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4:40 PM ET, July 18, 2006

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New York Times:
Israeli General Says Lebanon Offensive Will Last Weeks  —  JERUSALEM, July 18 — A top Israeli general said today that Israel's offensive in Lebanon would last another few weeks, and he said that the use of large numbers of ground forces had not been ruled out.
Agence France Presse:
Lebanon civilian deaths morally not same as terror victims — Bolton  —  UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - US Ambassador John Bolton said there was no moral equivalence between the civilian casualties from the Israeli raids in Lebanon and those killed in Israel from "malicious terrorist acts".
Firas Al-Atraqchi / Aljazeera:
'Lebanon crisis an international conspiracy'  —  The Israeli-Hezbollah conflict threatens to drag Syria, Iran and the US into a regional war.  —  As'ad AbuKhalil, author of Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New 'War on Terrorism' as well as The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism …
StrategyPage:
Hizbollah's Iranian Rocket Force  —  July 18, 2006: It's been no secret that, for years, Iran has been shipping, through Syria, thousands of unguided rockets to Hizbollah in Lebanon.  As far back as 2001, there were reports of 240mm Fadjr rockets arriving in Hizbollah controlled territory in southern Lebanon.
Discussion: The Muqata جÙ
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Hunker Down With History  —  The greatest mistake Israel …
Major 'Y / Jerusalem Post:   In the cockpit  —  Major 'Y', an F-16 pilot in the Israeli Air Force …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
You Are A Fluke Of The Universe ...
Discussion: Kesher Talk
AMERICAblog:
The Middle East: Bad strategy all around
Discussion: The Agonist and Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Push Made for U.N. To Go Into Lebanon
Haaretz:
One killed in Katyusha strike on house in Nahariya
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Presidential Groping  —  She sure doesn't seem to happy about it to me. … Video-WMP Video-QT later  —  This has been an awful trip for Bush to say the least on so many levels.  Please list all the problems he has had in the comment section. … Lindsay: Every woman will recognize …
Think Progress:
Brownback Holds Up Drawing Of Embryo, Asks 'Are You Going To Kill Me?'  —  Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) is leading the opposition to the H.R. 810, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act.  On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that Brownback has used a deceptive and false report …
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Reuters:
NYT to cut paper size and close plant  —Text+NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times Co. (NYT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) plans to narrow the size of its flagship newspaper and close a printing plant, resulting in the loss of 250 jobs, the company said in a story posted on its Web site late on Monday.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Times to Reduce Page Size and Close a Plant in 2008  —  The New York Times is planning to reduce the size of the newspaper, making it narrower by one and a half inches, and to close its printing operation in Edison, N.J., company officials said yesterday.  —  The changes, to go into effect …
Duncan Black / Los Angeles Times:
Why the Left Is Furious at Lieberman  —  A blogger's blast at the embattled Connecticut senator.  Hint: It's not just Iraq.  —  SOME TIME AFTER having lunch in Iraq with the junior senator from Connecticut, Time magazine Baghdad bureau chief Michael Ware told an interviewer …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
G.O.P.'s Bid for Blacks Falters  —  Julian Bond, chairman of the N.A.A.C.P., addressing an early session of the group's convention Monday in Washington.  President Bush, who has had strained relations with the group, may address it later.  —  WASHINGTON, July 17 — Even for some Republicans …
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CNN:
Stranded in bomb-ravaged Beirut  —  Westerners scramble to leave as fighting intensifies  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Westerners have piled on to cruise ships to flee war-torn Lebanon, but tens of thousands remain stranded in the capital Tuesday waiting for help to arrive.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:   State Dept.: No Free Evacuations for Dead Americans, Either
Reuters:
Iran's Hizbollah says ready to attack US, Israel  —Text+TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Hizbollah, which claims links to the Lebanese group of the same name, said on Tuesday it stood ready to attack Israeli and U.S. interests worldwide.  —  "We have 2,000 volunteers who have registered since last year …
Discussion: Riehl World View
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Israel capable of air strike on Iran
Discussion: OPFOR and Power Line
Richard Fausset / Los Angeles Times:
Reed Hopes Voters Keep Faith, Forget Abramoff  —  His foe in Georgia's GOP primary criticizes the PR work he did for his lobbyist friend.  —  ALPHARETTA, Ga. — For former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed to succeed in his first bid for public office, he's going to have to pray for the help of voters like Norma Saunders.
Milt Freudenheim / New York Times:
A Windfall From Shifts to Medicare  —  The pharmaceutical industry is beginning to reap a windfall from a surprisingly lucrative niche market: drugs for poor people.  —  And analysts expect the benefits to show up in many of the quarterly financial results that drug makers will begin posting this week.
Jules Witcover / Salt Lake Tribune:
The Democrats' message dilemma  —  WASHINGTON — It was a bit startling the other morning to hear Sen. Charles Schumer of New York — the garrulous poster boy of Democratic liberalism — intone that New Deal Democracy is over.  But also, he added just as surprisingly, so is Reagan Republicanism.
Faiz / Think Progress:
VIDEO: Bush Personally Blocked DOJ Investigation Of Wiretapping Program  —  Earlier this year, the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), which is charged with investigating attorney misconduct, announced that it could not pursue an investigation into the role …
 
 
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Most Americans in Lebanon Are Hezbollah Supporters; U.S. Taxes …
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