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10:05 AM ET, July 26, 2006

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New York Times:
Israel Plans to Occupy Strip Inside Lebanon  —  JERUSALEM, July 25 — Almost two weeks into its military assault on Hezbollah, Israel said Tuesday that it would occupy a strip inside southern Lebanon with ground troops until an international force could take its place.
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CNN:
U.N.: Israeli airstrike hits U.N. observer post  —  Sources: Condoleezza Rice floats plan to end conflict  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — An Israeli airstrike hit a United Nations post in southern Lebanon late Tuesday, killing at least two of the agency's observers, according to the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon.
Associated Press:
8 IDF soldiers lightly wounded during fighting in Lebanon  —  Israel Defense Forces infantry and armored soldiers on Tuesday morning surrounded the Hezbollah stronghold in the south Lebanese town on Bint Jbail.  —  Military officials said Golani Brigade infantry troops had surrounded the village …
Jerusalem Post:
Annan: IAF hit 'apparently deliberate'  —  An Israeli bomb destroyed a UN observer post on the border in southern Lebanon, killing three peacekeepers with one other feared dead under the rubble.  UN chief Kofi Annan said Israel appeared to have struck the site deliberately.
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
A Knife-Thrower at the Carnival  —  Kofi Annan has accused Israel of deliberately targeting UN position in southern Lebanon.  According to the Independent: … In order to have some sense of how plausible this accusation is, it would be useful to examine the statements of the UNIFIL itself prior to this incident.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Dr. Sanity
Fox News:
Hastert Rejects Calls to Disinvite al-Maliki to Speak to Congress  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Dennis Hastert has rejected calls Tuesday by congressional Democrats to cancel an address Wednesday by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to a joint session of Congress.
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White House:
President Bush and Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq Participate in Press Availability  —  Fact Sheet: Prime Minister Maliki's Meeting with President Bush  —  PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you all.  Please be seated.  —  Mr. Prime Minister, welcome to the White House.
CharlesR / Age of Hooper:
CODE PINK: "Camp Al-Maliki"  —  Went down to the Iraqi Embassy …
Discussion: Hot Air
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Removes Abortion Option for Young Girls  —  WASHINGTON, July 25 — The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would make it a federal crime to help an under-age girl escape parental notification laws by crossing state lines to obtain an abortion.  —  The bill was approved on a 65-to-34 vote …
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Interstate Abortion Bill Clears Senate
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Debra Saunders / Real Clear Politics:
Democrats' Version of John McCain  —  Months ago, I was lunching with some savvy Democrats, when one of them asked me: What is the problem with all those Republicans who can't stand maverick GOP Sen. John McCain?  As a McCainiac, I warmed to the subject.  I disagree with McCain …
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Bull Moose:   The M-L Faction  —  The Moose reveals his political affiliation.
Scheherezade Faramarzi / Associated Press:
Hezbollah: Israeli onslaught a surprise  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - A senior Hezbollah official said Tuesday the guerrillas did not expect Israel to react with an all-out offensive after the capture of two soldiers, the first acknowledgment by the group that it had miscalculated the consequences of the raid two weeks ago.
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Battle for Baghdad Boils Down to Grabbing a Slice at a Time  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 25 — The Bush administration's announcement on Tuesday that it will shift more forces to Baghdad is much more than a numbers game.  It reflects a new strategy to reclaim control of the Iraqi capital and a new approach for deploying the troops.
Discussion: rubber hose and Political Animal
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Baghdad Chaos Pushes Bush to Shift U.S. Troops
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Steele Slams Party  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican in a competitive Senate race called his party affiliation "an impediment," said he'd "probably not" want President Bush to campaign for him and the GOP-controlled Congress should "just shut up and get something done."
New York Times:
White House Bill Proposes System to Try Detainees  —  WASHINGTON, July 25 — Legislation drafted by the Bush administration setting out new rules on bringing terror detainees to trial would allow hearsay evidence to be introduced unless it was deemed "unreliable" and would permit defendants …
Insight:
Dump Condi: Foreign policy conservatives charge State Dept. has hijacked Bush agenda  —  Conservative national security allies of President Bush are in revolt against Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, saying that she is incompetent and has reversed the administration's national security and foreign policy agenda.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and Rising Hegemon
Nell Henderson / Washington Post:
Tax Cuts May Come At a Price, Study Says  —  The federal government will need to either cut spending or raise taxes down the road to pay for extending President Bush's recent tax cuts, the Treasury Department said in a report released yesterday, dismissing the idea popular with many Republicans that such sacrifices can be avoided.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Case Closed  —  THE TRUTH ABOUT THE IRAQI-NIGER "YELLOWCAKE" NEXUS.  —  Now that Joseph and Valerie Wilson's fantasies of having been persecuted by high officials in the administration have been so thoroughly dispelled by Robert Novak (and now that it seems the prosecutor has determined …
Clarice Feldman / The American Thinker:
The documents seized in the FBI raid on the offices of Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) remain unread by Justice Department investigators, pending a federal Appeals Court ruling scheduled for August 27.  Jefferson is anxious to overturn the ruling of federal Judge Hogan of the Washington, DC federal District Court, who allowed the raid.
Discussion: Wizbang
 
 
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Newsweek:
The Next Front  —  Pressure is building on Ankara to deal …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and TAPPED
Mike Spector / Wall Street Journal:
Cry Bias, and Let Slip the Blogs of War
Discussion: CBS News
Shawn Pogatchnik / Associated Press:
Ireland worker finds ancient psalms in bog
Eric Boehlert / The Huffington Post:
Fox News (Officially) Abandons Journalism in the Middle East
Associated Press:
Disgraced scientist says he tried to clone mammoth
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Democrats say Iraq war is top problem
Discussion: Bring it On!
Art Peterson / Chicago Sun Times:
Suburban mayor charged with child porn
Jennifer Harper / Washington Times:
50 percent of U.S. says Iraq had WMDs
 Earlier Items: 
Guardian:
Iran warns the west: ignore us at your peril
DefenseLINK:
Press Availability with Secretary Rumsfeld at the Pentagon
Washington Post:
Immigration Proposal Aims to Bridge Republican Divide
Clayton Cramer / Clayton Cramer's BLOG:
Is USA Today Making Stuff Up Now?
Discussion: Murdoc Online and Daily Pundit
Mary Dalrymple / Associated Press:
House Votes to Block Some Gun-Seizing
Discussion: Instapundit.com and Don Surber
Jerusalem Post:
Six IDF troops wounded in Bint Jbeil
abclocal.go.com:
Lawsuit to bar AT&T from giving phone records to NSA dismissed
Ken Silverstein / Harper's:
Another Trip to the Curt Weldon Employment Agency
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Pacific Views