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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Moral Clarity in Gaza — Late Saturday, thousands of Gazans received Arabic-language cell-phone messages from the Israeli military, urging them to leave homes where militants might have stashed weapons. — Some geopolitical conflicts are morally complicated. The Israel-Gaza war is not.
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Associated Press:
Israel destroys Hamas homes, flattens Gaza mosque — GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel bombed a mosque it says was used to store weapons and destroyed the homes of more than a dozen Hamas operatives on Friday, the seventh day of a blistering offensive in Gaza and the day after an airstrike killed a prominent Hamas figure.
CNN:
Israel clamps down on West Bank, Jerusalem mosques — JERUSALEM (CNN) — Israel barred men younger than 50 from entering Jerusalem mosques for Friday prayers and closed West Bank border crossings in hopes of preventing protests or violence over its bombing campaign in Gaza.
Guardian:
Israeli warplanes destroy Gaza houses and mosque as air strikes continue — Israeli warplanes struck around 20 targets in Gaza today, raising the death toll in the territory to at least 414 in seven days of intensive bombing. — The continued air strikes, which killed two Palestinians …
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Airstrike Kills Senior Hamas Leader; Israel Prepares for Possible Gaza Invasion
Airstrike Kills Senior Hamas Leader; Israel Prepares for Possible Gaza Invasion
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Jerusalem Post:
IAF strikes Jabalya mosque that was used as launching ground
IAF strikes Jabalya mosque that was used as launching ground
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Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Two Advisers Reflect on Eight Years With Bush — White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten and national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley remember conferring with President Bush during the darkest days of the Iraq war, in 2005 and 2006, when violence was out of control.
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
The Blago Vortex — Roland Burris isn't going away quietly. In fact, he's not going away at all. He's figured out he may have a fairly good legal argument to keep his senate seat — and he's liking his new perch just fine. This report suggests he's not going to be bullied or cajoled by the likes of Harry Reid:
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Folding Blago's Big Top — Political circuses just don't get any better than this — unless you happen to care about a new administration taking power in the midst of national and international catastrophes. — Gov. Rod Blagojevich knows how to make life hell for his enemies …
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Louis Uchitelle / New York Times:
Steel Industry, in Slump, Looks to U.S. Stimulus — The steel industry, having entered the recession in the best of health, is emerging as a leading indicator of what lies ahead. As steel production goes — and it is now in collapse — so will go the national economy.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bigger Than Bush — As the new Democratic majority prepares to take power, Republicans have become, as Phil Gramm might put it, a party of whiners. — Some of the whining almost defies belief. Did Alberto Gonzales, the former attorney general, really say, “I consider myself a casualty …
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
9 Muslim Passengers Removed From Jet — Others on Flight Say a Remark Was ‘Suspicious’ — Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from Reagan National Airport yesterday afternoon after two other passengers overheard what they thought was a suspicious remark.
Rebecca Skloot / New York Times:
Creature Comforts — ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT IN A SUBURB of Albany, a group of children dressed as vampires and witches ran past a middle-aged woman in plain clothes. She gripped a leather harness — like the kind used for Seeing Eye dogs — which was attached to a small, fuzzy black …
Haaretz:
Bernard Henri Levy among 6 Jews said targeted by Islamist group — Jewish-French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy was listed by a Belgium-based Islamist group as a target for assassination alongside other leading Jewish personalities in Europe, the Belgian daily La Derniere Heure reported earlier this week.
New York Times:
A Focus on Violence by G.I.'s Back From War — FORT CARSON, Colo. — For the past several years, as this Army installation in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains became a busy way station for soldiers cycling in and out of Iraq, the number of servicemen implicated in violent crimes has raised alarm.
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