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5:50 PM ET, August 12, 2006

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Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
Israel nearly triples troops in Lebanon  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel staged wide-ranging airstrikes and sent commandos into the Hezbollah heartland Saturday as the United Nations raced to begin enforcing its new cease-fire blueprint and stop the heavy fighting still raging in southern Lebanon.
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un.org:
New York, 11 August 2006 - Secretary-General's statement to the …
Discussion: Redstate and Power Line
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Now It's Time To Play Beat The Clock
Discussion: NewsHog and Blue Crab Boulevard
John Solomon / Associated Press:
Bush staff wanted bomb-detect cash moved  —  WASHINGTON - While the British terror suspects were hatching their plot, the Bush administration was quietly seeking permission to divert $6 million that was supposed to be spent this year developing new homeland explosives detection technology.
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New York Times:
Focused on 9/11, U.S. Is Seen to Lag on New Threats
Donald Sensing / Winds of Change.NET:
SHALOM, EHUD, AND GOODBYE  —  Crystal ball on:  —  Ehud Olmert's days are numbered as prime minister.  The slapdash, haphazard and wholly indecisive way he has handled the Hezbollah war has doomed his chances of remaining in office past the end of this year, probably before then and maybe very soon.
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Adam Entous / Reuters:
Olmert faces backlash over Lebanon war
Discussion: Dinocrat
Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
FAQ - Special "Peace In Our Time" Edition!
Discussion: Kesher Talk
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Legal surveillance, not illegal eavesdropping, stopped the U.K. terrorist attacks  —  (updated below)  —  As I noted on Thursday, Bush supporters have been attempting to exploit the U.K. terrorist plot to bolster support for an array of extremist and lawless Bush policies …
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Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
Airliner Plot Had Support In Pakistan, Officials Say
Discussion: TalkLeft and A Blog For All
Marcus Mabry / MSNBC:
The Ripple Effect  —  The foiled airline plot boosts President Bush's terror ratings, but the new NEWSWEEK Poll finds a lot for Democrats to cheer as the midterm elections approach.  —  Charles Rex Arbogast / AP  —  Americans awakened to a new day of air travel on Aug. 10.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Joe Lieberman And The Jews  —  Rabbi Marc Gellman, writing in Newsweek, expresses puzzlement about why Joe Lieberman did so poorly among Connecticut's Jews.  Here's part of it: … There's a lot more in his impassioned essay but the answer may be a bit simple:  —  Few groups are totally monolithic anymore.
Discussion: The Empire Zone
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Marc Gellman / MSNBC:
Joe and the Jews
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Dan / Riehl World View:
AP Source Salam Daher Rescues Bodies That Aren't There  —  An AP article white washes a Lebanese Civil Defense worker bloggers suspect of disseminating Hezbollah propaganda.  And they quote a colleague who apparently doesn't have any concerns about sharing information with Hezbollah to back him up.
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Kate Connolly / Telegraph:
I was in Hitler's SS, admits Günter Grass  —  Germany was rocked by the revelations last night that Günter Grass, its greatest living author and doyen of the Left, was a member of Hitler's elite Waffen-SS.  —  The Nobel laureate, who has been the country's moral guide for decades …
Associated Press:
Conservative group sets sights on Chafee  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Fresh off their first victory over a Republican incumbent, GOP conservatives seeking party purity on taxes and spending are focused on ousting moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
Tim Rutten / Los Angeles Times:
Lebanon photos: Take a closer look  —  THE controversy this week over Reuters' distribution of digitally manipulated, falsely labeled and — probably — staged photos of the fighting in Lebanon hasn't been nearly as large as it should have been.  —  Credit for bringing the sordid business …
Dave Eberhart / NewsMax.com:
Expert: Iran Poised To Be 'Mother of All World Threats'  —  WASHINGTON — For anyone who still thinks the Israeli-Lebanon war is just a border scuffle, one Middle East expert shouts a dire warning:  —  "As soon as a cease fire occurs, the 'Hezbollah Blitzkrieg' will crumble the 'Lebanese Republic …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. Ambassador Says Iran Is Inciting Attacks  —  Iran is pressing Shiite militias here to step up attacks against the American-led forces in retaliation for the Israeli assault on Lebanon, the American ambassador to Iraq said Friday.  Iran may foment even more violence as it faces off …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Howie Klein / Firedoglake:
Blue America: Dave Mejias, NY-03  —  (Dave Mejias joins us live in the comments to chat with you about his candidacy.  Please stop by the comments and give Dave a great FDL welcome.  Thanks!  — CHS)  —  When I spoke with Dave Mejias on the phone a couple days ago I mentioned that I grew …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Increasingly, Bush Escapes the Media Pack  —  GREEN BAY, Wis. — On one of the scariest days yet in the five-year battle with terrorists, President Bush prepared to make a speech to reassure the American people.  But the White House press corps was 1,000 miles away in Texas.
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Whose Issue Is Terrorism?  —  The Parties Maneuver for Advantage on National Security  —  The aggressive Democratic response to this week's foiled terrorist plot reflects a widely shared view among party strategists that intensified attacks against President Bush represent the best chance …
Greenskeeper / Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  Coverage of Lamont-Lieberman race: a case study in how anti-Dem narratives dominate political media — even as political threat level for Republicans rises to "severe"  —  In the wake of Connecticut Democratic Senate candidate Ned Lamont's primary victory …
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Horse's Mouth
 
 
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David Sirota / The Huffington Post:
Temper Tantrums at Big Money's Democratic Party Embassy
Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters.org:
Olbermann Inserts 'Red Meat' Anti-Bush Conspiracy Theory Into Terror Plot Story
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Hugh Hewitt: A Jolt of Joementum
TigerHawk:
Question for your discussion: What will it take to militarize the West?
Reuters:
Castro walking and being briefed: official daily
Discussion: Redstate
James Boyce / The Huffington Post:
Can I Ask A Dumb Question? What's An Islamic Fascist?
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Ron Todt / Associated Press:
Santorum: Intelligence leakers "traitors;" urges strong pursuit
Telegraph:
Muslims urge Blair to end the violence
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Anushka Asthana / Washington Post:
Many in State Dept. Can't Talk the Talk
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Julie Burchill / Haaretz:
Bleeding-heart ignoramuses  —  A few weeks back it was my birthday …
Andrew Gimson / Telegraph:
Americans will die for liberty
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