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Jerusalem Post:
US, France agree on cease-fire draft; UNSC vote at 1 am — France and the United States reached a deal Friday on a final draft resolution that would authorize the deployment of 15,000 UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon to support a Lebanese force as it takes control of the region and Israel withdraws.
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Associated Press, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Riehl World View, Say Anything and Israel Matzav
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Mixed Bag Cease Fire — It appears that Ehud Olmert has accepted in principle the cease-fire proposal offered by the US and France, who apparently recovered somewhat from the swoon it experienced over Arab criticism of the original proposal. The UN Security Council meets shortly to debate …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Olmert accepts UN ceasefire deal (UNSC passes ceasefire resolution) — And is urging the Israeli government to approve it. The ground invasion is still on, but perhaps only until the UN votes on a resolution tonight or tomorrow. — No word yet on the terms, but I think I speak for all of us when I say: super.
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 …
Karin Laub / Associated Press:
Israeli PM has accepted cease-fire deal — JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has accepted an emerging Mideast cease-fire deal and informed the United States of his decision, Israeli officials said Friday. — Olmert will recommend that his government approve the deal in its meeting on Sunday …
Deacon / Power Line:
THE AMATEUR HOUR CONTINUES — The Jerusalem Post reports that the U.S. and our partner the French have agreed upon a cease fire resolution. From what I can tell, the resolution is a bad joke. Apparently, the same U.N. clown force that has been doing nothing in south Lebanon will be deployed.
Warren Hoge / New York Times:Resolution to Halt Fighting in Lebanon Is Unanimously Approved
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Lawyers, Guns and Money
Haaretz:Olmert gives IDF green light to expand ground offensive
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Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Whiskey Bar, Taylor Marsh, One Hand Clapping, Winds of Change.NET and Blue Crab Boulevard
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.
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Sarah Kapis / WBOY-TV 12 News Featured Content:
Local Links to Terrorist Arrests — The Washington County Sheriffs Department in Ohio has arrested two men for their involvement in what police say could be aiding terrorists, and one man linked to them could have been doing the same in Taylor County. — This is a story you'll read about Only on 12 News.
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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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.
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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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Hot Air, Flopping Aces, Dr. Helen, Don Surber, Taylor Marsh, The Shape of Days, PunditGuy, Counterterrorism Blog, Suitably Flip, Sister Toldjah, CNN and Financial Times
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Peter Wilson / The Australian:
British police find martyrdom video … BRITISH police claim to have found a "martyrdom video" in which one of the 24 British Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to destroy up to a dozen passenger aircraft sets out his reasons for joining the planned suicide attack.
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
'Green Helmet' helps rescue the wounded — TYRE, Lebanon - After hours of digging in the blistering heat, Salam Daher emerged from the wreckage with the body of a 9-month-old baby, a blue pacifier still pinned to its nightshirt. — He held the infant up and, click, an Associated Press …
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Little Green Footballs:
AP Stands Behind Green Helmet Guy — The Associated Press identifies "Green Helmet Guy:" 'Green Helmet' helps rescue the wounded. (Hat tip: Bubbaman.) — They want us to know that Salam Daher would never be involved in such a thing as propaganda for Hizballah. … And an interesting admission here.
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Los Angeles Times:
The West 100 — Our list of the most powerful people in Southern California — 1. Donald Bren — Chairman, Irvine Co.; 74, Newport Beach — Simply put, Orange County looks like Orange County—much of it uniformly manicured and catering to the high life and high tech—because of the influence of one man.
David Sirota / The Huffington Post:
VIDEO: Going Up Against Ann Coulter on CNBC — I had the chance to debate Ann Coulter today on CNBC's Kudlow and Company - and wow, for one of the GOP's top icons, she was truly unimpressive. You can watch the video of the ensuing debate here in .mov format, and here on YouTube.
Examiner:
Time to profile terrorists, not grandmas — The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner — WASHINGTON - Thursday's foiled terrorist plot to smuggle liquid-based bombs on board nearly a dozen trans-oceanic commercial airliners flying to and from the U.S. and Britain caused near-panic …
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 …
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