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1:25 AM ET, December 11, 2006

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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.
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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 …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Maliki Out?  —  It appears that events have begun to pick up pace in Iraq.
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
Dan / Riehl World View:
It's What Isn't There That's Interesting
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Robin Boyd / NewsBusters.org:
AP Admits to Using Unauthorized Sources
Discussion: jules crittenden
Allahpundit / Hot Air:   Jamilgate: Has Capt. Hussein gone anonymous?  Update: The dog that didn't bark
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
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 and Bill's Bites
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Rumsfeld, in Iraq, Bids Farewell to U.S. Troops  —  The outgoing secretary of defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld, paid a surprise visit to Iraq this weekend and said American troops should stay in the country until the insurgents were defeated.  —  "We feel great urgency to protect the American people …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Nancy Trejos / Washington Post:
U.S. Report Rejected By Iraqi President
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and Booman Tribune
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:
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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
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Times of London:   Spy's murder prompts fears over plans for dealing with 'dirty bomb' attacks
Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Suspicion about imams grows as terror links pile up  —  The grounded imams incident at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has been a public relations coup for the imams, their supporters and their claims that the group's only suspicious activity was saying evening prayers.
Discussion: Power Line
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
As Crowd Demands Change, Lebanese Premier Is Puzzled  —  The center of Beirut was packed Sunday with hundreds of thousands of pro-Hezbollah and allied demonstrators who, in a jubilant mass of protest and carnival, pressed their call for the government to resign.
Discussion: Hot Air and Right Wing Nut House
New York Times:
Religion for a Captive Audience, Paid For by Taxes  —  Life was different in Unit E at the state prison outside Newton, Iowa.  —  The toilets and sinks — white porcelain ones, like at home — were in a separate bathroom with partitions for privacy.  In many Iowa prisons …
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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