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7:45 PM ET, July 23, 2006

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Azadeh Moaveni / Time:
Why Iran Isn't Cheering  —  Hizballah may be Tehran's client, but the conflict hasn't been welcomed by many Iranians  —  Parvin Heydari, an Iranian mother of two, was flipping back and forth between the nightly news and Oprah when a bulletin on an Iranian state channel caught her attention.
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Times of London:
God's army has plans to run the whole Middle East  —  Hezbollah, the group at the heart of the Lebanese conflict, is the spearhead of Iran's ambitions to be a superpower, says Iranian commentator Amir Taheri  —  'You are the sun of Islam, shining on the universe!
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and The Corner
Jerusalem Post:   Iran: Israel doomed to 'destruction'
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Sleeper Hizbullah cells activated
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
'Israel would accept NATO on border'
Agence France Presse:
Iran urges Muslim countries to stop Mideast conflict
Ynetnews:
IDF's next target: 'Hizbullah villages'
Discussion: WILLisms.com and Elder of Ziyon
Shmuel Rosner / Haaretz:   U.S. and Lebanon / From complaining to talking
BBC:
Minister condemns Israeli action
Discussion: Biased BBC and The Moderate Voice
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Saudis ask Bush to intervene in Mideast  —  WASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia asked President Bush on Sunday to intervene in Israel's military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon to stop the mounting deaths.  —  "We requested a cease-fire to allow for a cessation of hostilities," …
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Haaretz:
Syrian minister: We will join conflict if IDF approaches Syria
Discussion: Yourish.com
Irving Stolberg / Hartford Courant:
No More Joe  —  `Dead Wrong' On The War And Defense Of Bush, White House Excesses  —  Joe Lieberman and I have been friends and colleagues for 38 years.  We ran for and won seats in the Connecticut legislature as a team of reformers in 1970.  He was my state senator and I was his state representative.
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Garance Burke / Associated Press:
ACLU Sues for Anti-Gay Group That Pickets at Troops' Burials  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas church group that protests at military funerals nationwide filed suit in federal court, saying a Missouri law banning such picketing infringes on religious freedom and free speech.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   ACLU To Fred Phelps' Rescue
Stanley Fish / New York Times:
Conspiracy Theories 101  —  Andes, N.Y.  —  KEVIN BARRETT, a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has now taken his place alongside Ward Churchill of the University of Colorado as a college teacher whose views on 9/11 have led politicians and ordinary citizens to demand that he be fired.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Stanley Fish takes on the Kevin Barrett controversy.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and Unfogged
John McLaughlin / Washington Post:
We Have To Talk To Bad Guys  —  Although the fighting in the Middle East is still raging, it is not too soon to start drawing lessons from these tragic events.  Even if this situation begins to cool, there are so many other flashpoints in the Middle East and so many other potential hot spots …
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Harper's:
Six Questions on the Bush Administration and the Middle East Crisis for Wayne White  —  Wayne White, now an Adjunct Scholar with Washington's Middle East Institute, was Deputy Director of the State Department's Office of Middle East and South Asia Analysis until March 2005.
John from WuzzaDem / WuzzaDem:
He Said/He Said  —  Hey, did you hear what Glenn Greenwald...  Jealous much?  —  It's Glenn Greenwald!  —  That's right.  I've written a New York Times bestselling book on executive authority, broken a story on my blog about wiretapping that led to front-page stories on most major newspapers …
Avi Issacharoff / Haaretz:
Fatah: Hamas ready to accept deal on ceasefire, release of Shalit  —  Senior Fatah sources in Gaza said on Saturday that Hamas is ready to accept a deal that involves freeing abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, a joint cease-fire and an end to IDF actions in the Gaza Strip.
Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
American Landis wins Tour de France  —  PARIS - The highs and lows of Floyd Landis' nail-biter of a bike race ended without a hitch Sunday as he won the Tour de France and kept cycling's most prestigious title in American hands for the eighth straight year.  —  The 30-year-old Landis …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and PoliBlog
David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
I.R.S. to Cut Tax Auditors  —  The federal government is moving to eliminate the jobs of nearly half of the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service who audit tax returns of some of the wealthiest Americans, specifically those who are subject to gift and estate taxes when they transfer parts …
Michael Grunwald / Washington Post:
Another Kind of Gore '08 Bandwagon  —  It is difficult to speculate about the politics of global warming without speculating about former vice president Al Gore.  He says he's campaigning only against greenhouse gases these days, but as he basks in the success of his new movie …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Josh Bolten squirms during Stem Cell questions  —  I doubt Josh Bolten will be back on MTP anytime soon.  I'll post more of his appearance, but Timmeh made Bush's stem cell veto laughable and indefensible,  —  Video-WMP Video-QT (9 min)  —  Once Tony Snow called it murder-it was downhill from there as it should be.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
With Insurance Policy Comes Membership  —  Unbeknown to Some, Those Signing Up With Firm Are Joining Conservative Group  —  In 2001, Jennifer B. Chace heard an insurance broker's pitch for a new insurance company marketing tax-free medical savings accounts.
 
 
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Backstage at the Crisis  —  As the world's leaders gathered …
Discussion: Boston Globe and The Mahablog
Turcopolier / Sic Semper Tyrannis 2006:
Now, I "get it."  —  Dan Halutz is the first IDF chief of staff who is not a soldier.
Discussion: The Agonist
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