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4:20 AM ET, November 24, 2006

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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Deadly Attack Kills at Least 144 in Baghdad  —  In the deadliest sectarian attack since the ouster of Saddam Hussein, explosions from five powerful car bombs and a mortar shell tore through teeming intersections in the Shiite district of Sadr City on Thursday afternoon, killing at least 144 people and wounding 206, the authorities said.
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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Baghdad attack death toll rises to 202  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni Muslim insurgents blew up five car bombs and fired mortars into Baghdad's largest Shiite district Thursday, killing at least 202 people and wounding 252 in a dramatic attack that sent the U.S. ambassador racing to meet …
Discussion: The RBC
Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. Fights Highly Trained Militants in Iraq  —  FORWARD OPERATING BASE CALDWELL, Iraq, Nov. 23 — Sunni Arab militant groups suspected of ties to Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia have established training camps east of Baghdad that are turning out well-disciplined units willing to fight American forces …
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
BBC:
Ex-Russian spy dies in hospital  —  Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has died in hospital three weeks after apparently being poisoned in London.  —  University College Hospital, London, said Mr Litvinenko had died at 2121 GMT on Thursday and the cause of his condition was still being investigated.
Discussion: Secular Blasphemy and Y.A.C.R.W.B
Michael Young / Times of London:
So how does 'engaging with Syria' look now?  —  In recent weeks the idea that the United States and the UK should "engage" Syria, but also Iran, to stabilise Iraq has been all the rage.  On Tuesday, in an east Beirut suburb, Lebanon's industry minister, Pierre Gemayel, showed what the cost of engagement might be.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Dinocrat
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Blacksmith Jade / Blacksmiths of Lebanon:
Breaking News: Small Riots in Beirut and Gunfire in Tripoli - Updated!  —  Update:  —  Apart from a few isolated fist fights throughout Beirut, the demonstrations appear to have not resulted in any damage or injuries.  Reports coming in of deployment of security forces and a peaceful disperion of rioters.
Discussion: The Belmont Club
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Michael J. Totten:
March 14 Wins the Day  —  Blacksmiths of Lebanon reported, and Naharnet confirmed, that Minsiter Hasan Al Sabaa has returned to the Lebanese cabinet after resigning last year in the wake of the Danish cartoon riot fiasco.  The axis's strategy to murder the cabinet just got a bit harder.
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 …
Agence France Presse:
Grandmother in first Hamas suicide attack in two years  —  A Palestinian grandmother blew herself up in the Gaza Strip, lightly wounding three Israeli soldiers, in the first suicide attack claimed by Hamas in almost two years.  —  The mother of nine and grandmother of 41 became …
Investor's Business Daily:
A Profiling In Courage  —  Homeland Security: Kudos to US Airways.  Risking fines and a boycott, it did the right thing this week by removing a group of Muslim men from a flight to protect its crew and passengers.  —  By most accounts, the six bearded men were behaving suspiciously …
Discussion: Dinocrat
Judd / Think Progress:
Dobson: I Want To Cure Ted Haggard of Being Gay But Don't Have Time, It 'Could Take Four or Five Years'  —  Ted Haggard was one of the most prominent evangelical leaders in the nation until he admitted to having a sexual relationship with a male prostitute and buying meth.
Discussion: TBogg
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
DIGITAL CAMERA CARNIVAL: Okay, the entries are in.  There were actually so many that I'm breaking this Carnival into two parts, with the second to follow tomorrow or Friday.  (That also means that it's not too late to send one in — just put "digital camera carnival" in the subject line so that I can find it.)
 
 
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Rebecca Day / Popular Mechanics:
PM Makeover: Giving Back
Discussion: Kiko's House
Judith / Kesher Talk:
Be thankful for courageous journalists
Discussion: Solomonia
Michael J. Totten:
Shove Your Civil War
Discussion: BBC and jules crittenden
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Thanksgiving Ham
Little Green Footballs:
Clueless MSM Moment of the Week
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
On John McCain and 'Adults'
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Balko Distorts the Facts In a Lengthy Screed About How He Doesn't Distort the Facts
James Zogby / The Huffington Post:
Neo-Cons or Just Plain "Cons"
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brusselsjournal.com:
Miss Brussels in Dire Straits
Benjamin Harvey / Associated Press:
Protesters occupying building detained
David Harsanyi / Denver Post:
Saudis need a mirror to see injustice
Discussion: Dinocrat and Power Line
SeeDubya / JunkYardBlog:
Oh, Come ON, People
Max / MaxSpeak:
THE STORY OF THANKSGIVING  —  "It was wonderful to find America …
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Panel Calls for Big Changes in Medicaid
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Defining Moments  —  RevDeb sent me a link to an article …
Discussion: The Heretik
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
A Bad Omen in Rumsfeld's Firing
Discussion: The RBC, Dinocrat and The News Blog