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8:00 PM ET, March 16, 2006

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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Largest Iraq Air Assault Since '03 Begins  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — U.S. forces, joined by Iraqi troops, on Thursday launched the largest airborne assault since the U.S.-led invasion, targeting insurgent strongholds north of the capital, the military said.  —  The military said the operation …
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AMERICAN DIGEST:   Choppers by Day. Spooky by Night?
Washington Post:
Iran Willing to Talk With U.S. About Iraq
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Steps Toward Unity in Iraq
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Andrew Sullivan
David A. Lieb / kansascity.com:
House rejects spending for birth control  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - An attempt to resume state spending on birth control got shot down Wednesday by House members who argued it would have amounted to an endorsement of promiscuous lifestyles.  —  Missouri stopped providing money for family planning …
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Roy Temple / Fired Up! Missouri:
House GOP Bans County Health Clinics From Providing Birth Control  —  Submitted by Roy Temple on Thu, 03/16/2006 - 6:18am.  —  Yesterday, during debate on HB1010, the budget for the Departments of Health and Mental Health, House Republicans voted to ban county health clinics from providing family planning services.
Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Justice Reveals Death Threats  —  WASHINGTON (March 16) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor have been the targets of death threats from the "irrational fringe" of society, people apparently spurred by Republican criticism of the high court.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Restates Terror Strategy  —  2002 Doctrine of Preemptive War Reaffirmed  —  President Bush issued a new national security strategy today reaffirming his doctrine of preemptive war against terrorists and hostile states with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, despite the troubled U.S. experience in Iraq.
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courant.com:
Lieberman Takes Issue With Lamont's Tone  —  U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman took issue Thursday with the tone of his Democratic opponent's campaign.  —  Ned Lamont formally announced Monday that he will oppose Lieberman for the party's nomination, becoming Lieberman's first Democratic challenger since …
Discussion: Decision '08
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Way to Go, Lieberman  —  I'm going to give you a marketing tip, Joe.
Discussion: Decision '08
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Hey, Big Spender  —  Should we have known that President Bush would bust the budget?  —  This week's column is a question, a brief one addressed with honest curiosity to Republicans.  It is: When George W. Bush first came on the scene in 2000, did you understand him to be a liberal in terms of spending?
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Brad DeLong / Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal:   Peggy Noonan Realizes She Has Conned Herself—and Says That She …
Bluto / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
A Familiar Face  —  The Pentagon has just released to the public documents captured in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  They can be accessed here in Adobe Acrobat format.  —  This one's interesting; the synopsis describes it this way: … The document hasn't been translated into English …
WorldNetDaily:
Jessica snubs Bush, porn starlet doesn't  —  'Daisy Dukes' turns down meeting with president  —  at GOP fund-raiser, while Mary Carey still on board  —  WASHINGTON - One PG-13 star turned down a meeting with President Bush at a major Republican fund-raiser today, but a XXX-rated star …
NY Daily News:
Clooney & Huffington's blog of war  —  George Clooney is spitting mad at Arianna Huffington - and the blogosphere is wobbling on its axis.  —  "She said some things that I won't share, but she did tell me that this could be bad for me - bad for my career.  Well, screw you!" …
Guardian:
Britain's standing is now at a nadir in the Middle East  —  By colluding with the Israeli attack on Jericho, Straw has underlined the Americanisation of British policy in the region  —  Seumas Milne  —  Jack Straw has brought Britain's standing in the Arab and Muslim worlds to its lowest point for half a century.
The Hill:
Defeated GOP primary opponents refuse to endorse Rep. DeLay  —  The three Republicans who unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) in a recent primary either are saying they will not endorse him in the general election or are waiting to make up their minds.
Joshua Holland / alternet.org:
Womenomics 101  —  Life for women in the American workplace is far from paradise — they face economic punishment for almost every aspect of their biology.  —  Tools  —  Women play a greater role in the American economy today than at any time since Rosie the riveter gave up making bombers …
Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Senate Bill Would Override State Health Coverage Rules  —  GOP backers see the legislation as a way for insurers to offer more affordable plans.  Critics say it would undermine treatment protections.  —  WASHINGTON — The battle over healthcare moved to a new front Wednesday …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Researcher Will Face Charges in Steele Case  —  Federal prosecutors have decided to bring charges against a Democratic researcher accused of fraudulently obtaining a credit report on Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, now a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.
Thomas Heath / Washington Post:
Companies Fear Spread of March Madness  —  Web-Broadcast Games Seen as Threat to Productivity, Computer Systems  —  The NCAA men's basketball tournament begins today, and for the first time, every game of the 19-day ritual known as March Madness will be available live — and free — over the Internet.
Mary Katharine Ham / Hugh Hewitt:
I'm Blue  —  I have uncovered a sinister plot.  —  As I've mentioned, I was in Austin this week.  Cool city— one of those great, Southern college towns where be-baseball-capped frat guys and be-dreaded hippies mostly-happily coexist, though usually at different bars.
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Al Qaeda Threatens U.S. on Video  —  Yesterday we broke the story that a new al Qaeda video was making the jihadi rounds.  Today there is confirmatian.  Yes, we actually break news around here sometimes.  —  The video features 'martyr' Fahd Farraj al-Juwair, the former Emir of Al-Qaeda …
Discussion: Winds of Change.NET and Fox News
Hindrocket / Power Line:
IN SADDAM'S ARCHIVES  —  As Scott noted below, the government has finally begun making available a few of the many thousands of documents captured from Iraqi intelligence during and after the 2003 war.  Only a handful are now available on the Foreign Military Studies Office web site …
 
 
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THE FALLACI CODE  —  Oriana Fallaci asks: Is Muslim immigration to Europe a conspiracy?
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Michael J.W. Stickings / The Reaction:
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Jonathan Gurwitz / Opinion Journal:
Once More Unto the Breach
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