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5:45 AM ET, September 23, 2007

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Times of London:
Israelis seized nuclear material in Syrian raid  —  Israeli commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a daring raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israel bombed it this month, according to informed sources in Washington and Jerusalem.
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Times of London:
Snatched: Israeli commandos 'nuclear' raid  —  Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv, Sarah Baxter, Washington, and Michael Sheridan  —  ISRAELI commandos from the elite Sayeret Matkal unit - almost certainly dressed in Syrian uniforms - made their way stealthily towards a secret military compound near Dayr az-Zawr in northern Syria.
Agence France Presse:
N Korea trains Syrian missile engineers: report  —  A report says North Korea has trained Syrian missile engineers and the Arab nation has bartered farm products and computers for missiles from the Stalinist state.  —  The two countries have recently strengthened missile cooperation …
mrzine.monthlyreview.org:
Open Letter to Progressive Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  —  by The Columbia Coalition Against the War  —  As Columbia only very recently announced, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be speaking in Roone Arledge auditorium this Monday.  A number of students and student organizations …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Of course we'd invite Hitler to speak, says Columbia dean  —  Webloggin's also on this.  I have it in my head somehow that Dwight Eisenhower, when offered the opportunity to personally accept the surrender of a German general, refused.  So unspeakably loathsome did he find the Nazis …
Jodi / Webloggin:
Video: Columbia University Dean Says School Would Invite Hitler  —  Update #2: A dean at Columbia University said they would give Hitler a platform as well!  —  University Dean John Coatsworth, aging relic and bastion of liberal idiocy appeared on Fox News to defend the invite of a man …
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Clinton faces huge test on Sunday  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) will appear on all five Sunday talk shows tomorrow in what could be a defining day in her run for the White House.  —  Clinton is jumping in with both feet on the Sunday talk show circuit, opting …
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
A Mother's Strength, a Candidate's Ambition  —  Dorothy Rodham's Experiences Shaped and Inspire Clinton  —  Family friends offer harmless details about Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham.  She likes to read.  She travels on her own.  She loves the National Zoo.
New York Times:
Clinton Solidifies Edge as Rivals Take a Tougher Line
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and The Swamp
Haaretz:
Explosives belt designated for holiday attack found in Tel Aviv apartment  —  A suicide attack in Tel Aviv was thwarted on Saturday when security forces found an explosives belt in an apartment in the city, designated to be used in an attack over the Yom Kippur holiday.
Discussion: Yourish.com and Solomonia
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Ynetnews:
Police, Shin Bet foil suicide attack in Tel Aviv
Discussion: Power Line and Israel Matzav
Kari Lydersen / Washington Post:
War Costing $720 Million Each Day, Group Says  —  The money spent on one day of the Iraq war could buy homes for almost 6,500 families or health care for 423,529 children, or could outfit 1.27 million homes with renewable electricity, according to the American Friends Service Committee …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Nuance and Resolve in Rulings by Attorney General Nominee  —  In his 18 years on the federal bench, Judge Michael B. Mukasey issued more than 1,500 decisions concerning matters as cataclysmic as the Holocaust and as mundane as milk, beer and cigarettes.  —  In his opinions …
Discussion: BeldarBlog
Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Iraq: Blackwater guards fired unprovoked  —  BAGHDAD - Iraqi investigators have a videotape that shows Blackwater USA guards opened fire against civilians without provocation in a shooting last week that left 11 people dead, a senior Iraqi official said Saturday.  He said the case was referred to the Iraqi judiciary.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
China in Three Colors  —  After a week of meetings with Chinese energy, environmental and clean-car experts, I'm left with one big, gnawing question: Can China go green without going orange?  —  That is, can China really undertake the energy/environmental revolution it needs without …
David Freddoso / The Corner:
Thompson's Speaking Style  —  ...is a bit dull.  People are looking down, wearing somber faces.  Some at the dinner tables have begun chatting and whispering during the speech.  The majority who are paying attention are really looking for an applause line — perhaps, to put it harshly, for something that will keep them awake.
Discussion: Bluey Blog
New York Post:
BAD CALL BY RUDE RUDY  —  PUTS NRA CROWD ON HOLD FOR JUDI  —  Hold on, it's Judi.  —  That's the stunning line Rudy Giuliani told an already-skeptical crowd of gun enthusiasts yesterday when he abruptly interrupted his speech - to take a call from his wife.
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Trevor Hughes / Coloradoan Online:
Printed profanity draws Collegian complaints
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Julian E. Barnes / www.kansascity.com:
Bush will ask for a big boost in war funds
Discussion: ParaPundit and The Swamp
G'Kar / Obsidian Wings:
The Village Remembers  —  Let me begin with the standard disclaimers …
Discussion: The Impolitic
Little Green Footballs:
Can't Tase This  —  This one's too good not to steal from Allahpundit …
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Rising seas likely to flood U.S. history
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Horses Mouth:
You know, it's boring that this needs to be pointed out …
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
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David Freddoso / The Corner:
Romney Falls Flat — Bombs, Even.
Sherman Yellen / The Huffington Post:
Bush Family Table Talk
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush: Kids' health care will get vetoed
Johnnie L. Roberts / Newsweek:
A Rather Controversial Ending
Discussion: QandO and Captain's Quarters
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney: Giuliani will need family support
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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