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8:25 AM ET, August 11, 2006

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Olivier Knox / Agence France Presse:
Bush seeks political gains from foiled plot  —  CRAWFORD, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush seized on a foiled London airline bomb plot to hammer unnamed critics he accused of having all but forgotten the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Time:
Thwarting the Airline Plot: Inside the Investigation  —  Exclusive: U.S. picked up the suspects' chatter and shared it with British authorities; new federal alert warns that peroxide-based explosives could also be employed in future attacks in the U.S.  —  Wednesday night was a long …
Washington Post:
Tip Followed '05 Attacks on London Transit  —  It all began with a tip: In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005, suicide bombings on London's transit system, British authorities received a call from a worried member of the Muslim community, reporting general suspicions about an acquaintance.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Evening update: Ever crazier details about terror plot emerge (Update: Suspects named)  —  Tomorrow's British papers are out and the big A's been doing what he does best: skimming and excerpting.  There's a lot here, but don't gloss over the blockquotes.  They're all worth it, I promise.
Telegraph:
Middle-class and British: the Muslims in plots to bomb jets  —  Timeline: five years since September 11  —  Twenty-four terrorist suspects being held last night over an alleged plot to blow up as many as 10 transatlantic jets include middle-class, well-educated young men born in Britain.
Discussion: Tim Worstall and Daimnation!
Times of London:
A plan 'to commit unimaginable mass murder'  —  ALARMING intelligence that an attack was imminent was the trigger for police raids which captured 24 terrorist suspects, including two white converts to Islam, The Times has learnt.  —  Counter-terrorist agencies, which had been monitoring …
Discussion: The Asylum
Times of London:
At 11pm came the phone call that triggered security swoop  —  After months of surveillance, it was imminent danger that set plans into motion  —  JOHN REID took the telephone call at 11pm: possibly the biggest terrorist attack of modern times was imminent, the plot must be dismantled …
John / AMERICAblog:
White House official gleeful that terrorists wanted to kill thousands of Americans on ten US airlines over the Atlantic … Well that didn't take long.  The Republicans never did meet a threat of mortal injury to thousands of American lives that they didn't welcome as a political windfall.
New York Times:
Lieberman Seizes on Terror Arrests to Attack Rival
Opinion Journal:
'Mass Murder' Foiled
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
Guardian:   'A plot to commit murder on an unimaginable scale'
Patrick Wintour / Guardian:   Blair forewarned Bush of terror threat to US airlines
Beth Gardiner / Associated Press:   British Muslims fear arrest backlash
Amanda Beck / Reuters:
US Muslims bristle at Bush term "Islamic fascists"  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Muslim groups criticized President George W. Bush on Thursday for calling a foiled plot to blow up airplanes part of a "war with Islamic fascists," saying the term could inflame anti-Muslim tensions.
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Zogby:
Democrats Pleased Joe Got Beat in Connecticut  —  Dems nationwide think their party is stronger for Lamont's victory, and want their candidates to tout anti-war credentials  —  An overwhelming majority of likely-voting Democrats nationwide said they are glad three-term Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman …
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Ker Than / LiveScience:
U.S. Lags World in Grasp of Genetics and Acceptance of Evolution  —  A comparison of peoples' views in 34 countries finds that the United States ranks near the bottom when it comes to public acceptance of evolution.  Only Turkey ranked lower.  —  Among the factors contributing …
Discussion: Pharyngula and Bring it On!
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Magpie / Pacific Views:   CHARLES DARWIN REALLY NEEDS A POSSE IN THE US.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Officials Cite Sophistication and Scale of Plane Scheme  —  Intelligence and counterterrorism officials said yesterday that the scale and sophistication of the scheme to blow up jetliners over the Atlantic could mean that Al Qaeda, whose central command has been severely damaged since 2001, was again able to direct attacks.
Jonathan Adler / The Volokh Conspiracy:
GOV'T MAY PROSECUTE RECIPIENTS OF LEAKED INFORMATION: The federal government may prosecute private citizens who illegally receive and retransmit classified information, held federal district court Judge T.S. Ellis III yesterday in United States v. Rosen.  Judge Ellis denied a motion to dismiss filed …
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: IDF fumes over denied victory  —  The booms of Katyusha rockets continued; another day of what has become routine in the North.  But the IDF was holding position, waiting for orders that did not come.  After 30 days of fighting, the war with Hizbullah seemed to be nearing its conclusion Thursday.
James H. Joyner Jr / TCS Daily:
Killing Us Softly  —  The news that Scotland Yard managed to foil a terrorist attack that would have conceivably dwarfed the 9/11 attacks is not quite as good it might first appear.  Certainly, the prevention of "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" is something for which we can be tremendously thankful.
Discussion: Instapundit.com
 
 
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Jeremy Scahill / The Nation:
Mercenary Jackpot  —  While the Bush Administration calls …
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Giuliani On Busted Terror Plot (Video)
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