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12:45 PM ET, February 4, 2007

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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.
Discussion: protein wisdom
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 …
Telegraph:   Top secret army cell breaks terrorists
Telegraph:
Muslim unrest as police carry out new raids
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Good news: UK commandos preparing for British Beslan
Discussion: Telegraph
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   AQ To British Cells: Let The Beheadings Begin
Tim Rutten / Los Angeles Times:
Breeding ground for a new cynicism?  —  IF Samuel Beckett had glossed "Alice in Wonderland," the result might have been something like the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.  —  On any given day, it's possible to read the courtroom drama as either farce or tragedy, though those who care …
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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 …
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:   In a piece headlined "Vice President's Shadow Hangs Over Trial …
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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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Edwards continues swipes at Senate White House rivals  —  Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards continued to move to the left of his leading presidential rivals Friday, saying Senate Democrats' efforts at passing a non-binding resolution are "not enough."  —  Saying repeatedly that …
Rick Perlstein / New York Times:
The Operator  —  I was standing there having a casual conversation …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
New York Times:   Democratic Hopefuls Split Over the Best Path to Peace
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Clinton Promises to End War if Elected
Discussion: Old War Dogs and PoliPundit.com
Reuters:
Suicide bomber kills at least 135 in Baghdad market  —  A suicide bomber killed at least 135 people overnight in the deadliest single bomb blast in Baghdad since the 2003 war, driving a truck laden with one tonne of explosives into a busy market in a mainly Shiite area.
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Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:   At Least 125 Killed in Blast at Baghdad Market
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 …
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and New York Times
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 …
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.
Discussion: toohotfortnr and CorrenteWire
Mark Steyn / Associated Press:
What's so hot about fickle science?  —  From the "Environmental News Network": "Science Is Solid on Climate Change, Congress Told."  "The science is solid," says Louise Frechette, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations.  —  "The science is solid," says Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
New York Times:
Op-Chart: 31 Days in Iraq  —  By ADRIANA LINS de ALBUQUERQUE and ALICIA CHENG  —  In January more than 1,900 people — soldiers, security officers and civilians — were killed in the insurgency in Iraq, up from 800 in January 2006.  Many corpses showed signs of torture …
Reuters:
U.S. adjusting tactics in Iraq after copters downed  —  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military is adjusting its tactics in Iraq after four helicopters were shot down over the past two weeks, U.S. military spokesman Major General William Caldwell said on Sunday.
 
 
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