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2:25 AM ET, February 5, 2007

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Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War  —  No commercial that appeared last night during Super Bowl XLI directly addressed Iraq, unlike a patriotic spot for Budweiser beer that ran during the game two years ago.  But the ongoing war seemed to linger just below …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Super Bowl XLI; Update: Commercials galore; Update: NYT: Violent ads = Iraq metaphor  —  Two hours until kickoff and the pre-game show's already two and a half hours old.  Consider this your official HA SBXLI open thread, although its real purpose is to act as a repository for commercials I'll be posting throughout the game.
Thers / Whiskey Fire:
Bitter Fish in Crude Oil Sea  —  Heh.  Michelle Malkin is fixin' to destroy Amanda Marcotte, 'cause Amanda uses naughty words.  —  Michelle Malkin wrote this book:  —  So Amanda wins.  —  And it ain't even close.  —  UPDATE: Auguste takes care of the other nonsense.
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Bnneditor / Blogger News Network:
The Interesting Opinions of Amanda Marcotte  —  Or at least a few of them.  Since Ms. Marcotte's accession to the position of chief blogger for the John Edwards presidential campaign, speculation has been rife about the often caustic opinions she has expressed, and whether or not Senator Edwards …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and First Draft
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
SURGING ON  —  Omar, writing from Baghdad, January 28th: … Accurate or not, that may explain a certain sense of urgency among factions in Baghdad this weekend: … Omar's brother Mohammed today: … As for U.S. forces, one Brigade Combat Team (BCT) involved in "the surge" has been in place since late January:
Discussion: Riehl World View
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Tom Lasseter / Real Cities:
Soldiers in Iraq view troop surge as a lost cause  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Army 1st Lt. Antonio Hardy took a slow look around the east Baghdad neighborhood that he and his men were patrolling.  He grimaced at the sound of gunshots in the distance.  A machine gunner on top of a Humvee scanned the rooftops for snipers.
Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:
More violence in Baghdad as the city braces for the security plan.  —  I was with a friend on our way home yesterday when we were shocked by the sound of a powerful explosion.  We looked in all directions trying to figure out where it was but there was nothing to indicate where the bomb, or whatever it was, went off.
New York Times:
Iraqis Fault Delayed U.S. Plan in Attack  —  A growing number of Iraqis blamed the United States on Sunday for creating conditions that led to the worst single suicide bombing in the war, which devastated a Shiite market in Baghdad the day before.  They argued that slowness in completing …
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Telegraph:
Iceland fears bears that go with the floe  —  The oceans may be warming and air temperatures rising, but in recent days Iceland has bucked the global climate trend.  —  Thick pack ice, the like of which has not been seen for decades, stretched into the western fjords as temperatures plummeted and a bitter wind blew in from -Greenland.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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Jules Crittenden:
Battlefield Shifts Westward  —  The war with extremist Islam has just entered a new phase.  Times of London: Al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan and Iraq have issued orders for British cells to conduct a "low-tech" campaign of abductions and beheadings. … In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, I was puzzled by the lack of follow-on.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"Battlefield Shifts Westward"? (UPDATED)
Discussion: Times of London
Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Iranian nuclear scientist 'assassinated by Mossad'  —  A PRIZE-WINNING Iranian nuclear scientist has died in mysterious circumstances, according to Radio Farda, which is funded by the US State Department and broadcasts to Iran.  —  An intelligence source suggested that Ardeshire Hassanpour …
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
U.S. Set to Begin a Vast Expansion of DNA Sampling  —  The Justice Department is completing rules to allow the collection of DNA from most people arrested or detained by federal authorities, a vast expansion of DNA gathering that will include hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, by far the largest group affected.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Prairie Weather
Faiz / Think Progress:
McCain Flip-Flops In 47 Seconds: Claims Success Is Not Realistic In 'A Few Months,' Then Says It Is  —  On ABC's This Week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said it is unrealistic to expect the escalation strategy to change the situation in Iraq in "a few months":
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Kristol:"On the whole over the last two weeks, some of the news for Iraq is slightly optimistic."  —  Kristol just can't help himself... I really can't get myself to write much about this, but the more death and destruction that goes on in Iraq, Kristol and his ilk will blow it off...Watch and recoil...
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Kristol: Iraq Chaos Shows That Insurgents Are 'Worried,' Recent News …
Discussion: The Reaction
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
The Glenn and Helen Show: Michael Yon from Camp Victory  —  Michael Yon is back in Iraq, where he's been for over a month now.  We caught up to him via satellite phone this afternoon and got his views on the surge (it will be "unlike anything we've seen before"), the status of Iraqi security forces …
Discussion: Jules Crittenden and Dr. Helen
Dave Montgomery / Real Cities:
Dick Armey takes aim at GOP, war in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON - When he was the GOP leader in a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Dick Armey was never known to be a shrinking violet.  But now that he's out of politics, Armey is indisputably even more plainspoken as the leader …
Discussion: CorrenteWire and The Reaction
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Mavericks Both, but Different Iraq Paths  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 — The first time Senator John McCain ran for president, few allies were more loyal than Senator Chuck Hagel, a fellow Vietnam veteran and co-chairman of his campaign, whose independent streak ran nearly as thick as Mr. McCain's.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
A Fourth Branch?  —  We have all discussed the unprecedented power of Dick Cheney in this administration ad nauseum, but this post from David Kurtz at TPM introduced a whole new element I hadn't been aware of.  —  I assumed that Cheney believed the power of the Vice President (such as it is) derived from the executive branch.
Robert Schwaneberg / New Jersey Online:
When life without parole is worse than death  —  Analysis finds more than 100 murderers who might one day go free would face certainty of dying in prison  —  When a state commission recommended last month that New Jersey abolish the death penalty in favor of life imprisonment without parole …
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
A BIGGER DUMBASS THAN ARKIN  —  Note to former Captain Kevin O'Meara over at the Kossack's place: We don't fight for money, Mr. Mensa Candidate.  Or at least those of us not on the extreme far left don't.  —  Kevin, our military fights for your right to be an a**hole.
Discussion: Op For and Riehl World View
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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
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Michael O'Hare / The RBC:
The ideal issue  —  This week marked an odd intersection …
Telegraph:
Security forces 'foil terror plot every six weeks'
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Investigating Complaint Against California Lawmaker
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