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12:35 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
Adam Entous / Reuters:
Olmert faces backlash over Lebanon war
Discussion: Dinocrat
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Now It's Time To Play Beat The Clock
Discussion: NewsHog
Ari Shavit / Haaretz:
It's time for truth, not spin
Discussion: Needlenose
Jerusalem Post:
Polls: Drop in support for Olmert
Discussion: Arutz Sheva, Israel Matzav and Ynetnews
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
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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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: Hot Air and Associated Press
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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
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
Telegraph:
Muslims urge Blair to end the violence  —  Tony Blair has been urged to change UK foreign policy and do more to end the violence in the Middle East.  —  A letter to the Prime Minister from some of Britain's most influential Muslims, which appears as a full-page advert in some national newspapers …
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
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Telegraph:   The letter to the Prime Minister
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 …
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.
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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