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11:53 PM ET, December 10, 2006

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Washington Post:
An Unlikely Offensive  —  THE IRAQ Study Group's recommendations for shifting U.S. military tactics in the war are specific, focused and aimed at incremental improvement over the next few months; they are also close to what the Pentagon and Iraqi government already were hoping to achieve.
Discussion: Power Line
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David Rothkopf / Washington Post:
Even If We Leave Now, We'll Be Back  —  Strategic redeployment.  Phased drawdown.  Exit strategy.  However one phrases it, Washington seems to be turning a page in the story of Iraq.  The midterm elections, the subsequent resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the release …
Discussion: INDCJournal and MaxSpeak
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Leadership defined, Bush stays course
Discussion: Ray Robison
New York Times:
Bush Aides Seek Alternatives to Iraq Study Group's Proposals …
Discussion: Eschaton and The Next Hurrah
BBC:
Chile's Gen Pinochet dies at 91  —  Chile's former military leader Augusto Pinochet has died, the Santiago hospital treating him after an earlier heart attack has announced.  —  The hospital said the condition of the 91-year-old general had suddenly worsened, AP news agency said.
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Washington Post:
Ex-Dictator Of Chile Dies at 91  —  Gen. Augusto Pinochet, 91, the former Chilean dictator whose government murdered and tortured thousands during his repressive 17-year rule, died yesterday at a Santiago military hospital of complications from a heart attack, leaving incomplete numerous court cases …
BBC:
Chile's Gen Pinochet dies at 91  —  Chile's former military leader Augusto Pinochet has died at the age of 91.  —  The general entered a Santiago hospital a week ago after a heart attack.  He was thought to be recovering when his condition suddenly worsened on Sunday.
Discussion: Harry's Place
Associated Press:
Augusto Pinochet, Who Ruled Chile, Dies at 91
Discussion: Yahoo! News and TalkLeft
Qais Al-Bashir / Associated Press:
17 people slain in Baghdad clashes  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen attacked two Shiite homes in western Baghdad, killing 10 people, police said Sunday, while seven others died in clashes elsewhere in the capital.  —  No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred at about 11 p.m. Saturday …
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Associated Press:
Talks under way to replace Iraq PM  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Major partners in Iraq's governing coalition are in behind-the-scenes talks to oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki amid discontent over his failure to quell raging violence, according to lawmakers involved.
Robin Boyd / NewsBusters.org:   AP Admits to Using Unauthorized Sources
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Jamilgate: Has Capt. Hussein gone anonymous?  Update: The dog that didn't bark
Discussion: Riehl World View
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
WHAT WOULD JIMMY DO?  PART 2  —  This morning Newsweek publicist Natalia Labenskyj emailed us the political stories in Newsweek's new issue.  One of the items in Labeskyj's email is Eleanor Clift's softball interview with Jimmy Carter, which I happened to read.  Here is one question and answer that caught my attention:
Discussion: Redstate
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Newsweek:
Ideas: Presidential Provocation  —  President Carter has a new book out, his 23rd since leaving office and his most controversial.  "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" has drawn fire for its use of the word "apartheid," and a former associate, Kenneth Stein, a professor of Middle Eastern studies …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
GOP Laments Mixed Results As Control of Congress Ends  —  Demoralized Republicans adjourned the 109th Congress at 5 a.m. yesterday with a near-empty Capitol, closing the door on a dozen years of nearly unbroken GOP control by spending more time in the final days lamenting their failures …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Sen. Smith on Iraq: "...that is dereliction, that is immoral"  —  Republican Gordon Smith ripped Bush over Iraq on the floor of the Senate Thursday: … On THIS WEEK, Smith dug a bit deeper to clarify his remarks:  —  Video-WMP Video-QT … Transcript via ABC below the fold:
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Nina / The Other Side of the Ocean:
a Krakow saturday  —  Can a Pole get a fresh perspective on her homeland by staying away for a while?  You think you can, but it's a myth.  You get off the train, you see X, Y and that's it.  Say no more, you, dear country, are as good (or as quirky) as I remember you.
Mark Landler / New York Times:
New Radiation Traces Linked to Associate of Ex-Spy  —  German authorities said today that they had found traces of the radioactive substance polonium in a car and two homes in Hamburg used by a Russian business associate of the murdered ex-K.G.B. agent Alexander V. Litvinenko a few days before the men met in London.
Discussion: Hot Air and Decision '08
Associated Press:
Arab states study shared nuclear program  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The oil-rich Arab states on the Persian Gulf said Sunday that they will consider starting a joint nuclear program for peaceful purposes.  —  The announcement comes as the U.S. and its allies allege Iran is developing atomic weapons …
 
 
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Proof?  —  I just a received an email that claims to show …
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Study Detects Recent Instance of Human Evolution
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New York Times:
Religion for a Captive Audience, Paid For by Taxes
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Future bright for ex-members of Congress
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Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:
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Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Emptywheel / The Next Hurrah:
A Quiz for Lawmakers  —  Jeff Stein tells us that the rising Chair …
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Hearts & Minds  —  Mortar Attack on the Fallujah Police; the PTT Medics
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Richard Mauer / Anchorage Daily News:
Subpoena may signal a wider corruption
Discussion: MyDD and Talking Points Memo
Jason Burke / Observer:
Britain stops talk of 'war on terror'
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Did Rahm Emanuel lie about his knowledge of Mark Foley? Yes.
Washington Post:
Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System