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1:40 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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New York Times:
Lieberman Seizes on Terror Arrests to Attack Rival  —  Senator Joseph I. Lieberman seized on the terror arrests in Britain today to attack his Democratic rival, Ned Lamont, saying that Mr. Lamont's goals for ending the war in Iraq would constitute a "victory" for the extremists who are accused …
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.
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 …
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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.
New York Times:
Dry Run Was Planned in Bomb Plot, Officials Say  —  American intelligence officials said today that they and their British counterparts had been tracking terrorists for months before the schemers were rounded up in Britain, and that they could not say positively that all the plotters had yet been caught.
Haaretz:
Peretz: Israel will exhaust diplomatic options before expanding war  —  Defense Minister Amir Peretz stated Thursday that Israel will exhaust diplomatic options before expanding the military operation in Lebanon.  —  "We are responsible for considering all options," Peretz said while visiting …
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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.
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
PM: New UN draft proposal could end Lebanon fighting
Discussion: The Head Heeb
Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:
Worry About the West — Not Israel
Discussion: Power Line and Blue Crab Boulevard
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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Meryl Yourish / Yourish.com:
The enemy is winning the propaganda war  —  A German TV news show segment on YouTube is racing around the blogosphere.  Why?  Because it is absolute proof that Hezbullah manipulates the media for their benefit.  —  Watch it, and be horrified, as you see "Green Helmet Guy" direct the taking of pictures of the victims of Qana.
Discussion: Solomonia
Richard / EU Referendum:
It's all the same war!
Little Green Footballs:
More Death Cult Propaganda  —  This AP photograph from Gaza, published yesterday, claims to show a little Palestinian girl killed by an Israeli airstrike being carried into a hospital, surrounded by armed men (probably Hamas). … Another photo, this one from Reuters, shows the dead girl lying …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
STICKS AND STONES  —  This morning, Joe Malchow noted that a CAIR press conference on the arrest of more than twenty alleged terrorists in England was scheduled for noon, eastern time.  Joe gave CAIR some very sound advice on what to say: … Joe also predicted that CAIR wouldn't take his advice …
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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," …
Paul J. Gough / Reuters:
What retirement?  Mike Wallace gets scoop in Iran  —  NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - "60 Minutes" veteran correspondent Mike Wallace may have retired last March but that hasn't stopped him from scoring an exclusive interview with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
White House:
President Bush Discusses Terror Plot Upon Arrival in Wisconsin  —  THE PRESIDENT: The recent arrests that our fellow citizens are now learning about are a stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our nation.
Atrios / Eschaton:
Nedrenaline!  —  Didn't have much time to actually report on what went on in Connecticut while I was there.  There's a conflict between reporting on events and participating in them - the former makes the latter much harder - and I generally just want to be a participant.
Discussion: The Nation and TBogg
Steven Aftergood / Secrecy News:
Recipients of "Leaks" May Be Prosecuted, Court Rules  —  In a momentous expansion of the government's authority to regulate public disclosure of national security information, a federal court ruled that even private citizens who do not hold security clearances can be prosecuted for unauthorized receipt …
Richard Holbrooke / Washington Post:
The Guns Of August  —  Two full-blown crises, in Lebanon and Iraq, are merging into a single emergency.  A chain reaction could spread quickly almost anywhere between Cairo and Bombay.  Turkey is talking openly of invading northern Iraq to deal with Kurdish terrorists based there.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Dems say plot proves Iraq is a diversion from the war on terror  —  There are bits from Reid and Kerry too, but as usual it's Teddy who provides the pull-quote for the day's events: … We've reached the point where either you see instantly what's wrong with that statement or you don't …
Discussion: Slublog and Confederate Yankee
 
 
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Times of London:
Pakistani intelligence helped foil bombing plot
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