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11:55 AM ET, July 17, 2006

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Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Bush Curses Hezbollah During G8 Luncheon  —  It wasn't meant to be overheard.  Private luncheon conversations among world leaders, picked up by a microphone, provided a rare window into both banter and substance _ including President Bush cursing Hezbollah's attacks against Israel.
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Associated Press:
Israel sends ground forces into Lebanon  —  JERUSALEM - Israeli ground troops have entered southern Lebanon to attack Hezbollah bases on the border, a government spokesman said Monday.  Israel's six-day-old offensive against Hezbollah following the capture of two Israeli soldiers earlier had been an aerial campaign.
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
Blame by Some Arab Leaders for Fighters  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 16 — With the battle between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah raging, key Arab governments have taken the rare step of blaming Hezbollah, underscoring in part their growing fear of influence by the group's main sponsor, Iran.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Microphone Captures Bush's Unscripted Comments at G-8  —  ST. PETERSBURG, July 17 — President Bush should know that in Russia, someone is always listening.  In this case, it was the rest of the world.  —  During a lunch with other leaders at the Group of Eight summit on Monday …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Arabs Fear Iran More Than They Hate The Jews  —  The New York Times provides an interesting analysis regarding the surprising criticism coming from Arab capitals towards Hezbollah.  Yesterday, its chief complained that the Arabs had not rallied around his organization while it fights the hated "Zionists".
Discussion: Liberty and Justice
Haaretz:
EU's Solana pessimistic about chance for Lebanon cease-fire  —  BRUSSELS - A senior European Union official returned from the Middle East on Monday sounding pessimistic about the chance of a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah militants, and the EU said it was considering the deployment of peacekeepers.
CNN.com International:
Israel launches new strikes  —  Western nations seek to evacuate their citizens  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Another round of Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut's international airport and other targets around Lebanon early Monday as Western countries made plans to evacuate their citizens from the war-torn country.
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
The Fighters and the Freeloaders  —  Before things can turn a corner in the Middle East, we need the diplomatic equivalent of electric-shock therapy.  We may need $100 oil to jolt the Europeans and the Chinese.  We may need the Russians to be told that they can forget joining the World Trade Organization.
Jerusalem Post:
Eleven wounded as top two floors of building collapse
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Troops briefly enter southern Lebanon
Discussion: Blogs of War and Israel Matzav
Juan / Informed Comment:
Israel Widens Airstrikes; 140 Civilians Dead since Weds;
Discussion: Pen-Elayne on the Web
Reuters:
Mideast crisis drives Bush to colorful language
CNN:   Israel strikes back after Haifa attacked
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
Hoist With One's Own Petard
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
The International Force For Lebanon
Discussion: RedState and Wizbang
Anton La Guardia / Telegraph:
Israel fights West's cause against radical Islam
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and Tim Blair
Associated Press:   Russia to Consider Mideast Peacekeepers
New York Times:
In an About-Face, Sunnis Want U.S. to Remain in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 16 — As sectarian violence soars, many Sunni Arab political and religious leaders once staunchly opposed to the American presence here are now saying they need American troops to protect them from the rampages …
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Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Gunmen kill 41 in raid on Iraq market  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Dozens of heavily armed attackers raided an open air market Monday in a tense town south of Baghdad, killing at least 41 people and wounding 42, police and hospital officials said.  Most of the victims were believed to be Shiites.
Discussion: Telegraph and The Democratic Daily
Mercury News:
HEARD THIS ONE?  —  Walking tall, and out  —  Dan Quayle took time out from participating in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Stateline, Nev., on Friday to attend John Mellencamp's concert only to run into a political statement.  —  He then made a statement of his own …
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Patricia Lopez / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Wide gap a surprise in race for Senate  —  DFLer Klobuchar holds a strong early lead over Republican Kennedy in expected close race.  —  DFL Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar has opened up a strong early lead over GOP rival Mark Kennedy in a Minnesota Poll that shows Klobuchar with 50 percent …
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Marching as to War  —  Former Air Force Officer Mikey Weinstein Zeroes In on Proselytizing in the Military  —  Porcelain figurines are perched on the mantelpiece behind Mikey Weinstein.  Guests are seated on chintz couches in front of him.  It's a nice crowd at a polite fundraising party.
 
 
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