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8:30 AM ET, July 6, 2008

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Times of London:
Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda  —  American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror.  —  After being forced from its strongholds in the west …
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Marie Colvin / Times of London:
Al-Qaeda is driven from Mosul bastion after bloody last stand  —  The murder toll is dropping, the insurgents are on the run.  Our correspondent is on the front line as the Iraqi army takes control  —  The hunt began just after dawn.  Iraqi armoured personnel carriers surrounded …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Obama backtracks on late-term abortions.  —  Does he think we won't notice?  First, he limited the health exception to “serious physical” things: … Then, he switched!  He now wants a mental health exception! … So as long as a woman can get her “blues” classified by a medical health professional as …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Employers Fight Tough Measures on Immigration  —  Under pressure from the toughest crackdown on illegal immigration in two decades, employers across the country are fighting back in state legislatures, the federal courts and city halls.  —  Business groups have resisted measures that would revoke …
Frank Rich / New York Times:
Wall-E for President  —  SO much for a July Fourth week spent in idyllic celebration of our country's birthday.  This year's festivities were marked instead by a debate — childish, not constitutional — over who is and isn't patriotic.  The fireworks were sparked by a verbally maladroit retired general …
Tim Shipman / Telegraph:
US Pentagon doubts Israeli intelligence over Iran's nuclear programme  —  Pentagon chiefs fear that Israeli plans for an attack on Iran's nuclear programme will fail to destroy the facilities because neither the CIA nor Mossad knows where every base is located
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Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
Iran Says Nuclear Policy Is Unchanged
Discussion: Hot Air
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
John McCain: ‘I hate the bloggers’  —  John McCain, Town Hall Meeting, Merrimack, NH 12/29/07  —  Hey right wing bloggers.  I think he's talking about you too. … I'm giddy with the thought that he isn't very fond of me.
Discussion: Shakesville and Eschaton
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Rhode Island Presidential Election  —  Rhode Island: Obama Enjoys Big Lead in Blue State  —  Barack Obama leads John McCain 55% to 31% in Rhode Island, according to the first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state since the primaries.
Discussion: The New Republic
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Rasmussen Reports:
Libertarians Favor Obama and Other Looks at Election 2008
Washington Post:
Veterans Hit the Battlegrounds  —  Sen. John McCain is getting battleground-state help this week from Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who will appear in a television commercial aimed at convincing the public that the United States is winning the Iraq war and should stay to finish the job.
Discussion: TIME.com
Stuart MacDonald / Times of London:
Sniffer dogs to wear ‘Muslim’ bootees  —  Police sniffer dogs will have to wear bootees when searching the homes of Muslims so as not to cause offence.  —  Guidelines being drawn up by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) urge awareness of religious sensitivities when using dogs to search for drugs and explosives.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Obama Addresses His Faith  —  Sen. Barack Obama ended a week's focus on values by giving a conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church a highly personal account of his spiritual journey and a promise that he will make “faith-based” social service “a moral center of my administration.”
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
CNN:
Mbeki brokers meeting of Mugabe, MDC faction  —  HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) — South African President Thabo Mbeki met Saturday with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and members of a breakaway opposition faction, the South African Foreign Affairs Department said.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama: Rest assured, I'm still fully committed to abandoning Iraq  —  Flip-flop-flip: … That last bit, feigning shock that people are paying close attention to what the Democratic nominee says about the signature foreign policy issue of the campaign, must be the most precious bit of shinola …
Discussion: CNN and Associated Press
Spiegel Online:
Obama Refines Plans for Germany Trip  —  Barack Obama's planned European tour might make a major whistlestop in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.  The candidate's schedule isn't set, but a Berlin appearance before the end of July looks likely.  —  Plans for a visit by Barack Obama …
Discussion: marbury and TIME.com
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Discussion: Doug Ross
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Why Fly When You Can Float?  —  The view inside the cabin …
Discussion: The Impolitic
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