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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Hussein Video Grips Iraq; Attacks Go On — Saddam Hussein never bowed his head, until his neck snapped. — His last words were equally defiant. — "Down with the traitors, the Americans, the spies and the Persians." — The former ruler of Iraq's final hour began about 5 a.m. …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Saddam's execution uncut — As usual, Rusty Shackleford Vinnie comes through with the vid. Obviously this wasn't shot by the official Iraqi cameraman: he was up on the platform with Saddam and using a real lens, not a cell phone. This probably was taken by one of the Shiite witnesses …
Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Trevino: Tears for the Devil — A guest post from Josh Trevino: — Question: is any major event not fodder for the online left's complaints about the Administration of George W. Bush? They are, to be sure, by and large obsessive cultists in form and effect; but surely reason may kick in at points.
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Feared and Pitiless; Fearful and Pitiable — NOBODY who experienced Iraq under the tyranny of Saddam Hussein could imagine, at the height of the terror he imposed on his countrymen, ever pitying him. Pitiless himself, he sent hundreds of thousands of his countrymen to miserable deaths …
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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:Saddam Hussein Is Put to Death
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Juan Cole / Salon:Saddam: The death of a dictator
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Robert Scheer / Truthdig:Silencing Saddam
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Robert Hodierne / militarycity.com:
Down on the war — Poll: More troops unhappy with Bush's course in Iraq — The American military — once a staunch supporter of President Bush and the Iraq war — has grown in creasingly pessimistic about chances for victory. — For the first time, more troops disapprove of the president's han dling of the war than approve of it.
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Editor and Publisher:
Poll for Military Papers Finds Troops' Support for War Plunging — NEW YORK It's often written or said in the media that, despite public opposition to the Iraq war here at home, military personnel strongly back President Bush's handling of the conflict. But a poll for the Military Times newspapers …
Rob Crilly / Times of London:
Hunt for Al-Qaeda men in Mogadishu — SOMALIA's prime minister has asked clan elders in Mogadishu to surrender Al-Qaeda suspects who are believed to be sheltering in the city after his forces, with Ethiopian military support, drove out Islamic militias which controlled the capital.
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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Ethiopia Advances on Somali Islamists' Last City — A phalanx of Ethiopian tanks and armored personnel carriers chugged toward the last city occupied by Somalia's diminished Islamist movement, witnesses said today, setting the stage for one final major battle.
Jeffrey Jones / Reuters:
Huge ice shelf breaks free in Canada's far north — Source: Reuters — CALGARY, Alberta, Dec 29 (Reuters) - A chunk of ice bigger than the area of Manhattan broke from an ice shelf in Canada's far north and could wreak havoc if it starts to float westward toward oil-drilling regions …
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Austin Bay Blog:
UPDATED: A few thoughts on Saddam's execution (three updates) — A few "morning after" thoughts on Saddam's execution. — The next to last thing Saddam ever expected was a hangman's noose. The last thing he expected, of course, was a fair trial. — Saddam got both, and yes …
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Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
U.S. Official Overseeing Oil Program Faces Inquiry — The Justice Department is investigating whether the director of a multibillion-dollar oil-trading program at the Interior Department has been paid as a consultant for oil companies hoping for contracts. — The director of the program …
JMG / Barcepundit:
CAR BOMB explodes in Madrid airport following a phone warning; it has the hallmark of ETA all over the place. — Spanish media reports there were two people slightly injured; the car blew off 30 minutes before the time the called announced it would. Again, this is the modus operandi of ETA …
Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Trounced at Polls, Kansas GOP Is Still Plagued by Infighting — Party Puts Ousted Official In His Opponent's Old Post — Phill Kline is not one to slink away — and the ideological wars inside the Kansas Republican Party show no sign of ending. — The fiercely antiabortion Republican attorney general …
Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Celebrating Justice... Saddam drew his path to hell long time ago...he chose this fate the day he chose cruelty and oppression as a way to deal with his people. He built his reign with blood and terror and vowed to make death the fate of anyone who dared say no to him.
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Steve Benen / Political Animal:
ROCK OF AGES, AGES OF ROCKS.... An interesting controversy at the Grand Canyon has been percolating for three years now, and the issue, unfortunately, remains unresolved. — First, a little background. In August 2003, the National Park Service approved a creationist text, "Grand Canyon …
Washington Post:
Iraq Expels 2 Iranians Detained by U.S. — American Defense Official Calls Release 'Obviously Troubling' — Two senior Iranian operatives who were detained by U.S. forces in Iraq and were strongly suspected of planning attacks against American military forces and Iraqi targets were expelled …
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