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6:00 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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New York, 11 August 2006 - Secretary-General's statement to the …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Now It's Time To Play Beat The Clock
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John Solomon / Associated Press:
Bush staff wanted bomb-detect cash moved  —  WASHINGTON - While the British terror suspects were hatching their plot, the Bush administration was quietly seeking permission to divert $6 million that was supposed to be spent this year developing new homeland explosives detection technology.
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New York Times:
Focused on 9/11, U.S. Is Seen to Lag on New Threats
Adam Entous / Reuters:
Olmert faces backlash over Lebanon war  —  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced a backlash on Friday over a U.N. proposal to end the war in Lebanon, with army officers saying they were held back and right-wing rivals calling for new elections.
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Donald Sensing / Winds of Change.NET:
SHALOM, EHUD, AND GOODBYE
Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
FAQ - Special "Peace In Our Time" Edition!
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Legal surveillance, not illegal eavesdropping, stopped the U.K. terrorist attacks  —  (updated below)  —  As I noted on Thursday, Bush supporters have been attempting to exploit the U.K. terrorist plot to bolster support for an array of extremist and lawless Bush policies …
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Zahid Hussain / Times of London:
Airline terror plotters 'linked to 7/7 bombers'
Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
Airliner Plot Had Support In Pakistan, Officials Say
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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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Dan / Riehl World View:   AP Source Salam Daher Rescues Bodies That Aren't There
Kate Connolly / Telegraph:
I was in Hitler's SS, admits Günter Grass  —  Germany was rocked by the revelations last night that Günter Grass, its greatest living author and doyen of the Left, was a member of Hitler's elite Waffen-SS.  —  The Nobel laureate, who has been the country's moral guide for decades …
Marcus Mabry / MSNBC:
The Ripple Effect  —  The foiled airline plot boosts President Bush's terror ratings, but the new NEWSWEEK Poll finds a lot for Democrats to cheer as the midterm elections approach.  —  Charles Rex Arbogast / AP  —  Americans awakened to a new day of air travel on Aug. 10.
Tim Rutten / Los Angeles Times:
Lebanon photos: Take a closer look  —  THE controversy this week over Reuters' distribution of digitally manipulated, falsely labeled and — probably — staged photos of the fighting in Lebanon hasn't been nearly as large as it should have been.  —  Credit for bringing the sordid business …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Joe Lieberman And The Jews  —  Rabbi Marc Gellman, writing in Newsweek, expresses puzzlement about why Joe Lieberman did so poorly among Connecticut's Jews.  Here's part of it: … There's a lot more in his impassioned essay but the answer may be a bit simple:  —  Few groups are totally monolithic anymore.
Discussion: The Empire Zone
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Marc Gellman / MSNBC:
Joe and the Jews
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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.
Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. Ambassador Says Iran Is Inciting Attacks  —  Iran is pressing Shiite militias here to step up attacks against the American-led forces in retaliation for the Israeli assault on Lebanon, the American ambassador to Iraq said Friday.  Iran may foment even more violence as it faces off …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Dave Eberhart / NewsMax.com:
Expert: Iran Poised To Be 'Mother of All World Threats'  —  WASHINGTON — For anyone who still thinks the Israeli-Lebanon war is just a border scuffle, one Middle East expert shouts a dire warning:  —  "As soon as a cease fire occurs, the 'Hezbollah Blitzkrieg' will crumble the 'Lebanese Republic …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Howie Klein / Firedoglake:
Blue America: Dave Mejias, NY-03  —  (Dave Mejias joins us live in the comments to chat with you about his candidacy.  Please stop by the comments and give Dave a great FDL welcome.  Thanks!  — CHS)  —  When I spoke with Dave Mejias on the phone a couple days ago I mentioned that I grew …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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.
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Whose Issue Is Terrorism?  —  The Parties Maneuver for Advantage on National Security  —  The aggressive Democratic response to this week's foiled terrorist plot reflects a widely shared view among party strategists that intensified attacks against President Bush represent the best chance …
 
 
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Muslims urge Blair to end the violence
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