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11:05 AM ET, August 19, 2007

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New York Times:
The War as We Saw It  —  VIEWED from Iraq at the tail end of a 15-month deployment, the political debate in Washington is indeed surreal.  Counterinsurgency is, by definition, a competition between insurgents and counterinsurgents for the control and support of a population.
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Sally Buzbee / Associated Press:
Shiite militia expands grip in Baghdad
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Washington Post:
How Rove Directed Federal Assets for GOP Gains  —  Bush Adviser's Effort to Promote the President and His Allies Was Unprecedented in Its Reach  —  Thirteen months before President Bush was reelected, chief strategist Karl Rove summoned political appointees from around the government to the Old Executive Office Building.
Atrios / Eschaton:
Is Tom Friedman a Bad Person?  —  All signs point to "pretty hideous human being, one which all good people should shun."
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and PSoTD
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Tripping On Crazy  —  Atrios has posted a YouTube of Tom Friedman …
Discussion: RADAMISTO and Eschaton
The Corner:
The Muslim Jesus Cont'd  —  Some interesting emails for late on a Saturday night.  Here are a bunch, but I'll hide most of 'em behind one of those more links: … And: … And: … And, from my Middle East Guy:  —  Keep reading this post . . .
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
A Deadly Clash at Donkey Island  —  On a Routine Night Patrol Near Ramadi, U.S. Troops Stumble Upon a Camp of Heavily Armed Insurgents Poised to Retake the City  —  Staff Sgt. Norman Stark had never seen combat.  Nor did the 32-year-old soldier from Baltimore expect it …
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Speaking of sanctuary, where's ours?  —  At the funeral of Iofemi Hightower, her classmate Mecca Ali wore a T-shirt with the slogan: "Tell Me Why They Had To Die."  —  "They" are Miss Hightower, Dashon Harvey and Terrance Aeriel, three young citizens of Newark, New Jersey …
BREITBART.COM:
Climate protest 'will be contained'  —  Police were confident of being able to contain the expected climax of the climate camp at Heathrow Airport.  —  Protesters, buoyed by an influx of new arrivals, promised 24 hours of direct action, starting from midday on Sunday.
Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
When the Issue Is War, Take Nothing for Granted  —  A front-page article 11 days ago prompted a flurry of e-mail accusing The Times of playing into what readers said were Bush administration efforts to gin up hostility toward Iran.  —  The article reported that attacks on American-led forces …
Discussion: TigerHawk and Prairie Weather
Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Seeing Corporate Fingerprints in Wikipedia Edits  —  Last year a Wikipedia visitor edited the entry for the SeaWorld theme parks to change all mentions of "orcas" to "killer whales," insisting that this was a more accurate name for the species.  —  There was another, unexplained edit …
Discussion: Betsy's Page, The RBC and MoJoBlog
Observer:
The day reality hit home  —  The writer Andrew Anthony was a committed member of the liberal left - until the attacks of 11 September, 2001.  A veteran of CND and Nicaraguan solidarity campaigns, he was astonished at the liberal left's anti-American reaction.
Discussion: USS Neverdock and normblog
Diana Muir / Washington Post:
Risks in a Muslim Reformation  —  Salman Rushdie, Thomas Friedman, Nicholas Kristof and Mansour al-Nogaidan are among the well-intentioned people who have called for an Islamic Reformation.  They should be careful what they wish for.  —  The Protestant Reformation did precede the things …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and SWJ Blog
Jurassicpork / Pottersville:
FRANK RICH: He Got Out While the Getting Was Good  —  BACK in those heady days of late summer 2002, Andrew Card, then the president's chief of staff, told The New York Times why the much-anticipated push for war in Iraq hadn't yet arrived.  "You don't introduce new products in August," …
Frank Rich / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: He Got Out While the Getting Was Good  —  Karl Rove's departure was both abrupt and fast.  The ritualistic "for the sake of my family" rationale convinced no one.
New York Times:
2 Firefighters Killed in Blaze at Ground Zero  —  Two firefighters were killed yesterday battling a blaze in the Deutsche Bank skyscraper, a vacant relic of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack that was in the process of being dismantled.  —  The firefighters were among hundreds who poured …
 
 
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Michael A. Ledeen / Wall Street Journal:
Talking to Iran
Gail Martineau / The Columbus Dispatch:
Anti-gay activists crash worship services
Bob Geiger:
The Saturday Cartoons  —  Here's Mark Fiore with another bit of hip-hop from MC Rove....
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE VSP CLUB....Does the foreign policy community in America provide …
Carol Thatcher / Daily Mail:
How the BBC disgraced my mother
Kathleen Geier / Ezra Klein:
Words of Wisdom
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Nobel prize winner denies discrimination
Jamie Doward / Observer:
Terror law puts Britons at risk of surveillance by US agents
Ilan Goldenberg / democracyarsenal.org:
How to tell an expert from an "expert"  —  Matt and Gideon Rose …
Steve Benen / Talking Points Memo:
GIULIANI ENDORSES BUSH'S SOCIAL SECURITY PLAN
Discussion: MyDD, Angry Bear and bustardblog