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2:20 AM ET, January 7, 2007

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Times of London:
Revealed: Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran  —  Uzi Mahnaimi New York and Sarah Baxter Washington  —  ISRAEL has drawn up secret plans to destroy Iran's uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons.  —  Two Israeli air force squadrons are training to blow …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   Report Says Israel Considering Tactical Nukes To Destroy Iran Nukes
Hindrocket / Power Line:   ISRAELI STRIKE PLANNED?
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Bush Plan for Iraq Requests More Troops and More Jobs  —  President Bush's new Iraq strategy calls for a rapid influx of forces that could add as many as 20,000 American combat troops to Baghdad, supplemented with a jobs program costing as much as $1 billion intended to employ Iraqis …
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John F. Burns / New York Times:
Before Hanging, a Push for Revenge and a Push Back  —  When American soldiers woke Saddam Hussein in his cell near Baghdad airport at 3:55 a.m. last Saturday, they told him to dress for a journey to Baghdad.  He had followed the routine dozens of times before, traveling by helicopter …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
CNN:   Iraqis to lead assault to take back Baghdad
Real Cities:
New ambassador in Iraq faces challenge
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:   Bush Facing Deep Divide Over More Troops for Iraq
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
EYEING IRAN  —  WHY W'S TAPPING ADMIRAL TO HEAD CENTRAL COMMAND  —  WORD that Adm. William Fallon will move laterally from our Pacific Command to take charge of Central Command - responsible for the Middle East - while two ground wars rage in the region baffled the media.
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DEBKAfile:
Bush Poised to Stake His All on Iraq Victory  —  DEBKAfile Exclusive Report  —  Lt.Gen David Petraeus, new US commander in Iraq  —  President George W. Bush is poised to stake every US resource to hand on a no-holds-barred military operation all the way to victory in Iraq, after first bringing Baghdad under control.
Discussion: Daily Pundit
jules crittenden:
Crossroads  —  We've arrived at a crossroads in history.  The choices are simple.  —  In a letter to President Bush Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate President Harry Reid said they want out of Iraq.  It's over.  The American people are sick of it.  There is no reason and no will to keep fighting this.
Discussion: Don Surber and TigerHawk
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Israel training for tactical nuke strike on Iran's reactors
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Media Matters lies about HA's response to Jamilgate  —  Here's what's cooking on their front page as I write this.  I'm surprised they used a good photo of Michelle; the official left-wing Malkin-as-hate-object signal is one of those goofy screencaps from her appearance on Hardball.
Discussion: Nitpicker and Big Lizards
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Los Angeles Times:
Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation  —  The world's largest philanthropy pours money into investments that are hurting many of the people its grants aim to help.  —  First of two parts  —  Ebocha, Nigeria - Justice Eta, 14 months old, held out his tiny thumb.
Discussion: Economist's View
Hilary Leila Krieger / Jerusalem Post:
Democrats: Nuclear Iran unacceptable  —  Iran with nuclear weapons is unacceptable, new House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told The Jerusalem Post hours after entering the party leadership position.  —  The Maryland Democrat said the view is shared by his party, rejecting assertions …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats Try a New Balance on Capitol Hill  —  Less than 24 hours after taking over as speaker, Representative Nancy Pelosi summoned the new chairmen of five committees with responsibility for various aspects of Iraq policy to her office to review and coordinate plans for hearings and inquiries.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Elizabeth Nash / Independent:
Spanish bishops fear rebirth of Islamic kingdom  —  Spain's bishops are alarmed by ambitious plans to recreate the city of Cordoba - once the heart of the ancient Islamic kingdom of al-Andalus - as a pilgrimage site for Muslims throughout Europe.  —  Plans include the construction …
Discussion: The Corner
Chevy Chase / New York Times:
Mr. Ford Gets the Last Laugh  —  IN recent days, I've been bombarded by requests to comment on my relationship with President Gerald Ford.  Until now, I've tried to say nothing — any remarks from me during the Ford family's private time of grief would have been inappropriate.
Marc Santora / New York Times:
30 Dead in Baghdad Clash; Bodies Hanged on Lampposts  —  A fierce clash left at least 30 people dead in central Baghdad late Saturday night as Iraqi Army forces fought with gunmen in an area where several residents had been killed and their bodies hanged from street lampposts, the Iraqi military said.
William Saletan / Slate:
Cloned Bull  —  THE BUM RAP ON CLONED FOOD.  —  Which came first, the chicken or the egg?  People have puzzled over that question for at least 2,000 years.  In the eternal cycle of natural reproduction, they saw no answer.  But the cycle turns out not to be eternal.
 
 
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
POWER LINE HACKED
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
A LEGACY OF VALOR  —  During one of his stints as an embedded reporter …
Discussion: TigerHawk
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH?  —  Contrary to the implication of my post …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
'We will win this conflict. We will win it easily'
Los Angeles Times:
Troop surge can't be brief, backers insist
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Washington Post:
A Heckuva Claim  —  PRESIDENT BUSH wrote in a Wall Street …
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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
E&P Survey Finds That, At Critical Point, Editorials Offer Little …
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