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4:55 PM ET, September 17, 2006

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Michelle Malkin:
Italian nun killed; Pope sorry for Muslim reaction  —  ***scroll for updates...must-read for vital historical perspective: Andrew Bostom at The American Thinker on the Pope, the Byzantine Empire, jihad, and "dialogue"...***  —  Shot in the back three times.  Fox News says four times in the back by two "armed gunmen" with pistols.
Pier Paolo Cito / Associated Press:
Pope sorry for reaction to his remarks  —  CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that he was "deeply sorry" about the angry reaction to his recent remarks about Islam, which he said came from a text that didn't reflect his personal opinion.  —  "These (words) …
BBC:
Pope sorry for offending Muslims  —  Pope Benedict XVI has apologised in person for causing offence to Muslims in a speech in Bavaria last week.  —  He said the medieval text which he quoted did not express in any way his personal opinion, adding the speech was an invitation to respectful dialogue.
Reuters:
Italian nun slain in Somalia, speculation of Pope link
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Reuters:   Brotherhood seeks 'clear apology'
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homelandsecurityus.com:
Nuclear Threats  —  MUSLIMS ORDERED TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES, NEXT ATTACK IMMINENT
Discussion: Wizbang
Allahpundit / Hot Air:   Report: AQ warns Muslims to leave NYC, Washington
WorldNetDaily:
Al-Qaida warning: Muslims leave U.S.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Jon Henke / The Allen Blog:
Liveblogging Meet the Press  —  The Allen/Webb Meet the Press debate begins momentarily.  I'll be liveblogging it here, with time-stamped updates to include information and analysis.  More as it happens.  —  PREDICTION: Senator Allen will discuss his positions on issues like the economy …
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Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
If It Was a Prize Fight, It Would Have Been Stopped at the First Commercial Break
Discussion: Wonkette
Tom Bevan / The RCP Blog:
The AP's Switcheroo  —  Here's an email we received yesterday morning at 10:26 am: … The emailer is right that if you look at the AP headline now, it reads "Poll Shows GOP Not Making Its Case:"  —  Since I was the one who published the AP story yesterday and was 100% sure that I copied …
John Yoo / New York Times:
How the Presidency Regained Its Balance  —  FIVE years after 9/11, President Bush has taken his counterterrorism case to the American people.  That's because he has had to.  This summer, a plurality of the Supreme Court found, in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, that Congress must explicitly approve military commissions …
Robert Tanner / Associated Press:
U.S. holds AP photographer in Iraq 5 mos  —  The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing.  —  Military officials said Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen …
Jonathan Chait / Los Angeles Times:
A liberal hawk strikes back  —  THE CIRCULAR firing squad is the signature practice of the Democratic Party.  Think of 1968, or 1972, or everything that happened during the Clinton presidency except impeachment, or the Howard Dean campaign.  Democrats are never truly happy unless they're at each others' throats.
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Called From Diplomatic Reserve  —  Former Secretary of State Leads Attempt to Salvage Iraq Mission  —  Is Jim Baker bailing out the Bushes once again?  —  The former secretary of state, James A. Baker III, a confidant of President George H.W. Bush, visited Baghdad two weeks ago to take a look …
Patrick Quinn / Associated Press:
U.S. war prisons legal vacuum for 14,000  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - In the few short years since the first shackled Afghan shuffled off to Guantanamo, the U.S. military has created a global network of overseas prisons, its islands of high security keeping 14,000 detainees beyond the reach of established law.
Discussion: TalkLeft
New York Times:
How 3 G.O.P. Veterans Stalled Bush Detainee Bill  —  Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham cornered their partner, Senator John W. Warner, on the Senate floor late Wednesday afternoon.  —  Mr. Warner, the courtly Virginian who is chairman of the Armed Services Committee …
CC Goldwater / Newsweek:
Goldwater Today  —  CC Goldwater on what her grandfather would make of today's GOP.  —  As the granddaughter of Barry Goldwater, I am often asked what I think my grandfather would have felt about the direction of today's Republican Party.  What I found in the past year I spent making …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Tribunal Dispute Could Ruin GOP Strategy  —  Bush-McCain Standoff Over Terrorism Trials Overshadows Electoral Battle  —  Congressional Republicans had carefully orchestrated the finale of the legislative year to be a showdown with Democrats over which party is best equipped to keep the country safe …
Discussion: The Heretik and DownWithTyranny!
 
 
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