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6:35 AM ET, November 5, 2006

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Sky News:
Saddam To Be Hanged  —  Saddam Hussein has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging.  —  Visibly shaken, Saddam shouted: "Allahu Akbar!"  (God is Greatest) and "Long live the nation!", pointing defiantly at the judge.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Saddam sentenced to death by hanging  —  For his part in the massacre at Dujail, which I encourage you to compare to the Nazi massacre at Lidice.  These guys all follow the same playbook; this particular game just happened to end a little differently.  —  Barzan al-Tikriti …
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Saddam Hussein Is Sentenced to Death  —  An Iraqi special tribunal today convicted Saddam Hussein of crimes against humanity for the brutal repression of a Shiite town in the 1980s and sentenced him to death by hanging.  —  As the verdict was read, Mr. Hussein shouted, "Long live the people!
Discussion: SteveAudio
Associated Press:
War simulation in 1999 pointed out Iraq invasion problems  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A series of secret U.S. war games in 1999 showed that an invasion and post-war administration of Iraq would require 400,000 troops, nearly three times the number there now.  —  And even then, the games showed …
BBC:
Death penalty for Saddam Hussein  —  Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been convicted of crimes against humanity by a Baghdad court and sentenced to death by hanging.  —  He was found guilty over his role in the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail in 1982.
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Saddam, 2 others sentenced to death  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted "God is great!"
Pajamas Media:   Saddam Hussein and Two Senior Officials Sentenced to Death …
Gateway Pundit:
Saddam Verdict is Announced - DEATH BY HANGING!
TheResurgence:
Evangelical Leader Quits Amid Allegations of Gay Sex and Drug Use  —  The news has been abuzz with controversy surrounding the allegations that Ted Haggard had a three-year homosexual relationship with a male prostitute that included drug use.  Haggard is pastor of a 14,000-member church in Colorado …
Discussion: Slog, James Wolcott's Blog and wtfwjd?
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David Goldstein / The Huffington Post:
Who's to blame for Pastor Haggard's fall from grace?  His fat, lazy wife
Chuck Plunkett / Denver Post:
Haggard fired for "sexually immoral conduct"
Discussion: Whiskey Bar
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Where Plan A left Ahmad Chalabi  —  1. London, August 2006  —  Many miles away in a more dangerous place the dream is ending badly.  The bodies pile up.  Good people stream to the borders.  Leaders pile money onto planes.  The center is giving way.  —  The apartment on South Street …
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Whitney Holmes / WAHU-TV:
UVa law student and political blogger Mike Stark is cuffed and carried out of Senator George Allen's Campaign rally.  —  At George Allen's rally in Weyers Cave, supporters had one eye on the Senator, and the other UVa Law student Mike Stark, who ended up being cuffed and carried out by sheriff's deputies.
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Mike Stark / Comments for Calling All Wingnuts:
First they went after Free Speech... Now it's the Free Press …
Discussion: Majikthise
Washington Post:
Democrats, on the Offensive, Could Gain Both Houses  —  Two days before a bitterly fought midterm election, Democrats have moved into position to recapture the House and have laid siege to the Senate, setting the stage for a dramatic recasting of the power structure in Washington …
Washington Post:
Mr. Steele's Politics as Usual  —  The real candidate of the Washington establishment  —  AS HE CLOSES out his campaign for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, a central theme for Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele has been to paint himself as an agent of change and his Democratic opponent …
Discussion: Power Line and Oliver Willis
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David Crossland / Times of London:
Priest burns himself to death over Islam  —  A retired priest committed suicide by setting himself on fire in a German monastery in protest at the spread of Islam and the Protestant Church's inability to contain it.  —  Roland Weisselberg, 73, poured a can of petrol over his head and set light …
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Big Shift Towards Reps  —  What happened to the increasing generic ballot lead of the dems?  I have seen numbers ranging from 11-15% for the Dems.  But now comes out a Washington Post/ABC News poll showing only a 6% lead for the dems!  It was 14% in the last poll.
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Mark / Decision '08:   What Liberal Media?: Part 82
Sean Rushton / humanevents.com:
The Rumor About John Paul Stevens  —  For weeks, commentators have speculated that significant numbers of conservatives, alienated by over-spending, the Iraq War, and other perceived GOP disappointments, will stay home on Election Day, giving one or both Houses of Congress to Democrats.
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Cook's Last Forecast  —  Political Wire asked Charlie Cook of the Cook Political Report for his latest forecast on Tuesday's elections.  —  With just over 72 hours to go before the polls close, it's very hard to imagine how the House majority does not turn over, it's a question of how big this thing will be.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
William March / TBO.com:
Harris' Prayer Call Stirs Concerns  —  TAMPA - U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris, who has made past comments that raised questions about her religious sensitivity, prayed in a telephone prayer service recently that God would "bring the hearts and minds of our Jewish brothers and sisters into alignment."
Discussion: Liberty Street and AMERICAblog
Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog:
What Are You Doing This Weekend?  —  Pop quiz.  What's the absolute least sexy thing on earth?  Getting out the vote for the GOP?  Yep, now that is unsexy.  So, what do I do?  I turn it into a dating line commercial.  Ha.  I love vlogging.  —  Sign up to make calls from home, right here.
 
 
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