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5:15 PM ET, August 13, 2006

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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Lebanon About To Fall  —  The cease-fire agreement appears to have created a crisis in Lebanon's government, as a Cabinet meeting of Siniora's government has been abruptly cancelled.  The Cabinet was supposed to vote on a plan to deploy their army into southern Lebanon and to displace Hezbollah.
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CNN:
Israel, Hezbollah step up attacks as cease-fire deadline nears  —  Israeli Cabinet OKs U.N. resolution  —  TYRE, Lebanon (CNN) — Israel and Hezbollah pounded targets with heavy missile barrages Sunday, looking to inflict maximum damage in the final hours before a cease-fire resolution was to go into effect.
Discussion: Riehl World View
Tom Perry / Reuters:
Hizbollah says it will abide by ceasefire  —  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hizbollah said on Saturday it would abide by any U.N.-backed ceasefire in Lebanon, but would resist Israeli troops expanding their offensive in the south.  —  Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Shi'ite Muslim guerrillas …
Ramit Plushnick-Masti / Associated Press:
Hezbollah fires 250 rockets into Israel
Discussion: All Spin Zone
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Israeli cabinet approves UN cease-fire deal 24-0
Discussion: Old War Dogs
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Israel Cabinet Unanimously Adopts Cease-Fire
Discussion: Liberty and Justice
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Pan-Islamism challenges idea of nation state  —  Here's how an early report by Reuters covered the massive terrorism bust in the United Kingdom.  They started out conventionally enough just chugging along with airport closures, arrest details and quotes from bystanders, but then got to the big picture:
Discussion: The Sundries Shack and Cold Fury
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Times of London:
The enemy within  —  Few can have failed to shudder at the thought of a plot to blow up nine passenger planes and the intended mass murder of thousands of innocent people over the Atlantic.  Whatever the outcome of the police investigation into a conspiracy that seems to have been stopped just in time …
BBC:
Full text: Muslim groups' letter
Discussion: Samizdata.net
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MSNBC:
Transcript for Aug. 13  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: Our issues this Sunday: the threat of terror.  Nearly five years after the September 11 attacks, a chilling new plot: terrorists planning to blow up airplanes bound for the U.S.  —  (Videotape):  —  SEC'Y MICHAEL CHERTOFF …
Discussion: Angry Bear and Crooks and Liars
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
British AQ Leader Seized?
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
WATCHING LEBANON  —  In the days after Hezbollah crossed from Lebanon into Israel, on July 12th, to kidnap two soldiers, triggering an Israeli air attack on Lebanon and a full-scale war, the Bush Administration seemed strangely passive.  "It's a moment of clarification," …
Wall Street Journal:
Polls Shows More Americans Favor Democratic Candidate for Congress  —  A new poll shows an uptick in support for a Democratic candidate in the next Congressional elections.  —  When asked whom they would vote for "if elections for Congress were held today," 45% of U.S. adults said they would vote …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Newdonkey / NewDonkey.com:
Way Over the Line  —  Some days you open up your email and a message just jumps off the screen and flies up your—well, your sensibilities.  That happened to me today when I read a toxic little note from self-styled populist avatar David Sirota ripping me apart for a post …
Senator Joseph Lieberman / Rasmussen Reports:
Connecticut Senate: Two Days After Primary, Lieberman Ahead by 5  —  Lieberman 46%, Lamont 41%  —  Senator Joe Lieberman's decision to run as an Independent sets up a lively campaign season for Connecticut voters.  In the first General Election poll since Ned Lamont defeated Lieberman in Tuesday's primary …
Michael J. Totten:
Inside Hezbollah's Free Fire Zone  —  NORTHERN ISRAEL - I teamed up with Noah Pollak, Assistant Editor at Azure Magazine in Jerusalem, and took a rental car through Hezbollah's shooting gallery to the front line on the Lebanese/Israeli border.  Famed military historian Michael Oren …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Ahmadinejad starts his own blog (Update: Fake?)  —  Believe it.  Al-Reuters has already written it up.  —  He was even thoughtful enough to provide an English translation.  Click the little American/English flag icon on the right and you'll see.  —  There's an e-mail box where you can send him a message.
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Psalm 9-11: I will fear no evil  —  Do you know anyone whose Sept. 11 fears have returned Someone with a sick feeling and a tightening of the chest, bordering on panic Someone distraught or perhaps just withdrawn and distracted in the past few days 
Discussion: Power Line
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Charles Johnson vs. Arianna Huffington  —  This morning, on Reliable Sources.  I made a point of taping it because I figured it might be the last major media appearance for a blogger related to Hezbollywood.  —  Then this broke.  And now I'm not so sure.
Edward M. Kennedy / Hartford Courant:
Demeaning Democracy  —  Cheney Paints Lamont Victory As Helping Terrorists  —  Vice presidents are notorious for serving as an administration's chief attack dog, and time and again Dick Cheney has been unleashed to accuse anyone who is opposed to the Bush administration of aiding the terrorists.
 
 
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Jason Lewis / Daily Mail:
Terror plot suspects bugged by MI5 'sneak and peak' teams
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A Fidel Fauxtograph?  —  A lot of people have emailed to ask …
Discussion: Power Line
Joshua Muravchik / Washington Post:
Standing By Bush  —  The Post reported recently on Page 1 that …
Discussion: Power Line
Emptywheel / The Next Hurrah:
An Issue of Fairness  —  mamayaga makes a superb point …
Discussion: New York Times and Obsidian Wings
Schneier / Schneier on Security:
Last Week's Terrorism Arrests
Discussion: The Sideshow
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
Syria still transferring supply of rockets, missiles to Hezbollah
Discussion: Pajamas Media and american footprints
Rocky Mountain News:
Kopel: Were front-page photos staged?
Discussion: Redstate, One Hand Clapping and The Volokh Conspiracy
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Tell It Like It Is  —  Russ Feingold was blunt on ABC's This Week …
Discussion: Martini Republic
Casey / rain falls on everyone:
Toronto's Pro-Hezbollah, Anti-Israel Rally
Discussion: ++ relapsed catholic …, Hot Air, Girl on the Right and small dead animals
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Connecticut May Be a 2008 Preview
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Anita Snow / Associated Press:
Paper prints Castro's birthday message
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Jim Hodges / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Davis urges Rumsfeld's ouster
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David Kaspar / Davids Medienkritik:
Berlin Demonstration: The Islamofascist Far-Left Nexus
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Panel Suggests Using Inmates in Drug Trials
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Rudy Giuliani Gets It
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