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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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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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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.
The Blotter:
British Penetrate Terror Cell — Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report: — Operation Overt, the British called it, though they cracked it using covert means. — They had an undercover operative deep inside the group of at least 30 terrorists who had developed a simple …
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 …
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.
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The Pakistan Connection — Pakistani police on Thursday arrested …
The Pakistan Connection — Pakistani police on Thursday arrested …
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Opinion Journal:
'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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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.
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.
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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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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Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Up to 40,000 troops could enter s. Lebanon in new push
Up to 40,000 troops could enter s. Lebanon in new push
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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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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.
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:
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Terror Arrests Play in Political Arena — Republicans seized on the arrests of terrorism suspects in Britain yesterday to bolster a White House campaign to turn national security issues to their advantage this fall, arguing that the nation needs tough Republican policies to protect Americans from threats from abroad.
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Philip Klein / American Spectator:
Fog of Reuters — Between 2001 and 2004 I worked as a reporter for Reuters, the global news agency that is embroiled in a scandal for running doctored photos of Israeli military operations in Lebanon. — Though I don't have specific knowledge of what went on at the photo desk when Reuters ran …
Tim Tagaris / Ned Lamont for Senate:
haXored [25] — Ummm ... the Lieberman campaign sent out a mass email on the morning of the election. Further, they invited their entire list to attend a "victory party" at 5 PM ... three hours before the polls closed. — Just sayin ... let's stop repeating that they didn't have the ability …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The War and the Democrats — A reader writes: … My only substantive quarrel with this is as follows: the proclaimed Bush policy was not mere deployment of brute force, torture, bombs and swagger as a response to the civil war within Islam. It was ostensibly to create a beach-head for modernity and democracy in Iraq.
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 …