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10:05 AM ET, July 10, 2006

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Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press:
Japan considers strike against N. Korea  —  TOKYO - Japan said Monday it was considering whether a pre-emptive strike on the North's missile bases would violate its constitution, signaling a hardening stance ahead of a possible U.N. Security Council vote on Tokyo's proposal for sanctions against the regime.
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CNN:
The end of cowboy diplomacy  —  Why the 'Bush Doctrine' no longer works for Bush administration  —  Editor's note: The following is a summary of this week's Time magazine cover story.  —  Time.com — All the good feeling at the White House at President Bush's early birthday party on July 4 …
NY Daily News:
It's WWIII, and U.S. is out of ideas  —  Last week's headlines prove the point: North Korea fires missiles, Iran talks of nukes again, Iraq carnage continues, Israel invades Gaza, England observes one-year anniversary of subway bombing.  And, oh, yes, the feds stop a plot to blow up tunnels under the Hudson River.
Discussion: USS Neverdock, Blogs of War and PSoTD
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Bush's Shift: Being Patient With Foes  —  WASHINGTON, July 9 — President Bush has never made apologies for enshrining pre-emption as the defining doctrine of his first term.  He has declared many times that in a post-9/11 world, presidents no longer have the luxury of waiting for the slow grinding …
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Failure Can Be Successful
Discussion: rubber hose
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Baghdad Erupts in Mob Violence  —  BAGHDAD, July 9 — A mob of gunmen went on a brazen daytime rampage through a predominantly Sunni Arab district of western Baghdad on Sunday, pulling people from their cars and homes and killing them in what officials and residents called a spasm of revenge …
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Washington Post:
Scores Of Sunnis Killed in Baghdad  —  Neighborhood Residents Describe Signs of Torture  —  BAGHDAD, July 9 — Shiite Muslim militiamen rampaged through a Sunni Arab neighborhood in Baghdad early Sunday morning, killing more than 50 people and discarding bodies in the streets, according to Iraqi officials and witnesses.
Qais Al-Bashir / Associated Press:
Gunmen ambush bus in Baghdad, killing 7  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two car bombs struck a Shiite district in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, officials said, as sectarian tensions rose following a rampage by Shiite gunmen that killed 41 people, most of them Sunnis.
Discussion: The All Spin Zone and TPMCafe
Associated Press:
After 41 killed, Sunni officials say U.S. can't protect Iraqis  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — Sunni politicians on Monday called on the U.N. Security Council to send peacekeepers to Iraq saying U.S.-led "occupation forces" cannot protect Iraqis.  —  A day earlier Shiite gunmen entered a Baghdad neighborhood …
New York Times:
Congressman Says Program Was Disclosed by Informant  —  WASHINGTON, July 9 — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday that the Bush administration briefed the panel on a "significant" intelligence program only after a government whistle-blower alerted him to its existence and he pressed President Bush for details.
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Hoekstra Urges Bush to Impart Intelligence Details  —  The Bush administration briefed top lawmakers on a significant intelligence program only after a key Republican committee chairman angrily complained of being left in the dark, the chairman said yesterday.
New York Times:
Detainee Rights Create a Divide on Capitol Hill  —  Senators Carl Levin, left, and Lindsey Graham talking to reporters in November about legal rights of detainees and enemy combatants.  The two are expected to be among the leaders in the coming debate on the issue.
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Newsweek:
The Gitmo Fallout  —  The fight over the Hamdan ruling heats …
Discussion: King of Zembla
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
U.N. Nuclear Chief Pulled Inspector at Iran's Request  —  The Nobel Peace Prize-winning chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency effectively fired his lead Iran investigator this spring at the request of the Iranians, according to a new report in the German newspaper Die Welt am Sonntag.
Discussion: Murdoc Online and Power Line
Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Bringing the Church to the Courtroom  —  Christian Group Becomes Force in Major Legal Battles  —  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A 29-foot war memorial shaped like a cross should be allowed to remain on public land.  A teacher should be able to emphasize references to God in the Declaration of Independence.
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof
CNN.com International:
Russia kills most-wanted warlord  —  MOSCOW, Russia — Russia's most wanted man, Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, has been killed in an operation by special forces, the state security chief told President Vladimir Putin on Monday.  —  FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev said Basayev …
Discussion: BillHobbs.com and Hot Air
 
 
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Robert J. Caldwell / San Diego Union-Tribune:
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Times of London:
Death trap  —  Christina Lamb has spent 20 years covering Afghan wars …
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
New York Times' David Brooks Again Slams Daily Kos and Netroots