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10:30 AM ET, August 14, 2006

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Daniel McGrory / Times of London:
Lebanon's 'real' soldiers are put in their place  —  TODAY was supposed to be the day when the muchmaligned army of Lebanon took control of its borders and policed the UN ceasefire.  —  Instead, its military commanders were left humiliated and its troops stranded as Hezbollah told them not to try to disarm its fighters.
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Washington Post:
Israel Accepts U.N. Deal  —  The Israeli cabinet voted Sunday to accept a U.N.-declared cease-fire, even as Israeli military forces and Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon launched some of their most intense barrages of the war in anticipation of the Monday morning deadline.
Discussion: Think Progress
Haaretz:
Tense calm across Lebanon as UN-brokered truce takes effect  —  A tense calm took the place of more than a month of bitter fighting between Israel and Hezbollah Monday morning, as a UN-brokered cease-fire went into effect.  —  Tension was high before and after the deadline.
Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
Lebanese return home after cease-fire  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese civilians streamed back to their homes Monday after a U.N.-imposed cease-fire halted fighting in a monthlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.  Israel's defense minister said that, barring isolated skirmishes, the cease-fire was holding.
Agence France Presse:
Truce will be Israel's last, Lebanon envoy declares  —  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Lebanon's UN ambassador bitterly slammed Israel's month-long bombardment of his country ahead of a hard-won truce, and vowed that the treaty would be Israel's last with any Middle East country.
Jerusalem Post:
'LAF to deploy in South within 72 hours'
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
J'lem expects cease-fire deal to fail
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IDF reports 2 local incidents in which troops fired at gunmen
Discussion: Liberty and Justice
Reuters:   Egypt FM hails Hezbollah for having 'fought with honor'
William Shawcross / Jerusalem Post:
Yes, the problem is 'Islamic fascism'
Discussion: Power Line and Israel Matzav
Yoav Stern / Haaretz:
Hezbollah torpedoes Lebanese gov't meeting on disarmament
Josh White / Washington Post:
Chertoff: No U.S. Terror Link Seen  —  As DHS Lowers Threat Level, Chief Calls for Continued Vigilance  —  There is no evidence that terrorists were working within the United States as part of a plot to detonate explosives on airliners, but U.S. officials remain on guard after last week's arrests …
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Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:   Chertoff wants US to review antiterror laws
Washington Post:
U.S. Responded to Plot With Speed, Secrecy
Discussion: Blinq and New York Times
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
For GOP, Bad Gets Worse in Northeast  —  Incumbents Shy From Party and President  —  PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. — When it comes to President Bush and the Republican Congress, Rep. Jim Gerlach says voters in his suburban Philadelphia district are in a "sour mood."  —  That's why when it comes …
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TalkLeft:   Tough Times Ahead for Republicans
Michael Gerson / MSNBC:
The View From the Top  —  A former Bush adviser on 9/11, Iraq and the lessons of five tumultuous years-for the president and the public.  —  Five Washington Augusts ago, for me, is not just a different time; it is a distant country.  At the White House, we debated the nuances of stem-cell research.
Discussion: Daily Pundit and Dean's World
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Susan Estrich / Fox News:
Voters Must Beware of Republicans' Terrorism Trap  —  LOS ANGELES —  This is not about the war in Iraq.  —  It has nothing to do with Joe Lieberman.  —  This is the Republican trap.  —  Don't fall in.  —  "They have tried to keep it together — they have to make it one in people's minds …
Discussion: The News Blog
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Christian Science Monitor:
Part 1: The kidnapping  —  An interview with an Iraqi politician turns deadly.  —  My chief captor had an idea about how to prod the US government into action: another video.  —  He said this one would be different, and left.  —  I turned to the two guards sitting on cushions a few feet away and started to panic.
Times of London:
Wimmin at War  —  It is 25 years since the Greenham Common protests began.  Sarah Baxter was there, but now asks why feminist ideals have become twisted into support for groups like Hezbollah  —  When Ann Pettitt, the mother of two young children, and her friends set off in August 25 years ago …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Paul Stokes / Telegraph:
Passport photograph of girl's bare shoulders rejected 'as it may offend'  —  A five-year-old girl's passport application was rejected because her photograph showed her bare shoulders.  —  Hannah Edwards's mother, Jane, was told that the exposed skin might be considered offensive in a Muslim country.
Discussion: USS Neverdock
Wall Street Journal:
Which Travelers Have 'Hostile Intent'?  Biometric Device May Have the Answer  —  At airport security checkpoints in Knoxville, Tenn. this summer, scores of departing passengers were chosen to step behind a curtain, sit in a metallic oval booth and don headphones.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
William Heisel / Los Angeles Times:
Official's Tax Break: on Firm Ground?  —  Rep. Miller has avoided paying millions on real estate profits.  He says the sales were forced; cities' officials dispute that.  —  When U.S. Rep. Gary Miller (R-Diamond Bar) sold 165 acres to the city of Monrovia in 2002, he made a profit of more than $10 million …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Dan / Riehl World View:
Did Hezbollah Do The Unthinkable?  —  I think we generally underestimate the horrible acts of which the most committed Islamo-fascists are capable.  I don't know why, given that we know they are capable of mass murder of innocents on airplanes or in buildings, but we do still underestimate them.
Barry Rubin / Jerusalem Post:
The Region: Syria and Iran get off scot-free  —  What is the impact of the Lebanon war on the Arab world?  A good way to analyze this incredibly important question is to focus on Israeli deterrence - Jerusalem's ability to prevent a war by persuading the enemy that an attack is too costly.
Discussion: Power Line and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Ahmadinejad on 60 Minutes  —  It killed me to cut the part where Mike Wallace told him how good he looked.  Fair use, as I've often said, is a stern mistress.  —  I also deliberately cut the part that's available in the sidebar at CBS (see update below).
 
 
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