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mirror.co.uk:
EXCLUSIVE: BUSH PLOT TO BOMB HIS ARAB ALLY  —  Madness of war memo  —  PRESIDENT Bush planned to bomb Arab TV station al-Jazeera in friendly Qatar, a "Top Secret" No 10 memo reveals.  —  But he was talked out of it at a White House summit by Tony Blair, who said it would provoke a worldwide backlash.
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BBC:
Bush al-Jazeera 'plot' dismissed  —  The White House has dismissed claims George Bush was talked out of bombing Arab television station al-Jazeera by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.  —  The allegations were made by an unnamed source in the Daily Mirror newspaper.
MSNBC:
U.K. charges official with leaking Blair memo  —  Document allegedly says PM dissuaded Bush push for attack on Al-Jazeera  —  LONDON - A civil servant has been charged under Britain's Official Secrets Act for allegedly leaking a government memo that a newspaper said Tuesday suggested …
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
CNN:
U.S.: Al-Jazeera bomb story 'outlandish'
Discussion: firedoglake
Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel  —  Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime …
Salah Nasrawi / Associated Press:
Iraqi Leaders Call for Pullout Timetable  —  AP Photo XAN107  —  CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Leaders of Iraq's sharply divided Shiites, Kurds and Sunnis called Monday for a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces in the country and said Iraq's opposition had a ``legitimate right'' of resistance.
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Iraqis ask for Withdrawal Timetable  —  AP reports on the results of the Cairo national reconciliation conference, attended by the major Iraqi political factions, including Sunni Arabs.  —  Al-Hayat gives the orginal Arabic wording of some articles of the agreement.
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Are we going to see a timetable?
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
David Stout / New York Times:
U.S. Indicts Padilla After 3 Years in Pentagon Custody  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 - Jose Padilla, an American citizen held without charge for more than three years as an enemy combatant, has been indicted in what the federal authorities said today was a plot to "murder, kidnap and maim" people overseas.
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Balkinization:
Padilla Indicted  —  Today the U.S. government formally indicted Jose Padilla, an American citizen arrested in the United States who had been held as an enemy combatant for three years outside the reach of the criminal justice system.  —  Originally the Justice Department claimed that Padilla …
Discussion: Discourse.net and SCOTUSblog
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
'Dirty Bomb' Suspect Jose Padilla Indicted
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
On Torture (updated)  —  Given the impromptu discussion over torture that broke out in the comments of my last WP post, I thought now might be a good time to devote a dedicated post to the subject.  To begin, here's Thomas Sowell, from "Tortured Reasoning":
Discussion: Vodkapundit, Balkinization and Amygdala
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Bombing al Jazeera? Not a bad idea
Discussion: Loaded Mouth
Ms. Julien / Julien's List:
You get what you vote for...  (UPDATED)  —  And just to have your "party" elected - you pick this, a person who "made up" the comments she quoted about Murtha being a coward, instead of an Iraq veteran...you who voted for this imbecile are some pieces of work, that's all I have to say.
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Drudge Report:
CNN: 'IT WAS A COMPUTER BUG'  —  'IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN RE-CREATE TO SHOW YOU HOW IT HAPPENED'  —  CNN on Tuesday morning hoped to explain how and why a black 'X' flashed over Vice President Dick Cheney's face during a live speech.  —  The startling 'X' flashes over Cheney's face were first revealed by the DRUDGE REPORT.
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Steve Clemons:
"A Man for All Seasons": I Give the Devil Benefit of Law for My Own Safety's Sake  —  Yesterday evening, I went to another in a series of dinners and movies hosted by Margaret Carlson, Washington political commentator and Editor-at-Large of The Week Magazine, and this relatively new newsy weekly, The Week.
Discussion: Sirotablog
Associated Press:
Fox News Won't Show Ad Opposing Alito  —  WASHINGTON - Fox News is refusing to air an advertisement critical of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, citing its lawyers' contention that the spot is factually incorrect.  —  A spokesman for the groups sponsoring the ad said the network's decision reflects …
Doug Windsor / 365gay.com:
FOF Brings 'Ex-Gay' Crusade To Macy's Parade  —  (New York City) Focus on the Family has announced plans to distribute 5,000 balls during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to promote a website it operates that claims homosexuality is a disorder that can be changed through faith.
CNN:
CNN LARRY KING LIVE  —  Interview With Bob Woodward  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  LARRY KING, CNN HOST: Tonight, exclusive Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Bob Woodward, caught up in the CIA leak controversy.
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Vatican Speaks Against Gay Seminarians  —  VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is toughening its stand against gay candidates for the priesthood, specifying in a new document that even men with "transitory" homosexual tendencies must overcome their urges for at least three years before entering the clergy.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING BOSOMY  —  Anne Cunningham has a couple …
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Dan Lovering / Associated Press:
Murtha Says Americans Back Iraq Pullout
Agence France Presse:
More Americans than ever are pessimistic about Iraq's future: poll
Discussion: Sirotablog and Eschaton

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Media Matters for America:
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Discussion: The All Spin Zone
Mark Steyn / Telegraph:
Listen to the word on the 'Arab street'
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Teen Went Willingly
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Discussion: Dr. Sanity and Blogs for Bush
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