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TKS on National Review Online:
SO THE UAE DOESN'T HAVE ANY SAY IN PORT SECURITY? WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL THEN? [02/22 11:50 AM] — My fellow bloggers... we've been snookered. — (I apologize in advance for the length of this; it's required to get the facts out and to show how this meme spread like wildfire.)
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Associated Press:
Bush unaware of port deal until after approval — White House: President only learned recently of handover to Arab firm … Today show — WASHINGTON - President Bush was unaware of the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business …
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Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
Arab Co., White House Had Secret Agreement — WASHINGTON - The Bush administration secretly required a company in the United Arab Emirates to cooperate with future U.S. investigations before approving its takeover of operations at six American ports, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
(MUCH) MORE ON THE DUBAI PORT DEAL....I'm still open to argument on the Dubai port deal, but this is looking more and more like a mindless feeding frenzy to me. So far, I've only heard a couple of arguments against the deal that are even colorable. — First, Atrios points out that Dubai Ports World …
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Michelle Malkin:
NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL — Let's take a closer look at a rose-colored Wall Street Journal editorial on the port deal that is garnering favorable reviews from some of my friends on the right. — Sayeth the WSJ: … Contrary to the Journal editorial board's assertion …
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California Conservative:
Port Security: We Weren't Wrong To Question, But We're Satisfied By The Answers — As of yesterday, the port story was proceeding, full steam ahead, as major headline news. Every outlet is scrambling to jump on board, getting their piece of the action. And just like any good reporter knows …
Phil Singer / dscc.org:Republicans Opposing Dubai Deal Have Long Opposed Efforts To Secure America's Ports
Judd / Think Progress:Administration Failed …
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truthout.org, The Poor Man Institute, JustOneMinute, The Huffington Post, Thoughts from Kansas, Eschaton, The Reality-Based Community, Left in the West, News Hounds, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, DownWithTyranny!, Feministe, The Carpetbagger Report, firedoglake, Norwegianity, The All Spin Zone and Legal Fiction
Washington Post:
Blast Rocks Shiite Shrine in Samarra — BAGHDAD, Feb. 22 — One of the most revered shrines in Shiite Islam was bombed early Wednesday morning north of Baghdad, causing the collapse of its dome, police and eyewitnesses said. There was no immediate estimate of casualties in the latest in a series of sectarian attacks in the country.
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Shiite protests Roil Iraq — Tuesday was an apocalyptic day in Iraq. I am not normally exactly sanguine about the situation there. But the atmospherics are very, very bad, in a way that most Western observers will miss. — The day started out with a protest by ten thousand people …
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Dome of the Golden Mosque Destroyed — al-Qaeda likely conducted attacks; attack can lead to civil war or provide opportunity for Sunnis and Shiites to unite; al-Qaeda may have made yet another miscalculation — The attempt to drag Iraqi's Shiites and Sunnis into a bloody civil war intensifies.
Ziad Khalaf / Associated Press:
Update 32: Shrine Attack Brings Civil War Warning — Insurgents detonated bombs inside one of Iraq's holiest Shiite shrines Wednesday, destroying its golden dome and triggering more than 60 reprisal attacks on Sunni mosques. The president warned that extremists were pushing the country toward civil war …
Juan / Informed Comment:
Iran Blames Bush — Sunni Shiite Clashes — Dan Murphy of the Christian Science Monitor has an excellent piece interpreting the significance of the turmoil over the bombing of the Askariyah shrine in Samarra. — Shiites came out in the thousands all over the Shiite south on Wednesday to protest.
Sam Knight / Times of London:Al-Askariya shrine: 'Not just a major cathedral'
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Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:Holy Shia shrine bombed in Samarra.
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Alan M. Dershowitz / Boston Globe:
Coup against Summers a dubious victory for the politically correct — A PLURALITY of one faculty has brought about an academic coup d'etat against not only Harvard University president Lawrence Summers but also against the majority of students, faculty, and alumni.
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Doug Thompson / Capitol Hill Blue:
Secret Service agents say Cheney was drunk when he shot lawyer — A written report from Secret Service agents guarding Vice President Dick Cheney when he shot Texas lawyer Harry Whittington on a hunting outing two weeks ago says Cheney was "clearly inebriated" at the time of the shooting.
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly: U.S. should leave Iraq "as fast as humanly possible" because "there are so many nuts in the country" … During the February 20 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Bill O'Reilly suggested that the United States "hand over everything to the Iraqis as fast as humanly possible" …
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AMERICAN DIGEST:
The Poster Child for Pap — This coming Christmas' Must-Have Stocking Stuffer for the Republicans on Your List. — I SOMETIMES WISH I COULD BE A DEMOCRAT ONCE MORE . It was a good party in its time, it had nice ideals once, and, to tell the truth, I'm not at all easy being labeled as a Republican especially since I'm not.
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Eric Berger / Houston Chronicle:
New Orleans says it won't give free ride — 3 City Council members' words to poor trouble Houston officials, some evacuees — New Orleans doesn't want its poorest residents back — unless they agree to work. — That was the message from three New Orleans City Council members …
argusleader.com:
Nation's eyes are on South Dakota as abortion bill passes senate, 23 to 12 — PIERRE - A contentious abortion bill passed the South Dakota Senate late this afternoon. The vote was 23 to 12. — Lawmakers spent much of this afternoon debating the bill, which has thrust South Dakota into the national spotlight.
Bruce Feirstein / New York Observer:
The Times Gets Tough: A New Public Editor! Meet Ali bin-Zabar — Dear Readers of The New York Times: — Recently, The Times— along with virtually every other American news organization—decided to show "sensitivity to Islam" by declining to publish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
