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5:05 AM ET, November 26, 2006

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Mercury News:
Al-Sadr loyalists take over Iraqi television station  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Followers of the militant Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took over state-run television Saturday to denounce the Iraqi government, label Sunnis "terrorists" and issue what appeared to many viewers as a call to arms.
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Washington Post:
Baghdad Braces For More Reprisals  —  Cellphones and Web Spread Threats, Fear  —  In the aftermath of one of the deadliest spasms of violence, a new level of fear and foreboding has gripped Baghdad, fueled in part by sectarian text messages and Internet sites, deepening tensions in an already divided capital.
Edward Wong / New York Times:
A Matter of Definition: What Makes a Civil War, and Who Declares It So?  —  Is Iraq in a civil war?  —  Though the Bush administration continues to insist that it is not, a growing number of American and Iraqi scholars, leaders and policy analysts say the fighting in Iraq meets the standard definition of civil war.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Thomas Wagner / Associated Press:
Iraq P.M. struggling ahead of Bush visit
Discussion: Washington Post and AMERICAblog
Claudia Parsons / Reuters:
Baghdad violence fuels fears of civil war
Discussion: MyDD
DhinMi / Daily Kos:   This Could be the Beginning of the End of Iraq
New York Times:
U.S. Finds Iraq Insurgency Has Funds to Sustain Itself  —  The insurgency in Iraq is now self-sustaining financially, raising tens of millions of dollars a year from oil smuggling, kidnapping, counterfeiting, corrupt charities and other crimes that the Iraqi government and its American patrons …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   A hard-to-understand story in tomorrow's New York Times …
Alexander Litvinenko / BBC:
In full: Litvinenko statement  —  Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko dictated a statement two days before his death, which was read out by his friend Alex Goldfarb outside University College Hospital in London on Friday.  —  I would like to thank many people.
Discussion: The Belmont Club
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Observer:
Spy death linked to nuclear thefts  —  An investigation was under way last night into Russia's black market trade in radioactive materials amid concern that significant quantities of polonium 210, the substance that killed former spy Alexander Litvinenko, are being stolen from poorly protected Russian nuclear sites.
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
David Leppard / Times of London:
Dying spy accused Kremlin agent
Discussion: Guardian, BBC and Hot Air
Vicki Lee Parker / Raleigh News & Observer:
Holiday retail season starts strong  —  Packed parking lots, packed malls, packed shopping bags.  —  That was the scene Friday — and the prediction for today.  —  The traditional after-Thanksgiving day sale — known as Black Friday — is just the tip of the holiday shopping frenzy.
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Anne D'Innocenzio / Associated Press:
EXPANDED HOURS, DISCOUNTS LURE SHOPPERS  —  It was cold, it was dark and in some places it was foggy.  None of that would stop millions of bargain-seekers from climbing into their cars for a pre-dawn raid on their local malls, electronics retailers and discounters for the official start to the holiday season.
WorldNetDaily:
Court shocker: 10 months for kiddie porn producer  —  Democrat activist faced 81 years in jail on charges involving kids as young as 6  —  A Democrat community leader who would "offer a homily during worship services" and facilitated his congregation's "opening our doors to all people regardless …
Discussion: Wizbang and Clayton Cramer's BLOG
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Jay / Stop The ACLU:   Outrage: Only 10 Months For Kiddie Porn Producer
Hindrocket / Power Line:
Spelling Optional  —  "Anti-war" activist Cindy Sheehan has been in South Korea, campaigning against a relocation of American bases there which, if I'm not mistaken, was requested by the South Korean government.  So, help me with this one, Maureen: does Ms. Sheehan have "absolute moral authority" …
New York Times:
Experts Concerned as Ballot Problems Persist  —  After six years of technological research, more than $4 billion spent by Washington on new machinery and a widespread overhaul of the nation's voting system, this month's midterm election revealed that the country is still far from able to ensure that every vote counts.
The Daily Dish:
Mormon Sacred Underwear  —  Here's an official guide.  Alas, no pictures.  (If someone has some visuals, could they please send them to me?)  So Mitt Romney will never have to answer the boxers or briefs question.  But will he tell us whether he wears Mormon underwear at all times, including when asleep?
Discussion: Jesus' General
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Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Israel accepts Palestinian groups' offer of ceasefire  —  Israel accepted a Palestinian cease-fire to go in effect Sunday morning, and will stop military operations in Gaza in return for an end to all Palestinian violence, including rocket fire, tunneling, and suicide bombers, the Prime Minister's Office announced Saturday night.
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Power Line
Aleksander Boyd / Venezuela Crisis:
Venezuela: Hundreds Of Thousands March To Support Rosales  —  A candy for the reader that comes up with the best line that the guys in the chopper circled in red (click on the photo) gave to the militaristic caudillo to explain how, considering the closure of all roads to access Caracas, so many people still managed to sneak in...
Telegraph:
The West is losing patience with Putin  —  There is, as yet, no evidence linking the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko to the Kremlin.  While many commentators believe that there is a connection - the former spy had been consorting with exiled opponents of the Putin regime - hearsay does not constitute proof.
Discussion: jules crittenden
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Tom Geoghegan / BBC:
The mystery of Litvinenko's death
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Pajamas Media:
EASY PREY IN PARIS — "A jackpot, a Black and a Jew."  —  In which a French policeman protects a Jewish fan of Israeli soccer team assaulted by Paris St. Germain hooligans.  Score: 1 dead, 1 critically injured.  National state of anti-semitic denial continues in France unabated.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Despite Election Results, Edsall Still Sees 'Red'  —  Thomas B. Edsall, replacing John Tierney this month on The New York Times' op-ed page, follows up his ill-timed book, which had predicted hard times for Democrats on the campaign trial, by forecasting more trouble ahead for the party.
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Nathaniel Popper / Opinion Journal:
The End of the Opposition  —  Russian Jews used to be a voice of dissent.
Bryan Caplan / EconLog:
Ezra and Elasticity  —  Carefully read Ezra Klein's piece …
Discussion: The Right Coast
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
GIVING AND TAKING OFFENSE
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Is There a Big TV Screen in Your Future?
Discussion: PittsburghLIVE.com
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Philippines nabs a big catch in the War on Terror!
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Discussion: Firedoglake
Reuters:
Rumsfeld okayed abuses says former U.S. general
Edward Cody / Washington Post:
Students Grow Desperate Over China's Tight Job Market
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Multi-National Force:
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