memeorandum: Olmert gives IDF green light to expand ground offensive (Haaretz)

5:15 PM ET, August 11, 2006

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'Mass Murder' Foiled — A terror plot is exposed by the policies many American liberals oppose. — Americans went to work yesterday to news of another astonishing terror plot against U.S. airlines, only this time the response was grateful relief. British authorities had busted the …

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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.

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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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New York Times:

The London Plot — For almost five years now, we have carried around the legacy of Sept. 11. There is no sunny morning that does not revive its memory. The news of a terrorist plot against America-bound airliners yesterday called up feelings that are never all that far below the surface.

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The Blotter:

FBI Investigates American Connection to London Terror Plot — Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report: — U.S. law enforcement sources tell ABC News the FBI is investigating new leads that involve a possible connection between people in the United States, in major east coast cities, and the London bomb plotters.

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Daily Mail:

Day of terror strikes was planned for August 16 — Terrorists were planning to unleash a series of deadly mid-air explosions on flights between London and America on August 16, it has been revealed today. — Members of the terror group, who were arrested in a series of raids …

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Times of London:
Arrest of duo in Pakistan triggered bomb plot swoop

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Robert Barr / Associated Press:
U.K. identifies suspects in terror plot

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Juan / Informed Comment:
The Pakistan Connection — Pakistani police on Thursday arrested …

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The Blotter:
British Penetrate Terror Cell

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Alan Cowell / New York Times:
19 Suspects Are Identified in Britain

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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 …

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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 …

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
UN-dermined: Olmert orders ground assault to push to the Litani …

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Jerusalem Post:
Lebanon: Cease-fire draft 'unacceptable'

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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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Washington Post:
Both Parties Claim Edge as Terror Is Reinforced as a Campaign Topic

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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 …

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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain

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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.

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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.

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.

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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: