I'm still catching up on my reading after not having an internet connection for 4 hours, and I need to leave here before daylight to get to a medical appointment. I'm going to have to settle for a quick list of things you really should go read:

• Today's Vent. I could care less about Josh Wolf but Michelle's latest sub is a major babe. (Hat tip: Michelle.)

• E&P editor attacks bloggers over Reutersgate

• Iran promises a “surprise” related to its nuke program in the next few days

• CQ: A Meaty Mandate, With A Caveat

The mandate for the expanded UNIFIL force turned out more robust than first thought. According to the Associated Press, it allows for offensive military action in support of the implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions 1701 (and 1559 by implication): ...

• CQ: Israelis Cancel West Bank Withdrawal

The Israeli push to withdraw from the West Bank has become a casualty of the Israeli-Hezbollah war in Lebanon. With Israelis increasingly angry about the performance of the government in the conflict and disgusted with the results of conciliatory gestures, Ehud Olmert has little choice but to shelve plans to pull out of the occupied territory: ...

• MM: Jesse Jackson rides again

Yes, it's true. America's Shakedown Artist is headed to the Middle East "to meet with political and religious leaders about troubles in the region, including the kidnapping of two Fox News journalists." More via AP: ...

• CQ: Dueling Nuclear Surprises

The Jerusalem Post hints that Iran will unveil a nuclear "surprise" in the next few weeks, but the Israelis may have beaten them to it. This comes as the fragile consensus at the UN Security Council on Iranian defiance appears to have unraveled:

Contributed by Bill Faith on August 23, 2006 at 09:37 PM in Bill Faith, Iran, Media Perfidy | Permalink

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