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Hardball airs tonight and every weeknight at 7, 11 & 2 am et/4, 8, & 11 pm pt There's a lot of stories going around these days about Iraq and what exactly is going on there...Tonight, tomorrow night & every night this week Hardball will bring you "Iraq: The Real Story"...We'll do what we do best: slice and dice the situation from every angle imaginable...Our chief foreign correspondent Bob Arnot and his crack producer Noah Oppenheim are over there reporting from Baghdad to get you the Real Story...So please, put the remote down and don't be tempted to turn to a faux story... Tonight we'll lead with the latest headlines from the war zone (and there're lots of 'em folks) and a "big picture" package from Bob...Then we move to Mik over at the Pentagon for an inside look at the new bombing runs in Tikrit & Falluhjah as well as other important directives being issued from the DoD ...We'll then roll an 8 minute in depth interview with Norman Schwarzkopf...A special Iraq-centric Battle for the White House C block will round out the half hour... In the D block we'll debate the efficacy of The President's post war plan with Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle...Don't worry, we'll have In the Buzz we'll talk to Washington Post foreign affairs whiz Robin Wright (formerly of the LA Times) plus Christian Caryl of Newsweek live from Baghdad...We'll take a look at that Iraqi governing council problem (Robin reported on it yesterday for the Post...See below), life on the front line for the grunts and maybe some of Gore's speech yesterday... I can't recall if I plugged this last week or not but in case you missed it...Mortman: Why Zell Miller is eating his own Retiring Democratic senator says party knows 'nothing about modern South' http://msnbc.com/news/988942.asp?0dm=C2JQN Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC Sen. Kerry fires campaign manager...Democratic candidate John Kerry fired his campaign manager Sunday night in an attempt shake up his beleaguered presidential bid, The Associated Press learned. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/991467.asp Robin's latest byline: Alternatives to Iraqi Council Eyed...Inaction of Hand-Picked Baghdad Officials Frustrates Washington http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A17199-2003Nov8?language=printer With the Ghost Squad...At The Front: Mortar attacks, night raids, troubles identifying friend and foe. On the edge with soldiers fighting in the gray zone (Newsweek) http://www.msnbc.com/news/991235.asp?0dm=s129k U.S.: Bomb aimed at toppling Saudis...A top U.S. official said that the deadly bombing in Riyadh over the weekend was aimed at toppling Saudi Arabia's royal family http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/984977.asp U.S. expects increased attacks as Iraq rebuilds...Latest incident takes life of military policeman (MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/870749.asp U.S. administrator Paul Bremer said on Monday that Iraqi and foreign insurgents would step up attacks to stop reconstruction, and a weekend grenade attack killed another U.S. soldier south of Baghdad. (AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20031110/ts_nm/iraq_dc The U.S. military is ratcheting up its use of firepower against Iraqi guerrillas by calling in fighter jets to bomb enemy targets, military officials said Sunday. (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-11-09-us-blasts-iraq_x.htm U.S. forces have arrested 35 pro-Saddam holdouts in connection with last month's rocket attack on Baghdad's Al Rasheed Hotel, a senior American officer said yesterday. (The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/world/20031110-120738-7694r.htm Senator: Intelligence says new attacks likely...Intelligence officials told lawmakers a week ago to expect a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, and other strikes like the Riyadh bombing are in the works, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday. http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/991278.asp Fighting a 'Battle of Perceptions'...General Says Iraqi Resisters Create False Impression of Strength (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20191-2003Nov9.html?referrer=email For the men of Alpha Company, whose world is this insect-infested, agricultural village 60 miles north of Baghdad, major combat operations didn't end when President Bush said so on May 1. They were just beginning. (USA Today) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-11-09-alpha-company-cover_x.htm Strategy memo 'poisons' panel...The chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday said his nonpartisan panel will continue operating, but in a weakened capacity because of a Democratic memo that surfaced last week outlining plans for a partisan attack against the White House. (The Washington Times) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031110-120724-9175r.htm Cheney's Long Path to War...The inside story of how Vice President Cheney bought into shady assumptions and helped persuade a nation to invade Iraq (Newsweek) http://www.msnbc.com/news/991209.asp Fineman: Raising a Red Flag...Dean's rebel yell doesn't slow his mo. Or so the Net says http://www.msnbc.com/news/991199.asp?0cv=KB10 Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory is prompting talk that a new wave of celebs will enter politics, among them Dennis Miller, George Clooney-and now Al Franken http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004282 Former Vice President Al Gore accused President Bush on Sunday of failing to make the country safer after the Sept. 11 attacks and using the war against terrorism as a pretext to consolidate power. (AP) http://www.msnbc.com/news/991372.asp?0cv=NB10 Gore Criticizes Bush Approach to Security...Freedoms Shouldn't Be Compromised To Fight Terror, Ex-Vice President Says (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20026-2003Nov9.html Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark whisked through Springfield on Sunday to fire off a scathing assessment of President Bush while familiarizing himself to a state that could prove a linchpin for his own presidential designs. Clark, the former NATO supreme allied commander in Kosovo, made his first stop in Missouri as a presidential contender while on a four-state swing to boost his profile with Democratic voters (Springfield News Leader) http://www.news-leader.com/today/1110-ClarkBushr-213405.html U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris said Friday she has no immediate plans to get into the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, but is returning to her southwest Florida district for the Veterans Day holiday, where she will consult family, friends and constituents. (AP) http://www.tampatrib.com/politics/MGAJD7T3RMD.html U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt has overtaken former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as the Democratic presidential front-runner in a new Des Moines Register poll of Iowans likely to take part in the Jan. 19 caucuses. (Des Moines Register) http://desmoinesregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/22685215.html Democratic presidential candidates are leading up to Veterans Day by attacking President Bush (news - web sites)'s treatment of former service members and outlining their own plans for improving benefits. (AP) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20031110/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_veterans Former Vermont governor Howard Dean is shaking up the Democratic presidential race by busting federal spending constraints, locking up two of the campaign's biggest endorsements and, for the first time, threatening to pull away from the pack. (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/991236.asp?0sl=-13 Sen. John Kerry slammed Howard Dean yesterday for opting out of public financing in the Democratic primary - even though he may do the same thing. (NY Daily News) http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/135342p-120527c.html Opinion/Editorial Jaroch's Monday Morning Monologue http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/monday.html Katrina: Bush vs. Bush...Has Papa Bush decided it's time to inflict a little public humiliation on his son? http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7 Bipolar Iraq...We're winning the peace, say the Bushies. But if so, what about all those body bags? How the administration is reinventing the PR war. http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/media/columns/medialife/n_9492/ Novak: Can Arnold save California? http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak10.html The Wall Street Journal: Who Is George Soros?...Howard Dean isn't giving up much by forgoing federal matching funds http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004282 Blankley: Political Backbiting http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/tblankley.htm Pat: In a single news cycle last week, the nation got a splendid lesson on why the Democratic Party has ceased to be America's Party. For months, Howard Dean, in his own Vermont way, has tried to connect with working-class whites http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35508 Landfield: Terri Schiavo's Fate Worse Than Death in Florida http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/11_10_03.html Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/ ========================================= 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 <http://www.msnbc.com/tools/newstools/e/emailextra.asp?nfeature=19>