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9:05 PM ET, September 4, 2006

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Tim Hames / Times of London:
What a shambles over Iran  —  The collapse of resolve towards Tehran's nuclear plans will deeply undermine international order  —  PERSIAN PROVERBS have a particularly poetic quality to them.  Among my personal favourites are: "The wise man sits on the hole in his carpet" …
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Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
The Year of Living Fearfully  —  Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has gone from being an obscure and not-so-powerful politician to a central player in the Mideast, simply by goading the United States.  —  It's 1938, says the liberal columnist Richard Cohen, evoking images of Hitler's armies massing in the face of an appeasing West.
Steven Knipp / Washington Post:
A Different Face of Iran  —  Despite the Politics, an American Finds Hope in a Forbidden Land  —  As a journalist, I've spent considerable time over the years in places where America was not always popular.  In the bad old days, that meant Russia, China and Vietnam; more recently I've reported …
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iranian President Wants Talks, Annan Says
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Decision '08
The Australian:
Steve Irwin's freak death filmed  —  FOOTAGE of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin being fatally attacked by a stingray on the Great Barrier Reef has been handed to Queensland police as fans worldwide come to grips with the "freak" death.  —  Irwin, 44, was killed almost instantly when the stingray stabbed …
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Austin Bay Blog:   UPDATED: Death of the Crocodile Hunter
Sydney Morning Herald:
Steve Irwin killed by stingray
Mira Oberman / Agence France Presse:
US Muslims plagued by discrimination after 9/11 attacks  —  DEARBORN, United States (AFP) - Discrimination and harassment by law enforcement have come to plague American Muslims in the years since the terrorist attacks of September 11.  —  There have been suspicious looks, slurs …
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Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
Young U.S. Muslims Strive for Harmony
Jay Tea / Wizbang:   HELP! HELP! WE'RE BEING OPPRESSED!
David Sirota / San Francisco Chronicle:
On America Working The war on workers  —  U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige labeled one "a terrorist organization."  Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, called them "a clear and present danger to the security of the United States."  And U.S. Rep. Charles Norwood, R-Ga. …
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Nathan / NathanNewman.org:
The Brilliance of Labor  —  Admit it.  Many of you think labor unions are dinosaurs, lumbering beasts with pea-sized brains stumbling along waiting for extinction in a world passing them by.  God knows, union leaders have done stupid things at times, but what strikes me is the sustained innovation …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Losing The House?  —  The New York Times paints a pretty depressing picture for the GOP in the upcoming midterms, but has little data on which to base its analysis.  The article by Robin Toner and Kate Zernike seems long on anecdotes and short on actual polling:
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Elena Becatoros / Associated Press:
33 bodies found scattered across Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police found the tortured, blindfolded bodies of 33 men scattered across the capital Monday and the U.S.-led coalition reported combat deaths of seven servicemen, a day after Iraqi leaders said the capture of a top terror suspect would reduce violence.
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Reuters:   FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 4
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: BBC urges appeasement  —  I put out the APB and our friend Brian of London at Friends of Micronesia came through.  In a big, big way.  —  Here's the BBC listing; this is an edit of the last ten minutes.  The clip is short but there's a lot to digest.
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Omar Bakri Mohammed Detained in Lebanon, 3 al-Muhajiroun Arrested  —  ***Jawa Report Exclusive***  —  Shiekh Omar Bakri Mohammed, the exiled British Muslim cleric, was detained by Lebanese police last week and then released after passing a bribe.  He was questioned about his possible involvement with the foiled sky terror plot.
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Attacking Inequality  —  Tax Reform Has the Greatest Potential To Narrow the Gap  —  By now almost everyone agrees that inequality is serious.  Economic growth no longer seems to help the majority of workers; the proceeds flow to the top fifth or so of the workforce, and the top within the top has done especially handsomely.
Tom Lutz / New York Times:
The Summer Next Time  —  IN late May, for those of us who teach, the summer stretches out like the great expanse of freedom it was in grammar school.  Ah, the days on the beach!  The books we will read!  The adventures we will have!  —  But before hunkering down to months of leisurely lolling around …
Discussion: Althouse and Instapundit.com
Opinion Journal:
Dissent at Dartmouth  —  Ivy League liberals try to stifle democracy.  —  The left-leaning faction that dominates American higher education doesn't take kindly to strangers—particularly those who challenge the prevailing academic orthodoxies.  Just ask Harvard's Larry Summers.
John / AMERICAblog:
GOP Congress blocked Clinton push for anti-terror legislation … So Bill Clinton, rather than just breaking the law as Bush did (then again, perhaps this is why Bush broke the law - he knew from history that the Republicans controlling the congress would oppose his efforts to expand wiretapping) …
Discussion: The Sideshow and BlondeSense
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
This week's FISA debate — 2 falsehoods that cannot be responsibly reported  —  It is now undeniably clear to everyone that the sole hope Bush supporters have for staving off disaster in the midterm elections is to (a) hype the terrorist threat as shrilly and irresponsibly as possible and then …
Discussion: SteveAudio and Booman Tribune
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Troops Cut Death, but Not Fear, in Baghdad Zone  —  Three weeks after American and Iraqi troops began searching, fortifying and patrolling Dora, one of Baghdad's bloodiest neighborhoods, the odor of death on the streets has eased.  After 126 bodies surfaced in Dora in July, only 18 turned up in August …
 
 
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RLR / True Blue Liberal:
Health Policy Malpractice
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Study Finds Sharp Drop in the Number of Terrorism Cases Prosecuted
Curt / Flopping Aces:
Another Leftist Making Fun Of 9/11
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Rush Limbaugh, Janeane Garofalo, 'Conservatives Betrayed'
Marc Peyser / Newsweek:
Rosie's New View  —  After a four-year hiatus, O'Donnell returns …
Discussion: TMZ.com
Noor Khan / Associated Press:
U.S. planes kill Canadian in Afghanistan
Tim Harford / Slate:
A Cock-and-Bull Story  —  EXPLAINING THE HUGE RISE IN TEEN ORAL SEX.
Rohan Sullivan / Associated Press:
Health Experts: Obesity Pandemic Looms
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Prescott's ethics fiasco 'hampering democracy'
Judd / Think Progress:
Under Fire, ABC Yanks Official Blog of 9/11 Docudrama
Times of London:
British tourist killed in Jordan shooting
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Casey: Social Security Just Fine
Michelle Grattan / The Age:
Muslim anger erupts at Costello call to renounce terrorism
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