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2:50 PM ET, September 17, 2006

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Associated Press:
Italian nun shot dead by Somali gunmen  —  MOGADISHU, Somalia - An Italian nun was shot dead at a hospital by Somali gunmen Sunday, hours after a leading Muslim cleric condemned Pope Benedict XVI for his remarks on Islam and violence.  —  The nun, who was not immediately identified …
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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) …
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.
BBC:
Pope sorry for offending Muslims
Reuters:
Brotherhood seeks 'clear apology'
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pope to address controversy on Sunday Update: "Deeply sorry …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Gateway Pundit
homelandsecurityus.com:
Nuclear Threats  —  MUSLIMS ORDERED TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES, NEXT ATTACK IMMINENT  —  "We have a different plan for the next attack.  You will see.  Americans will hardly find out any Muslim names, after the next attack.  Most of our brothers are living in Western countries …
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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 …
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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 …
Discussion: Say Anything
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 …
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 …
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 …
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Save Yourself, Blame Bush  —  I can't help but feel sorry for my old Republican friends in Congress who are fighting for their political lives.  After all, it must be tough explaining to voters at their local Baptist church's Keep Congress Conservative Day that it was their party that took …
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
Ed Koch / Real Clear Politics:
Losing Our Will to Win  —  The Islamic terrorists or as President Bush calls them — Islamic fascists — are continuing their ruthless bombing campaign in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The casualty numbers are staggering.  —  Nearly every day in Iraq alone, 50 or more civilians are found tortured …
Discussion: Say Anything
New York Times:
Iraq Stumbling in Bid to Purge Its Rogue Police  —  Shiite militiamen and criminals entrenched throughout Iraq's police and internal security forces are blocking recent efforts by some Iraqi leaders and the American military to root them out, a step critical to winning the trust …
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
 
 
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