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Hindrocket / Power Line:
ZAWAHIRI'S ADVICE — During the summer, American forces in Iraq intercepted a long letter from al Zawahiri, al Qaeda's number two leader, to Zarqawi, leader of al Qaeda's forces in Iraq. Initially, only a few sentences were made public. Zawahiri's letter has now been verified as authentic …
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Douglas Jehl / New York Times:Full Qaeda Letter to Iraq Ally Speaks of Group's Global Goal
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hughhewitt.com:
"A Lean and Hungry Look..." — From this morning's New York Times: … Very nice. Committee staffers are often very bright, and superb politicos, unless they are simply the grandchildren of rich donors. There are brilliant staffers, and there are copy machine staffers.
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
G.O.P. Aides Add Voices to Resistance Over Nominee — As the White House seeks to rally senators behind the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers, lawyers for the Republican senators on the Judiciary Committee are expressing dissatisfaction with the choice and pushing back against her …
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Associated Press:
Miller testified again before grand jury — New York Times reporter disclosed conversation with second source — WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Times reporter Judith Miller on Wednesday gave prosecutors details of a previously undisclosed conversation she had with Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff …
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Judd / Think Progress:
Report: Libby withheld key info from investigators. — "In two appearances before the federal grand jury investigating the leak of a covert CIA operative's name, Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, did not disclose a crucial conversation that he had with New …
Wall Street Journal:Focus of CIA Leak Probe Appears to Widen
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Los Angeles Times:
Sunnis Accept Deal on Charter — Leaders of their main party agree to drop opposition in return for a later renegotiation of terms. The document goes to voters Saturday. — BAGHDAD — Top Iraqi politicians said late Tuesday that they had reached a deal to persuade leading Sunni Arabs …
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Bloomberg:
Bush Panel May Curb Tax Breaks for Homeowners, Health (Update3) — Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush's tax advisory panel, rejecting a fundamental overhaul, agreed to recommend limiting tax breaks for homeowners and employer- provided health-care benefits to help pay for repealing the alternative minimum tax.
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David E. Rosenbaum / New York Times:Tax Panel Says Popular Breaks Should Be Cut
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Michelle Malkin:
REMEMBER THE COLE — ***scroll down for updates*** — 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 …
Dan / Riehl World View:
Text Of Bin Laden Letter — There's a problem with the link in most of the news stories on this breaking item. I figured out the glitch and managed to copy the contents of the letter below the fold. … In the name of God, praise be to God, and praise and blessings be upon the Messenger of God …
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Arianna Huffington / huffingtonpost.com:
2008: Will Al Gore Be the Anti-Hillary? — It's still three years away but Hollywood is already starting to choose sides for 2008. And two very distinct camps have started to form: those backing Hillary, and those desperately searching for the anti-Hillary.
Hullabaloo:
WHIGging Out — Those of you who are not steeped in the arcana of the Plame story may be wondering why all the speculation about the White House Iraq Group being implicated in a widening Fitzgerald investigation has bloggers salivating. — Read this (pdf) report called "Truth from These Podia …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How the Republicans Let It Slip Away — Watching the Republicans floundering over the past week, I can't help thinking of a school of beached whales. The leviathans of the GOP have boldly swum themselves onto this patch of dry sand, and it won't be easy for them to get back to open ocean.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
DeLay Is a King Without a Crown in the House — WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 - When the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee needed guidance on how to prepare for a series of tough spending and budget issues, he sat down with Tom DeLay. — Mr. DeLay was also on hand as the Budget Committee chairman held …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
For President Under Duress, Body Language Speaks Volumes — It's only 6:17 a.m. Central time, and President Bush is already facing his second question of the day about Karl Rove's legal troubles. — "Does it worry you," NBC's Matt Lauer is asking him at a construction-site interview in Louisiana …
Billmon:
House of Card — If Howard Fineman is right, and Andrew Card really is making a move to topple Karl Rove, then this country could be in a heap of trouble. Rove, at least, is smart, even if it is a feral, devious brand of intelligence. Card, on the other hand, is as dense as a truck load of gravel …
Reuters:
American and British journalists abducted in Gaza — GAZA (Reuters) - Masked Palestinian gunmen kidnapped a U.S. and a British journalist in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in the latest sign of lawlessness in the coastal territory after Israel's pullout last month.
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Dave Graham / Reuters:
Schroeder quits government, blasts U.S., Britain — BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who has led Germany since 1998, said for the first time on Wednesday he would not play a role in the next government, in an emotional farewell including broadsides at the United States and Britain.
