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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Lieberman Assails Lamont Over Supporter's Blog Post — The bitter Democratic Senate primary in Connecticut erupted in fresh controversy Wednesday over a doctored photo of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) in blackface that was posted by a blogger who has been an influential promoter of challenger Ned Lamont.
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David Segal / Washington Post:
True Blue, Or Too Blue? — Senate Hopeful Ned Lamont Is Challenging Joe Lieberman — And the Democratic Party — On a low-rise stage in front of a delicatessen, a blues band is taking a moment between songs to set up a chair and keyboards. Ned Lamont takes a seat and plays a few tentative notes, as if trying to jog his memory.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
About That Graphic... I sincerely apologize to anyone who was genuinely offended by the choice of images accompanying my blog post today on the Huffington Post. It's also important to note that I do not, nor have I ever worked for Ned Lamont's campaign. However, at their request, I removed the image earlier today.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Ned Lamont On Jane Hamsher - When In Trouble, Lie — Ned Lamont may make a great politico after all, since he seems to have already mastered a key part of the job - when in trouble, lie. Here he is in the WaPo ducking the Lieberman-blackface debacle caused by blogger Jane Hamsher:
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:Lamont Spokesman: Blog Photo Offensive
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BBC:
Iraq civil war warning for Blair — Civil war is a more likely outcome in Iraq than democracy, Britain's outgoing ambassador in Baghdad has warned Tony Blair in a confidential memo. — William Patey, who left the Iraqi capital last week, also predicted the break-up of Iraq along ethnic lines.
Haaretz:
Lebanese hospital: Number of casualties from Qana air strike is 28, not 52 — A Tyre hospital on Thursday revised the number of casualties resulting from Israel's air strike on the south Lebanese village of Qana from 52 down to 28. — On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch questioned the death toll in the Qana attack.
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Yoav Stern / Haaretz:
Hezbollah claims of combat successes become less and less believable — If Hezbollah-run media are to be believed, then 35 Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed or wounded in Ayta a-Shab , militants downed an Israeli helicopter and destroyed a house in which IDF soldiers were hiding …
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Vital Perspective:
Video: Hezbollah Terrorist Fires Rockets on Israeli Cities from Civilian Position — This is a video that was shot yesterday by Israeli forces in Lebanon. It shows a Hezbollah terrorist driving up to a home, parking his car, walking next door to another civilian building where he proceeds to fire several rockets on Israeli cities.
Robert Pape / New York Times:
Ground to a Halt — ISRAEL has finally conceded that air power alone will not defeat Hezbollah. Over the coming weeks, it will learn that ground power won't work either. The problem is not that the Israelis have insufficient military might, but that they misunderstand the nature of the enemy.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Murtha wants an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon — Once again, Pennsylvania Democratic congressman breaks with Bush — By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Pennsylvania's Rep. John Murtha said yesterday that he favored an immediate cease-fire in the fighting in Lebanon.
Washington Post:
But They're Aces on Getting Out the Youth Vote! — Big-time candidates pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for their advice. So wouldn't your li'l politician love to get James Carville and Mary Matalin's guidance for free? — Alas, that won't be an option at several area high schools …
David Stout / New York Times:
Grief and Sacrifice Reach Into the Halls of Congress — "We loved him dearly, and we'll miss him more than words can ever express," said a man from Montana on Tuesday upon learning that his nephew had been killed in Iraq. — Words like those have been uttered thousands of times in big cities …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Courage Campaign / MyDD Poll: Why Francine Busby Lost — Please continue to donate to the MyDD / Courage Campaign Polling Project. We need another $2,000 to complete testing on the accountability message we suggest at the end of the memo. This small amount of money could have a major impact …
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
WHY DEMOCRATS ARE SPLIT ON LIEBERMAN: — Matt Yglesias has some interesting thoughts about the reason Democrats of different vintages tend to part company on the Lieberman question. Matt basically argues that if you started paying attention to politics after 1998 (and certainly after November …
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Doubling Two Bad Bets? — If you think there is an echo in the air when officials discuss the twin crises in Iraq and Lebanon, you're not hearing things. In both cases the argument for carrying on the destructive current policy comes down to a claim that "we can't afford to let the other guy win."
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Top Military Lawyers Oppose Plan for Special Courts — The military's top uniformed lawyers, appearing at a Senate hearing yesterday, criticized key provisions of a proposed new U.S. plan for special military courts, affirming that they did not see eye to eye with the senior Bush administration …
Damien Cave / New York Times:
In Iraq, It's Hard to Trust Anyone in Uniform — A Baghdad tailor worked on military and police uniforms. The government plans to introduce new uniforms that will be difficult to copy. — The camouflaged Iraqi commandos who kidnapped 20 people from a pair of central Baghdad offices …
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