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Is Iraq on the verge of an all out civil war? As Washington continues to stew
over the port deal between the Bush Administration and Dubai Ports World,
violence rages in Iraq in the fallout of an attack on a historic mosque.
MSNBC.com has the latest here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11491483/
Tonight on Hardball at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Eastern, Chris will talk with NBC
News' Ned Colt in Baghdad about the latest developments. Hardball Correspondent
David Shuster will explain how this boiled over and MSNBC military analysts
Gen. Wayne Downing (Ret.), Gen. Barry McCaffrey (Ret.), and Col. Ken Allard
(Ret.) will join Chris to discuss what all of this means for the 130,000 U.S.
soldiers in Iraq.
Read the latest posts on NBC News' "Blogging Baghdad":
http://baghdadblog.msnbc.com/.
Plus, Robert Ford, the State Department's counselor for political affairs in
Baghdad, will talk about the impact of this on the developing Iraqi government
and the role of U.S. diplomats in that process. Richard Perle, former assistant
secretary of Defense for President Bush, will talk about whether Iraq is
actually on the brink of a civil war. Rend Rahim Francke, former Iraqi
ambassador to the U.S. and current executive director of the Iraq Foundation,
and Rand Beers, former national security assistant to President Bush, also will
be here to talk about the situation.
Also tonight, MSNBC Political Analyst Ron Reagan and Washington Times Editorial
Page Editor Tony Blankley will talk about the political impact of this here in
the U.S. Reagan and Blankley also will talk about the GOP's divide between the
White House and Capitol Hill over the port ownership issue. And how does all of
this play into Decision 2006? By the way, check out MSNBC.com's report on the
ports: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11517474/.
Here are some things you might not have read yet today:
--Newsweek's Wolfe and Bailey consider the port divide
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11508962/site/newsweek/
--AP reports Scooter Libby's lawyers have asked for his case to be tossed
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11525309/
--Hardblogger http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5445086/
--NBC's First Read http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/
--Doonesbury http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html
Brooke Brower compiled the "Hardball Briefing" in Washington, D.C.
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