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Gotta make this short folks, we've got a man out sick and another working at half
speed and I got no interns...We'll do Scott Ritter on the Saddam/Iraq/UN Sanctions
story..."The U.N. Security Council delayed a vote on an overhaul of sanctions against
Iraq at Russia's request, Western diplomats said Wednesday." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_iraq_3
Wallach and Pipes will do the Arafat story: "Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat issued
new orders to his security forces to fight terrorism today and called on President
Bush to prevent Israel from further destroying those forces in retaliation for Tuesday
night's suicide bombing."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56356-2002May8.html
Here's the D block with David Horowitz: "At a half-day teach-in at MIT Monday, faculty
and students from Harvard and MIT, including MIT Professor Noam Chomsky, protested
recent Israeli military actions and American support for them."
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=214657
Plus, check out the Wall Street Journal's story on Berkeley's intifada
curriculum...Sorry I can't link it...It's a pay to play website.
E/F will be Katrina and Terry with the political buzzzzzzzz...Join us...Dominic
Bellone compiled and edited the Briefing in Washington, DC...Sorry it's so short today
folks but I got a lot on my plate
"President Bush praised Yasser Arafat's condemnation of terrorism yesterday as an
"incredibly positive sign," but said the Palestinian leader must match his words with
deeds after a suicide attack near Tel Aviv killed 15 people and threatened to disrupt
the administration's latest peace efforts." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55720-2002May8.html
Israel authorizes retaliation for blast...Responding to a deadly suicide bombing near
Tel Aviv, the Israeli security Cabinet on Thursday gave the green light for more
military operations against unspecified "terror targets."
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp
Pipe-bomb suspect awaits extradition...Luke J. Helder, the 21-year-old college student
arrested in connection with a spate of mailbox pipe bombings, awaited extradition
Thursday to Iowa on charges that could bring a life sentence.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/747431.asp
Reports of reprisals in Afghanistan...Four months into the new Afghan government,
there are growing reports of violent reprisal against Pashtuns in rural regions of
western and northern Afghanistan. By Borzou Daragahi
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/742157.asp
"McAuliffe Puts Focus on 2002...With the Democratic Party facing a popular war-time
President and a well-funded Republican operation, the party's chief strategist has
urged the handful of Democrats eyeing a White House bid to focus their energies on the
2002 elections." (Roll Call)
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/05/news0509a.html
"White House officials are considering mounting a massive multimillion dollar TVad
blitz this fall to trumpet President Bush's record and the need to have a
Republican-controlled Congress to help him achieve the rest of the administration's
goals." (Roll Call) http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/05/news0509b.html
"FBI headquarters ignored its own agent's red-flag warning a month before 9/11 that
Zacarias Moussaoui was the kind of person who might "fly something into the World
Trade Center," FBI Director Robert Mueller admitted yesterday." (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/47581.htm
"A black member of the Baltimore City Council is seeking to dispel negative influences
and raise the consciousness in black communities by sponsoring a resolution to ban use
of "the N-word." (The Washington Times)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20020509-25542742.htm
"Jewish Group Urges Hollywood to Shun Cannes Film Fest" (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56835-2002May8.html
"Roughly three dozen Democratic operatives descended on the Georgetown home of Senator
John F. Kerry last night, for what his aides called a gathering to thank them for
their party loyalty." (Boston Globe)
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/129/nation/Kerry_throws_party_for_young_activists-.shtml
"Al Gore came to Knoxville on Wednesday evening to heal wounds left behind after the
2000 election in which he lost his home state to President Bush." (Knoxville News)
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/politics/article/0,1406,KNS_356_1135969,00.html
Opinion/Editorial
John Fund's Political Diary...The Cato Institute celebrates a free-market quarter
century. http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110001681
Up against the wall...Building a West Bank fence to keep out Palestinian terrorists
may sound good but won't protect Israel in the long run, writes Warren Bass in Slate.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/749466.asp
Babbin: Bush's diplomatic quagmire...President must move forward on Iraq
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20020509-59183272.htm
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/viewdb.cfm?uc_full_date=20020509
Mallard http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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