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8:55 AM ET, November 5, 2006

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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!"
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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.
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.
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!
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 …
Washington Post:
Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death  —  Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was found guilty by a special tribunal Sunday of crimes against humanity for the torture and execution of more than 100 people from a small town north of Baghdad 24 years ago.  He was sentenced to death by hanging.
Discussion: Redstate
Pajamas Media:
Saddam Hussein and Two Senior Officials Sentenced to Death by Hanging — Liveblog coverage  —  The Day of Justice: Pajamas Media Baghdad editors Mohammed and Omar Fadhil, of Iraq The Model, write their first impressions after Saddam Hussein's death sentence was delivered.  —  (Latest News on Top)
CNN:
Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging
Discussion: Mere Rhetoric
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 …
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David Goldstein / The Huffington Post:
Who's to blame for Pastor Haggard's fall from grace?  His fat, lazy wife
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.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah, The Agonist and Hot Air
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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
MSNBC:
Polls see Republicans keeping Senate control  —  Races tighten in Montana, Missouri, Rhode Island and Virginia  —  NEW YORK - Just days from the midterm elections, the final round of MSNBC/McClatchy polls shows a tightening race to the finish in the battle for control of the U.S. Senate.
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 …
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 …
The Daily Dish:
Fire.  Rumsfeld.  Now  —  According to sources, the Army Times is about to run an astonishing editorial, openly calling for Rumsfeld to resign mere days before an election.  That's how desperate the military now is.  Here it is in full: … (Photo: Haraz Ghanbari/AFP/Getty.)
Discussion: Hot Air
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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
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
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 …
New York Times:
The Difference Two Years Made  —  On Tuesday, when this page runs the list of people it has endorsed for election, we will include no Republican Congressional candidates for the first time in our memory.  Although Times editorials tend to agree with Democrats on national policy …
Discussion: TalkLeft
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.
 
 
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Newsweek Declares John Kerry Unfit For Command
Michael Coren / National Post:
Hot for martyrdom  —  Dr. Tawfik Hamid doesn't tell people where he lives.
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ABCNEWS:
Army Recruiters Accused of Misleading Students to Get Them to Enlist
Discussion: The Agonist and CorrenteWire
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
GOP's Woes Imperil Even the Centrists
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Bush braced for a bleak future
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Military service, John Kerry, and honor
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Brad R. / Sadly, No!:
It Begins  —  That was a quick response, Atrios.
William March / TBO.com:
Harris' Prayer Call Stirs Concerns
Discussion: Liberty Street and AMERICAblog
C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
Sniper Attacks Adding to Peril of U.S. Troops
John F. Burns / New York Times:
For U.S. and Top Iraqi, Animosity Is Mutual
 

 
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