Photos that damn Hezbollah  —  THIS is the picture that damns Hezbollah.  It is one of several, smuggled from behind Lebanon's battle lines, showing that Hezbollah is waging war amid suburbia.  —  The images, obtained exclusively by the Sunday Herald Sun, show Hezbollah using high-density residential areas …

Seattle suspect allegedly ambushed girl  —  SEATTLE - The man suspected in a fatal shooting rampage hid behind a potted plant in a Jewish charity's foyer and forced his way through a security door by holding a gun to a 13-year-old girl's head, the police chief said Saturday.

Mr. Lieberman's Strength  —  IN HIS BATTLE to win Democratic renomination to the U.S. Senate, Joseph I. Lieberman seems to be getting blamed in Connecticut for something that in Washington is an asset — and ought to be understood as such by Democratic voters back home.

A New Enemy Gains on the U.S.  —  POUND for pound and pounding for pounding, the Israeli military is one of the world's finest.  But Hezbollah, with the discipline and ferocity of its fighters and ability to field advanced weaponry, has taken Israel by surprise.

What Next, Lebanon?  —  Consternation Grips Nation as It Again Looks Up From War's Ruins  —  From his hilltop citadel, Walid Jumblatt was a worried man Saturday.  In Lebanon's Byzantine, ever-shifting politics, the leader of the country's Druze community has emerged as one of Hezbollah's harshest critics.

Syrian Downing of Israeli drone Raises Specter of Syrian Scuds  —  DEBKAfile Exclusive Military Report  —  The Lebanon war raging between Israel and HIzballah took an alarming detour Friday, July 28, when, according to DEBKAfile's military sources, Syrian air defense batteries ambushed …

Disowning Conservative Politics, Evangelical Pastor Rattles Flock  —  MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — Like most pastors who lead thriving evangelical megachurches, the Rev. Gregory A. Boyd was asked frequently to give his blessing — and the church's — to conservative political candidates and causes.

"I came over here because I wanted to kill people."  —  to kill people.  Over a mess-tent dinner of turkey cutlets, the bony-faced 21-year-old private from West Texas looked right at me as he talked about killing Iraqis with casual indifference.  It was February, and we were at his small patrol base about 20 miles south of Baghdad.

Zakaria: Rumsfeld 'Seems In A Parallel Universe and Slightly Deranged'  —  Newsweek editor Fareed Zakaria ripped into Donald Rumsfeld this morning on ABC's This Week.  Watch it:  —  Transcript: … Zakaria may have been referencing Rumsfeld's "glib" remarks last week when asked whether Iraq was getting "closer to a civil war":

Did Gibson Get a Break After Arrest?  —  Officials will see if a deputy's report, which described abusive behavior, was changed.  —  The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's civilian oversight office said Saturday that it will investigate whether authorities gave Mel Gibson preferential treatment …