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Edward Wong / New York Times:
As Violence Ebbs, U.S. Envoy Warns of Danger to Iraq's Future  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 24 — The American ambassador to Iraq said today that sectarian violence this week was a threat to the future of Iraq, and that Iraqi leaders would have to come together and compromise if they wanted to save their homeland.
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Violent Cycle of Revenge Stuns Iraqis  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 23 — After a day of violence so raw and so personal, Iraqis woke on Thursday morning to a tense new world in which, it seemed, anything was possible.  —  The violence on Wednesday was the closest Iraq had come to civil war, and Iraqis were stunned.
National Review:
Standoff in Iraq  —  The insurgency in Iraq has no military capability either to drive the United States military from Iraq or to stop the American training of Iraqi police and security forces — or, for that matter, to derail the formation of a new government.
Alexandra Zavis / Associated Press:
Violence After Mosque Attack Kills 111  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen shot dead 47 civilians and left their bodies in a ditch near Baghdad Thursday as militia battles and sectarian reprisals followed the bombing of a sacred Shiite shrine.  Sunni Arabs suspended their participation in talks on a new government.
Bradley Graham / Washington Post:
U.S. Looks to Baghdad to Deal With Violence
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Chertoff unaware of ports deal until after OK  —  Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was not aware a Dubai-owned company was seeking to operate terminals in six U.S. ports and that his agency was leading the review until after the deal's approval, an administration official said yesterday.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
A Dubai Finesse  —  If only Churchill were alive today, none of this would be happening.  The proud imperialist would have taken care that the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., chartered in 1840 by Victoria ("by the grace of God . . . Queen defender of the faith" on …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Taste of the Future  —  "Suppose you were an idiot.  And suppose you were a member of Congress.  But I repeat myself."  The acidulous wisdom of Mark Twain speaks to us across the ages, and never more than this week during the great congressional mobilization to save America's ports from the dreaded hand of Dubai.
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New York Times:
Dubai Company Delays New Role at Six U.S. Ports  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 — The Dubai company at the center of a political furor over its plans to take over some terminal operations at six American ports said Thursday night that it planned to close the deal next week, but that it would …
Andrew Cochran / The Counterterrorism Blog:
Terrorists Attack Saudi Oil Facility (updated)  —  One of the "nightmare scenarios" in the counterterrorism community apparently almost happened, with an attempted terrorist attack on a major oil refinery in Abqaiq (a.k.a. Buqayq) in eastern Saudi Arabia today.
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MSNBC:
Oil refinery attack foiled, Saudis say  —  Vehicles reportedly were packed with explosives; pipeline fire started  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Suicide bombers in explosives-laden cars attempted to attack an oil processing facility that handles about two-thirds of Saudi Arabia's petroleum output on Friday …
Salah Nasrawi / Associated Press:
Attack Fails at Huge Saudi Oil Site  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Suicide bombers in explosives-laden cars attacked the world's largest oil processing facility Friday, but were prevented from breaking through the gates when guards opened fire on them, causing the vehicles to explode, officials said.
BBC:
Saudis 'foil oil facility attack'  —  Saudi security forces have foiled an apparent suicide car bomb attack on a major oil production facility in the eastern town of Abqaiq.  —  Guards opened fire on at least two cars carrying explosives as they tried to ram the gates, Saudi officials said.
Discussion: On Deadline and Secular Blasphemy
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Anti-gay fury mars funeral of a soldier in Anoka  —  Protesters from Kansas say God is killing our soldiers because the U.S. tolerates homosexuality.  —  On her way into the church where the funeral was to be held for her 23-year-old son Thursday morning, Deirdre Ostlund approached six men …
CBS News:
S. Dakota Moves Toward Abortion Ban  —  (CBS/AP) South Dakota moved closer to imposing some of the strictest limits on abortion in the nation, as the state Senate approved legislation that would ban it except when a woman's life is in danger.  —  The bill, designed to wage a national legal fight …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Special Counsel in Plame Case Invalid, Libby Contends  —  Attorneys for Vice President Cheney's former top aide argued yesterday that a federal court should dismiss all charges against him because a special prosecutor lacked the legal authority to bring the charges.
Shane Harris / nationaljournal.com:
TIA Lives On  —  A controversial counter-terrorism program, which lawmakers halted more than two years ago amid outcries from privacy advocates, was stopped in name only and has quietly continued within the intelligence agency now fending off charges that it has violated the privacy of U.S. citizens.

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