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8:30 AM ET, November 30, 2006

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New York Times:
Iraq Panel to Recommend Pullback of Combat Troops  —  The bipartisan Iraq Study Group reached a consensus on Wednesday on a final report that will call for a gradual pullback of the 15 American combat brigades now in Iraq but stop short of setting a firm timetable for their withdrawal …
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Washington Post:
Study Group to Call for Pullback  —  The Iraq Study Group, which wrapped up eight months of deliberations yesterday, has reached a consensus and will call for a major withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, shifting the U.S. role from combat to support and advising, according to a source familiar with the deliberations.
Discussion: On Deadline
Sharon Behn / Washington Times:
Shi'ites, Sunnis amass arms  —  Rival Shi'ite and Sunni groups are massing their militias in expectation of major confrontations, Iraqis say, even as President Bush prepares to meet today with the nation's embattled prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki.  —  Mr. Bush's meeting in Jordan is part …
Discussion: Jesus' General
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CNN:
Colin Powell says Iraq in a 'civil war' … DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday that Iraq's violence meets the standard of civil war and that if he were heading the State Department now, he might recommend that the administration use that term.
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Plumb Out of Mission  —  The meaning of the election was clear …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters:
Bush, Maliki Hold Crunch Talks on Iraq
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Hal Straus / Need to Know:
Sadr Says Which Side He's On
New York Times:
Bush-Maliki Talks Are Postponed
Discussion: The News Blog
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
More Demonization Of Illegals At WND  —  I'm in favor of tough border enforcement stopping illegal entry into the US.  That comes from a solid concern about national security and support for legal immigrants who take the time to follow the law when they move to our nation.
Discussion: Riehl World View and Nitpicker
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Joseph Farah / WorldNetDaily:
Illegal aliens murder 12 Americans daily  —  Death toll in 2006 far overshadows total  —  U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON - While the military "quagmire" in Iraq was said to tip the scales of power in the U.S. midterm elections, most Americans have no idea …
Daily Mail:
'Spy' radiation alert for 33,000 BA passengers  —  More than 33,000 British Airways passengers faced a radiation scare last night as three planes were grounded over fears that they have been contaminated by the toxin that killed Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko.
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and Blogs of War
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Agence France Presse:   BA says low traces of radiation found on two aircraft
Guardian:
Radioactive material found on BA planes
Discussion: Hot Air, Telegraph and BBC
BBC:
UN troops face child abuse claims  —  Children have been subjected to rape and prostitution by United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti and Liberia, a BBC investigation has found.  —  Girls have told of regular encounters with soldiers where sex is demanded in return for food or money.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:   Time for the semi-annual "UN peacekeepers raping kids" post
Michael Hickins / internetnews.com:
Feds to Toughen E-Voting Standards?  —  A federal agency is set to recommend significant changes to specifications for electronic-voting machines next week, internetnews.com has learned.  —  The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is recommending that the 2007 version …
Discussion: The Sideshow and The BRAD BLOG
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Already Too Busy for Civility  —  That was certainly swift.  Washington has a way of quickly acculturating people, especially those who are most susceptible to derangement by the derivative dignity of office.  But Jim Webb, Democratic senator-elect from Virginia, has become a pompous poseur …
Patti Waldmeir / Financial Times:
Supreme Court clashes over climate change  —  The global political battle over climate change was also being fought at the US Supreme Court on Wednesday as judges bickered over the role of greenhouse gas emissions in global warming and disagreed on whether the Env­­ir­on­mental …
Discussion: Agence France Presse
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Analysis: Kennedy key to global warming challenge
Joseph D. McNamara / Wall Street Journal:
50 Shots  —  Around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, several New York City police officers in plain clothes fired an estimated 50 shots at a car, wounding two black men and killing a third, 23-year-old Sean Bell.  Some police bullets penetrated nearby homes.  Although an undercover officer …
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Reject Key 9/11 Panel Suggestion  —  Neither Party Has an Appetite for Overhauling Congressional Oversight of Intelligence  —  It was a solemn pledge, repeated by Democratic leaders and candidates over and over: If elected to the majority in Congress, Democrats would implement …
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Marshals decry imams' charges  —  Air marshals, pilots and security officials yesterday expressed concern that airline passengers and crews will be reluctant to report suspicious behavior aboard for fear of being called "racists," after several Muslim imams made that charge in a press conference Monday …
Austin Bay / strategypage.com:
Iraq's War of Perception: "Who is Jamil Hussein?"  —  In 1980 Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke wrote a story entitled "Jimmy's World," the startling tale of an eight-year old "third-generation heroin addict" living in Washington, DC.  —  Cooke's expose' captured several volatile issues in one tear-drenched package.
 
 
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Michelle Pauli / Guardian:
Stiff competition on Bad Sex shortlist
Discussion: Roger Ailes
Wall Street Journal:
Majority of Americans Believe Iraq Is in 'Civil War', Poll Finds
Discussion: Think Progress
New York Observer:
What Becomes a Civil War Most?
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Shorter Ahmadinejad: It's The Joooooooos
Howard W. French / New York Times:
Chinese-language Wikipedia presents different view of history
Discussion: The Peking Duck
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Gingrich Wants to Re-examine Free Speech
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
San Diego to Ban Wal-Mart Supercenters
Discussion: UNCoRRELATED and Redstate
Babbling Brooks / The Torch:
Why Canadians don't know the trivia that's not trivial
Discussion: Austin Bay Blog
 Earlier Items: 
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
U.S. Currency Discriminates Against Blind, Judge Rules
Discussion: The RBC and Reason Magazine
Frances Harrison / BBC:
Iran issues fatwa on Azeri writer
CNN:
Lawyer wrongly arrested in bombings: 'We lived in 1984'
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Scott Macleod / Time:
The Five Fatal Mistakes of Bush's Mideast Policy
Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
U.S. Bans Sale of IPods to North Korea
Discussion: The Reaction
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Frist Announces He Won't Seek White House in 2008
Discussion: Redstate and TalkLeft
Diane McWhorter / Slate:
The N-Word  —  UNMENTIONABLE LESSONS OF THE MIDTERM AFTERMATH.
Discussion: TAPPED and The Agonist
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
C-SPAN's own business choices keep the network from being offered on streaming TV platforms like YouTube TV, as it stays reliant on cable and satellite funding

Josh Rottenberg / Los Angeles Times:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces a $500M campaign to extend its influence globally and diversify revenue as Oscars ratings drop

A.J. Perez / Front Office Sports:
Lineup Publishing says it plans to relaunch Deadspin next week; it appears the new Deadspin will focus on sports betting

 
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