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On the left, DU’ers prepare a mass Google-bombing campaign against ABC’s 9/11 docu-drama, “The Path to 9/11,” because of its critical look at the Clinton years:
To counteract the effects the ABC 9-11 movie could have on the midterm elections, I recommend this course of action:
The night of, and the morning after, people will be hitting [...]

Take my pop quiz.
President Bush gets a point for “caliphate” yesterday.

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Katie Favazza sends word of a massive blogger initiative to memorialize those murdered on 9/11.
DC Roe explains:
On September 11, 2006, 2,996 volunteer bloggers will join together for a tribute to the victims of 9/11. Each person will pay tribute to a single victim.
I just registered and will be paying tribute to Giovanna Porras, age [...]

I was in NY on 9/11/01. I had just moved into a new apartment, and was working at my first political job–for a mayoral candidate in the Republican primary. It was primary election day, and I went to go vote in my new neighborhood. By the time I gave up on finding [...]

These stills are from a BBC comedy called “Time Trumpet” (big hat tip - Steve J). The show features a satirical “Terrorism Awards” show with nominees including a “lone gunman” who shoots Tony Blair in the head as he sleeps with his wife; a 9/11-style video of terrorists crashing an airliner into the Houses of [...]

Remember?
It’s the one-year anniversary of the 7/7 London jihadi bombings. Pajamas Media has extensive, extended coverage throughout the day. Andrew Ian Dodge expresses my feelings today:
“I am still incensed that the Muslim community spends more time whingeing about “islamophobia” than they do trying to route out extremism. I am incensed that whenever question about terrorist [...]

You’ve seen tonight’s headlines: FBI detains 7 in domestic terror probe
Seven people are in custody after a sweep by law enforcement authorities in connection with an alleged plot against targets that may have included the Sears Tower, officials told CNN on Thursday.
Officials said no weapons or bomb-making materials had been found in the searches in [...]

This is not a joke: Saudis Offered Scholarships for Aviation Courses in US.
The Ministry of Higher Education and the General Authority of Civil Aviation are offering scholarships to Saudi men and women to study various majors related to civil aviation in the United States.
The forms are available online at the ministry’s website until July 12 [...]

***530pm EDT: It was construction noise!?…Rep. Jim Sexton has bad ears….***
Big Drudge headlines…Fox reporting…Allah’s been all over it…Breitbart/AP coverage…
11:31 AM EDT …Fox News Major Garrett is still locked in the Capitol Hill cafeteria.
A gurney being brought into the Rayburn building?
Noon press conference scheduled.
12noon. First possible witness report…Jim Angle reporting that two women told police that [...]

At 1pm today.
Allah has everything you need to know. *Updated with video*
From Judicial Watch, which filed a FOIA request that is resulting in the video release:
“We fought hard to obtain this video because we felt that it was very important to complete the public record with respect to the terrorist attacks of September 11,” [...]

From Haaretz via Drudge:
Three explosions rocked the Egypt’s Sinai resort town of Dahab on Monday night, leaving at least 22 people dead and 150 wounded.
One blast hit a hotel, a second a restaurant and the third explosion rocked the resort town’s market area.
Dr. Said Essa, head of the Egyptian rescue forces in the region, said [...]

Kudos to the NY Daily News for its investigative series, launched Sunday, on how billions in 9/11 funds have been misspent (hat tip: BizzyBlog):
…a four-month Daily News investigation of the $21.4 billion disaster recovery package reveals that major elements of the aid process were procedurally flawed — from the determination of how much money was [...]

Filming has begun in NYC. I know I’m not the only one who has a queasy feeling about this.
Background here.

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Today is the fifth anniversary of the U.S.S. Cole bombing. Please take a moment to note the event on your blogs today if you have a chance. Stars and Stripes pays tribute to the 17 sailors killed in the terrorist attack, the dozens wounded, the survivors, and the families affected. Command Master [...]

AP reports that former members of the Sept. 11 commission are dismissing assertions that the DoD intelligence unit known as Able Danger identified Mohammed Atta as a potential terrorist long before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Earlier this month, AP reported the results of a Pentagon investigation which concluded that five people involved with Able [...]

