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5:05 PM ET, September 24, 2006

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Judd / Think Progress:
VIDEO: Clinton Sets The Record Straight On Terrorism, Smacks Down Fox News  —  Here's the key portion of the Fox News Sunday interview with President Clinton.  He sets the record straight on his efforts to combat terrorism, the Bush administration's record and the tactics of Fox News.  Watch it:
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David / Crooks and Liars:
Fox Clinton Interview - Part 1 - Osama bin Laden  —  This is the first 20 minutes of Bill Clinton's interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday.  In this clip, Wallace asks Clinton why he didn't do more to capture or kill Osama bin Laden while he was in office.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Clinton vs. Wallace on "Fox News Sunday"  —  I tried to cut all the best parts but you're well advised to read the transcript.  Righties are going to have a field day fact-checking him.  Points to take away:  —  1. He showed leadership by not pulling out of Somalia while the bodies were still warm.
Michelle Malkin:
He doth protest too much  —  Wallace to Clinton: "You seem upset."  —  Check out Hot Air highlights of the Wallace-Clinton fireworks on Fox News Sunday.  Wallace was terrific.  Unflappable.  Unrelenting.  Unapologetic.  Clinton was a basket case.  —  Newsbusters has the transcript.
Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
Bill Clinton Defends Bin Laden Handling
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Clinton on "Fox News Sunday."
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Sunday Talking Head Thread
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Clinton Blaming Others For 911 (Video)
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Flopping Aces
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight  —  The war in Iraq has become a primary recruitment vehicle for violent Islamic extremists, motivating a new generation of potential terrorists around the world whose numbers may be increasing faster than the United States and its allies …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
NIE: Ending 12-Year Iraqi Quagmire Made Terrorism Worse  —  The new National Intelligence Estimate will report that the Iraq War has amplified Islamist movements and created a new generation of jihadists, according to the New York Times, which saw an advance copy of the summary and spoke to several sources involved in its creation.
Reuters:
WHouse: newspaper's account of Iraq report incomplete
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Elizabeth Holtzman / Chicago Sun Times:
Bush seeks immunity for violating War Crimes Act  —  Thirty-two years ago, President Gerald Ford created a political firestorm by pardoning former President Richard Nixon of all crimes he may have committed in Watergate — and lost his election as a result.  Now, President Bush …
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Tom Brune / Newsday:
Republican deal on interrogation assailed
Discussion: The Heretik
New York Times:
Turning Back the Clock on Rape
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan and Norwegianity
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Does AP stand for Al-Qaeda Propaganda?  —  The Associated Press, the reliable just-the-facts news agency you and I once knew, no longer exists.  Amoral propagandists have taken over.  —  It is not only in the disturbing matter of Bilal Hussein, AP photograher and al-Qaeda associate …
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Tom Curley / Washington Post:
In Iraq, a Journalist in Limbo
Discussion: The Horse's Mouth
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Tide's In for Independents  —  The independence being demonstrated all over the political spectrum these days — by Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman and Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, both in tough reelection battles, and by Republican Sens. John McCain and John Warner — has its roots in American history.
the:
Case concedes U.S. Senate race  —  Ed Case has telephoned U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka and conceded the U.S. Senate Democratic primary, then told supporters he will do everything he can to help Akaka and Hawai'i's Democratic Congressional delegation.  —  At about 11:50 p.m. …
Discussion: The Fix
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Mark Niesse / Associated Press:
Akaka wins Senate primary in Hawaii
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
'Just a comma'  —  I'll have the transcript up as soon as CNN posts it, but George W. Bush appeared on "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" this afternoon and made one of those stunning remarks that could — or rather, should — become a political problem for the White House.
Associated Press:
Iraqi soldiers hinder U.S. efforts to combat militias, tame Baghdad streets  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq The plan was simple: Iraqi troops would block escape routes while U.S. soldiers searched for weapons house-by-house.  But the Iraqi troops didn't show up on time.  —  When they finally did appear …
Discussion: Aljazeera and Middle Earth Journal
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Time:
Why We Don't Have Enough Troops in Iraq
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and LamontBlog
Nasteex Dahir Farah / Associated Press:
Somalia's Islamists Seize Seaport  —  KISMAYO, Somalia — Hundreds of Islamic militiamen in heavily armed trucks took over the southern town of Kismayo, one of the last seaports that had been outside their control in Somalia, witnesses said Sunday.  —  "The Islamic courts have entered Kismayo …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Fox covers Arizona 9/11 memorial controversy  —  From blogs to Drudge to FNC.  Tinker to Evers to Chance, baby.  —  We need to work DR out of the equation, though.  Open up an info pipeline directly to Fox HQ.  —  You know, the way the nutroots does with Olbermann.
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Massoud Ansari / Telegraph:
Omar role in truce reinforces fears that Pakistan 'caved in' to Taliban  —  The fugitive Taliban commander Mullah Omar has emerged as the key player behind the movement's controversial peace deal with Pakistan.  —  The Taliban's one-eyed spiritual leader, who has a $10 million price on his head …
 
 
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Baron Bodissey / Gates of Vienna:
Jihad on Wheels
Richard Wolffe / Newsweek:
In Rove's Footsteps
CNN.com:
Spotlight on ex-Thai PM's assets
Discussion: Sweetness & Light
Perry Bacon Jr / Time:
The Netroots Hit Their Limits
Discussion: Althouse and The Strata-Sphere
Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
George Allen Monkeys Around
Discussion: Raising Kaine and Taylor Marsh
Press Association:
One in 10 Muslims 'ignore terror'
Discussion: Jihad Watch
 Earlier Items: 
David Morgan / Reuters:
No evidence bin Laden is dead: Saudi Arabia
John Simpson / BBC:
Iraq engulfed by tide of violence
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HEARING IS BELIEVING  —  We linked the other day to a news report …
Ariel Dorfman / Washington Post:
Are We Really So Fearful?  —  DURHAM, N.C.  —  It still haunts …
ABCNEWS:
Secrets of 'South Park'
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Niall Ferguson / Telegraph:
A coup, a riot, a UN rant-fest, and the world just stifles a yawn
Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Taking Aim  —  Since the president's re-election …
 

 
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