LDT: Fallujah hero Scott Lawson

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Lou Dobbs has a clip about Staff Sergeant Scott Lawson, one of the soldiers who entered the infamous house in Fallujah with David Bellavia (and a certain reporter from Time magazine...)

Michael speaks briefly about what happened when the soldiers got inside. It looks like the clip was filmed shortly before he left Baghdad a few weeks ago. (The additional footage of Michael comes from the "Inside the Surge" B-roll.)

Length: 2:31

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GPS: "From the moment the first American tank crossed the...border to march on Saddam's Baghdad, America was, by default, at war with Iran."

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Fareed's show this week focused on Iran. He started with an interview with the Iranian Foreign Minister. Following that was a panel discussion, with Christiane Amanpour via video from London, while Vali Nasr and Michael were in the studio.

The first section of the panel discussion dealt with how to deal with Iran diplomatically -- the recent EU proposal, the Iraqi SoFA, etc.

The second part focused more on Iran's threat against Israel and the possibility that Israel is preparing to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.

Length: 9:55 / 9:23

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EC: "Iran is absolutely kicking your ass right now."

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Michael appeared again on Election Center, tonight hosted by Erica Hill. The first two segments focus on Senator Obama's stance on the Iraq war and also how that war impacts on the war in Afghanistan. The third segment shifts the focus to Afghanistan, and although Michael is only in one brief clip I include it for the overall theme. (Peter Bergen is interviewed in this segment.) The fourth segment focuses more on Afghanistan itself, although Michael again points out that Iran is a major player on both fronts.

Length: 8:35 / 4:26 / 7:27 / 4:42

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EC: "Let's hear him say he knows what it is really going to cost."

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Michael appears on Election Center to discuss Obama's trip to Iraq this month and what he should be looking for while there. Soledad O'Brien sits in as host, and the other panelists are Roland Martin and Cliff May (from a conservative think-tank.)

Length: 4:50 / 2:49

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AAM: "It's going to change the nature of the whole environment for these security firms."

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Michael is in New York and talks to Kiran Chetry about the latest twists in the SOFA agreement -- according to Iraq's foreign minister, the immunity currently enjoyed by private security contractors will no longer be available to them.

Length: 4:05

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AAM: "...an alternative to the rising Iranian influence is precisely what America needs."

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Michael delivers a voice-over summation of what Iran's Special Groups are up to in Iraq, and it is an absolutely chilling look at the war, the kind of things our troops face every day but that we, the American public, have been shielded from. And it is about damned time we saw it and started comprehending the truth about the fight and about what is at stake.

Length: 5:46

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CNN.com: Yesterday's bombing a bid to spark sectarian violence

CNN.com has a video from International with Michael reporting that yesterday's bombing that killed 63 people was the work of an Iranian-backed "Special Group" trying to kick off some more sectarian violence. The full-size clip can be seen here, but this is the best I can do for the archive:

AAM: "Let's hear from the campaigns on this."

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Two clips regarding how the presidential race is viewed from Iraq and the pending visit to the country by Senator Obama.

Note: The audio on the first clip is lagging several seconds at the start, but it locks in when the image shifts to a fullscreen of the Baghdad feed.

Length: 3:06 / 3:05

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CNN/I: Business International

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Comments on the Bush/Brown press conference in London today -- where PM Brown announced British troop increases for Afghanistan -- and how the epicenter of the Anglo/American view of the Middle East sits squarely in Tehran. International's European Political Editor Robin Oakley also weighs in with the Brit view.

Length: 5:43

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AAM: "You can pull out tomorrow as long as you're ready to wear the consequences."

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Michael recaps the current status of the war and the SOFA talks.

Length: 3:45

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