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11:50 PM ET, December 27, 2006

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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Islamist Forces in Somalia Are in Retreat  —  Ethiopian-backed forces continued to beat back Islamist fighters in Somalia today, advancing to within 15 miles of Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, as diplomatic pressure increased for the Ethiopians to pull out.  —  The African Union …
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allAfrica.com:
Somalia: We Will Attack Mogadishu Tomorrow From Balad And Afgoye, Says Mohammed Dheere  —  Aweys Osman Yusuf  —  Mogadishu  —  Mohammed Dheere, former chairman of Jawhar, accompanied by Somali and Ethiopian forces have regained the Middle Shabelle main town of Jawhar.
Discussion: The Corner and Redstate
See-Dubya / Hot Air:
Somali Islamists Still Getting Butts Kicked (update)
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Ford Disagreed With Bush About Invading Iraq  —  Former president Gerald R. Ford said in an embargoed interview in July 2004 that the Iraq war was not justified.  "I don't think I would have gone to war," he said a little more than a year after President Bush had launched the invasion advocated …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
John Edwards joins presidential race  —  WASHINGTON - Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards jumped into the presidential race Wednesday a day earlier than he'd planned, prodded by an Internet glitch to launch a candidacy focused on health care, taxes and other domestic issues.
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MSNBC:
John Edwards joins presidential race  —  Senator who ran in 2004 bidding for Democratic nomination, campaign says  —  Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards volunteers in New Orleans on Wednesday, a day before his scheduled presidential run announcement.  —  Slide show
Discussion: Centerfield
Associated Press:
Edwards' Web site jumps gun on presidential run … WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Democratic vice-presidential nominee John Edwards is running for president for a second time, his campaign said Wednesday.  —  The former North Carolina senator plans to formally announce his candidacy Thursday …
Discussion: Democrats.com
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Commentary: Gerald Ford's impact on the Court  —  Gerald R. Ford's legacy, now being reassessed in the wake of his death Tuesday night, will be measured many ways.  Of course, much is being made of his decision as President to pardon former President Richard M. Nixon for the crimes of the Watergate scandal …
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Associated Press:
Saddam Hussein's Baath party threatens to retaliate if their leader is executed  —  AMMAN, Jordan: Saddam Hussein's Baath Party threatened Wednesday to retaliate if the ousted Iraqi leader is executed, warning in an Internet posting it would target U.S. interests anywhere.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
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Associated Press:
Hussein Urges Iraqis Not to Hate U.S.-Led Forces
Discussion: TalkLeft and Wonkette
Matthew Yglesias:
The Pardon  —  Because you're all dying to hear what I have to say about Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon:  —  Here's the thing.  Promoting "healing" and a sense of "moving on" was, in fact, arguably more important than seeing Richard Nixon spend years in a jail cell.
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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
At The Corner, Iraq News That Isn't  —  Reader SB points us to an entry today at The Corner, a blog belonging to National Review magazine, entitled "FROM IRAQ: A MARINE'S NOTES."  —  Among other things, the unnamed Marine tells the National Review that:
Washington Post:
The Right Type of 'Surge'  —  Any Troop Increase Must Be Large and Lasting  —  Reports on the Bush administration's efforts to craft a new strategy in Iraq often use the term "surge" but rarely define it.  Estimates of the number of troops to be added in Baghdad range from fewer than 10,000 to more than 30,000.
New York Times:
A Fellow Mammal Leaves the Planet  —  Robert L. Pitman has spent 30 years studying the world's whales, dolphins and other aquatic mammals.  He returned to San Deigo, Calif., last week after a fruitless six-week expedition in which teams of five observers on two vessels scoured the Yangtze River …
Discussion: The Peking Duck and Don Surber
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Huff Post blogger on THIS WEEK and George Will is a complete Ass  —  On "This Week,' with George Stephanopoulos, HuffPo's new political editor, Melinda Henneberger, joined ABC National Security Correspondent Jonathan Karl and columnist George Will to discuss the politics of the surge and the very despicable Virgil Goode.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Opinion Journal:
A Dirty Game  —  The Duke "rape" case unravels.  —  It's no secret that hugely disproportionate numbers of the innocent people oppressed by abusive prosecutors and police in this country are African-Americans.  Now one of the most outrageous cases of law-enforcement abuse is unfolding in Durham, N.C., home of the Duke lacrosse case.
Hassan Abdel Zahra / Agence France Presse:
Tension after US soldier shoots Sadr supporter  —  NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - Tension was mounting in the Iraqi city of Najaf after an American soldier killed a senior ally of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr during a raid on his house.  —  Sadr supporters and local police told AFP Wednesday …
Editor and Publisher:
White House to Joe Biden: Hold Your Horses on Rejecting Iraq Troop Surge  —  NEW YORK At today's press gaggle in Crawford, Texas, Scott Stanzel, pinch-hitting for White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, described the president's reaction to the death of Gerald R. Ford and his upcoming meetings to discuss his next moves in Iraq.
 
 
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
White House Pushes for Troop Surge, Best Advice of Generals Be Damned
Discussion: Washington Post and TalkLeft
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
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James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
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Associated Press:
Specter visits Syria, says it wants peace talks with Israel
Atrios / Eschaton:
Ford and the Wise Old Men of Washington
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Steve Benen / Political Animal:
TAKING THE HIGH ROAD.... In a Republican-led Congress …
Discussion: New York Times
Laura Wides-Munoz / Associated Press:
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Ynetnews:
Palestinians preparing for war in Gaza
See-Dubya / Hot Air:
Hugh Hewitt slow-grills anti-blogger (updated)
Washington Post:
Clone on the Range  —  The FDA is about to make another controversial decision.
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
FBI Says Files In Leak Cases Are 'Missing'
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Reuters:
Taliban confirm top commander killed in U.S. strike
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