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6:35 PM ET, August 11, 2006

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Fox News:
Pakistan: Suspected London Plane Terrorists Have Al Qaeda Connection  —  LONDON — Police arrested 40 people in cities throughout Italy in raids on Muslim gathering places in a security crackdown after Britain thwarted an alleged terror plot, the Interior Ministry said Friday …
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Philadelphia Daily News:
BUSH AND CHENEY'S REIGN OF ERROR  —  VEEP SAYS CONN. VOTERS AIDING AL QAEDA.  NOW, THAT'S SCARY.  —  THESE PEOPLE have no shame.  Their contempt for democracy is so great they will stop at nothing to undermine it.  Their adherence to fundamentalist beliefs that blinds them to reality is frightening.
Washington Post:
Tip Followed '05 Attacks on London Transit
Peter Wilson / The Australian:
British police find martyrdom video
Haaretz:
Olmert gives IDF green light to expand ground offensive  —  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz on Friday ordered the Israel Defense Forces to implement an expanded ground operation in Lebanon.  —  The cabinet approved an operation Wednesday calling for a push to the Litani River …
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CNN:
U.N. vote on Lebanon cease-fire resolution expected  —  UNITED NATIONS (CNN) — France and the United States said Friday they have agreed on a final text of a resolution that would end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.  —  It will be distributed …
Paul Burkhardt / Associated Press:
U.S., France agree on Mideast resolution  —  UNITED NATIONS - France and the United States reached a deal Friday on a final draft resolution aimed at ending the monthlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, and said the U.N. Security Council would vote on the text later in the day.
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Up to 40,000 troops could enter s.  Lebanon in new push  —  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz ordered the IDF on Friday to send ground forces into Lebanon and up to the Litani river, some 30 kilometers from Israel.  —  Olmert's spokesman, Asaf Shariv …
Karin Laub / Associated Press:
Israeli PM has accepted cease-fire deal
Discussion: Hot Air and The Left Coaster
Jerusalem Post:
US, France agree on cease-fire draft; UNSC vote at 1 am
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Democrats assail GOP fundraising effort  —  WASHINGTON - Democrats assailed the Republicans Friday for e-mailing a fundraising appeal mentioning the war on terror hours after British authorities disclosed they had disrupted a plot to blow up aircraft headed to the United States.
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Sam Licavoli II / WNEM-TV:
Three Middle Eastern Men Found With 1000 Cell Phones  —  (TV5) — Around 1:00am August 11th three men purchased cell phones from the Wal-Mart store on M-81 near the corner of M-24 in Caro.  Wal-Mart places a limit on the number of cell phones that can be purchased at once, that number is three.
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
The first step towards defeating the terrorists: stop blaming ourselves  —  THERE'S A familiar ritual each time an operation to thwart a putative terrorist incident dominates the news.  After the public's initial expressions of relief and shuddering contemplation of what might have been …
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
President Remains Eager to Cut Entitlement Spending  —  The Bush administration has begun sounding out lawmakers and other key figures about mounting a new bipartisan effort to rein in the costs of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security after the midterm elections, according to officials in the administration and on Capitol Hill.
Discussion: Angry Bear and Cato-at-liberty
Jason Horowitz / The New York Observer Politicker:
A Republican Headache for Lieberman?  —  No one is happier about Alan Schlesinger, the hapless Republican candidate in the three-way race for Joe Lieberman's seat in Connecticut, than Joe Lieberman.  —  The incumbent senator, after all, is counting on the support of Republicans …
Little Green Footballs:
LGF Exclusive: How Much Does It Cost to Buy Global TV News?  —  An LGF reader who worked for Associated Press TV News sent me the following article explaining how APTN works, and suggesting a reason why their coverage of the Middle East is so overwhelmingly biased against Israel:
Discussion: A Blog For All and Elder of Ziyon
Rasmussen Reports:
Montana Senate: Burns Bouncing Back  —  Candidates Tied at 47%  —  The most recent Rasmussen Reports election poll in Montana shows incumbent Republican Senator Conrad Burns and Democrat Jon Tester tied at 47% (see crosstabs).  This month's results mark an improvement for Burns …
Hartford Courant:
State Still Checking Lieberman's Petitions  —  U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman is acting like he is a candidate in November's general election, but it won't be known for several days whether his petition drive to gain a spot on the ballot is successful.  —  The morning after his primary defeat to Ned Lamont …
Ian / Hot Air:
Video: Brian Williams' liberal math  —  Oops, he did it again.  NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, reporting from London's Heathrow Airport, likens jihadi suicide bombers to-well, let's let him speak for himself: … Last year, Brian Williams compared our founding fathers to terrorists:
Lawrence O'Donnell / The Huffington Post:
Joe Lieberman Will Drop Out.  —  Joe Lieberman will drop out.  He probably knows right now that the day will come in late September when he will announce his withdrawal from the race.  No one is going to have to talk him into it.  By that time, the Democratic Party power structure will be doing …
Ynetnews:
Peace activist murdered by Palestinian  —  Angelo Frammartino, a 24 year-old Italian student, planned to set up summer camp for Palestinians; He was attacked and murdered by Arab knifeman  —  Angelo Frammartino, a 24 year-old student from Italy who arrived in Israel as a human rights organization activist …
 
 
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