Al Dura Affair: France 2 Cooks the Raw Footage [UPDATED] Has the Al Dura trial had its Rosemary Woods missing tapes moment? It certainly sounds that way. PJM’s Nidra Poller , who witnessed the drama that unfolded yesterday in the hall of Paris’ Palais de Justice, reports.

[PJM Al Dura background coverage here]

Presidential Race Heating Up In Iowa

Huckabee: racing to the front?

PJM Agency, Iowa: With less than 50 days left before the Iowa caucuses, many Iowans haven’t made up their minds who they’re going to support. The results “may very well end up coming down to which candidate can get the most grassroots supporters to the individual caucuses,” writes PJM correspondent Brian Pickrell.

The New Nomads: Families In Search of Special Education

Rob and Schuyler

How did a guy with self-described “lefty, progressive, dirty hippie” politics end up in one of the most conservative communities in the U.S.? Robert Rummel-Hudson made the move for the reason he does everything - for his daughter Schuyler. Like many other families seeking suitable education for their special needs children, they “live like gypsies, packing up and following hope.”

Taken For a Ride On the London Underground PJM London: How would you like to be confronted with sculptures of disembodied panda’s heads and pink-haired poets as you go about your daily commute? Emily Henderson wants the British transportation authorities to stop imposing their (bad) taste in art on her, and put the money to better use - like improving service or lowering the (high) price of her ticket.

Americans Announce They're Dropping Out Of Presidential Race (The Onion)

Can Israel Realistically Hope to Pre-empt Iran's Nuke Program? (Former Spook)

Democratic Debate: Obama Doesn't Want the Job (Roger L. Simon)

Chinese Espionage Top Threat to US Technology (VOA)

Antiwar Protesters Deploy Human Baby Shields (Blue Crab Boulevard)

Russian Sect Waits In Cave For The End of the World (Reuters)

U.N. Losing Track of Iran Nuke Program (CNN)

From Vegas: Liveblogging the Democratic Debate (Stephen Green)

Bolton: Annapolis Middle East Conference is Delusional (American Congress for Truth)

What's at Stake in the Democrat's Vegas Debate (Bill Bradley @ PajamasXpress)

Native Britons Leaving UK In Record Numbers (Telegraph)

PJM Political On XM 11/15/07--Viva Las BlogWorld, Baby! Tune in each Thursday to XM Channel #130, POTUS ‘08 at 6:00 PM Eastern/3:00 PM Pacific for Pajamas Media’s weekly PJM Political show! (And at 11:00 PM Eastern/8:00 Pacific for a rebroadcast) If you missed this week’s show, click here to listen:

Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of the Blogosphere, PJM Political, hosted by Bill Bradley, catches up with Colonel Austin Bay in Abu Dhabi, Richard Miniter and Vaclav Havel in the Czech Republic, and extensive coverage of last week’s BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas, including interviews with:

Viva Las BlogWorld, Baby! (PJM Political on XM)

Wolf In The Fold (James Lileks)

Democratic Party Presidential Election Game Theory (Copious Dissent)

Wolf In The Fold Wolf Blitzer has been warned—both by Media Matters, and by James Lileks, in his segment from this week’s PJM Political:

Hillary Gets Donations From Three Bill Pardoned (Outside the Beltway)

They Want Hillary, Bad! (Riehl World View)

Happy Blogiversary to Iraq the Model (Iraq the Model)

PJM Political: The Directors' Cuts In order to present as much variety as possible, the interviews that are featured each week on PJM Political are often edited in length. However, you can hear the full-length versions of several of the interviews from this week’s show, here:

Saudi Punishes Gang Rape Victim With 200 Lashes (Yellow Limes)

Not So Shocking (A Blog for All)

Rove Hired to Offset Kos at Newsweek: Balanced? (Hot Air)

Incomprehensible Carnage (Dr Sanity)

A Date With Bacon (Babalu Blog)

Dartez Wasn't Talking Buckwheat Pancakes (Gates of Vienna)

Will Wolf Waffle While Questioning The Hilldabeaste? (GM’s Corner)

Soldiers Fighting for U.S. Become Citizens (Matt Sanchez)

Boy Scouts Troop Donation Boxes Pulled for Implied "Pro-war" Message (Weasel Zippers)

Out of Sync: Hamas's Boy Band (Breitbart TV)

LAPD Shelves Muslim Mapping Plan (AP)

The Long Goodbye: America Not Yet Ready to Rise Above the Divisions of the 60s (Daniel Henninger)

Anna Politkovskaya's Newspaper Forced to Shut Down Due to Pressure from Kremlin (Publius Pundit)

Sidney Blumenthal Leaves Salon.com to Join Hillary Clinton's Campaign (John Podhoretz)

Icebergs Ahead For the Democrats (David Broder)

Anti-Americanism Now Out of Vogue in Europe? (Captain’s Quarters)

Rudy in Trouble Without Iowa Win (Dick Morris)

Warner Music Boss: We Were Wrong to Go to War With Consumers (MacUser)

Hebrew Is Popular In Egypt, Even Though Israelis Aren't (Haaretz)

We Know About the Mommy Wars, But Daddy Wars? (Rebel Dad)

David Letterman Pays Staff Out of Own Pocket During Strike (Deadline Hollywood Daily)

The New Debate Over Iraq (Victor Davis Hanson @ PajamasXpress)

When Teenage Head Games Turn Deadly (Sister Toldjah)

Imus To Return Dec. 3 - With a 21-Second Delay (NY Observer)

Did Hillary Tell Spitzer To Back Down? (Hot Air)

Abbas Says Hamas Should Be Overthrown In Gaza (AP)