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Monday, July 29, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Al Qaeda in Iraq Abu Ghraib Jailbreak a Counterterrorism Nightmare

Today: Spanish Train Operator Admits Recklessness , End the Damn Dickmanship! , U.S. Not Ready to Cut Aid to Egypt
Cheat Sheet: Morning

July 29, 2013
DRAMATIC

Two years after the last U.S. soldier left Iraq, up to 500 al Qaeda members captured during the surge are on the loose. Tribal leaders expect retribution—and spillover to Syria, The Daily Beast's Eli Lake reports.

BAILED OUT

Francisco Jose Garzon Amo was released from jail on bail Sunday night, but his legal saga has only just begun. The 52-year-old Spanish train operator was officially charged with 79 counts of homicide after admitting to a judge that he had acted recklessly when the train he was manning derailed last week. Despite video evidence and testimonials from passengers who survived the wreckage—the country's worst railroad accident in nearly 70 years—the railway drivers' union has protested that the train's black boxes have not been analyzed and so charges against Garzon Amo may be premature.

TESTOSTERONE

When middle-aged libido meets a whiff of power, chaos strikes our political process. Tina Brown on why Anthony Weiner and his ilk need to stop thinking with their genitals.

HESITATING

Egyptians have been demonstrating for three weeks now, but the Obama administration is still weighing its response to the brutal protests that have so far resulted in the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi and the deaths of at least 72 people. Though California's Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein has urged Congress to stop its $1.5 billion worth of annual aid to the embattled country, fellow lawmakers have stayed quiet about suspending assistance. Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel have both acknowledged the significance and severity of what's happening in Egypt and expressed concern. And while President Obama himself ordered the delivery of four American fighter planes to the Egyptian Air Force to be halted, he has made clear that there are no plans to cut off the $1.5 billion Feinstein is pushing for.

CINEMATIC

No, this is not the plot of a Hollywood crime drama--but it could be. A thief entered the ritzy Carlton InterContinental Hotel in Cannes, along the French Riviera, Sunday morning with a gun in his hand and a bandanna over his face, and walked out with approximately $50 million worth of jewels. Just days earlier, a member of the Pink Panther jewel thief gang—yes, that is what they are called and they're believed to have collected hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from hundreds of boutiques around the world—reportedly escaped from a Swiss prison. Relatively few details have emerged about the stolen goods from Cannes, but some news agencies have reported that the jewels were actually on loan from the worldwide diamond proprietor Leviev for an exhibition, but that's not been confirmed.


THAT WAS CLOSE
Tour Bus Swept Up by Arizona Flood
No one was injured.
BRUTAL ATTACK
Dozen Car Bombs Kill 51 in Iraq
Looks like the work of al Qaeda.
FIRST STEP
Israel-Palestine Peace Talks to Resume
After nearly three years.
BUH-BYE
Report: Limbaugh, Hannity to Lose Radio Deals
After contract negotiations stall.
SORRY, BUB
'The Wolverine' Disappoints at Box Office
Rakes in $55 million opening weekend.
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