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1:25 PM ET, August 11, 2006

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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 …
Discussion: Euphoric Reality
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.
Times of London:
Arrest of duo in Pakistan triggered bomb plot swoop  —  Two British Muslims arrested eight to ten days ago in Lahore and Karachi gave vital information about the alleged plot to detonate chemical suicide bombs on US-bound passenger jets, officials in Pakistan told The Times today.
Time:
Thwarting the Airline Plot: Inside the Investigation
The Blotter:   British Penetrate Terror Cell
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain  —  With the defeat of Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary in Connecticut, antiwar forces are poised for a takeover of the Democratic Party.  Tuesday's exhilarating victory, and the elan and electoral legitimacy gained, may carry the newly energized Democratic left …
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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 …
Lawrence O'Donnell / The Huffington Post:
Joe Lieberman Will Drop Out.
Discussion: My Left Nutmeg
Zogby:
Democrats Pleased Joe Got Beat in Connecticut
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Telegraph:
Middle-class and British: the Muslims in plots to bomb jets  —  Timeline: five years since September 11  —  Twenty-four terrorist suspects being held last night over an alleged plot to blow up as many as 10 transatlantic jets include middle-class, well-educated young men born in Britain.
Robert Barr / Associated Press:
U.K. identifies suspects in terror plot
Discussion: TigerHawk
Times of London:
A plan 'to commit unimaginable mass murder'
Discussion: The Asylum
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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Jerusalem Post:
Lebanon: Cease-fire draft 'unacceptable'  —  A new obstacle arose over the latest UN draft proposal to stop the fighting between Israel and Hizbullah on Thursday night, when Lebanon refused to allow the French to enforce its mandate as allowed by the UN's chapter VII regulations.
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Haaretz:
Main stumbling block to truce deal is timing of IDF withdrawal  —  UNITED NATIONS - The United States and France were on the cusp of a deal on a Security Council resolution aimed at ending the month-long conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, and could break the diplomatic deadlock at last on Friday.
Haaretz:
Olmert gives IDF green light to expand ground offensive
Discussion: Hot Air and One Hand Clapping
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
GOP Candidates Facing Troublesome Trend  —  Republicans determined to win in November are up against a troublesome trend - growing opposition to President Bush.  —  An Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted this week found the president's approval rating has dropped to 33 percent, matching his low in May.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
08/10/06 FOX News Poll: 2006 Election Anti-Incumbent Fever; Job Ratings
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
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 …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Dr. Sanity
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
Put the blame where it belongs: God and the Republican Party  —  We are so screwed.  —  That's the result of a new survey of people's attitudes toward evolution.  Notice where the United States lies: nearly dead last.  We beat Turkey.  —  There was more to this study than just asking whether …
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.
Rogers / Kung Fu Monkey:
"Wait, Aren't You Scared?"  —  Errr, no. And if you are, you frankly should be a little goddam embarrassed.  —  No false bravado and it's not that I don't take terrorism seriously.  I do, which I why I voted for the guy who believed in securing our ports and fighting terrorism …
 
 
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