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The Hardball Briefing On MSNBC
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Hey there Hardballers....Chris is doing Leno tonight at 11:35 pm et so he'll originate
from the Burbank bureau or something like that...We'll get you the latest out of the
Middle East of course...
We'll talk to terrorism expert Simon Reeve out of London on this story (yeah, he's the
guy that looks like one of the members of the band "Oasis") "London-based Arabic
newspapers said on Tuesday a group possibly linked to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda
network had claimed responsibility for an explosion last week outside a Tunisian
synagogue that killed 16 people." (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020416/ts_nm/mideast_tunisia_qaeda_dc_1
We also got NYT ace reporter Judith Miller...She wrote that piece yesterday about Suha
Arafat..."Before Yasir Arafat condemned 'terror against civilians' on Saturday, his
wife, Suha al-Taweel Arafat, told an Arabic-language magazine that she endorsed
suicide attacks as legitimate resistance against Israeli occupation."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/15/international/middleeast/15SUIC.html
And what exactly has happened in Jenin? Lots of destruction but was there a "massacre"
as some are claiming?...Regev and Rahman will do the debate..."Lives Reduced to
Rubble..Jenin Camp Is a Scene of Devastation But Yields No Evidence of a Massacre"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56619-2002Apr15.html
And don't forget! Chris on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (NBC, 11:35 pm et).
In the D block we'll have a couple of former weapons inspectors Charles Duelfer and
Jonathon Tucker...Here's the deal...Is the administration interested in having weapons
inspectors go into Iraq or are the neocons scuttling things behind the scenes in order
to justify an attack on Iraq?...Just asking as Page Six says...
D Block backgrounders..."Rumsfeld Disputes Value Of Iraq Arms Inspections...Remarks
Spotlight Split Among Bush Aides" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56918-2002Apr15.html
"Skirmish on Iraq Inspections...Wolfowitz Had CIA Probe U.N. Diplomat in Charge"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48537-2002Apr14.html
We'll do Barnicle and Ray Flynn, fmr. ambassador to the vatican and author of "Pope
John Paul II" in the buzz block to talk about the Pope's emergency meeting he called
yesterday requesting all the U.S. cardinals to Rome..
Here's the background reading material...
Pope calls U.S. cardinals to Rome...Pope John Paul II has summoned all U.S. cardinals
to Rome to discuss the sexual abuse scandal rocking the Roman Catholic Church, NBC
News learned Monday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/732931.asp
"Pope Sets Meeting On Sex Scandal...Taking Direct Role, Vatican Summons American
Cardinals" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56713-2002Apr15.html
Did I mention Chris will be on Leno tonight??? Dominic Bellone compiled and edited the
Briefing in Washington, DC...Have a good one...For those on the east coast, stay
cool...It's a hot one today...
"Israeli tanks rolled into three Palestinian suburbs of Jerusalem and re-entered a
West Bank city Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised the United
States he would withdraw soldiers from most Palestinian areas by next week." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=716&e=1&u=/ap/20020416/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians_3323
Powell sees 'progress' in Mideast...U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday
that negotiations with Israelis and Palestinians were making progress, but hinted that
the outcome could be something less than a mutually proclaimed cease-fire.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
"Powell Says Talks Making Progress...Secretary Seeks Informal Truce Before Trip to
Egypt on Wednesday" (Reuters)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58236-2002Apr16.html
"Rally gives Americans chance to show gratitude...The pro-Israel rally at the Capitol
yesterday was the culmination of a forceful lobbying campaign in Congress" (The
Washington Times) http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020416-549796.htm
"A top administration official was interrupted and booed Monday when he told thousands
of people gathered at the Capitol for a pro-Israel rally that Palestinians as well as
Israelis have been victims of Mideast violence." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020415/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_israel_rally_8&printer=1
"Al Jazeera plays new bin Laden videotape...U.S. officials said the brief segment did
not provide enough information to determine when the tape was made."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20020416-28489106.htm
"Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged yesterday that his troops would withdraw
from Jenin and all other West Bank cities and towns except Ramallah and Bethlehem 'in
less than one week.' Israeli soldiers also entered two small towns near Bethlehem
yesterday." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20020416-41069860.htm
"Palestinian and U.S. negotiators are working on a joint statement condemning suicide
bombings and endorsing creation of a Palestinian state, officials said, while Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said his troops would leave two of the four West Bank
towns they are occupying within a week." (Reuters)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020416/ap_wo_en_ge/israel_palestinians_3314&printer=1
U.S., allies sweep eastern Afghanistan...British, American and Afghan soldiers are
staging a large-scale campaign in eastern Afghanistan aimed at wiping out al-Qaida and
Taliban forces believed hiding there, coalition officials said Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/627086.asp
White House Gives History a Spin...After Connecticut's lieutenant governor was
misidentified by President Bush, her spokewoman said, "You don't correct the
president." But the White House does, as some of Bush's mistakes and verbal gaffes are
being stricken from the record."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56556-2002Apr15.html
"The District of Columbia's nonvoting House delegate was among residents of the
nation's capital who burned federal tax forms to protest having to pay taxes without
full congressional representation." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020416/ap_on_re_us/dc_voting_rights_4
"Cheneys Paid $1.7 Million in Taxes"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56910-2002Apr15.html
A profile of Buddy: "Described as a workaholic, charismatic, and a snazzy dresser to
boot, the colorful six-term mayor of Providence still manages to warm the hearts of
Rhode Islanders even as he faces federal corruption charges."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20020416/ap_on_re_us/charismatic_mayor_3
Make Room For Ozzy...The aging, addled rocker Ozzy Osbourne is the perpetually
mumbling centerpiece of "The Osbournes," which has turned into the most popular series
in MTV history.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56799-2002Apr15.html?referer=email
Opinion/Editorial
P.J. O'Rourke: "The Mideast Press Process...War, unlike politics, can go on without
reporters" http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=105001935
The Washington Times: "Nuclear nightmare...In just the latest indication of the
horrors that Osama bin Laden has in store for us, two Afghan nuclear physicists have
revealed that al Qaeda attempted to recruit them to build a nuclear bomb."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020416-562503.htm
"What's the big idea?...Realism or Liberalism? Eric Alterman explores whether the Bush
administration has a grand political theory girding its new war."
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/738568.asp
Cohen: Build a Fence
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56303-2002Apr15.html
Mondo Washington: After 9-11, Official Terror Kicks In...Victims of the Dragnet
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0216/ridgeway.php
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020416
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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