memeorandum: 10 SECONDS OF HELL IN QUEENS (Murray Weiss/New York Post)

8:00 AM ET, November 28, 2006

Top Items:

Anbar Picture Grows Clearer, and Bleaker — The U.S. military is no longer able to defeat a bloody insurgency in western Iraq or counter al-Qaeda's rising popularity there, according to newly disclosed details from a classified Marine Corps intelligence report that set off debate in recent months …

Discussion: INDCJournal, Eschaton, Riehl World View, AMERICAblog, The News Blog and Oliver Willis

Fox News:

STATES, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARGUE FOR PRIMACY IN GLOBAL WARMING FIGHT — WASHINGTON — The debate over whether humans are to blame for Earth's rising temperatures isn't decided yet, but it is quickly being eclipsed by a new argument over who should manage global warming policy in the United States.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

Richard Black / BBC:

Carbon emissions show sharp rise — Environment correspondent, BBC News website — The rise in humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide has accelerated sharply, according to a new analysis. — The Global Carbon Project says that emissions were rising by less than 1% annually up to the year 2000, but are now rising at 2.5% per year.

Discussion: Daily Kos

Helene Cooper / New York Times:

Bush Asking Arab Friends for Iraq Help — As they try to arrest the downward spiral in Iraq and Lebanon, President Bush and his top diplomats appear intent on their strategy of talking only to Arab friends, despite increasing calls inside and outside the administration for them to reach out to Iran and Syria as well.

Discussion: Hot Air and Bill's Bites

Christopher Hitchens / Slate: From Beirut to Baghdad — THE GHASTLY PREDICTABILITY OF NIHILIST VIOLENCE.

World Tribune.com:
Bolton: Future of Mideast 'may well be decided' in days

Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard, The Belmont Club and Atlas Shrugs

New York Times:

Hezbollah Said to Help Shiite Army in Iraq — A senior American intelligence official said Monday that the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah had been training members of the Mahdi Army, the Iraqi Shiite militia led by Moktada al-Sadr. — The official said that 1,000 to 2,000 fighters …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Talking Points Memo, Israel Matzav, PBD, INTEL DUMP and AMERICAN FUTURE

Confederate Yankee:

Drugs are Bad... Apparently, even nominal quantities of over-the-counter cold medications can cause you to see the most interesting things. — I know this, because this Reuters picture has all the earmarks of a crudely-edited PhotoShop, from the rather odd smudges and apparent artifacts around …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns and Money

Will / Attytood:

Who's unhinged now? — You could have seen this coming a mile away. — With Democrats poised to take control of Congress, Iraq now officially a "civil war" (in most quarters), and George W. Bush becoming the lamest duck to waddle through the Oval Office in recent memory …

Discussion: Jesus' General

Washington Post:

Civil War in Iraq Near, Annan Says — The Iraq Study Group began two days of intensive behind-closed-doors deliberations yesterday as the White House conceded that Iraq has moved into a dangerous new phase of warfare requiring changes in strategy. In a sign of the growing global concern about Iraq's fate …

Discussion: Editor and Publisher, The Belgravia Dispatch, TalkLeft, The Reaction and The Carpetbagger Report

Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
NBC Declares 'Civil War' In Iraq, McCaffrey: WH Rejection of Term 'Nonsense'

Discussion: Hot Air, Obsidian Wings, WuzzaDem and Attytood

Patrick J. Buchanan / Human Events:

Is Putin Being Set Up? — PARIS—Whoever poisoned Alexander Litvinenko had two goals: a long and lingering death for the KGB defector and pointing a finger of accusation for his killing right in the face of Vladimir Putin. — Which leads me to believe Putin had nothing to do with it.

