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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
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