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4:50 PM ET, November 23, 2006

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Associated Press:
At Least 145 Killed in Deadliest Attack Since Start of Iraq War  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — In the deadliest attack on a sectarian enclave since the beginning of the Iraq war, suspected Sunni-Arab militants used three suicide car bombs and two mortar rounds on the capital's Shiite Sadr City slum …
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CNN:
More than 140 killed in Baghdad's Sadr City … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A savage string of bombing attacks erupted in Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday, killing more than 140 people, according to Iraq's health minister.  —  Police told The Associated Press the death toll was expected to rise significantly.
Mercury News:
Violence `spiking' all over Iraq  —  DEATH TOLL MOUNTS AS DECISIONS NEAR ON NATION'S FUTURE  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqis are dying in record numbers and fleeing by the tens of thousands from an anarchic nation where armed men rule the streets and there's little faith in government institutions …
Discussion: Daily Kos and TalkLeft
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Happy Thanksgiving From the McCain/Lieberman War
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
LEBANON UPDATE (PICTURES, LINK TO VIDEO BELOW)  —  Even though it's Thanksgiving, there is so much going on in Lebanon today that I thought I'd gather some news from around the web and from local Lebanese media to update you on what's happening on this dramatic day.  —  I will add to this post if necessary as the day goes on.
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Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Anger Boils at Slain Official's Funeral in Lebanon  —  Hundreds of thousands of people poured into Lebanon's Martyrs Square today, transforming the funeral service of the slain government minister, Pierre Gemayel, into a political rally exposing the hatreds and schisms that have paralyzed …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Gemayel's funeral draws huge anti-Syrian crowd
Associated Press:
Assad images burnt in Gemayel funeral
Discussion: Across the Bay
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Two Sites For Lebanon Updates
Ynetnews:
Jumblatt: Syrian regime responsible for assassination
Discussion: Hyscience
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Hastert Scouts for House Role After 8 Years as Speaker  —  Speaker J. Dennis Hastert made history this year when he became the longest-serving Republican in that post.  Now he is about to go into the books again as one of the few House speakers, and the first in almost 50 years, to rejoin the rank and file.
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
A Bad Omen in Rumsfeld's Firing  —  Donald Rumsfeld, one week after his sacking as secretary of defense, was treated as a conquering hero, accorded one standing ovation after another at the conservative American Spectator magazine's annual dinner in Washington.
Discussion: The News Blog
SeeDubya / JunkYardBlog:
Oh, Come ON, People  —  There is a principled, intellectually honest case to be made for increasing the security of America's borders.  Part of it is pretty obvious to those of us aware of the simple need to keep terrorists, criminals, and drugs out.  And, um, the freakin' Mexican Army.
Discussion: Riehl World View and Hot Air
Tony Hendra / The Huffington Post:
A THANKSGIVING PRAYER FOR DICK CHENEY'S HEART - AND A FEW OTHER FAVORITE THINGS  —  I give thanks O Lord for Dick Cheney's Heart, that brave organ which has done its darn-tootin' best on four separate occasions to do what we can only dream about.  —  O Lord, give Dick Cheney's Heart …
Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Thanksgiving: the White House "Pardoning" Scandal  —  Here's an extra serving of hypocrisy for your Thanksgiving dinner.  —  I think we're all familiar with the big, flashy show that the White House puts on every year when the president pardons his Thanksgiving turkey.
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Panel Calls for Big Changes in Medicaid  —  A federal advisory panel says that long-term care for aging baby boomers threatens to bankrupt Medicaid, and it recommends sweeping changes to rein in costs, including greater use of managed care for the sickest Medicaid recipients.
Discussion: MyDD and The Moderate Voice
Rick Weiss / Washington Post:
EPA to Regulate Nanoproducts Sold As Germ-Killing  —  The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to regulate a large class of consumer items made with microscopic "nanoparticles" of silver, part of a new but increasingly widespread technology that may pose unanticipated environmental risks, a government official said yesterday.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
Saudis need a mirror to see injustice  —  Luckily, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers isn't Jewish.  —  Or a woman.  Or gay.  —  The clown princes and oligarchs of Saudi Arabia don't take kindly to those kinds of people in their midst.  Then again, Christians, Hindis, Buddhists, atheists, etc. ...
Discussion: Dinocrat and Power Line
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Defining Moments  —  RevDeb sent me a link to an article from 2003 about the death of President John F. Kennedy that contained a portion that I wanted to share with all of you today: … Kennedy's genius as a leader was to appeal not to the worst that is in us, but to the best …
Discussion: The Heretik
 
 
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
HOW VIOLENT IS IRAQ?  —  I've written previously on the level …
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Turkeys Try to Catch Train Out of N.J.
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Eoin Callan / Financial Times:
Democrats to throw out Colombia trade deal
Allen Guelzo / Opinion Journal:
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Jim Snyder / The Hill:
K Street happy with Hoyer victory
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Democrats' Victory Is Felt On K Street
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Pajamas Media:
The Four Freedoms:  —  Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941 …
Discussion: The Mahablog and TigerHawk
Molly Moore / Washington Post:
Dutch Voters Favor Prime Minister's Christian Democrats
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Shooting victim, 92, shot officers five times
Ann Coulter / Human Events:
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John Hughes / Christian Science Monitor:
Ten things to be thankful for this time of year
Tania Branigan / Guardian:
Cameron told: it's time to ditch Churchill