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1:10 AM ET, August 5, 2006

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Haaretz:
Iranian official admits Tehran supplied missiles to Hezbollah  —  A senior Iranian official admitted for the first time Friday that Tehran did indeed supply long-range Zelzal-2 missiles to Hezbollah.  —  Mohtashami Pur, a one-time ambassador to Lebanon who currently holds the title …
Jerusalem Post:
Iran: We supplied Zelzal-2 to Hizbullah  —  By JPOST.COM STAFF AND YAAKOV KATZ  —  Iran admitted for the first time on Friday that it did indeed supply long-range Zelzal-2 missiles to Hizbullah.  —  Secretary-general of the "Intifada conference" Mohtashami Pur told an Iranian newspaper …
Discussion: Liberty and Justice
John Kifner / New York Times:
Israel Extends Strikes North of Beirut, Hitting Village  —  Israel unleashed airstrikes across Lebanon Friday, severing the last major road link to the outside world and killing more than 30 people.  —  The bombs destroyed four bridges along the main north-south highway …
Al Bawaba:
Hizbullah's social network torn to shreds
Amir Oren / Haaretz:
Loss of momentum  —  The closer the campaign in Lebanon comes …
Discussion: Roger L. Simon
Lebanon.Profile / Lebanese Political Journal:   Israel Bombing Christians and Sunnis
Rebecca Sinderbrand / Political Animal:
TALKING TO SYRIA....There are still plenty of nay-sayers …
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and TAPPED
Ynetnews:
Judges in Egypt: Scrap peace deal with Israel
Greg Sargent / electioncentral.tpmcafe.com:
CT-SEN: Richard Goodstein: "Email Me The Last Good Story You Wrote About Joe Lieberman"  —  So I just reached D.C. lobbyist Richard Goodstein on his cellphone.  Goodstein the lobbyist confirmed that he is indeed the guy on the front-page of today's Record-Journal who appeared to be heckling Lamont in a diner.
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David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Old Friends With Deep Pockets  —  In Financial And Political Circles, Backers Pledge To Stand Beside Lieberman  —  WASHINGTON — The big givers crammed a room at the Washington Court hotel a few days ago to salute and contribute money to their old friend, Joe Lieberman.
Discussion: Sirotablog
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Ned Lamont Fails First Test Of Character  —  Say it with me - it's not the crime, it's the coverup!  Jane Hamsher is a major blog supporter of Ned Lamont who has raised money and directed commercials for his campaign on a volunteer basis.  Ms. Hamsher caused a flap for her candidate by posting …
Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Connecticut Heckler Has a Tricky Past  —  Over at TPMCafe, Greg Sargent has been trying to get to the bottom of the Connecticut Heckler kerfuffle.  Who is this man, Richard F. Goodstein, who came all the way from Washington, D.C., leaving a lucrative lobby practice on hold so he could sit in a diner …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Lieberman More Popular With Republicans Than Democrats  —  Favorable image dips further among Democrats  —  PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has faced mounting difficulties among fellow Democrats in his home state of Connecticut over his pro-Iraq war stance, possibly culminating …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Party On, Garth  —  I was typing my little fingers to the bone telling people to come to Connecticut for the big GOTV push for Lamont when the Kevin Rennie piece came out, essentially saying "Lieberman's throwing in the towel and trashing his field staff."  The bulls**t meters went off instantly.
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Bush Starts 10-Day Texas Vacation  —  Shorter Summer Break Reflects Post-Katrina Criticism  —  President Bush arrived here Thursday evening to begin a 10-day stretch at his Prairie Chapel ranch, his longest planned period away from Washington during this summer vacation season.
Discussion: The Left Coaster and The Reaction
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Guardian:
Blair delays holiday to work on UN peace deal
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Truthdig
Christian Avard / The Raw Story:
Ambassador claims shortly before invasion, Bush didn't know there were two sects of Islam  —  [New to RAW STORY?  Be sure to check out our front page for all the latest-breaking news.  Latest: Raw acquires Republican campaign plan for summer recess...]  —  Former Ambassador …
Tim Harper / Toronto Star:
Star's man in Havana caught by Castro  —  Star reporter in Havana gets a taste of official Cuba at its most oppressive  —  HAVANA—"Mr. Timothy, you must come with me.  There is a problem in your room."  —  I had just tucked into a pork sandwich at the hotel bar when the ominous voice from behind stopped me in mid-bite.
Discussion: USS Neverdock
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Editor and Publisher:
Reporters Shut Out Of Cuba At Key Moment
Discussion: Babalu Blog, Greenslade and RedState
Don Walton / Lincoln Journal Star:
Hagel: Begin Iraq withdrawal within 6 months  —  The United States needs to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq within the next six months, Sen. Chuck Hagel said Thursday, rather than ratcheting up its military commitment now.  —  With Iraq exploding in sectarian violence and …
Discussion: The Reaction and Think Progress
Billy Shore / New York Times:
The Flags of Our Sons  —  WHEN you fly as often as I do you learn to mind your own business as soon as you take your seat.  But that wasn't possible once I saw the military honor guard boarding US Airways' 1:45 p.m. flight from Boston to Washington earlier this week.
Randy Hall / CNSNews:
A Bit of History for Global Warmers: Look at 1930  —  (CNSNews.com) - People sweltering from a heat wave in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. might find cold comfort in the fact that the temperatures of the past few days are not the hottest on record.  That "honor" belongs to a summer 76 years ago …
 
 
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New York Times:
The Sound of One Domino Falling
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Daniel Freedman / It Shines For All:
Finland's Military Sees Bush As 'The Worst Terrorist Since Adolf Hitler'
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
Karl-Thomas Musselman / Burnt Orange Report:
Re-Re-Redistricting Decided  —  The courts have drawn the redistricting map.
Discussion: CQPolitics.com, MyDD, Off the Kuff, Swing State Project and On Deadline
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Where did that video spoofing Gore's film come from?
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Ernie Suggs / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
McKinney, Johnson trade barbs again
Discussion: The Right Angle
Pew Research Center:
Pragmatic Americans Liberal and Conservative on Social Issues
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Alex Tabarrok / Marginal Revolution:
Fiasco II  —  Henry at Crooked Timber challenges me to provide …
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Bull Moose:
Grazing Moose  —  The Moose offers some summer thoughts …
Discussion: The Raw Story, Middle Earth Journal, TAPPED, The New York Observer …, Ace of Spades HQ and TBogg
Rep. John Conyers / The Huffington Post:
The Constitution in Crisis  —  Final "Constitution in Crisis" Report
Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report
Elizabeth Hamilton / Hartford Courant:
Unlikely Trail Boss
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Ezra Klein:
Clinton The Fighter  —  Kevin Drum writes:
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Murtada Faraj / Associated Press:
Iraqi Shiites chant 'Death to Israel'
Discussion: New York Times, american footprints, The Mahablog, Left I on the News, Needlenose and Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Officials Say Kerik Faces a Second Investigation
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Disney and WBD announce a streaming bundle of Disney+, Hulu, and Max, with ad-supported and ad-free plans, beginning this summer in the US, with pricing to come

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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
The New York Times Games rolls out a Wordle archive with 1,000+ past puzzles for “Games” and “All Access” subscribers, and adds its WordleBot to NYT Games app
 
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