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An interesting editorial from the Tehran Times. It starts off with questionable-context material biased to MIM Notes levels (charging that Americans are intentionally targeting mosques and civilians within Fallujah as a prelude to razing the whole city), but it then ends in unexpected territory, with what looks like an appeal to American readers. It got top linking in its category under Google News. I wonder how typical it is of other editorials in that region.

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Also, a delightful 1971 Doonesbury; yes, that's who you think it is, behind the podium. (And as Gene Weingarten (from whom I lifted the link) notes, it's always interesting to see how Trudeau's style, visual and written, has matured since then.) (And yes, I'm as caught up in the most recent storyline involving B.D. as you are.)