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6:25 PM ET, July 12, 2006

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Haaretz:
3 soldiers killed, 2 seized in Hezbollah border strike  —  Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed and two others were abducted Wednesday morning in an attack by guerillas from the militant Hezbollah organization.  —  The militants attacked two IDF armored Hummer jeeps patrolling along …
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Washington Post:
Hezbollah Captures 2 Israeli Soldiers  —  7 Troops Killed as Israeli Forces Enter Lebanon to Conduct Search  —  SIDON, Lebanon, July 12 — The militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers along the Israel-Lebanon border Wednesday morning.
Mohammed Zaatari / MSNBC:
Israel strikes come within 10 miles of Beirut  —  Prime minister says assaults over captured prisoners will be 'very painful'  —  Among the sites targeted by Israeli warplanes was the Qassmieh Bridge in southern Lebanon.  At least two civilians have died in the attacks.  —  FREE VIDEO
New York Times:
Israeli Forces Enter Lebanon After 2 Soldiers Are Seized  —  JERUSALEM, July 12 — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah seized two Israeli soldiers and killed three more in a brazen raid this morning along Israel's border with Lebanon.  Israel immediately responded by sending an armored force …
Jerusalem Post:
PM Olmert declares Hizbullah attack 'act of war' by Lebanon  —  Seventeen days after IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped in Gaza, a second front was opened on Israel's northern border Wednesday morning as Hizbullah, under cover of a barrage of Katyusha rockets and mortar shells, kidnapped two more army troops.
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IAF jets, navy gunboats pound PFLP base south of Beirut
Joseph Panossian / Associated Press:
2 Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Guardian:   Israelis invade Lebanon after soldiers are seized
Amanda / Think Progress:
Justice Department Lawyer To Congress: 'The President Is Always Right'  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday heard testimony from Steven Bradbury, head of the Justice Department's office of legal counsel.  When questioned by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on whether the President's interpretation …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
It's Bush's Way or the Highway on Guantanamo Bay  —  As Congress opened hearings yesterday on the treatment of terrorism detainees, the Bush administration's view was neatly summarized by Steven Bradbury, the Justice Department lawyer serving as lead witness.  "The president," Bradbury said, "is always right."
Brett Zongker / Associated Press:
Nation's Capital Declares Crime Emergency  —  Two groups of tourists were robbed at gunpoint on the National Mall, just hours after the police chief declared a crime emergency in the city in response to a string of violence that included the killing of a British activist.
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Allison Klein / Washington Post:
July Homicide Total Rises to 14 in District
Discussion: Tammy Bruce and AMERICAblog
Ramola Talwar Badam / Associated Press:
Death toll in Bombay attacks rises to 200  —  BOMBAY, India - The death toll from a series of bombs that struck Bombay's packed commuter trains rose Wednesday to 200, and India demanded that Pakistan dismantle the "infrastructure of terrorism," but leveled no direct accusation at its rival for the attacks.
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Erick / RedState:
Disgusting: DCCC Uses Dead Soldiers to Raise Money  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has a new fundraising pitch going out.  It uses September 11th and our troops to raise money.  But, instead of using those images to show Democrats would be tougher on terrorists …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Online Venture Seeks To Elevate the Debate  —  Civility Is In, Rancor Out on Web Site Begun by Democratic, GOP Strategists  —  A group of political strategists who have spent years firing heavy artillery at each other came together at the Hay-Adams Hotel yesterday, put aside their weapons …
house.gov:
Murtha compares cost of war and domestic expenses  —  A Report by Congressman John Murtha  —  (Washington D.C.)- We are spending $8 billion a month in Iraq.  That equates to $2 billion a week, or $267 million a day, or $11 million an hour.  —  The following are some comparisons between …
Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:
Chances of Voting Rights Act renewal dim  —  WASHINGTON - A conservative backlash to the massive street demonstrations over immigration is aggravating Republican leaders' carefully orchestrated plans to renew the landmark Voting Rights Act before the fall elections.
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Nations sending Iran to Security Council  —  PARIS - World powers agreed Wednesday to send Iran back to the United Nations Security Council for possible punishment, saying the clerical regime has given no sign it means to negotiate seriously over its disputed nuclear program.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Associated Press:
Iraq gunmen seize 24 people, killing 20  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen attacked a bus station Wednesday in a volatile town northeast of Baghdad, kidnapping two dozen people and killing all but four, authorities said, while a suicide bomber blew himself up in a restaurant in the capital.
Claire Shipman / ABCNEWS:
Gorbachev: 'Americans Have a Severe Disease'  —  15 Years After Being Deposed From Power, Former Leader Discusses Russia, U.S.  —  July 12, 2006 — Mikhail Gorbachev is generally regarded as the man who broke down the "iron curtain" that separated the communist world from the West and thawed …
Jules Crittenden / Real Clear Politics:
Dawn Over Tokyo  —  Sixty-one years after the end of World War II, Japan is on the verge of becoming a mature, responsible democracy.  —  Once Japan's troops raped and murdered their way across China, enslaved women as prostitutes for their soldiers, and starved, beat and worked Allied POWs to death.
Discussion: QandO
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Army to End Expansive, Exclusive Halliburton Deal  —  Logistics Contract to Be Open for Bidding  —  The Army is discontinuing a controversial multibillion-dollar deal with oil services giant Halliburton Co. to provide logistical support to U.S. troops worldwide, a decision that could cut deeply …
Washington Post:
Dan Rather's Carry-On Baggage  —  Former CBS newsman Dan Rather says he'll have complete editorial control over the content of the weekly newsmagazine he will kick off for Mark Cuban's HDNet in October.  —  "News at its best is a wake-up call, not a lullaby, and I'm not in the lullaby business …
 
 
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