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Quick hits:

• More Anonymous "Authorities" Cited as Sources Claiming Civilian Deaths
  Steve Shippert: When US forces came under attack from armed men in the streets of a town near Baquba, al-Qaeda's former Iraq headquarters, they called in airstrikes. The U.S. forces were there following up on yet more intelligence on yet another Quds Force facilitator in the area. That they came under attack can hardly be surprising. Some of the reporting of this operation is sadly not surprising, either. ...

• Bill Ardolino: Shuffling paperwork to victory:
  The Evolution of the Fallujah Police Department

• Kurds: Iran Working With Al Qaeda Affiliate in Iraq

• Iraq MP found at al Qaeda meeting: U.S. military

• “What do you do when Robert E. Lee and
  Stonewall Jackson offer to put down their arms?”

• COIN Is Not Small Change

• Murtha threatens to withhold funds from the "Republican" war

• From the Mouths of News Babes
  Jules Crittenden: I went out on a limb about a month ago and suggested, on the slimmest evidence, that Katie Couric could became a strong and brave new voice in the American media. And she has. Just not exactly the way I thought she might. ...

• A liberal's lament: The NRA might be right after all

• Flag vigilante: If cutting down flags is wrong, I don’t want to be right
• Sovereign Nation or Sanctuary Nation: Mexican consulates step up meddling in US politics

• Video: NASA says global warming might not be the cause of Arctic ice melt

• Why is Clarence Thomas so angry?
• Is It the Times, or the Onion?

• Code Pink defaces Berkeley military recruitment office;
  Update: Attacks will continue, support needed
• Code Pink Defaces US Marine Recruiter's Office in Berkeley
• Code Pink Deface Marine Recruiters Station in Berkeley…
• Code Pink Supports The Troops In Their Own Special Way
• A Little Code Pink Picture

• Liberals slam Hillary over dodge tactics
  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been criticized this past week for her evasiveness, dodginess, weasel words and shady connections — not only by her conservative critics but by liberal columnists and reporters. ...

• Dr. Helen: Giuliani's Cell Phone Problem (H/T)

• Charles Krauthammer: What Sputnik Launched

• Video: Serious newsman tackles serious news issue

• SCHIP follies
• G.O.P. Contenders Endorse Health Insurance Veto
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Contributed by Bill Faith on October 5, 2007 at 12:17 AM | Permalink

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