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11:30 AM ET, September 10, 2007

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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Second Bin Laden Tape Expected  —  Brian Ross Reports:  —  A second tape from Osama bin Laden was recorded in the same location as the video released last week.  —  People in the intelligence community who have seen the tape feel it is directly related to the 9/11 anniversary since …
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Associated Press:
Al-Qaida promises 9/11 hijacker video  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida said Monday that it will release a new video of Osama bin Laden presenting the last testament of one of the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers, marking the sixth anniversary of the attacks.  —  The announcement from the terror group's media arm came …
Barnett R. Rubin / Informed Comment Global Affairs:
Crossover Dreams: UBL Rebrands al-Qa'ida in (anti-) Global Market Share Grab
Discussion: New York Times and Group News Blog
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Delay Decision on Cuts, General Says  —  The top American commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, has recommended that decisions on the contentious issue of reducing the main body of the American troops in Iraq be put off for six months, American officials said Sunday.
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Opinion Journal:
Listening to Petraeus  —  The president had the courage to change course on Iraq.  Does Congress?  —  Today, Gen. David Petraeus—commander of our forces in Iraq—returns to Washington to report on the war in Iraq and the new counterinsurgency strategy he has been implementing there.
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
The Iraq Report's Other Voice
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
The New / New York Times:
Back From Iraq, Still Facing Fire
Los Angeles Times:
Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain  —  Even in humdrum nonpolitical decisions, liberals and conservatives literally think differently, researchers show.  —  Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of how their brains work.
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Marlowe Hood / Agence France Presse:
Homo politicus: brain function of liberals, conservatives differs  —  PARIS (AFP) - The brain neurons of liberals and conservatives fire differently when confronted with tough choices, suggesting that some political divides may be hard-wired, according a study released Sunday.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Judy Peres / Chicago Tribune:
Political attitudes may be all in head
Discussion: On Deadline
Bryan / Hot Air:
New Vent: Checking up on The New Republic; Update: Foer ducks; Update An interview with the Beauchamp investigator  —  Michelle interviews The Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb about the Scott Thomas Beauchamp scandal.  We also stop by The New Republic's office in Washington to see if editor Franklin Foer will talk with us.
Discussion: JunkYardBlog and Ed Driscoll.com
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Bob Owens / Pajamas Media:
ARMY CHECKMATES THE NEW REPUBLIC  —  Last month Pajamas Media published an in-depth report on the scandal surrounding the "Baghdad Diarist" articles by Scott Thomas Beauchamp in The New Republic.  —  Now PJM's Bob Owens interviews Major John Cross, who led the U.S. Army's investigation into Private Beauchamp's shocking claims.
Discussion: BLACKFIVE
BBC:
US surge has failed - Iraqi poll  —  About 70% of Iraqis believe security has deteriorated in the area covered by the US military "surge" of the past six months, an opinion poll suggests.  —  The survey by the BBC, ABC News and NHK of more than 2,000 people across Iraq also suggests …
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USA Today:
Thompson climbs in GOP poll  —  WASHINGTON — Former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson has gotten a modest bump in support after finally announcing he's running for the Republican presidential nomination, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.  And Arizona Sen. John McCain may have started to turn around his beleaguered campaign.
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
McCain Finds His Footing
Discussion: Central Sanity and Power Line
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries  —  Behind the walls of federal prisons nationwide, chaplains have been quietly carrying out a systematic purge of religious books and materials that were once available to prisoners in chapel libraries.  —  The chaplains were directed by the Bureau …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Democrats Reach Out to Hispanic Voters  —  Democratic presidential candidates courted the fast-growing Hispanic electorate on Sunday night by debating on a Spanish-language television network, where they promised to swiftly overhaul the immigration system and accused Republicans and President Bush of stoking anti-Hispanic sentiment.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
In a First, a Candidate Forum in Translation
Discussion: Betsy's Page and TalkLeft
Beth Reinhard / MiamiHerald.com:
Democrats try to speak to Hispanics
Discussion: MSNBC and Wake up America
Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Activists take Al Gore to task on his diet  —  He may be the hero of the environmental movement for his crusade against global warming but Al Gore is about to be targeted by animal rights activists over his carnivorous contribution to greenhouse gases.  —  Citing United Nations research …
Examiner:
The sleazy tactics of George Soros  —  WASHINGTON (Map, News) - It appears that lurking in the political shadows with billionaire philanthropist and Democratic financier George Soros is a tar pit of old-fashioned sleaze.  It's hard to conclude otherwise in view of two recent election fraud verdicts …
Discussion: The Corner
 
 
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Joining The Winners  —  Fouad Ajami writes eloquently …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
IT'S CLASSIFIED?  —  We've been hearing a lot about improved …
Faiz / Think Progress:
'Petraeus Report: Crisis In Confidence.'
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
A Bundle of Trouble
Associated Press:
Mexico dynamite truck explosion kills 37
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Robynn Tysver / Omaha World-Herald:
Hagel's potential successors expected to fall in line quickly
Leila Fadel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Security in Iraq still elusive
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Democrats' Struggle to Change Course in Iraq Has Produced Much Debate, Little Action
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
The Senate's Ethics Sleight of Hand
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Target Iranian Arms Entering Iraq
Discussion: Think Progress
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
THE ISLAMISTS DAY PARADE
Edward Cody / Washington Post:
For China's Censors, Electronic Offenders Are the New Frontier
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Anti-war leaders stymied, frustrated
 

 
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