Fantastic article on the Israeli policy of targeted killings in the Washington Post.  They intersperse the story of a particular attack with backup commentary on how the decisions are made based on how many civilians may be killed and what other conditions need to be satisfied.

 In Israel, Leaders Struggle with Targeted Killings.

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Is the Plame leak case finally resolved? The Man Who Said Too Much

The disclosures about Armitage, gleaned from interviews with colleagues, friends and lawyers directly involved in the case, underscore one of the ironies of the Plame investigation: that the initial leak, seized on by administration critics as evidence of how far the White House was willing to go to smear an opponent, came from a man who had no apparent intention of harming anyone.

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I watched the Italian made movie Private yesterday, a story of a Palestinain family whose home is commandeered by a group of Israeli soldiers.  Even though the film comes across as coming from the Palestinian point of view and provides no real context as to why the Israelis show up in the first place, it is not so heavy-handed that one can't appreciate the real terror that must be experienced by families that do have to go through this trauma.  It does happen.  The Roger Waters song with some female singer screeching about "The Germans kill the Jews and the Jews kill the Arabs" doesn't help.

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The Emmy Awards will be given out tonight.  I don't really care so much as I don't watch much TV, but's it's always fun to see who shows up half-naked.