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1:00 PM ET, June 10, 2007

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New York Times:
The Guidebook for Taking a Life  —  We were in a small house in Zarqa, Jordan, trying to interview two heavily bearded Islamic militants about their distribution of recruitment videos when one of us asked one too many questions.  —  "He's American?" one of the militants growled.  "Let's kidnap and kill him."
Discussion: TigerHawk, Neptunus Lex and Spectator
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Mvdg / Michael P.F. van der Galiën:
Kill... With Manners  —  A fascinating article at the New York Times about informal Jihadi rules of conduct; or, Jihad etiquette. … The rules:  —  Rule #1: You can kill bystanders without feeling a lot of guilt.  —  This is the "let-God-sort-them-out"-line of thinking …
CBS News:
Lieberman: Bomb Iran If It Doesn't Stop  —  Conn. Dem.  Says The U.S. Should Strike If Tehran Keeps Helping Anti-U.S. Forces In Iraq  —  (CBS) The United States should launch military strikes against Iran if the government in Tehran does not stop supplying anti-American forces in Iraq …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Lieberman is Bombs away on Iran  —  Joe Lieberman's warmongering continues as he jumps on the bomb Iran bandwagon.  Is anyone surprised?  —  Download (34) |  Play (30) Download (24) |  Play (19) … The Neocon cabal is alive and well inside the White House and supported by the <Independent> Lieberman.
Discussion: My Two Sense
Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Snow: Bush standing firm behind Gonzales  —  WASHINGTON - The White House on Sunday dismissed Senate plans to hold a no-confidence vote on the attorney general and said the outcome will not undermine President Bush's resolve to keep Alberto Gonzales at the Justice Department.  —  "Not a bit.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Military Envisions Longer Stay in Iraq  —  Officers Anticipate Small 'Post-Occupation' Force  —  BAGHDAD — U.S. military officials here are increasingly envisioning a "post-occupation" troop presence in Iraq that neither maintains current levels nor leads to a complete pullout …
Hank Plante / KPIX-TV:
Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'  —  (CBS 5) BERKELEY A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting.
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
Why Washington Can't Get Much Done  —  MEMBERS of Congress — with the possible exceptions of Senator Robert C. Byrd and Representative John D. Dingell — come and go.  So do presidents and even Supreme Court justices.  —  But some big issues come to the nation's capital and never leave …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Zero-to-60 Thompson Run  —  Fred gears up for 2008.  —  In early March, only a handful of Fred Thompson's good friends knew that he was even thinking about a bid for president.  Three months later, according to several polls, Thompson is in second place nationally, trailing frontrunner Rudy Giuliani.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Democrats' Prosperity Problem  —  Early in George W. Bush's presidency, liberal critics said: The economy is not growing.  Which was true.  He inherited the debris of the 1990s' irrational exuberances.  A brief (eight months) and mild (the mildest since World War II) recession began in March 2001 …
Discussion: Big Brass Blog and Brian Beutler
Mark Stevenson / Associated Press:
Gonzales: US eyeing gun flow into Mexico  —  CUERNAVACA, Mexico — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Friday that Washington is taking steps to address Mexican concerns the U.S. is not doing enough to stop illegal weapons from being smuggled across the border and into the hands of brutal drug gangs.
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Fatwa forbids PA Muslims to emigrate  —  Alarmed by the growing number of Palestinians who are emigrating from the Palestinian territories, the Palestinian Authority's mufti has issued a fatwa [religious decree] forbidding Muslims to leave.  —  Sources in the PA Foreign Ministry told …
Patrick Cockburn / The Independent:
UN warns of five million Iraqi refugees  —  Half of displaced people have no access to food aid  —  Omar, a Sunni driver, lived in a pleasant house in a Shia neighbourhood of al-Jihad district in west Baghdad until he decided that it was too dangerous for his family to stay.
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The $5 Million Man?  —  If the latest report pans out, Ron Paul has leaped out of the asterisk box in the GOP campaign.  His largely online funding, if verified, would put him on a par with McCain.  Money quote: … I'd credit the Internet, wouldn't you?  Stay tuned for confirmation.
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Grass Roots Roared and Immigration Plan Collapsed  —  The undoing of the immigration bill in the Senate this week had many players, but none more effective than angry voters like Monique Thibodeaux, who joined a nationwide campaign to derail it.  —  Mrs. Thibodeaux, an office manager …
Mvdg / Michael P.F. van der Galiën:
Chinese Leave Guantánamo for Albanian Limbo  —  Another Gitmo success story: … Why?  Well, because they live in "a squalid government refugee center on the grubby outskirts of Tirana, guarded by armed policemen."  They have been told that they will "need to get work to move out of the center …
White House:
President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime Minister of Albania, Dr. Sali Berisha  —  PRIME MINISTER BERISHA: (As translated.)  Today is a beautiful day.  Today is a great day, historic for all Albanians.  Among us is the greatest and most distinguished guest …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Austin Bay Blog
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Bush Violates Papal Protocol  —  People are apparently upset that President Bush violated protocol in his meeting with Joe Ratzinger this morning. … This causes gasps?  Really?  —  Bush isn't Catholic.  He's the leader of the dominant country on the planet.
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Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Disrespecting the Pope  —  It seems that American president …
Discussion: protein wisdom
Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Instahoglets June 9th 2007
Discussion: The Agonist
 
 
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Flickr not even flickering in China
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Pajamas Media:
From the KGB Playbook: Demoralization
Mark Townsend / Observer:
MI6 probes UK nuclear link to Iran
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Theo Emery / New York Times:
Cool Reception for Bible Park in Bible Belt
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
One Final Whack at That HBO Mob
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David Frum / Los Angeles Times:
Enforcement before amnesty
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George F. Will / New York Times:
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Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:
Haditha Cases Continue To Crumble
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Mvdg / Michael P.F. van der Galiën:
You Said What About My Mamma?  —  Yesterday, my girlfriend informed …
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Judge Walton's Lesson
Gary Farber / Amygdala:
BANG YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL SLOWLY. the Bush administration …