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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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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
A Response To Paul — Paul Mirengoff, a true gentleman and a friend …
A Response To Paul — Paul Mirengoff, a true gentleman and a friend …
John Solo / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
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 …
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MSNBC:
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 …
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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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Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
FAQ - Special "Peace In Our Time" Edition!
FAQ - Special "Peace In Our Time" Edition!
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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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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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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 …
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 …
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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.
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.
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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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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