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Sean Rayment / Telegraph:
'Trophy' video exposes private security contractors shooting up Iraqi drivers  —  A "trophy" video appearing to show security guards in Baghdad randomly shooting Iraqi civilians has sparked two investigations after it was posted on the internet, the Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
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T. Christian Miller / Los Angeles Times:
A Journey That Ended in Anguish  —  Col. Ted Westhusing, a military ethicist who volunteered to go to Iraq, was upset by what he saw.  His apparent suicide raises questions.  —  "War is the hardest place to make moral judgments."  —  Col. Ted Westhusing, Journal of Military Ethics
Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
When Honor Is No Longer Possible: A Nation Beyond Forgiveness  —  Some stories are almost impossible to contemplate.  This is one of them.  —  In June, Col. Ted Westhusing was found dead near the Baghdad airport.  His death was most likely a suicide, a single gunshot wound to the head.
Daily Kos:
"Trophy Video" of Civilian Shootings By Contractors Emerges  —  Oh, that's just great.  Just great.  From the Sunday Telegraph (UK): … According to the Telegraph reporter, the video is even set to music: "Mystery Train", by Elvis Presley.  —  And so the circle — or spiral — continues.
Discussion: Politics in the Zeros
Washington Post:
Sympathetic Vibrations  —  Democrats fumed last week at Vice President Cheney's suggestion that criticism of the administration's war policies was itself becoming a hindrance to the war effort.  But a new poll indicates most Americans are sympathetic to Cheney's point.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
IT'S A REVERSE-VIETNAM: On Reliable Sources I said that the Plame scandal was a reverse-Watergate, with the press, not the White House, keeping the important secrets about what happened.  But looking at the transcript, I see that Iraq is also a reverse Vietnam, as made clear in this statement from UPI correspondent Pamela Hess:
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Associated Press:
Second Reporter Asked to Testify on Leak  —  WASHINGTON - A second Time magazine reporter has been asked to testify in the CIA leak case, this time about her discussions with Karl Rove's attorney, a sign that prosecutors are still exploring charges against the White House aide.
Agence France Presse:
White House claims 'strong consensus' on Iraq pullout  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House has for the first time claimed ownership of an Iraq withdrawal plan, arguing that a troop pullout blueprint unveiled this past week by a Democratic senator was "remarkably similar" to its own.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:   VI Day!!!!  —  Yea!  President Bush has finally achieved consensus …
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Shiite Urges U.S. to Give Iraqis Leeway In Rebel Fight  —  Americans Have Blocked Tougher Tactics, Cleric Says  —  BAGHDAD — The leader of Iraq's most powerful political party has called on the United States to let Iraqi fighters take a more aggressive role against insurgents …
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Frank Rich / truthout.org:
Dishonest, Reprehensible, Corrupt ...  George W. Bush is so desperate for allies that his hapless Asian tour took him to Ulan Bator, a first for an American president, so he could mingle with the yaks and give personal thanks for Mongolia's contribution of some 160 soldiers to "the coalition of the willing."
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Los Angeles Times:
The way forward in Iraq  —  IRAQ'S SUNNI, SHIITE AND KURDISH leaders …
Discussion: Steve Clemons
New York Times:
Look Who's Talking About Making a Comeback in the Senate  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 - Trent Lott is talking again - and again and again and again.  —  It has been three years since White House officials and some Senate Republicans orchestrated Mr. Lott's ouster as Senate majority leader amid an uproar over racially insensitive remarks.
Judd / Think Progress:
Fox News Host Chris Wallace Claims President Bush "Never" Linked Saddam and al-Qaeda  —  In a stunning display of historical revisionism, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace argued this morning that President Bush never tried to link al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein:
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Editor and Publisher:
Macon Paper Breaks News on Congressmen Hurt in Iraq  —  NEW YORK The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph was apparently the first newspaper to carry news today that a military vehicle carrying U.S. politicians overturned on the way to the Baghdad airport on Saturday and injured two members of Congress.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Stephen Moore / Opinion Journal:
'Reform.  Reform.  Reform.'  —  John McCain explains his eclectic—and troubling—economic philosophy.  —  WASHINGTON—The more Republicans stumble in Washington, the higher Sen. John McCain climbs in the polls.  His political fortunes seem to run countercyclical to those of the party whose nomination …
Jazz / Running Scared:
Now we know where Bill O'Reilly Gets His "War on Christmas" Drivel  —  Why, from none other than his dark lord, the big cheese at Faux News himself.. Roger "We don't run ads against Alito" Ailes has posted a breathless tale of the continuing assault on Christmas by terrorists.
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Real Teen:
I've Upset the Left... Awesome
Discussion: Running Scared and Stop The ACLU
James Glanz / New York Times:
Saving Face and How to Say Farewell  —  IN the old popular song about the rout by Americans at New Orleans during the War of 1812, the British "ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em."  Even allowing for patriotic hyperbole, it can hardly be argued that the British extricated themselves …
Discussion: Rantingprofs, The Mahablog and YARGB

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