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Arthur Herman / New York Post:
THE MIDEAST'S MUNICH — WAR WITH MULLAHS IS COMING — HISTORIANS will look back at this weekend's cease-fire agreement in Lebanon as a pivotal moment in the war on terror. It is pivotal in the same sense that the Munich agreement between Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain was pivotal …
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Condoleezza Rice / Washington Post:
A Path To Lasting Peace — For the past month the United States has worked urgently to end the violence that Hezbollah and its sponsors have imposed on the people of Lebanon and Israel. At the same time, we have insisted that a truly effective cease-fire requires a decisive change from the status quo that produced this war.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: London-to-DC flight diverted due to "dangerous situation" on board (Update: Note referencing Al Qaeda?) — The plane's on the runway in Boston now; passengers are being offloaded. Details are sketchy, but Fox said there were three "suspicious" people onboard who confronted the crew …
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Richard Esposito Reports / The Blotter:Terrorist Scare at Logan Airport
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Washington Post:
Allen on Damage Control After Remarks to Webb Aide — Sen. George Allen on Tuesday sought to contain the political damage from remarks he made to a Fairfax County man that dredged up charges of racial insensitivity — allegations that have dogged him for years as governor, senator and now presidential hopeful.
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Hotline On Call:
A New Explanation For "Macaca?" — What does Macaca really mean? Three Virginia Republicans confirmed to the Hotline that several Allen campaign aides and advisers are telling allies that the word was a made-up, off-the-cuff neologism that these aides occasionally used to refer …
Reuters:
Israel pullout to stop if Lebanon army does not deploy — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel could withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon within 10 days, but only if the Lebanese army deploys quickly in the area, Israel's army chief of staff, Dan Halutz, said on Wednesday.
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Matt Moore / Associated Press:
British Seek to Keep Suspects in Custody — British investigators headed to a closed-door hearing Wednesday to argue that suspects arrested in an alleged plot to blow up as many as 10 trans-Atlantic jetliners should be kept in custody without charge. Meanwhile, Home Secretary John Reid …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Alleged UK Terror Plot — So far, no one has been charged in the alleged terror plot to blow up several airplanes across the Atlantic. No evidence has been produced supporting the contention that such a plot was indeed imminent. Forgive me if my skepticism just ratcheted up a little notch.
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Ned Lamont / Opinion Journal:
The Democrats Mean Business — Washington needs an entrepreneurial approach. — In the past week, my victory in the Connecticut Senate primary has been labeled everything from the death knell of the Democratic Party to the signal of our party's rebirth. Beneath all of this punditry …
New York Times:
Bush Said to Be Frustrated by Level of Public Support in Iraq — President Bush made clear in a private meeting this week that he was concerned about the lack of progress in Iraq and frustrated that the new Iraqi government — and the Iraqi people — had not shown greater public support …
John Kifner / New York Times:
Hezbollah Leads Work to Rebuild, Gaining Stature — As stunned Lebanese returned Tuesday over broken roads to shattered apartments in the south, it increasingly seemed that the beneficiary of the destruction was most likely to be Hezbollah. — A major reason — in addition to its hard-won reputation …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dem angst escalates — A group of Senate Democrats is growing increasingly angry about Sen. Joe Lieberman's (D-Conn.) campaign tactics since he lost the Democratic primary last week. — If he continues to alienate his colleagues, Lieberman could be stripped of his seniority within …
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Garance Franke-Ruta / American Prospect:
Just a Gigolo — In the go-go '90s, George Allen sat on the board of a Virginia tech company. Now, the company faces several class-action suits and an SEC insiders probe. — The late 1990s were heady times for technology companies in Virginia. The future looked bright …
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Scarborough: "Is Bush An 'Idiot'?" — Joe Scarborough started his program tonight asking the question "is Bush an idiot?" (Is that really debatable?). Not only did he do a great run down of clips involving some of the most famous "Bushisms", but he did have an interesting conversation …
New York Times:
New Jersey Attorney General Quits — Zulima V. Farber, accompanied by Gov. Jon S. Corzine, announced her resignation last night in Trenton. She said that staying on would cause too much of a disruption. — The attorney general of New Jersey, Zulima V. Farber, resigned on Tuesday night …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Boys subjected to 9 hours of rote memorization a day in NYC. — The NYT has a what seems meant to read as a charming human interest piece about "children" — really, boys — who are sent to school in New York City for 9 hours a day to work exclusively on the task of memorizing the Koran.
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