memeorandum: The Princeton Human Rights Film Festival (Fausta/Fausta's blog)

2:10 PM ET, May 8, 2007

Top Items:

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.

Discussion: The Mahablog, The Jawa Report, No More Mister Nice Blog, QandO, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Jules Crittenden, On Deadline, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, Riehl World View, State of the Day and Wizbang

Associated Press:

Six Arrested in Alleged Fort Dix Murder Plot — MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — Six nationals of the former Yugoslavia were arrested on charges they plotted to attack the Fort Dix Army base and "kill as many soldiers as possible," federal authorities said Tuesday. — The six were scheduled to appear …

Discussion: Media Blog, NewsBusters.org, Neocon Express and Eye On The World

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.

Discussion: BLACKFIVE and The Right Angle

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.

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, The Strata-Sphere, Middle Earth Journal and Vox Popoli

The Smoking Gun:

Fort Dix Terror Plot Foiled — FBI: New Jersey jihadists targeted servicemen at Army base — A group of Islamic radicals conspired to kill U.S. servicemen at New Jersey's Fort Dix Army base, but the plot was disrupted when the FBI infiltrated the cell with two paid informants.

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Breaking: Feds bust six in NJ plot to murder troops at Fort Dix; Update: At least three are illegal aliens; Update: Suspects ID'd, complaint added — No word yet on whether they're freelance or part of a cell, but there's a presser scheduled for this afternoon at 2:30. … Standby for updates.

Discussion: NJ.com, ABC 7 Eyewitness News, ABCNEWS, La Shawn Barber's Corner, The Jawa Report, Atlas Shrugs and The American Mind

Washington Post:
Fort Dix Soldiers Targets of Plot

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Agonist

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Justice: Islamist Plot To Attack Fort Dix (Updated)

Discussion: Reuters and Redstate

Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:

Sarkozy Sets a New Course for Relations With U.S. — Two days before the first round of the presidential election last month, Nicolas Sarkozy donned a red checked shirt, jeans and cowboy boots, mounted a small white horse named Universe and rode around the Camargue country in France's deep south.

Discussion: World Politics Watch, Ezra Klein, Sister Toldjah and Rising Hegemon

E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Progressives' French Lesson

Discussion: The Corner and Blue Crab Boulevard

Jules Crittenden: The Only Good Cowboy is a French Cowboy — New York Times …

Edward / Heading Right:
Dionne: French Election Reflects Outdated Socialism

Discussion: The Mahablog and Captain's Quarters

New York Times:
France Under New Leadership

Discussion: Media Blog and Human Events

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.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, NION, News Hounds, The Next Hurrah, Needlenose, Balloon Juice and AMERICAblog

Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:

Deal Is Offered for Chief's Exit at World Bank — Leading governments of Europe, mounting a new campaign to push Paul D. Wolfowitz from his job as World Bank president, signaled Monday that they were willing to let the United States choose the bank's next chief, but only if Mr. Wolfowitz stepped down soon, European officials said.

Discussion: FP Passport, William K. Wolfrum, The Washington Note, The Swamp, Moon of Alabama, Daily Kos, Think Progress and TalkLeft

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.

Discussion: Hot Air, Neocon Express, NewsBusters.org, The Heretik, The Right Angle and Sadly, No!

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The President Learns It's Good to Be the King

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and William K. Wolfrum

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 …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Lawyers, Guns and Money and Booman Tribune

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.

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.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Lean Left, MyDD, JunkYardBlog, The Strata-Sphere, Blogs for Bush, Pajamas Media, The Corner, Betsy's Page, EconLog and Silflay Hraka

Washington Post:

Comparison To Clinton Is Dismissed — French Counterpart Lacked Substance, Senator's Camp Says — There was a time when advisers to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) looked abroad for proof that women can get elected to a top leadership role in the modern world: Margaret Thatcher …

Discussion: Power Line, Don Surber and JammieWearingFool

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 …

Discussion: Riehl World View, The Swamp, Hotline On Call and Pollster.com

USA Today:
Poll: Clinton rebounds over Obama

Discussion: TIME, Political Punch, Taegan Goddard's …, CNN Political Ticker and First Draft

Nic Robertson / CNN:

Sunni demand could unravel Iraqi government … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iraq's top Sunni official has set a deadline of next week for pulling his entire bloc out of the government — a potentially devastating blow to reconciliation efforts within Iraq. He also said he turned down an offer …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Right Wing Nut House, Captain's Quarters and Think Progress

Kevin Drum / Political Animal: IRAQI POLITICAL UPDATE....Remember the Iraqi constitution …

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 …

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, World-O-Crap and State of the Day