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1:10 PM ET, August 12, 2006

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Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
Israel nearly triples troops in Lebanon  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel staged wide-ranging airstrikes and sent commandos into the Hezbollah heartland Saturday as the United Nations raced to begin enforcing its new cease-fire blueprint and stop the heavy fighting still raging in southern Lebanon.
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un.org:
New York, 11 August 2006 - Secretary-General's statement to the Security Council on the adoption of a resolution on Lebanon  —  I welcome wholeheartedly the resolution you are about to adopt, and I am greatly relieved that it provides for a full and immediate cessation of hostilities.
Discussion: Redstate and Power Line
New York Times:
U.N. Council Backs Measure to Halt War in Lebanon  —  The Security Council agreed unanimously on Friday on a measure calling for a full cessation of hostilities in Lebanon, deploying 30,000 Lebanese and United Nations forces in southern Lebanon and calling upon Israel to withdraw its forces "in parallel."
Washington Post:
Peace Resolution for Lebanon Unanimously Approved at U.N.  —  Council Calls for Israeli Withdrawal, International Force  —  The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday that calls for a halt to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and authorizes the deployment …
Donald Sensing / Winds of Change.NET:
SHALOM, EHUD, AND GOODBYE  —  Crystal ball on:  —  Ehud Olmert's days are numbered as prime minister.  The slapdash, haphazard and wholly indecisive way he has handled the Hezbollah war has doomed his chances of remaining in office past the end of this year, probably before then and maybe very soon.
Adam Entous / Reuters:
Olmert faces backlash over Lebanon war
Discussion: Dinocrat
Aluf Benn / Haaretz:
Olmert bars Livni from attending UN Security Council sessions
Ari Shavit / Haaretz:
It's time for truth, not spin
Discussion: Needlenose
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Olmert Will Accept & Recommend Cease Fire
Discussion: Silent Running
Wall Street Journal:
Aircraft-Security Focus Swings to People  —  Spotting Dangerous Individuals Gains Supporters, but Remains Beset With Problems  —  Security officials trying to protect America's airliners face a twin battle: stopping bad stuff and stopping bad people.  —  Most of the focus has traditionally …
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New York Times:
Focused on 9/11, U.S. Is Seen to Lag on New Threats
Discussion: The Left Coaster and The Corner
John Solo / ABCNEWS:
Bush Staff Wanted Bomb-Detect Cash Moved
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
A Response To Paul  —  Paul Mirengoff, a true gentleman and a friend, responds to my criticism that he unfairly criticized George Bush for agreeing to the Security Council resolution, rightly noting that I did not explain myself in much detail.  Paul politely restates his case and attempts to interpret my thin line of argument.
Discussion: Power Line
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Deacon / Power Line:
A RESPONSE TO CAPTAIN ED
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Matthew Pennington / Associated Press:
Pakistan nabs 17 in airplane terror plot  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani intelligence agents have arrested as many as 17 people, some of them British nationals and at least one with alleged ties to al-Qaida, in the plot to blow up jetliners flying from Britain to the United States.
Discussion: Associated Press and Hot Air
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Associated Press:
Conservative group sets sights on Chafee  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Fresh off their first victory over a Republican incumbent, GOP conservatives seeking party purity on taxes and spending are focused on ousting moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Chafee Is Targeted By GOP Conservative Group
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
'Green Helmet' helps rescue the wounded  —  TYRE, Lebanon - After hours of digging in the blistering heat, Salam Daher emerged from the wreckage with the body of a 9-month-old baby, a blue pacifier still pinned to its nightshirt.  —  He held the infant up and, click, an Associated Press …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Increasingly, Bush Escapes the Media Pack  —  GREEN BAY, Wis. — On one of the scariest days yet in the five-year battle with terrorists, President Bush prepared to make a speech to reassure the American people.  But the White House press corps was 1,000 miles away in Texas.
Julie Burchill / Haaretz:
Bleeding-heart ignoramuses  —  A few weeks back it was my birthday, and my equally non-Jewish journalist friend Chas Newkey-Burden took his life in his hands and presented me with a cuddly toy.  Now, normally I feel that people who bother with cuddly toys over the age of eight are either mad …
Associated Press:
Lamont aide to apologize for comment  —  WATERBURY, Conn. - Democrat Ned Lamont's campaign manager said he would apologize to the mayor of Waterbury for describing the city that backed his opponent, Sen. Joe Lieberman, as a place "where the forces of slime meet the forces of evil."
Los Angeles Times:
The West 100  —  Our list of the most powerful people in Southern California  —  1. Donald Bren  —  Chairman, Irvine Co.; 74, Newport Beach  —  Simply put, Orange County looks like Orange County—much of it uniformly manicured and catering to the high life and high tech—because of the influence of one man.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and LA Observed
Andrew Gimson / Telegraph:
Americans will die for liberty  —  As we took off from London for New York a few days ago, our three over-excited children asked if there was any chance of the plane being blown up.  I explained that the likelihood of that happening was virtually zero, and wondered how we were going to maintain …
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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