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3:39 AM ET, February 3, 2007

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Washington Post:
Iraq at Risk of Further Strife, Intelligence Report Warns  —  A new National Intelligence Estimate depicts an Iraq involved in a multi-faceted struggle among religious groups and sects and says that without a sharp reversal in the violence and changes among the Shiite, Sunni and Kurd leadership, the situation could further deteriorate.
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Real Cities:
Justifications for attacking Iran on shaky ground  —  WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is escalating its confrontation with Iran, sending an additional aircraft carrier and minesweepers into the Persian Gulf as it accuses the Islamic regime in Tehran of arming Shiite Muslim militias in Iraq for attacks on American troops.
Discussion: The Heretik
William Branigin / Washington Post:
U.S. Not Planning for War With Iran, Gates Says  —  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates denied today that the United States is planning for war with Iran, saying that U.S. military efforts are focused on countering alleged Iranian activities against American troops in Iraq.
Discussion: The RBC and Once Upon a Time
Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. can't prove Iran link to Iraq strife  —  Despite pledges to show evidence, officials have repeatedly put off presenting their case.  —  WASHINGTON — Bush administration officials acknowledged Friday that they had yet to compile evidence strong enough to back up publicly their claims …
Discussion: Informed Comment
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS MOST COMFORTABLE WITH RUDY GIULIANI AS PRESIDENT  —  NEW YORK — More voters say they would be comfortable with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as president than other top 2008 contenders, though majorities would also be comfortable with other leaders from both parties …
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John Distaso / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Hillary widens lead; McCain holds an edge
Discussion: MyDD and Taegan Goddard's …
Craig Gordon / Newsday:
On paper, Rudy's unsure
joinrudy2008.com:
Rudy and the Republican Nomination
Think Progress:
Hadley Ignores NIE, Says White House Will Still Not Call Iraq A 'Civil War'  —  At a press briefing this morning, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said the White House will continue to avoid using the term "civil war" to describe events in Iraq, despite the findings of the new National Intelligence Estimate.
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IAN / Hot Air:
Video: Imam prays to stop 'oppression and occupation' at DNC meeting Update: Imam ID'd Update: More info on Imam  —  The Democratic National Committee is in the midst of its winter meeting.  Here's the convocation for today's festivities, offered by an imam.  —  Transcript:
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Robert / Jihad Watch:
Imam prays to stop 'oppression and occupation' at Democratic National Committee meeting  —  Hot Air has video of an invocation at the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee by Husham Al-Husainy, Imam of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center, a Shi'ite mosque in Dearborn, Michigan.
Discussion: Debbie Schlussel
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
Edwards On Iran  —  TAP talks to John Edwards about America's foreign policy challenges in the Middle East. … EK: So, the Iran speech to Herzliya.  That caused me to think a little bit more about what we had spoken about Iraq [in a previous interview].  And so I wanted to talk to you for a minute about —
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Bush administration seeks $245B for wars  —  WASHINGTON - The Bush administration will ask for another $100 billion for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan this year and seek $145 billion for 2008, a senior administration official said Friday.
Discussion: Think Progress
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William M. Welch / USA Today:
Hunter out to capture White House
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
KC Johnson / Durham-in-Wonderland:
The Edwards-Marcotte Fiasco  —  An astute observer of this case recommends analyzing events through the prism of what he's termed the "courage-meter."  People in positions of authority have displayed little or no courage to do the right thing throughout this affair.
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Jeff Taylor / Reason Magazine:
The Campaign to Sham America
Discussion: Durham-in-Wonderland
Joseph Kahn / New York Times:
Chinese Official Publishes Rebuke of Bush  —  A senior Chinese government official issued a rare public rebuke of President Bush on Thursday, accusing him of waging a "unilateral" battle against terrorists that had worsened global tensions.  —  The official, Ye Xiaowen …
Discussion: FP Passport and The Peking Duck
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Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
China Gets Cold Feet For Foreign Investment
Discussion: ParaPundit and Daniel W. Drezner
Associated Press:
Defense Official Resigns Over Detainee Remarks  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Pentagon official resigned Friday over controversial remarks in which he criticized lawyers who represent terrorism suspects, the Defense Department said.  —  Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said Charles ''Cully'' Stimson …
Discussion: Bench Conference and TalkLeft
Michael Yon:
The Hands of God  —  A Village, North of Mosul: Friday 26 January 07  —  He was dressed as a woman as he walked down the alley toward the mosque full of worshippers.  It was Friday, just before Ashura, and the air was chilled.  —  The bomb strapped to his body was studded with ball-bearings …
Discussion: Op For, Jules Crittenden and Nitpicker
James Pethokoukis / US News:
Perky Economy Starts to Relieve Worker Angst  —  Maybe the U.S. economy added 111,000 jobs last month, but maybe it didn't.  Given that the Labor Department later revised higher its monthly jobs numbers 75 percent of the time last year, there's a good chance the final number for January will be somewhere north of 111,000.
Media Matters for America:
Slacker Friday:  —  "Play it straight, or play it from left field/You got to play it just the way you feel."  —  Aw, dammit all to hell.  —  A year or so ago, we lost a gentle soul named John Ferguson, the first great editor I ever had, who'd cut his professional teeth at The Texas Observer under Kaye Northcott and Molly Ivins.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
A Terrible Ignominy  —  How many Republicans will desert the troops?  —  Perhaps the shade of the great Yeats will forgive me: … John Warner of Virginia, Gordon Smith of Oregon, and Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine are the four Republican senators (in addition to Nebraska's Chuck Hagel) …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Horses Mouth
 
 
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