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3:40 PM ET, August 10, 2006

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BBC:
'Plot to blow up planes' foiled  —  A terrorist plot to blow up planes in mid-flight from the UK to the US has been disrupted, Scotland Yard has said.  —  It is thought the plan was to detonate explosive devices smuggled on aircraft in hand luggage.  —  Police have arrested about 18 people …
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Washington Post:
British Police Thwart Major Terror Plot  —  Britain and the U.S. Raise Security Threat Levels  —  British authorities said today they had disrupted a "major terrorist plot" to blow up passenger flights between the United Kingdom and the United States, prompting a full-scale security clampdown …
CNN:
Security chief: Airline terror plot 'close to execution'  —  'We cannot be sure ... plot completely thwarted'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Terrorists were in the final stages of planning to blow up planes heading from the United Kingdom to the United States, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday.
Malkin / Michelle Malkin:
"Imminent," "massive" jihad UK plot foiled; goal: "mass murder on an unimaginable scale"  —  ***Scroll for updates***  —  I went to bed last night after blogging about the Dearbornistan terror arrests and the still missing 8 Egyptians.  Twenty minutes after I went to sleep …
Sky News:
Plane Terror Plot Thwarted  —  Police say they have disrupted a major plot to blow up planes in mid-flight with explosive devices smuggled aboard as hand luggage.  —  Sky News has been told the plan was to hit around a dozen planes over UK and US cities.  —  Police are said to have arrested 20 people …
The Blotter:
The Anatomy of the Foiled Plot in London  —  Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report:  —  The world learned of a terrorist plot Thursday that would have caused mass death and destruction aboard a number of passenger jets had British authorities not aggressively investigated and arrested many of the plotters.
Times of London:
'We have foiled mass murder on an unimaginable scale'
Discussion: BBC and Classical Values
Guardian:
UK airports on high alert as terrorist plot uncovered
Discussion: Gawker and Defense Tech
Danica Kirka / Associated Press:
British Police Thwart Aircraft Bomb Plot
Discussion: BBC, PunditGuy and Attytood
Stephen Taylor:   UK Terror Plot: "Mass murder on an unimaginable scale"
Anne C. Mulkern / Denver Post:
Salazar continues standing behind pal Lieberman  —  Washington - Saying it's important that he keep his promises, Sen. Ken Salazar on Wednesday renewed his pledge of support for Sen. Joe Lieberman as the Connecticut lawmaker filed to run for re-election as an independent candidate.
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Voter Anger That Cuts Both Ways
Washington Post:
Mr. Lieberman's Choice
Discussion: Demagogue
Bryan / Hot Air:
Hezbollywood  —  I think we've posted on some of this before, but I want to put it in one post in one place.  —  The fauxtography scandals and speculation point to something lurking behind the scenes of the war in Lebanon and the greater war against radical Islam-the post-modern nature of this war.
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Little Green Footballs:
Directed By Green Helmet Guy  —  Conclusive proof that the photographs from Qana were cynically staged, as "Green Helmet" directs cameramen in a video from German TV (with English subtitles).  They actually take the body of a child out of the ambulance, transfer it from the light stretcher used …
John / AMERICAblog:
Lieberman loses, CODE RED, CODE RED, CODE RED  —  UPDATE: I'm reading Ron Suskin's book, the "One Percent Doctrine," and highly recommend it.  It's a look at the inside workings of the Bush administration and how they turned the war on terror into such a botched mess.
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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
U.S. raises airline threat level  —  WASHINGTON - The U.S. government raised its threat warning to the highest level for commercial flights from Britain to the United States early Thursday in response to a terror plot disrupted in London.  Terrorists had targeted United, American and Continental airlines …
Peter Laarman / The Huffington Post:
Al Qaeda's Predictable Return to the Stage: You Can Thank Dick Cheney
Discussion: PoliBlog
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
THE BROOKS PARTY OF THE CENTER:  —  In today's column David Brooks, in the course of touting what he calls the "McCain-Lieberman" party of the center, writes a very curious sentence: … Some reactions:  —  1. Is it really true that Democrats won't cut benefits?
Peter Schweizer / USA Today:
Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe  —  Al Gore has spoken: The world must embrace a "carbon-neutral lifestyle."  To do otherwise, he says, will result in a cataclysmic catastrophe.  "Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb," warns the website for his film, An Inconvenient Truth.
Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:
Worry About the West — Not Israel  —  The reactions and media coverage coming out of the West regarding this latest war in the Middle East are as bewildering as they are instructive.  —  Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., for example, recently said, "I don't take sides for or against Hezbollah or for or against Israel."
Discussion: Power Line and Blue Crab Boulevard
Greg Jefferson / MySanAntonio.com:
Rodriguez to seek District 23 seat  —  Former Congressman Ciro Rodriguez stopped playing coy Wednesday night and said he's in the race for U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla's post.  —  "We've been looking at the data, and it's doable," Rodriguez said.  "It's not going to be easy, but it's doable."
Watertiger / Dependable Renegade:
I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation  —  for the GOP choosing to make Howard Dean look like Hitler on its official website.  —  Atrios posted this screen grab:  —  So I went hunting.  Yes, that "moustache" photo does exist on someone guy's blog under the header "Dean Goes Mad," …
Discussion: Democrats.com and ConnecticutBLOG
 
 
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