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More on Iraq: The Real Story tonight...Lots of news to report...Bremer's hastily
arranged visit to the White House (Administration officials are concerned about the
pace and process of establishing Iraqi rule)...Sanchez (our top military commander in
Iraq) announcing we'll be employing more get tough measures and that we're gonna step
up the seek and destroy operations to capture/kill those Iraqi insurgents...And a new
classified CIA report in the Philly Inquirer saying the situation in Iraq is bleak...
We'll talk to Woolsey about the CIA report...
CIA has a bleak analysis of Iraq...A report found more civilians there are supporting
the resistance. It conflicts with upbeat public assessments.(Philadelphia Inquirer)
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/7239049.htm
Bush, senior advisers to meet on Iraq...President Bush was to meet with his War
Cabinet and Iraq administrator L. Paul Bremer on Wednesday to discuss a new plan to
accelerate the transfer of power to an Iraqi government, sources told NBC News.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/992125.asp
In the B block we'll talk to Col. James Hickey who led "Operation Raider Justice" near
Tikrit (That's Saddam's 'hood)...He's confident he nabbed one of the perps who took
down a U.S. black hawk helicopter on November 7th...It ought to be a very compelling
story..
In the D block we'll talk to famed "Black Hawk Down" author Mark Bowden about the
similarities he sees between Iraq & Somalia...
In the Buzz we'll talk to notorious "smut peddler with a heart" Larry Flynt who has
topless Jessica Lynch photos...He's decided not to publish them...We'll ask him
why...Editor-in-Chief Jerry Nachman will join in as well...(It's unclear as we go to
press whether Jerry will bring his signature cigar)
Pornographer Larry Flynt says he bought nude photos of Pfc. Jessica Lynch to publish
in Hustler magazine, but changed his mind because she's a "good kid" who became "a
pawn for the government." (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031112/ap_on_en_ot/lynch_photos_11
Hardball Briefing subscriber/MSNBC political analyst/Friend of Mortman Craig Crawford
outs the Kerry claim the he was 15 points ahead of Hillary in a recent presidential
poll (remember that one from the recent Boston debate?)...Crawford got a Kerry
'misspoke' out of the campaign (http://drudgereport.com/flash.htm) Crawford will speak
further on the matter today when he appears on Rush's radio show (which Drudge is
guest hosting today)...More from Crawford on the Kerry camp: "i just think it is
SOOOOO revealing about how testy these guys get about Hillary. they are simply furious
about her participation Saturday in Iowa dinner, but she was added after they agreed
to do it and they can't get out of it. Should be hysterical watching her introduce
each of the candidates who actually don't want her there in the first place."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2003/11/12/120126.shtml
PS last night on Leno, John Kerry took a page from G. Gordon Liddy on Hardball by
riding up on stage on his Harley...Well, we didn't have the hog on set but we did
shoot him rolling up on North Capitol St....
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Briefing from Washington, DC
Spectre of Somalia haunts UN role in Iraq (Reuters)
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/0/aef12cd002e79515c1256db90046007c?OpenDocument
At least 14 Italians die in Iraq attack...A truck bomb rocked the headquarters of the
Italian Carabinieri police in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Wednesday,
killing at least 14 Italians and possibly trapping others under the debris,
Carabinieri officials said in Rome.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/870749.asp
Italian PM: Iraq blast won't deter us...Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said
Italy would not be intimidated by a bombing that killed at least 14 Italian military
and eight Iraqis in the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/992450.asp
Berlusconi verbate: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30124-2003Nov12.html
Iraqis Call Saddam a Military Weakling (AP)
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-weapons-mystery,0,7169269.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Fineman: Kerry train wreck easy to predict...The problem, perhaps the fatal problem,
with John Kerry's presidential campaign is that, from the start, it's had two of
everything: two sets of handlers, two centers of power and a candidate who often can't
resist having two positions on an issue. http://www.msnbc.com/news/992510.asp
Talkfest on the Hill...GOP's 30-hour marathon may not get new judges on the bench but
will help shore up political base. (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1112/p01s01-uspo.html
Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean will win a double shot of momentum and
organizational muscle on Wednesday with endorsements from two of the most politically
influential labor unions. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=ZMZRNNSMZ5IDECRBAE0CFFA?type=politicsNews&storyID=3801138
Breaking with most of his Democratic rivals, retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark said
Tuesday he favors amending the Constitution to ban flag burning. (AP)
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/7238050.htm
John Kerry: "If I saw someone burning the flag, I'd punch them in the mouth because I
love the flag, but the Constitution that I fought for preserves the right of free
expression." http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1112kerry12.html
Two more top staffers yesterday quit Democratic 2004 wannabe John Kerry's troubled
candidacy a day after he fired his campaign manager - and rivals began crowing about a
meltdown in his bid for the presidency. (NY Post)
http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/10621.htm
The "quasi-hypnotic influence" of television in America has fostered a complacent
nation that is a danger to democracy, former Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday. (AP)
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/state/article/0,1406,KNS_348_2421025,00.html
Opinion/Editorial
Katrina's editor's cut:Howard Dean: Transformative or Transgressive?...The vision of a
campaign to unseat Bush fueled by small donors is enticing.
http://www.thenation.com/edcut/index.mhtml?bid=7
Edwards plays the Confederate card...like John Edwards. I like his economic message
and his foreign policy instincts. I think he's intellectually underrated and fields
questions from voters better than any other presidential candidate. I've been waiting
for him to find an issue and an angle
http://slate.msn.com/id/2091046/
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