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Lieberman says Lamont doesn't understand terrorist danger

Published August 10 2006

WATERBURY, Conn. -- U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman seized on the terror arrests in Britain Thursday during his first campaign appearance since launching his independent bid for re-election, accusing his Democratic rival of not fully understanding the danger facing the nation.

Lieberman also reiterated his disgust for political partisanship when it comes to national security, saying it's "un-American" in his opinion.

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"We are at war with a brutal enemy," Lieberman said during a campaign stop at a Waterbury pizza joint Thursday. "How the heck can we be in a battle in which we are fighting as Democrats and Republicans against each other when these terrorists certainly don't distinguish based on party affiliation? They want to kill any and all of us.

"I'm not saying we shouldn't have healthy disagreement and discussions about national security, but to make it into a partisan political football is just unacceptable and in my opinion un-American," he said.

Lieberman lost by 10,000 votes in Connecticut's Democratic primary on Tuesday to millionaire businessman Ned Lamont, who ran on an anti-war platform. Although top state and national Democrats support Lamont in November's general election, Lieberman on Wednesday filed petitions to run as an independent candidate.

British authorities on Thursday arrested 24 people and said they thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up several aircraft heading to the U.S. using explosives smuggled in hand luggage.

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