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7:20 PM ET, August 11, 2006

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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Left Coaster
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 …
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.
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.
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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Peter Wilson / The Australian:
British police find martyrdom video
Washington Post:
Tip Followed '05 Attacks on London Transit
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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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.
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
Discussion: Cato-at-liberty and The RCP Blog
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.
Little Green Footballs:
LGF Exclusive: How Much Does It Cost to Buy Global TV News?  —  An LGF reader who worked for Associated Press TV News sent me the following article explaining how APTN works, and suggesting a reason why their coverage of the Middle East is so overwhelmingly biased against Israel:
James Robison / Ray Robison:
The trail of the Sky Bombers  —  Allah at Hot Air links to a Brian Ross piece at ABC's The Blotter with a most likely name for the high ranking al Qaeda terrorist ring-leader picked up in Pakistan. … I did a little research on this because it intersects with the IIS agents notebook Sammi translated …
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.
Discussion: Angry Bear and Cato-at-liberty
Rasmussen Reports:
Montana Senate: Burns Bouncing Back  —  Candidates Tied at 47%  —  The most recent Rasmussen Reports election poll in Montana shows incumbent Republican Senator Conrad Burns and Democrat Jon Tester tied at 47% (see crosstabs).  This month's results mark an improvement for Burns …
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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