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Hardball airs tonight on MSNBC at 7p, 11p & 4a ET & 4p, 8p & 1a PT Find MSNBC on your TV http://www.msnbc.com/CableOperator.asp MSNBC also is on your XM satellite radio on channel 130 Because there are so many of you who need more than just one hour of Hardball on a Friday night, we decided to kick you another one...Yes, that's right. We'll be on at 9 pm ET tonight as well as 7 pm ET. That's 6 pm for those of you out West. We'll lead 7p with the an update from the burial of Yasser Arafat...There was a heck of a crowd surrounding the copter that brought his body back to Ramallah...So large was the crowd there were problems getting the door open to remove his body...We'll show you the video in case you missed it...We'll talk to one of Arafat's top advisors and confidantes, Saeb Erekat We'll then slice and dice the geopolitical impact of Arafat's death and the Bush-Blair summit meeting today with former diplomats Martin Indyk and Ed Walker, two gentlemen thoroughly steeped in Middle East politics...They'll bring "good portfolio" to the table... Fighting continues in Fallujah as Mosul in the North gets ravaged by insurgents who stormed numerous police stations...Also today, a U.S. Blackhawk helicopter was shot down by insurgents wounding three of its crew...Mik informs us from the Pentagon that "US Lt. General John Sattler reports from Iraq that 22 Americans have been killed and 170 wounded in the battle for Fallujah....40 of those wounded have been treated and returned to duty." We'll get expert military analysis from retired General Wayne Downing... Later in the show Shuster rolls out a package on Ohio and a possible recount there...Don't worry folks, the election results won't be overturned, but it appears Dems and others want to set the record straight on the final numbers...Shuster intends to make sense of it all...Here's Shuster's "aperitif" blog on the matter (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6446237/#041111c) We'll then talk to political analysts Susan Molinari and Trippi... 9 pm show is still up in the air but you'll get our best, guaranteed... We hope you'll honor us with your viewership... I got to give a shout out to Sam Go and her blog on ABC...Go Sammy!! If it wasn't for Sam you wouldn't have half the cool stuff you now enjoy on msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6446237/#041111b Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from Washington, DC U.S. forces seek final Fallujah push overnight...Al-Zarqawi reportedly issues message urging insurgents to fight on (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6403689/ The U.S. military thinks many insurgents fled Fallujah, blending in with the waves of Iraqi civilians who were given weeks to leave before the coalition invaded and disappointing war planners who were hoping to kill a huge number of enemy guerrillas there, military officials said yesterday. (The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041112-120122-7344r.htm A U.S. helicopter was shot down Friday north of Baghdad, and its three crew members were wounded, the U.S military said. (AP) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041112/D86ADDOO3.html Iraqi insurgents have kidnapped an American who works as a manager at Baghdad airport, Al Jazeera television said on Friday. (Reuters) http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?flok=FF-RTO-rontz&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20041112%2F0255488538.htm&sc=rontz&photoid=20041110LON73D A semblance of calm returned to Mosul on Friday after U.S. forces carried out air strikes on insurgents, but residents said Iraq's third largest city remained tense and Iraqi police were nowhere to be seen. (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6799071 Aid agencies called on U.S. forces and the Iraqi government to allow them to deliver food, medicine and water to Falluja on Friday and said four days of intense fighting had turned the city into a "big disaster." (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=Z0CI5OEVHX02ACRBAELCFEY?type=topNews&storyID=6798438 Arafat laid to rest in Ramallah...Thousands of Palestinians had swarmed coffin on arrival (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6402008/ Arafat Buried in Ramallah...Prayers, Praise for Deceased Leader at Cairo Service (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44374-2004Nov12.html Blair, Bush consult on Mideast...Joint news conference scheduled after talks (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6463963/ Militants convinced Israel poisoned Yasser Arafat vowed revenge attacks on the Jewish state and warned the new Palestinian leadership against any compromise as Arafat was brought home for burial on Friday. (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6800660 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Thursday offered condolences to Palestinians after the death of Yasser Arafat but said their leader had missed the opportunity to create lasting Middle East peace in 2000. (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=6792402 A CIA analyst who wrote a book that criticized the U.S. war on terror has resigned from the spy agency after it effectively banned him from publicly discussing his views, his publicist said on Thursday. (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GFNKNGS1BXLB4CRBAEZSFFA?type=domesticNews&storyID=6790829 The FBI and U.S. attorney's office are investigating the apparent theft of about $350,000 in checks from a Democratic campaign committee, federal law enforcement and Democratic Party officials said Thursday. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&u=/ap/20041111/ap_on_go_co/missing_campaign_checks&printer=1 The U.S. ambassador to Kuwait intervened last year to ensure that Halliburton, the oil services company once led by Vice President Dick Cheney, retained a Kuwaiti business as a subcontractor to deliver fuel to Iraq, documents released Wednesday show. (AP) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&u=/ap/20041111/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/halliburton_6&printer=1 Despite Republican gains, President Bush's picks for potential vacancies on the Supreme Court will face "political firestorm" in the Senate, the Bush administration's former chief lawyer at the high court said Thursday. (AP) http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=558&u=/ap/20041112/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_vacancies_olson&printer=1 Bill and Hillary Clinton are battling behind the scenes to install longtime political operative Harold Ickes as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, replacing Terry McAuliffe. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/seven/11122004/gossip/33915.htm Ex-Adviser Reportedly Hurt Embassy Aide...Kuwait Airport Incident Disputed (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A43756-2004Nov11?language=printer Cosby keeps role as a social critic...Bill Cosby says his public proddings on the failures of fellow blacks are consistent with what he has done as an entertainer for more than 40 years, and he will continue on that path. (AP) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041112-120122-1042r.htm Gov. Pataki rebuked his longtime political adviser Arthur Finkelstein yesterday for saying President Bush had allowed the "Christian right" to take over the Republican Party. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20527.htm Fourteen cars of an 83-car Norfolk Southern train derailed near an industrial park, leaving the area smelling like a brewery Thursday. (AP) http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20041111%2F2346484686.htm&sc=1120&photoid=20040930BAY02D Opinion/Editorial Moran's Brave New World: Fallujah's empty promise...True to guerrilla form, the insurgents faded away http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6452966/ Roff: The Spector of Arlen: http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20041111-033008-2541r Krauthammer: 'Redneck vote' is a liberal myth http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/251826p-215612c.html ========================================= This email is never sent unsolicited. You have received The Hardball Briefing Newsletter because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To remove yourself from the list (or to add yourself to the list if this message was forwarded to you) simply go to http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=19 Microsoft Corporation - One Microsoft Way - Redmond, WA 98052 MSN PRIVACY STATEMENT http://privacy.msn.com