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Thomas Catan / Wall Street Journal:
Tensions Over Mosque Rise After Comments — WASHINGTON—A leader of a planned Muslim community center near Manhattan's Ground Zero compared opposition to the project to the persecution of Jews, in comments that could add to the controversy over the center's proposed site.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Proposed Muslim Center Draws Opposing Protests — Around noon on Sunday, Michael Rose, a medical student from Brooklyn, approached some of the hundreds of protesters who had gathered near ground zero to rally against a mosque and Islamic center planned for the neighborhood. — Multimedia
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NY1.com, Politics Daily, NY Daily News, CBS New York and TalkLeft
Tammy Bruce:
Patriots Demonstrate Against GZ Mosque; Little Daisy Whines — Women patriots demonstrating against the GZ Mosque today in New York — I do have a few choice words at the end of this post. Here's coverage of the protest today at Ground Zero and the pathetic complaints …
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Winds Of Jihad, American Power, Weasel Zippers and Rumproast
Erick Erickson / RedState:
By Faith: I Am Proud of Franklin Graham … Much has been made this week of Franklin Graham's comments both about the Ground Zero Mosque and Barack Obama's religion. It has been more than hilarious to watch all the news networks, newspapers, and pundits try to explain Graham's comments.
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Mediaite, Comments from Left Field, Riehl World View, Sadly, No!, Firedoglake and The Atlantic Online
Dean Schabner / ABCNEWS:
‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Opponents, Supporters Turn Out to Demonstrate — Daisy Khan, Organizer, Says Opposition Is ‘Like Metastasized Antisemitism’ — Opponents of a planned Islamic community center two blocks from Ground Zero in New York shouted “Enough is enough” at supporters of the project …
Joshua Miller / ABCNEWS:
Moving Islamic Center ‘Not’ On the Table for Now, Backer Says
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NewsReal Blog and JammieWearingFool
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
VIDEO: Democrat Jane Harman Admits, ‘Ahmadinejad Was . . . My Boyfriend!’ — Profiting from the sale of dual-use technology to Iran? Rep. Jane Harman (D-Transylvania) might have gotten away with this monstrous scheme, had it not been for Young Mattie Fein:
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Doug Ross and Pajamas Media
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Max Blumenthal Lies Again About Geller — Max Blumenthal, notorious Jew hater, is lying, slandering and making up racist propaganda against me again. I have no idea what this rally is. I have no idea who these people are. I have no idea who organized this rally.
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American Power
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Howard Dean: Obama aides need to spend ‘some time outside Washington’ — Howard Dean, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Sunday that President Obama's political advisers are out of touch with average Americans and need to “spend some time outside Washington.”
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Weekly Standard, CNN and Beltway Confidential
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Republicans question whether President Obama deserves a vacation — VINEYARD HAVEN, MASS. — For the second straight year, the first family has landed on this island of quaint seaside towns, second homes and working farms for a late-summer getaway. — But this year, more so than last …
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PERRspectives, The Moderate Voice, The Caucus, Washington Monthly and Outside the Beltway
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Reagan's first term offers measuring stick for Obama
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Scared Monkeys and Taylor Marsh
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran inaugurates nation's first unmanned bomber — TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran's enemies. — The 4-meter-long drone aircraft can carry …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
As U.S. moves out of Iraq, military leaders keep an eye on Iran
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Martin Chulov / Guardian:
US soldier killed in Iraq attack — Attack comes amid growing concern that security will deteriorate further after spate of bombings and shootings — An American soldier was killed by a rocket strike near Basra today, in the first US fatality since the last combat troops left Iraq.
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Newshoggers.com, Philly.com and Raw Story
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
GOP NY Governor Candidate Paladino Argues for Welfare Camps — There was a time in this country where the poor went to poorhouses, where they were treated like chattel and had no real opportunity to pull themselves out of poverty. Progress changed all that.
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