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12:25 PM ET, July 16, 2006

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Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Hezbollah Rockets Kill 9 in Israeli City  —  Waves of warplanes thundering through the darkness bombed Beirut's southern suburbs for hours early Sunday, and Hezbollah rocket attacks killed at least nine people in Israel's third largest city.  —  A barrage of rockets pounded the northern Israeli city …
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Agence France Presse:
Iran warns Israel of 'unimaginable losses' if Syria hit  —  Iran warned its arch-enemy Israel of "unimaginable losses" if it attacks Syria and vowed that it was standing by the Syrian people.  —  "We hope the Zionist regime does not make the mistake of attacking Syria …
Ynetnews:
IDF official: Hizbullah hid rockets in houses  —  Officer says Israeli planes struck houses in Southern Lebanon villages used by Hizbullah for concealing long-range rockets.  'We have no intention of hitting civilians, but those who live by the sword are bound to get hurt,' he states  —  Hanan Greenberg
Ynetnews:
Tel Aviv told to be on rocket alert  —  Following deaths of eight Haifa residents in rocket attack, Home Front Command calls on Tel Aviv residents to be prepared for same  —  The Home Front Command has re-examined its instructions following the lethal barrage of rockets fired on Haifa.
BBC:
Deadly Hezbollah attack on Haifa  —  Rockets fired by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon have killed at least eight people and wounded dozens of others in the coastal Israeli city of Haifa.  —  It is the worst attack on Israel since the clashes with Lebanon began.
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Inside the Mind of Hezbollah  —  Hasan Nasrallah is exactly where he always wanted to be.  —  "Ever since I was 9 years old, I had plans for the day when I would start doing this," the Hezbollah chief reflected on his leadership quest, when I visited him in the southern slums of Beirut not long ago.
Katherine Zoepf / New York Times:
Spirits Are High in Syria's Capital as Leaders Openly Show Support for Hezbollah  —  DAMASCUS, Syria, July 15 — The mood here in Syria's capital was defiant, even gleeful, on Saturday as Hezbollah continued its rocket attacks on northern Israel.  —  Pop radio stations played jingoistic military marches …
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Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
It all boils down to Iran  —  OPENING A security conference …
Arutz Sheva:
War Exposes PA-Hizbullah-Iran Connection
Discussion: Thomas Joscelyn
Greg Myre / New York Times:
Israel Widens Scope of Attacks Across Lebanon
Discussion: TPMCafe and Ynetnews
Ynetnews:
Report: Hizbullah has 150 kilometer range missiles  —  London-based newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat quotes senior Iranian army official as saying Islamic republic's Revolutionary Guard set up dozens of advanced rocket, missile bases in Lebanon Valley and along border with Israel
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Yoav Stern / Haaretz:
Lebanon: Israel sent demands through Italy on release of soldiers
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Israel Vowing to Rout Hezbollah
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Ynetnews:
8 killed in rocket attack on Haifa  —  (VIDEO) Attack on north resumes: Rockets fired by Hizbullah terrorists from Lebanon land in Haifa; eight killed by direct hit on train depot.  Worker: The truth is that last night (Saturday) I had a very bad feeling that this time it (rocket fire) would reach us.
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Yaakov Katz / Associated Press:
More rockets hit coastal cities from Nahariya to Haifa
Discussion: Liberty and Justice
Yaakov Katz / Associated Press:   No injuries in latest barrage on Haifa
New York Times:
The Real Agenda  —  It is only now, nearly five years after Sept. 11, that the full picture of the Bush administration's response to the terror attacks is becoming clear.  Much of it, we can see now, had far less to do with fighting Osama bin Laden than with expanding presidential power.
littlegreenfootballs.com:
The Media Are the Enemy  —  New York Times photographer Joao Silva was right there in the room as a member of Muqtada al-Sadr's "Mahdi Army" tried to kill American troops: The New York Times - New York Region - Slide Show - Slide Show: Memorable Photographs.
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David Postman / The Seattle Times:
Gingrich says it's World War III  —  Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich says America is in World War III and President Bush should say so.  In an interview in Bellevue this morning Gingrich said Bush should call a joint session of Congress the first week of September and talk …
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Link to Disgraced Lobbyist Taints Race  —  Ralph Reed, left, and Casey Cagle, his opponent in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor, at a forum on Thursday in Marietta, Ga.  —  MARIETTA, Ga., July 13 — It is curious enough to see Ralph Reed, a man who was on the cover of Time magazine at age 33 …
Discussion: Roger Ailes
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Journalists: It's time for some articles on the pro-Bush blogosphere  —  (updated below)  —  Media Matters has compiled a long list of just some of the violence-inciting rhetoric and hate-mongering which has become a staple of the right-wing blogosphere.  It cites examples from bloggers …
 
 
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