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7:45 PM ET, July 8, 2007

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Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
Seeing Al Qaeda Around Every Corner  —  AS domestic support for the war in Iraq continues to melt away, President Bush and the United States military in Baghdad are increasingly pointing to a single villain on the battlefield: Al Qaeda.  —  Bush mentioned the terrorist group 27 times …
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David Leppard / Times of London:
Car bombs are linked with Iraq's Al-Qaeda  —  AT least one of the suspects being quizzed over the alleged plot to set off car bombs in Britain was in recent contact with Al-Qaeda in Iraq, senior security officials said yesterday.  —  Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism Command SO15 is understood …
Jules Crittenden:
Genocide Preferred  —  NYT editorial board offers up a very stern and earnest demand: … NYT acknowledges what will follow: … Genocide preferred.  NYT should be applauded for its honesty.  An outcome that is "even bloodier and more chaotic ... further ethnic cleansing, even genocide.
Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
NYT Misses Essential Step In Ending the Iraq Occupation
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
Why Bush Gave Scooter Libby a Pass  —  As is often the case in the Bush White House, it was a decision made swiftly, and with stealth.  For weeks, allies of I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby had aggressively lobbied the president to pardon Dick Cheney's former chief of staff.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
White House Will Deny New Request In Attorneys Probe  —  The White House has decided to defy Congress's latest demand for information regarding the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys, sources familiar with the decision said yesterday.  Such an action would escalate the constitutional struggle and propel it closer to a court showdown.
Nico / Think Progress:
Conyers Raises Specter Of Impeachment, Highlights Support For Removing Bush And Cheney  —  This morning on ABC's This Week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) highlighted the new American Research Group poll showing that nearly half of Americans want the House of Representatives …
Discussion: QandO
ABCNEWS:
White House Subpoena Battle Escalates
Atrios / Eschaton:
Things I Don't Understand  —  What possible authority does …
Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Powell tried to talk Bush out of war  —  THE former American secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2½ hours vainly trying to persuade President George W Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today's conflict cannot be resolved by US forces.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
'I tried to avoid this war.'  —  Former Secretary of State Colin Powell revealed that he spent 2.5 hours "vainly trying to persuade President George W. Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today's conflict cannot be resolved by U.S. forces.  'I tried to avoid this war,' Powell said at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado.
Joel Gibson / Sydney Morning Herald:
Fifty bucks for a beer?  It was Livid Earth in Sydney  —  Cool start ... scientists from the British research station in Antarctica were the first to kick off the Live Earth concerts with their indie band, Nunatak.  —  Out front, Crowded House were getting reacquainted …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Sen. Schumer says they are thinking of calling Patrick Fitzgerald in for questioning  —  While talking about the Scooter Libby commutation on Face the Nation, Sen. Schumer said he talked to Pat Leahy about calling Patrick Fitzgerald in for questioning about Bush and Cheney because they didn't talk …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Smelly Journalism Dept: Fred Thompson's Wife  —  To those of you who roll your eyes and groan when you hear people go on and on about the biased news media that injects its personal opinions into news stories and peppers them with assumptions that the writer more than "critics say" seems to hold, roll your eyes no longer.
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Florida Times Union:
Files show talks on 'vote caging'  —  Discussions with elections chief were prior to '04 election  —  TALLAHASSEE - Internal city memos show the issue of Republican "vote caging" efforts in Jacksonville's African-American neighborhoods was discussed in the weeks before the 2004 election …
Chuck Plunkett / Denver Post:
Back-to-back Colo. fundraisers for Sen. Clinton  —  Aspen - Sen. Hillary Clinton drew powerful, deep-pocketed crowds at a pair of fundraisers here Saturday, speaking at length on issues from health care to the environment to removing American troops from Iraq.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Getting Closer To Omar  —  Pakistan announced the capture of senior Taliban figures, including two close aides to Mullah Omar, just a few hours ago.  Security forces captured four high-value targets in two raids in the city of Quetta: … Pervez Musharraf survived another assassination attempt …
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Charles Haviland / BBC:
Pakistan arrests 'Taleban aides'
Washington Post:
Administration Shaving Yardstick for Iraq Gains  —  Goals Unmet; Smaller Strides to Be Promoted  —  The Iraqi government is unlikely to meet any of the political and security goals or timelines President Bush set for it in January when he announced a major shift in U.S. policy …
 
 
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Her Jewish State  —  Soon after our first meeting in her Spartan office …
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