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12:20 PM ET, March 28, 2007

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Sky News:
Brits To Be Paraded On TV  —  The British sailors and marines being held in Iran are to be paraded on television - but the female sailor who was captured could be released "today or tomorrow."  —  Turkish TV has quoted the Iranian foreign minister as saying Faye Turney could be freed within hours.
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Arthur Herman / New York Post:
HOSTAGE SAILORS — BRITAIN'S IMPOTENCE  —  IT'S been a tough month for the British Navy.  On March 7, it learned that Tony Blair's Labor government was going ahead with drastic cuts in its budget and number of ships.  By this time next year, the once-vaunted Royal Navy will be about the size …
Ben Macintyre / Times of London:
Seized sailors were 'well within Iraqi waters'  —  Fifteen Royal Navy personnel seized by Iran last Friday were 1.7 nautical miles within Iraqi territorial waters, the Ministry of Defence said today.  —  After five days of fruitless diplomacy, the Government decided to go public with its case …
Times of London:
Blair steps up pressure on Iran as US moves in  —  Tony Blair warned Iran yesterday that the dispute over the 15 British servicemen seized in Gulf waters last week could move into a "different phase" if diplomacy failed to secure their release.  —  His words, immediately condemned by Iran as …
Terri Judd / The Independent:
In her own words: the female sailor held captive in Iran
Discussion: EU Referendum and Verum Serum
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Britain Steps Up Pressure on Iran, Freezing Business Ties
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
CNN:
Iran 'to release UK sailor soon'
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister and Wonkette
New York Times:
Sweeps in Iraq Cram Two Jails With Detainees  —  Hundreds of Iraqis detained in the Baghdad security crackdown have been crammed into two detention centers run by the Defense Ministry that were designed to hold only dozens of people, a government monitoring group said Tuesday.
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Damian Whitworth / Times of London:
50 men 'executed' in Iraq terror carnage
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Jim Hoagland / Washington Post:
Bush's Royal Trouble  —  President Bush enjoys hosting formal state dinners about as much as having a root canal.  Or proposing tax increases.  So his decision to schedule a mid-April White House gala for Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah signified the president's high regard for an Arab monarch who is also a Bush family friend.
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Lydia Georgi / Agence France Presse:
Saudi king slams 'illegitimate occupation' of Iraq
Discussion: THE CUNNING REALIST
Matthew Yglesias:
So Much to Learn  —  I sometimes think the blogosphere might be more influential if it had less indiosyncratic jargon.  See, e.g., Karen Tumulty's "please clue me: What is a 'concern troll'?"  Most people hearing similarly unfamiliar terminology flung at them in the course of a criticism …
Discussion: time-blog.com and TalkLeft
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Blogs, Inside Jokes, and Jargon
Discussion: MyDD
New York Times:
Senate Supports a Pullout Date in Iraq War Bill  —  The Senate went on record for the first time on Tuesday in favor of a withdrawal date from Iraq, with Democrats marshaling the votes they needed to deliver a forceful rebuke to President Bush's war policy.  —  By a vote of 50 to 48 …
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Spring Break May Delay War Funds  —  Spring break checklist for Congress: A plane ticket back home, chocolate (or matzo) for the family and a war spending bill for the president.  —  The last item might need to wait.  —  Senate Democrats beat back Republican efforts Tuesday to strip …
Discussion: Redstate, QandO and Don Surber
Redstate:
Help Send RedState To Iraq  —  What if somewhere in the world, there was something going on - something that was one of the most important stories of our lifetime?  —  What if you had the choice to send someone to tell you that story firsthand?  Would you send someone like, say, Dan Rather?
US News:
E-mail Controversy Prompts Many Aides To Stop Usage  —  This comes from Whispers editor Paul Bedard:  —  The growing controversy over the firing of federal prosecutors and what administration officials knew about it is renewing concerns among Bush aides over the less-than-secret aspect of E-emails.
Sridhar Pappu / Washington Post:
On the Firing Line  —  D. Kyle Sampson was a team player.  Tomorrow, Alberto Gonzales's former chief of staff will tell a Senate panel who called the shots.  —  W alking into the FBI gym for a basketball game in 2003 or 2004 to play against John Ashcroft and his boys …
Discussion: The Mahablog, Law Blog and TPMmuckraker
Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
Kerry targets ambassadorial bid of Swift Boat benefactor  —  Group attacked his war record  —  Senator John F. Kerry and others say Sam Fox's support for a group that was condemned for spreading misinformation should keep Fox from becoming ambassador to Belgium.  (chip somodevilla/GETTY IMAGES)
Discussion: On Politics and Think Progress
Tony Blankley / Real Clear Politics:
Hillary on Track for Nomination  —  With every passing week it becomes more likely that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic Party nominee for president.  This thought, alone, should provide the strongest possible motivation to the Bush administration and the Washington Republicans …
 
 
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