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 …

Nasrallah: We will abide by cease-fire  —  Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday that his organization would abide by the United Nations resolution calling for a cease-fire although he was not completely satisfied with its text.  —  Nasrallah's announcement came …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

"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 …

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 …

Joe and the Jews  —  Our columnist is mystified that so many Jewish voters deserted Sen. Joe Lieberman.  —  Joe Lieberman did not lose the Democratic primary because of his support for the war in Iraq.  He lost because of his lack of support from Jews.  Joe got the support of black Baptists …

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 …

3 Texas men arraigned on terror charges  —  CARO, Mich. - Three Texas men were arraigned Saturday on terrorism-related charges after police found about 1,000 cell phones in their minivan.  —  Investigators believe the men were targeting the 5-mile-long Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas.