memeorandum: U.S. Officers Killed in Kabul Shooting (Wall Street Journal)

2:05 PM ET, February 25, 2012

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U.S. Officers Killed in Kabul Shooting — KABUL—Two high-ranking U.S. military advisers were killed Saturday during a clash with an Afghan national at Afghanistan's Interior Ministry headquarters, according to Afghan and Western officials. — An American colonel and major were both found shot …

Discussion: Fox News, The Jawa Report, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs

BBC:

Afghanistan Nato officers shot dead in Kabul ministry — The ministry was put in lock-down after the incident — Two Nato officers have been killed in the interior ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul, coalition officials say. — Nato said an “individual” had turned his gun on the officers …

Discussion: Verum Serum, Weasel Zippers, americanthinker.com and Campaign 2012

Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:

2 American officers killed in Afghan ministry — Kabul (CNN) — The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack Saturday inside the Afghan interior ministry that killed at least two American officers. — NATO and Afghan officials reported the deaths of two American officers inside the ministry in Kabul …

Discussion: Wake up America and Jihad Watch

New York Times:

For Romney, a Message Lost in the Empty Seats — DETROIT — In a major policy speech here, just days before the Michigan primary, Mitt Romney set out on Friday to deliver a sweeping and sober vision for how to revive the American economy. In the end, he delivered something else as well …

Discussion: Rod Dreher, The Caucus and Eschaton

Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:

With Detroit Debacle, Mitt Romney Steps on His Momentum—Again — The Republican candidate has a tendency to make cringe-inducing gaffes right when things are going well for his campaign. — Mitt Romney's big economic speech in Detroit on Friday could hardly have gone more awry.

Discussion: Donklephant, Guardian, RedState, FiveThirtyEight and The Maddow Blog

Carlos Osorio / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney's Ford Field Fumble?

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Reaction and Plutocrap

Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney: Wife Ann drives ‘a couple of Cadillacs’

Discussion: Daily Kos, Firedoglake, Wake up America and BuzzFeed

Steven F. Hayward / Weekly Standard:

Why the Climate Skeptics Are Winning — Too many of their opponents are intellectual thugs. — The forlorn and increasingly desperate climate campaign achieved a new level of ineptitude last week when what had looked like a minor embarrassment for one of its critics …

Discussion: Wizbang and Power Line

Fars News Agency:

Commander Views US Helplessness as Root Cause of Quran Burning by American Soldiers — TEHRAN (FNA)- A top Iranian military commander said the US helplessness in the confrontation against Islam is the real cause underlying the burning of the Muslims' Holy Book by American soldiers in Afghanistan …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

Fars News Agency:
OIC Condemns Quran Burning by US Troops in Afghanistan

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John P. Martin / Philly.com:

Court filing: Bevilacqua ordered shredding of memo identifying suspected abusers — Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua ordered aides to shred a 1994 memo that identified 35 Archdiocese of Philadelphia priests suspected of sexually abusing children, according to a new court filing.

WSB-TV:

Poll: Gingrich holds commanding lead in Georgia — ATLANTA — A new poll conducted for Channel 2 Action News shows Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich with a double-digit lead in Georgia. — The Landmark/Rosetta Stone poll of 1,300 voters was conducted on Feb. 23 …

Discussion: CNN and Ballot Box

Daily Mail:

Insult to WWII heroes: Graves of British troops smashed and desecrated by Libyan Islamists in protest over U.S. soldiers' Koran burning — A furious mob has desecrated dozens of Commonwealth War Graves in a Libyan cemetery amid continuing fury in the Middle East over the burning of the Koran by U.S. soldiers.

Discussion: protein wisdom, Atlas Shrugs and The Daily Caller

Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:

Exclusive: State Department quietly warning region on Syrian WMDs — The State Department has begun coordinating with Syria's neighbors to prepare for the handling of President Bashar al-Assad's extensive weapons of mass destruction if and when his regime collapses, The Cable has learned.

Discussion: Hot Air, msnbc.com, Weasel Zippers and New York Times

ZIP / Weasel Zippers:

Mooch: “Every Day I Hear About How Folks Are Struggling, How They're Sacrificing”... Didn't she just return from a ski trip to Aspen? Apparently the ski lift operators are a chatty bunch.

Discussion: CNSNews and The Gateway Pundit

John Celock / The Huffington Post:

David Albo, Virginia Lawmaker, Says Wife Wouldn't Have Sex Because Of Transvaginal Ultrasound Bill — Virginia's controversial transvaginal ultrasound bill hit one Republican lawmaker close to home. In the bedroom, to be precise. He said a fellow lawmaker's television discussion of the bill cost him sex with his wife.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, Towleroad News #gay, Wonkette and Firedoglake

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Sen. Hutchison hits Obama on job growth, high gas prices — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) tried to further the Republican narrative that the president and the Democrat-controlled Senate are impeding job growth and causing a spike in the cost of gasoline.

Discussion: Politico, The Hill and his vorpal sword

James Crugnale / Mediaite:

Jeb Bush: The GOP Debates Are ‘A Little Troubling’ — Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush expressed anguish over the rhetoric he's heard in the various 2012 GOP debates. “I used to be a conservative and I watch these debates and I'm wondering, I don't think I've changed …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, CANNONFIRE and The Huffington Post

Reuters:

Hamas ditches Assad, backs Syrian revolt — Leaders of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas turned publicly against their long-time ally President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Friday, endorsing the revolt aimed at overthrowing his dynastic rule. — The policy shift deprives Assad …

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers

Jerry Hirsch / Los Angeles Times:

Los Angeles Times launches new membership program — Starting March 5, online readers will be asked to buy a digital subscription at an initial rate of 99 cents for four weeks. Readers who do not subscribe will be able to read 15 stories in a 30-day period for free.