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BBC:
14 held in terror police swoop — Armed police have arrested 14 men following anti-terror raids in London, including 12 arrests at a restaurant in the Borough area. — Two people were held elsewhere in the city in what police said was an intelligence-led operation.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: British police raid restaurant, arrest 14 on terror suspicions — Unrelated to the airplane plot, say authorities. 14 down, several thousand to go. — Threatwatch begins now. — Update: More from the Press Association: … Update: Here's a photo of the Bridge Hotel and restaurant.
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Townhall, Liberty and Justice, USS Neverdock, Old War Dogs, Blue Crab Boulevard and Outside The Beltway
Agence France Presse:
British anti-terror police probing 'thousands' of suspects — LONDON (AFP) - British police are currently trying to monitor "thousands" of potential security suspects, the head of the anti-terrorism unit at London's Metropolitan Police said in an interview to be broadcast Sunday.
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Liberty and Justice
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
New British Terror Sweep Nabs 14 Suspects
New British Terror Sweep Nabs 14 Suspects
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A Blog For All
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Martyrs wanted — I was planning to maintain a tasteful silence about the forced conversion of Fox newsmen Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig. I expressed my gratitude at their release, and was going to let the humiliating subject lie.Others haven't, however, so let's go:
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David Johnston / New York Times:
New Questions About Inquiry in C.I.A. Leak — An enduring mystery of the C.I.A. leak case has been solved in recent days, but with a new twist: Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the prosecutor, knew the identity of the leaker from his very first day in the special counsel's chair …
Josh White / Washington Post:
Target Intercepted In Anti-Missile Test — In First Such Success Since 2002, U.S. Simulates North Korean Attack — The U.S. military shot down a target missile using its long-range missile defense system yesterday, the first time such a test has intercepted a mock enemy warhead since 2002, officials said.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Workers Of The World, Rise Up Against Your (Democratic) Oppressors! — With the Democrats demanding a raise in the federal minimum wage and campaigning on the issue to highlight their sympathy for American workers. That sympathy, as Power Line noted earlier this evening, doesn't even extend beyond their own payroll.
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Pentagon gives gloomy Iraq report — WASHINGTON - Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq and the security problems have become more complex than at any time since the U.S. invasion in 2003, a Pentagon report said Friday. — In a notably gloomy report to Congress, the Pentagon reported …
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
FBI Role in Terror Probe Questioned — Lawyers Point to Fine Line Between Sting and Entrapment — Standing in an empty Miami warehouse on May 24 with a man he believed had ties to Osama bin Laden, a dejected Narseal Batiste talked of the setbacks to their terrorist plot and then uttered …
Times of London:
Attacks on Jews soar since Lebanon — Synagogues and citizens have been targeted — BRITISH Jews are facing a wave of anti-Semitic attacks prompted by Israel's conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Synagogues have been daubed with graffiti, Jewish leaders have had hate-mail and ordinary people …
Ezra Klein:
Coda on Siegel — We all owe Lee Siegel a moment of grateful silence. His blog may be gone, his reputation wrecked — but "blogofascism" is a term that will endure, bringing great joy and happiness to generations who'll never know the first thing about its originator. Three cheers for you, Lee Siegel.
Foster Klug / Associated Press:
U.S.: 'bad news' in Afghan drug war — WASHINGTON - The U.S.-backed strategy to fight Afghanistan's massive drug trade has been unsuccessful in stemming opium cultivation, which is expected to hit record levels this year, a senior U.S. official said Thursday.
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Israel's Defense Chief Supports War Inquiry — Bowing to rebels in his own Labor Party, Defense Minister Amir Peretz of Israel called today for a full independent inquiry into the recent war in Lebanon, changing his previous position and putting him publicly at odds with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.