The “Abdullah al-Azzam Brigades of the al Qaeda Organization” is claiming responsibility for the multiple rocket attack on a U.S. Navy ship in Jordan.
Athena at Terrorism Unveiled has thorough coverage and photos, and shares some insights about the claimed attackers and their M.O.:
This is the same group who claimed responsibility for the deadly Sharm el-Sheikh [...]

Read the post at Shrink Wrapped, who has coined the best new nickname for the Danger Enablers on the 9/11 Commission who neglected to inform the American public about Operation Able Danger:
The 9/11 Omission.
Excerpt from Shrink Wrapped’s analysis:
There are really only a few possible explanations for the Able Danger story.
One possibility is that it could [...]

The 9/11 Commission was supposed to give the America people a complete, unbiased story of the government failures that led up to the September 11 terrorist attacks. But the Commission now admits its acclaimed Final Report ignored key information provided by a U.S. Army data mining project, Able Danger, which identified Mohammed Atta and several [...]

The Newark Star Ledger has a devastating investigative piece on crass exploitation of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that the Democrat Party doesn’t want you to know about. In “Governor’s office steered terror aid: Records contradict official claims over how Democratic towns got lion’s share of grants,” Rick Hepp reports:
Despite its public statements, the office of [...]

New developments in the continued hunt for the 7/7 terrorist bomb plotters. ITV reporting:
Armed police are attending an incident - connected to the attempted London bombings - in the Notting Hill area of the capital after a series of small explosions were heard.
Unconfirmed reports suggest the police are shouting instructions to someone inside a flat [...]

Some common-sense advice for London subway riders.

Credit: UK Times Online/ABC News
I missed this on ABC News last night, but The UK Times online followed up and Andrew Stuttaford at The Corner linked:
Shocking new images have emerged of unexploded bombs, some packed around with nails, which were found in a car left behind by the July 7 London bombers.
In total, 16 [...]

That’s the subject of my new column.
Here’s where I first saw the Battle Staff Directive describing the incident at Tinker Air Force base on July 14 involving three men of Middle Eastern descent reportedly aiming a rocket launcher at low-flying aircraft. I confirmed the directive with Hill Air Force Base, which put out a warning [...]

At least two of the London terrorist bombing suspects were on the dole in Britain.
Just another case of plotting to blow up the hand that feeds…

The New York Post is reporting that “Osama bin Laden tried to buy a massive amount of cocaine, spike it with poison and sell it in the United States, hoping to kill thousands of Americans one year after the 9/11 attacks.”
The plot failed “when the Colombian drug lords bin Laden approached decided it would be [...]

You’ve no doubt read about the case of mistaken identity in Thursday’s London tube shooting. It is an awful, awful tragedy–and one which the usual suspects will exploit to further their anti-cop, anti-gun, anti-War on Terror agenda. But London Mayor “Red Ken” Livingstone, of all people, gets it right this time (via BBC):
The Mayor of [...]

BBC reports this morning:
A man has been shot dead by armed officers at Stockwell Tube station, as police hunt four would-be bombers.
Passenger Mark Whitby told BBC News he had seen a man of Asian appearance shot five times by “plain-clothes police officers” with a handgun.
“I saw the gun being fired five times into the guy [...]

Inspired by the London moonbat press, The Anchoress has put together an excellent photographic essay in response to the Blame Iraq crowd.

Must-see.
Also must-see: Trey Jackson has video of John Howard’s rebuke of the moonbat.

1224pm EST. University College Hospital in London is now on “high alert” as London police search for today’s terror bombing suspects. All four bombing locations have been cordoned off. Intelligence sources telling Fox News’ Simon Marks that the mastermind of the 7/7 bombings is not in custody and still at large.
The latest from the Guardian [...]

New London bombings. Tony Blair to speak at 10am EST. [1025amEST. Still waiting. Scroll down for rolling updates]
South London reports:
Terrified Tube passengers were evacuated from trains as police dealt with “incidents” at three different London Underground stations.
Emergency services were also called to a bus in east London amid reports there was a device on board.
Passengers [...]