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9:40 AM ET, December 23, 2006

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Realities of the Conflict - Between Islam and Unbelief  —  In the Name of Allah, and all praise is due to Allah, and may peace and prayers be on the Messenger of Allah and on his family, companions and allies.  —  Muslim brothers everywhere: peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
ZAWAHIRI DRONES ON...  ...and on.  You could say that Zawahiri is a blowhard, but that would be a disservice to the blowhards of the world.  He's really in a different league.  The complete text of Zawahiri's latest video tape, released a couple of days ago, is here.  But, hey—I read it all, so you won't have to.
Good Lt / The Jawa Report:
AQ: Democrats Didn't Win in November - We Did  —  The Democrats can't get away from their allies, can they?  They might want to, but they can't.  —  How many times have we said that Democrat victotry will be seen by Islamic terrorists as a victory for them?
Dan / Riehl World View:
Zawahiri Calls Out Cowering Dems
Redstate:   Al Qaeda's Message To Democrats
New York Times:
Charges of Rape Against 3 at Duke Are Abandoned  —  The Durham district attorney dropped rape charges against three former Duke lacrosse players on Friday, but he said he would continue to pursue kidnapping and sexual offense charges that carry equally stiff sentences.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Durham-in-Wonderland
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Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
Generals: More troops needed in Iraq  —  Commanders made their decision before meeting with Defense Secretary Gates.  —  WASHINGTON — Top U.S. military commanders in Iraq have decided to recommend a "surge" of fresh American combat forces, eliminating one of the last remaining hurdles …
Discussion: New York Times and Daily Kos
Matthew Continetti / Weekly Standard:
The Peace Party vs. the Power Party  —  The real divide in American politics.  —  The polarization that has characterized American politics since the presidency of Ronald Reagan has extended its reach to foreign affairs.  Never have the differences between the two parties on issues of war and peace been so distinct.
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Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Pelosi Aims To Recast Self, Party
Discussion: Power Line, Extreme Mortman and Wizbang
Jim Forsyth / Reuters:
Hispanic groups call for moratorium on work raids  —  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Hispanic groups and activists on Thursday called for a moratorium on workplace raids to round up illegal immigrants, saying they were reminiscent of Nazi crackdowns on Jews in the 1930s.
Mel Konner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Carter's about-face betrays Jews, Christians  —  We are in that season when Jews celebrate one of their few successful rebellions against oppression.  Christians celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace.  How ironic, then, that Jewish-Americans are embroiled in a grim struggle …
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Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Carter... and Carter  —  More on Jimmy Carter, or more precisely his book.
Discussion: forward.com
Richard A. Epstein / Los Angeles Times:
The myth of the big bad drug companies  —  They're not greedy, they're over-regulated.  The result is fewer pills to cure our ills.  —  THE PHARMACEUTICAL industry is getting bad press.  Recent books by Marcia Angell, the former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, and Jerome Kassirer …
Discussion: Redstate
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Shreema Mehta / newstandardnews.net:
Big Pharma's Profit Pursuit Means Fewer New Drugs, Report Says
Discussion: MyDD, TAPPED and NewsHog
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Flurry of Calls About Draft, and a Day of Denials  —  As the de facto media contact for the Selective Service System, Dick Flahavan is the Maytag repairman of government press people.  With the military draft out of business since 1973, the Selective Service just doesn't get a lot of calls these days.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Althouse
Associated Press:
Rice: Iraq 'worth the investment'  —  U.S. is ready to elect black president, secretary of state says  —  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told The Associated Press on Thursday that Iraq is "worth the investment" in American lives and dollars and said the U.S. can still win …
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Judge: Iran owes $254M in terror attack  —  WASHINGTON - The Iranian government financed a 1996 terrorist attack that killed 19 Americans in Saudi Arabia and must pay $254 million to the victims' families, a federal judge ruled Friday.  —  The ruling by U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth allows families …
Discussion: Hot Air and Left I on the News
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Wichita Eagle:
Spending freeze targets pet projects for members of Congress  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic leaders in the new Congress plan to strip funding for thousands of pet projects for individual members, a big display of fiscal discipline they say will help cut deficits and curb spending abuses.
Discussion: Angry Bear
Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  Cat videos — unlike NBC News — don't impart conservative misinformation  —  Time magazine's selection of "You" as its "Person of the Year" has — justifiably — drawn criticism.  —  Writing for CJR Daily, for example, Christian Vachon argued …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
War on two fronts in Afghanistan  —  Just when it seemed matters could not get any worse in Afghanistan, along comes an altogether more alarming threat to Nato's attempts to restore order to that strife-torn region — in the form of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Discussion: Power Line and Faster, Please!
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
U.S. Readies Security Aid Package To Help Lebanon Counter Hezbollah  —  The United States is preparing a package of almost $500 million in aid for Lebanon's military and police to help strengthen the security forces, part of almost $1 billion in total U.S. assistance to help …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
CNN:
Ellison: Lawmaker has 'a lot to learn about Islam' … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Virginia lawmaker criticized for writing an "Islamophobic" letter to his constituents would be wise to learn more about Islam, the first Muslim elected to Congress said Thursday.  —  Minnesota Rep.-elect Keith …
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