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David Leppard / Times of London:
Al-Qaeda tells British cells to carry out wave of beheadings — ISLAMIC terror cells in Britain have been instructed to carry out a series of kidnappings and beheadings of the kind allegedly planned by the nine terrorist suspects arrested in Birmingham last week.
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Jules Crittenden:
Battlefield Shifts Westward — The war with extremist Islam has just entered a new phase. Times of London: Al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan and Iraq have issued orders for British cells to conduct a "low-tech" campaign of abductions and beheadings. … In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, I was puzzled by the lack of follow-on.
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"Battlefied Shifts Westward"? — From Jules Crittenden: … I think Crittenden is absolutely correct—just as I was convinced by Bernard Lewis before him—that many countries in Europe are on the verge of internal "wars" with Islamic radicals (though many will probably fight them with law enforcement …
Observer:
MI5, police and SAS practise for a 'Beslan' siege — The intelligence services fear that Britain could be subject to a Beslan-style siege, with multiple hostages forced to plead for their lives on camera. — Whitehall sources have said that the threat is considered so credible that MI5 …
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Secular Blasphemy
Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Iranian nuclear scientist 'assassinated by Mossad' — A PRIZE-WINNING Iranian nuclear scientist has died in mysterious circumstances, according to Radio Farda, which is funded by the US State Department and broadcasts to Iran. — An intelligence source suggested that Ardeshire Hassanpour …
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Flopping Aces, Secular Blasphemy, The Political Pit Bull, Yourish.com, Kesher Talk and Little Green Footballs
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Kristol: Iraq Chaos Shows That Insurgents Are 'Worried,' Recent News Is 'Slightly Optimistic' — Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said on Fox News this morning that the recent surge in Iraqi violence is a sign that the extremists are "worried." Kristol said, "If I were a Sunni extremist and was worried …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Democrats Split on How to End the War — Those Who Aren't In Congress Press Clinton and Obama — The war in Iraq is shaping the opening stages of the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, just as it did in the 2004 campaign. — After 10 candidates' speeches over two days …
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Washington Post:
Vice President's Shadow Hangs Over Trial — Testimony Points Out Cheney's Role in Trying to Dampen Joseph Wilson's Criticism — Vice President Cheney's press officer, Cathie Martin, approached his chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on Air Force Two on July 12, 2003 …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
The polar-bears-on-the-melting-ice- cap photo. — You've all seen it. This photo atop all the articles about the new report on global warming. — (Go to the article to see the larger size.) — Here's my question. How many people look at that picture and think the polar bears were living …
Faiz / Think Progress:
McCain Flip-Flops In 47 Seconds: Claims Success Is Not Realistic In 'A Few Months,' Then Says It Is — On ABC's This Week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said it is unrealistic to expect the escalation strategy to change the situation in Iraq in "a few months":
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DownWithTyranny!
Noemie Emery / Weekly Standard:
Irresolution — The Congressional Democrats' misstep. — Giddy with joy at their sudden good fortune, the Democrats have set out to embarrass the president, pushing resolutions of less-than-no-confidence, clubbing his Iraq surge plan as it lies in its cradle, and declaring defeat in advance.
Tom Lasseter / Real Cities:
Soldiers in Iraq view troop surge as a lost cause — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Army 1st Lt. Antonio Hardy took a slow look around the east Baghdad neighborhood that he and his men were patrolling. He grimaced at the sound of gunshots in the distance. A machine gunner on top of a Humvee scanned the rooftops for snipers.
Lynne Duke / Washington Post:
No I-Told-You-Sos — Opponents of the Iraq War Voice Pain, Not Vindication, At Predictions They Could Only Hope Would Be Wrong — Sweet vindication. Who wouldn't want it? To be right. To be free of criticism and upheld by evidence, by actual proof, that one's predictions about a controversial war were correct.
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Doubts Run Deep on Reforms Crucial to Bush's Iraq Strategy — Even Plan's Authors Say Political, Economic Changes May Fail — The success of the Bush administration's new Iraq strategy depends on a series of rapid and dramatic political and economic reforms that even the plan's authors have little confidence will work.
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