Discussion: The Corner and Ace of Spades HQ

Times of London:
Traces of radioactive poison are found in Russian exile's office

Discussion: Hot Air, Ace of Spades HQ, Secular Blasphemy and The Strata-Sphere

Saeed Ahmed / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Informant in shooting says he never bought drugs at house — Says he was asked to lie — The confidential informant on whose word Atlanta police raided the house of an 88-year-old woman is now saying he never purchased drugs from her house and was told by police to lie and say he did.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, The Volokh Conspiracy, Reason Magazine, Patterico's Pontifications, QandO, The Agitator, Big Lizards and First Draft

SeeDubya / JunkYardBlog:

Does AP Iraqi writer Qais al-Bashir have super powers? — It's looking like AP Baghdad correspondent Qais al-Bashir is the only one who can see this mysterious, non-existent "Captain Jamil Hussein". Well, it's not for certain yet, but al Bashir is the common element in four stories involving Captain Snuffleupagus.

Discussion: Flopping Aces, Gateway Pundit, Patterico's Pontifications, small dead animals, NewsBusters.org, The Belmont Club, A Blog For All, Michelle Malkin, Pajamas Media and Sister Toldjah

Hindrocket / Power Line:
STORY OF SUNNIS BURNED ALIVE GOING UP IN SMOKE

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Townhall.com Blog's …, Wake up America, JunkYardBlog, UNCoRRELATED and Blue Crab Boulevard

Kevin Drum / Political Animal:

CENTRISM....Yes, centrism can be a tic. Yes, it's often favored by DC pundits who automatically assume that bipartisanship is an inherent good regardless of its outcome. Yes, it can sometimes be a substitute for real thought. — That said, I hope the liberal blogosphere doesn't get into the habit …

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Sirotablog and TalkLeft

Dan Eggen / Washington Post:

Justice Dept. to Examine Its Use of NSA Wiretaps — Review Won't Address Program's Legality — The Justice Department's inspector general yesterday announced an investigation into the department's connections to the government's controversial warrantless surveillance program …

Discussion: TalkLeft and ACLU

Thomas Ferraro / Reuters:

Likability poll bad news for Kerry — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Sen. John Kerry, mulling a second bid for the U.S. presidency, finished dead last in a poll released on Monday on the likability of 20 top American political figures. — Among those placing ahead of Kerry …

Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:

Rough days... The past four days during which we were under siege were long and rough for Baghdadis. Anxiety and fear haunted us at our homes and a flow of horrible news made the prison feel even tighter...it was a material and psychological siege that will not be easy to forget.

Discussion: Inactivist, Riehl World View and The Belmont Club

Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:

Attack Sparks Fire at Iraq Oil Facility — A mortar attack ignited a huge fire Monday night at an oil facility in northern Iraq, shutting the flow of crude oil to a major refinery, and a U.S. Air Force jet with one pilot aboard crashed in Anbar province, a hotbed of the Sunni-Arab insurgency, officials said.

Discussion: Associated Press, Flopping Aces, Hot Air, Riehl World View, Blogs for Bush, Michelle Malkin and Bill's Bites

Louis Uchitelle / New York Times:

Lure of Great Wealth Affects Career Choices — A decade into the practice of medicine, still striving to become "a well regarded physician-scientist," Robert H. Glassman concluded that he was not making enough money. So he answered an ad in the New England Journal of Medicine from a business consulting firm hiring doctors.

Discussion: Don Surber, Chronicle of the Conspiracy, Greg Mankiw's Blog, Althouse, EconLog and The American Scene

legion.org:

American Legion to Congressman Rangel: Apologize Now — The National Commander of The American Legion called on Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) to apologize for suggesting that American troops would not choose to fight in Iraq if they had other employment options.

Discussion: Blogs for Bush, Bill's Bites and Y.A.C.R.W.B

Murray Weiss / New York Post:

10 SECONDS OF HELL IN QUEENS — COP'S 'FRIENDLY FIRE' SPARKED BARRAGE THAT KILLED GROOM — A doomed young groom was caught in the crossfire of an undercover cop, whose bullets went clear through his car, and confused officers who returned their own blistering barrage, sources told The Post last night.

Discussion: American Thinker and Pajamas Media