was a committed member of the liberal left - until the attacks of 11 September, 2001. A veteran of CND and Nicaraguan solidarity campaigns, he was astonished at the liberal left's anti-American reaction.
Atrios / Eschaton:
Is Tom Friedman a Bad Person? — All signs point to "pretty hideous human being, one which all good people should shun."
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
A Deadly Clash at Donkey Island — On a Routine Night Patrol Near Ramadi, U.S. Troops Stumble Upon a Camp of Heavily Armed Insurgents Poised to Retake the City — Staff Sgt. Norman Stark had never seen combat. Nor did the 32-year-old soldier from Baltimore expect it …
The Corner:
The Muslim Jesus Cont'd — Some interesting emails for late on a Saturday night. Here are a bunch, but I'll hide most of 'em behind one of those more links: … And: … And: … And, from my Middle East Guy: — Keep reading this post . . .
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The Van Der Galiën Gazette
Jason Lewis / Daily Mail:
BBC forced to removed 'bastard' slur about Jesus from its website — The BBC has been forced to remove statements from its website referring to Jesus as a 'bastard'. — It is the latest in a string of offensive comments that BBC editors have allowed members of the public to post.
BREITBART.COM:
Climate protest 'will be contained' — Police were confident of being able to contain the expected climax of the climate camp at Heathrow Airport. — Protesters, buoyed by an influx of new arrivals, promised 24 hours of direct action, starting from midday on Sunday.
Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Seeing Corporate Fingerprints in Wikipedia Edits — Last year a Wikipedia visitor edited the entry for the SeaWorld theme parks to change all mentions of "orcas" to "killer whales," insisting that this was a more accurate name for the species. — There was another, unexplained edit …
Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
When the Issue Is War, Take Nothing for Granted — A front-page article 11 days ago prompted a flurry of e-mail accusing The Times of playing into what readers said were Bush administration efforts to gin up hostility toward Iran. — The article reported that attacks on American-led forces …
Diana Muir / Washington Post:
Risks in a Muslim Reformation — Salman Rushdie, Thomas Friedman, Nicholas Kristof and Mansour al-Nogaidan are among the well-intentioned people who have called for an Islamic Reformation. They should be careful what they wish for. — The Protestant Reformation did precede the things …
Jurassicpork / Pottersville:
FRANK RICH: He Got Out While the Getting Was Good — BACK in those heady days of late summer 2002, Andrew Card, then the president's chief of staff, told The New York Times why the much-anticipated push for war in Iraq hadn't yet arrived. "You don't introduce new products in August," …