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4:50 PM ET, February 18, 2007

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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Why the Iraq war is turning into America's defeat  —  The week's news from Iraq: According to the state television network, the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was wounded in a clash with security forces just north of Baghdad.  A senior deputy was killed.
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Investor's Business Daily:
Unparalleled Perfidy  —  War On Terror: The party of John Murtha shamelessly seeks to defund and defeat U.S. troops on the battlefield and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.  The Congress the terrorists wanted is doing their bidding.  —  There's a reason the founders of this country designated …
Think Progress:
Hume: Murtha Is Senile, Doesn't Have 'The Foggiest Awareness' Of What's Going On In The World  —  This morning on Fox News, Brit Hume launched a scathing diatribe against Rep. John Murtha's (D-PA) character.  "It's time a few things be said about him," Hume said.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and News Hounds
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IAN / Hot Air:
Video: Hume smacks down Murtha; doesn't know "what the heck is going on in the world"  —  Brit Hume smacked down John Murtha on this morning's edition of Fox News Sunday.  The Fox News host started his sizzling with "it's time a few things be said about him."  Indeed.
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Jim Wolf / Reuters:
Clinton urges start of Iraq pullout in 90 days  —  U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the early front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has called for a 90-day deadline to start pulling American troops from Iraq.  —  Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Hillary: Sound Retreat In 90 Days, Or Else
Discussion: Hot Air
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chris Wallace shoots down Feith's claims  —  Well, well, well, Chris Wallace jumped in and became a journalist.  Why can't all these talk shows do something of this nature?  Hold politicians accountable instead of allowing them to "control the message" on important issues.  —  Download (849) |
Discussion: driftglass and The Impolitic
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Faiz / Think Progress:
True 'Fair And Balanced' Coverage: Wallace Calls Out Feith For Lying On Fox News
Discussion: Eschaton
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
A Man of Mystery  —  Richard Hohlt is the heavy hitter you've never heard of.  —  Robert Novak, as usual, had a scoop to unload—only this time, it was from the witness stand.  Testifying last week in the trial of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
What Did Rove Know And When Did He Know It?
Discussion: TalkLeft
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Romney's Bigotry  —  A Republican Christianist heckles a Mormon candidate in Florida.  Romney responds as follows: … How is that not a religious test for the presidency?  The anti-Mormon bigotry displayed is ugly and wrong - but it will come up again.  Bush and Rove have built …
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Tear It Down  —  It'll be unfair to him and to Mormons …
Orlando Sentinel:
GOP candidate Romney defends religion in Villages
Discussion: race42008.com
Pachacutec / Firedoglake:
Barbara Comstock Named Washington Post Editor?  —  How else are we to explain the editorial decisions to propel Byron York's inept and hapless crayon scribblings yesterday, followed by the propagandistic, defamatory rantings of longtime Barbara Comstock sister in crime Victoria Toensing today?
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Deb / Debsweb:
Supporting The Troops, Pt. 2  —  By the time I read the article, 96 other blogs had posted on the ridiculous frakking bus**t that is called outpatient treatment for our injured troops at Walter Reed.  As you can imagine, my blood is boiling, my head is pounding and my teeth are gritted.
Think Progress:
Experts Speak: No Good Military Options in Iran  —  ThinkProgress has created a graphic database featuring quotes from prominent analysts and officials who believe there are no good military options in Iran.  The document will be updated as more experts weigh in — if we're missing someone, let us know HERE or in the comments section.
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Sam Gardiner / The Left Coaster:
Not Good News  —  For those concerned about a possible war …
Discussion: Pacific Views and Alternate Brain
John / AMERICAblog:
It's time to fire Major General George W. Weightman, now  —  fark it!  Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman is the guy in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the army facility where our wounded troops are being treated like scum.  Weightman admits that he knew of the mistreatment of our war veterans …
CBS News:
Poll: Giuliani Leads McCain For GOP Nod  —  CBS News Poll Finds Favorable Ratings For Both, But Rudy Leads  —  (CBS) Senator John McCain of Arizona and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani - two of the front-runners for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2008 …
Associated Press:
2 Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 56, Injure Scores  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Militants struck back Sunday in their first major blow against a U.S.-led security clampdown in Baghdad with car bombings that killed at least 63 people, left scores injured and sent a grim message to officials boasting that extremist factions were on the run.
BREITBART.COM:
Iran: US 'will lose in Middle East'  —  The United States will not achieve its goals in the Middle East, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned on state television.  —  "Realities in the region show that the arrogant front, headed by US and its allies …
Little Green Footballs:
Iranian Fauxtography Bust  —  At Iran's Fars News Agency, LGF readers tipped me off to a blatant Photoshop fraud in an article claiming to have discovered US weapons in Iran: Terrorists Use US-Gifted Arsenals.  (Beware.  The Fars News site resizes your browser window without asking, and may attempt other more sneaky things.)
Discussion: Riehl World View and Hot Air
Paul Kennedy / Los Angeles Times:
The good old days of the Cold War  —  Don't wax too nostalgic — the world was once a much more dangerous place.  —  IT WAS FUNNY, in a grim sort of way.  Last week, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates responded to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin's polemical attack on the United States …
Matthew Yglesias:
You Do What You Can  —  It seems to me that as of one day before Election Day 2006, progressives had a solid grasp of what good things would flow from winning congressional majorities.  In brief:  — No more domestic agenda for George W. Bush.  — Oversight hearings.
 
 
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Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
In Majority, Democrats Run Hill Much as GOP Did
Discussion: Decision '08 and PrairiePundit
Reuters:
Cuba honors American who made Castro a legend
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
MSNBC:
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New York Times:
They Are America  —  Almost a year ago, hundreds of thousands …
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Telegraph:
Supermosque for 70,000 'will be blocked'
Denis Campbell / Observer:
Women will be paid to donate eggs for science
Discussion: Tim Worstall
John Dickerson / Slate:
Obama's South Carolina Debut
New Scientist:
Asteroid threat demands response, experts warn