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2:20 PM ET, December 26, 2006

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Christopher Torchia / Associated Press:
U.S. toll in Iraq surpasses that of 9/11  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least 36 Iraqis died Tuesday in bombings, officials said, including a coordinated strike that killed 25 in western Baghdad.  Separately, the deaths of six U.S. soldiers pushed the American toll beyond the number of victims in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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Associated Press:
Military Deaths in Iraq Exceed 9 / 11 Toll  —  NEW YORK (AP) — In a span of a few hours, 2,973 people were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  In a span of 45 months, the number of American troops killed in Iraq exceeded that grim toll as the war continues.
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Abuse Seen at Iraqi Jail Puts New Focus on Rogue Police  —  Hundreds of British and Iraqi soldiers assaulted a police station in the southern city of Basra on Monday, killing seven gunmen, rescuing 127 prisoners from what the British said was almost certain execution and ultimately reducing the facility to rubble.
Duncan Gardham / Telegraph:
Soldiers destroy Basra's 'rogue' police HQ
Discussion: Hot Air
Washington Post:
British Troops Raid, Raze Station House In Southern Iraq
Salad Duhul / Associated Press:
Islamic forces on the retreat in Somalia  —  MOGADISHU, Somalia - Islamic fighters were in a tactical retreat Tuesday, a senior Islamic leader said, as government and Ethiopian troops advanced on three fronts in a decisive turn around in the battle for control of Somalia.
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Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:   Brave Islamists Withdrawing
Salad Duhul / Associated Press:
Islamic Fighters Quitting Somalia Front
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Ethiopia Steps Up Attacks on Somalia
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Islamist Forces Retreating In Somalia
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Baltimore Sun:
Bush is bracing for new scrutiny … WASHINGTON // President Bush is bracing for what could be an onslaught of investigations by the new Democratic-led Congress by hiring lawyers to fill key White House posts and preparing to play defense on countless document requests and possible subpoenas.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
AFP recycles Iraq "quagmire" story three weeks later
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
War Critics See New Resistance by Bush
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Pundit
Charlotte Raab / Agence France Presse:   Iraq quagmire erodes Bush's confidence and power
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:   Forget Polls, Long Shots Say It's About the Message
Nancy Trejos / Washington Post:
Court Upholds Saddam's Death Sentence  —  An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling to execute deposed leader Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity and said he could hang within 30 days.  —  "From tomorrow, any day could be the day of implementation," chief judge Aref Abdul-Razzaq al-Shahin …
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Court: Execute Saddam within 30 days
Discussion: A Blog For All
Reuters:
Saddam loses death sentence appeal: govt official
Discussion: Bill's Bites
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Bipartisan Effort to Draft Immigration Bill  —  Counting on the support of the new Democratic majority in Congress, Democratic lawmakers and their Republican allies are working on measures that could place millions of illegal immigrants on a more direct path to citizenship than would a bill that the Senate passed in the spring.
Ezra Klein / Los Angeles Times:
Going universal  —  The American healthcare system is, simply put, a mess, but we may finally be ready to fix it.  —  THE STATISTICS, by now, are well known.  Forty-seven million uninsured Americans.  Premium increases of 81% since 2000.  Small businesses failing, big businesses foundering …
Juan / Informed Comment:
Top Ten Myths about Iraq 2006  —  1. Myth number one is that the United States "can still win" in Iraq.  Of course, the truth of this statement, frequently still made by William Kristol and other Neoconservatives, depends on what "winning" means.  But if it means the establishment of a stable …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The 20 Biggest Stories Of 2006  —  Honorable Mention) Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Suffered A Stroke And Cerebral Hemorrhage: Israel's Prime Minister is laid low by health problems after he formed a new party.  Would Hezbollah have been picking fights and Iran talking so tough if the old soldier were still running the show?
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Flash!  President Bush Says He Reads Papers  —  Is there hope for newspapers after all?  Readers may be abandoning the printed versions, but over the last couple of years, at least one person seems to have started reading them, at least sometimes.  He lives in the White House.
Alan Sipress / Washington Post:
Where Real Money Meets Virtual Reality, The Jury Is Still Out  —  Veronica Brown is a hot fashion designer, making a living off the virtual lingerie and formalwear she sells inside the online fantasy world Second Life.  She expects to have earned about $60,000 this year from people who buy …
Robert Patrick / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
St. Louis judge's outspoken book causing controversy  —  A liberal-bashing book by a veteran St. Louis judge is to become available publicly this week, but it is already causing a stir in political and legal circles — and prompting some to say it could cost him his job.
Discussion: Political Animal and TalkLeft
Michael B. Oren / Opinion Journal:
A Religious Problem  —  Jimmy Carter's book: An Israeli view.  —  Several prominent scholars have taken issue with Jimmy Carter's book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," cataloguing its historical inaccuracies and lamenting its lack of balance.  The journalist Jeffrey Goldberg also critiqued …
Discussion: Power Line and TigerHawk
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Consultant Helps Democrats Embrace Faith, and Some in Party Are Not Pleased  —  As Democrats turn toward the 2008 presidential race, a novice evangelical political operative is emerging as a rising star in the party, drawing both applause and alarm for her courtship of theological conservatives in the midterm elections.
Annie Huang / Associated Press:
Tsunami Aims at Philippines After Quake  —  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A powerful quake struck off southwestern Taiwan on Tuesday, triggering a potentially destructive tsunami that was headed toward the Philippines on the second anniversary of the deadly waves that killed thousands in south Asia.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
 
 
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