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The Star-Ledger / NJ.com:
6 arrested in plot to kill soldiers at Fort Dix — Federal investigators last night arrested six Islamic radicals who were planning a heavily armed attack against soldiers at Fort Dix as part of a jihad against America, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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Michelle Malkin:
Terrorist plot in Cherry Hill, NJ; illegal aliens among alleged plotters; a John Doe turned them in; press conference at 2:30pm Eastern; — Fort Dix has been a refuge for ethnic Albanians — Soldiers at Fort Dix: Targeted by jihadists — The Philadelphia Inquirer reports …
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Washington Post:
Fort Dix Soldiers Targets of Plot — Federal Authorities Arrest Six Men in N.J. for Allegedly Planning to Storm Base — Federal authorities have arrested six New Jersey men for allegedly plotting an attack against the Fort Dix military base, federal officials said today.
WNBC:
Six Arrests In Alleged Terror Plot To Kill N.J. Soldiers — NEW YORK — Six men from New Jersey have been arrested in an alleged terror plot against soldiers at Fort Dix, according investigators. — Investigators said the men planned to use automatic rifles to enter Fort Dix and kill as many soldiers as they could at the N.J. base.
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Confederate Yankee:
Six Arrested in New Jersey Islamic Terror Plot — Via WNBC.com: … According to WPVI, the six men attempted to purchase fully automatic AK-47s from an arms dealer working with the FBI. WABC describes the six men as all being ethnic Albanians. Their immigration status was not clear from news accounts.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Feds bust six in NJ plot to murder troops at Fort Dix …
Breaking: Feds bust six in NJ plot to murder troops at Fort Dix …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
THE MODERN FACE OF TERRORISM....Federal authorities have arrested six men …
THE MODERN FACE OF TERRORISM....Federal authorities have arrested six men …
John Shiffman / philly.com:
Murder assault on Fort Dix 'very easy' says plotter
Murder assault on Fort Dix 'very easy' says plotter
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Republican quotes KKK founder on House floor — Roll Call reports today that a House Republican delivered a foreign policy speech yesterday in which he quoted Nathan Bedford Forrest, founder of the KKK. … "Controversial figure" doesn't quite cut it. Most lists of the worst Americans …
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Think Progress:
Rep. Poe Quotes Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard On House Floor — Yesterday on the House floor, Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) argued that the United States needs to immediately authorize funds for the war in Iraq. "Congress needs to quit talking about supporting the troops and put money where our mouths seem to be," said Poe.
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Progressives' French Lesson — Is Europe moving right? Is the democratic left in trouble? — The decisive victory of Nicolas Sarkozy over Socialist S?gol?ne Royal in France's presidential election on Sunday was the most recent example of the battering that moderate-left parties are taking …
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Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
World Bank Panel Finds Wolfowitz at Fault; Aide Resigns — A committee of World Bank directors has formally notified Paul D. Wolfowitz that they found him to be guilty of a conflict of interest in arranging for a pay raise and promotion for Shaha Ali Riza, his companion, in 2005.
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
Spinning Hillary Centrist — Editor' s Note: This is an excerpt of a longer article about Hillary Clinton's circle of advisers, which will appear in May 16 in the print version of The Nation. — As Hillary Clinton charges toward the Democratic nomination for President, her campaign has a coterie of influential advisers.
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Michael Barone / Opinion Journal:
The Realignment of America — The native-born are leaving "hip" cities for the heartland. — In 1950, when I was in kindergarten in Detroit, the city had a population of (rounded off) 1,850,000. Today the latest census estimate for Detroit is 886,000, less than half as many.
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Morris: It's 'Convenient' To Keep U.S. Troops In Iraq So Terrorists Can Kill Them 'Around The Corner' — President Bush has repeatedly argued that the United States needs to "eliminate terrorist threats abroad, so we do not have to face them here at home." — Last night on Hannity and Colmes …
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William Lowther / Daily Mail:
Blundering Bush makes ANOTHER gaffe as he winks at the Queen — When you've just made it sound like the Queen is more than 200 years old, there may be a few ways of recovering from the gaffe. — But turning to her and giving her a sly wink is probably not included in any book of royal etiquette.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Clinton Solidifies Lead Among Democrats, Giuliani Still Tops GOP Field — Clinton favorable rating back to 50% — PRINCETON, NJ — A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds Hillary Clinton solidifying her lead over Barack Obama and the rest of the field for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination …
New York Times:
Chevron Seen Settling Case on Iraq Oil — Chevron, the second-largest American oil company, is preparing to acknowledge that it should have known kickbacks were being paid to Saddam Hussein on oil it bought from Iraq as part of a defunct United Nations program, according to investigators.
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Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Hillary, Like McCain, Sees Progress In Anbar — Asked yesterday during a Town Hall-style event in Red Oak, Iowa about what to do about Iraq, Hillary Clinton made the familiar argument that the troops needed to be extricated from a civil war. But she also added some notably optimistic comments …
Mara Liasson / NPR:
Poll: Voters Down on GOP, Impatient with Congress — · As the Democratic Congress and the Republican president struggle to come to some kind of compromise on Iraq and other issues, the political environment outside the Beltway continues to be as polarized as ever.