Staged Shots from Lebanon?  Please comment...  This link was provided in another post but I thought it deserved a thread of its own.  It shows an unidentified man apparently staging for the cameras a photo which essentially uses dead children as props......first of all I am appauled …

Comment: An unmitigated disaster  —  There is a good reason that Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah has accepted UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which sets the terms for a cease-fire between his jihad army and the State of Israel.  —  The resolution represents a near-total victory …

Source: U.S., U.K. at odds over timing of arrests  —  British wanted to continue surveillance on terror suspects, official says … MSNBC TV  —  LONDON - NBC News has learned that U.S. and British authorities had a significant disagreement over when to move in on the suspects in the alleged plot …

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 …

A DEFEAT FOR ISRAEL  —  In "Sharon's strategy" (February 2005) I wrote: … Making the necessary changes to adjust for the present circumstances, including the intervening election of Prime Minster Olmert on Sharon's platform earlier this year, I can't do much better than that this morning.

FAQ - Special "Peace In Our Time" Edition!  —  1) What would happen if all the Arab nations and their terrorist proxies like Hezbollah set down their arms and gave up their ambitions to drive Israel into the sea?  —  There would be peace in the Middle East.

Bureaucracy impedes bomb-detection work  —  WASHINGTON — As the British terror plot was unfolding, the Bush administration quietly tried to take away $6 million that was supposed to be spent this year developing new explosives detection technology.  Congressional leaders rejected the idea …

"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  Coverage of Lamont-Lieberman race: a case study in how anti-Dem narratives dominate political media — even as political threat level for Republicans rises to "severe"  —  In the wake of Connecticut Democratic Senate candidate Ned Lamont's primary victory …

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.

Hezbollah.  On our streets.  In our cities.  I am NOT making this up.  —  [Scroll for updates]  —  I attended the anti-Hezbollah rally in Toronto today, to counter to pro-Hezbollah rally that was taking place in front of the Israeli Consulate.  It is pretty terrifying to see such support …

Calame: Times Lied About Timing Of NSA Article  —  The New York Times' public editor, Byron Calame, publishes a startling admision from Bill Keller regarding the publication delay of the most explosive story in his short reign as managing editor.  Earlier, when Keller told people …

Target Britain: Wave of attacks planned, say investigators  —  Terrorists in UK still possess huge arsenal of bombs and weapons.  Country remains under 'very severe' threat, security sources warn  —  Suspected terrorists were planning to unleash a wave of "apocalyptic" attacks on land and air …