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11:45 AM ET, August 2, 2006

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Nadim Ladki / Reuters:
Hizbollah bombards northern Israel  —  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hizbollah guerrillas bombarded northern Israel with rockets and fought up to 6,000 Israeli troops in Lebanon on Wednesday after Israel vowed to pursue the war until a strong international force arrived.
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Haaretz:
Report: Fierce fighting as IDF commandos launch raid deep in Lebanon  —  Israel Defense Forces commandos reportedly landed by helicopter late Tuesday night near the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek in what Lebanese security sources described as a major operation against suspected Hezbollah positions.
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:   Israel Launches Deepest Lebanon Strike
Washington Post:
Israel Moves Thousands Of Soldiers Into Lebanon
Discussion: New York Times
Josh White / Washington Post:
Marine Names Murtha in Defamation Suit  —  Congressman Discussed Killings Involving Serviceman's Squad in Haditha, Iraq  —  A Marine Corps staff sergeant who led the squad accused of killing two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, will file a lawsuit today in federal court in Washington claiming …
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Associated Press:
Source: Haditha evidence implicates Marines  —  Investigators reportedly finish initial review in deaths of 24 civilians  —  WASHINGTON - Evidence collected on the deaths of 24 Iraqis in Haditha supports accusations that U.S. Marines deliberately shot the civilians, including unarmed women and children …
Discussion: A Blog For All
Rosemary Bennett / Times of London:
We must rethink the War on Terror - Blair  —  Read Blair speech in full  —  FIVE years into the War on Terror, Tony Blair called yesterday for a "complete renaissance of our strategy" to defeat militant Islam.  —  Speaking in Los Angeles, the Prime Minister admitted that the use of force alone …
Discussion: NO QUARTER
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon  —  Allegations Brought to Inspectors General  —  Some staff members and commissioners of the Sept. 11 panel concluded that the Pentagon's initial story of how it reacted to the 2001 terrorist attacks may have been part of a deliberate effort …
Jason Apuzzo / LIBERTAS:
Mel Gibson, Conservatives & The Cult of Celebrity  —  The Gibson mug shot.  —  Disney has unsurprisingly cancelled Mel Gibson's Holocaust TV series that he had in development.  [The Reuters article obnoxiously states: "The actor ... holds strong conservative Catholic religious and political views."
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Jeremiah Marquez / Associated Press:
Gibson asks Jews for help in healing
Keith Epstein / TBO.com:
Ex-Aide: Harris Hid Subpoena  —  More from this channel:  —  This feature requires the Macromedia Flash Plugin.  Please visit http://www.macromedia.com/go/ getflashplayer to download this plugin.  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris received a grand jury subpoena …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and First Draft
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Hill fries free to be French again  —  The fries on Capitol Hill are French again.  —  So is the breakfast toast in the congressional cafeterias, with both fries and toast having been liberated from the appellation "freedom."  —  Three years after House Republicans trumpeted the new names …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Mideast Lessons From 1973  —  Groping for a way to understand the ruinous mess in the Middle East, I find myself looking backward to an earlier ruinous mess, the Yom Kippur War of October 1973.  —  That long-ago war, like the current one in Lebanon, began with an Arab sneak attack …
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Democrats Scrambling To Organize Voter Turnout  —  Top Democrats are increasingly concerned that they lack an effective plan to turn out voters this fall, creating tension among party leaders and prompting House Democrats to launch a fundraising effort aimed exclusively at mobilizing Democratic partisans.
Ynetnews:
Long-range rocket lands near Jenin  —  Some of long-range rockets fired at Israel Wednesday land across Green Line, in West Bank area - most southern point Hizbullah has managed to hit so far.  Police sappers believe rockets made in Syria  —  Ali waked  —  Some of the long range rockets …
Discussion: Yourish.com and Israellycool
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
U.S. Wins Access to Reporter Phone Records  —  A federal prosecutor may inspect the telephone records of two New York Times reporters in an effort to identify their confidential sources, a federal appeals court in New York ruled yesterday.  —  The 2-to-1 decision, from a court historically sympathetic …
Washington Post:
Much Undone In Rebuilding Iraq, Audit Says  —  A flailing Iraq reconstruction effort that has been dominated for more than three years by U.S. dollars and companies is being transferred to Iraqis, leaving them the challenge of completing a long list of projects left unfinished by the Americans.
Discussion: Rantingprofs and The Agonist
Associated Press:
Evolution opponents lose control of Kansas school board  —  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans who brought international attention to Kansas by approving academic standards calling evolution into question lost control of the state school board in primaries.
 
 
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Blogger Jailed After Defying Court Orders
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Jerusalem Post:
One killed, eight wounded in attacks throughout North
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Washington Traffic Jam? Senators-Only Elevator
Sameer Yacoub / Associated Press:
Iraq vows security takeover this year
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Army Guard units said not combat ready
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White House Proposal Would Expand Authority of Military Courts
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