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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 — WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 - A senior American intelligence official said Tuesday that a document obtained this summer by American forces in Iraq had provided the United States with "a comprehensive view of Al Qaeda strategy in Iraq and beyond" …
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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
al-Qaida No. 2: U.S. 'Ran' From Vietnam — WASHINGTON - In a letter to his top deputy in Iraq, al-Qaida's No. 2 leader said the United States "ran and left their agents" in Vietnam and the jihadists must have a plan ready to fill the void if the Americans suddenly leave Iraq.
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 …
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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Wall Street Journal:
Focus of CIA Leak Probe Appears to Widen — The New York Times reporter who went to jail to avoid testifying in the CIA leak case was quizzed by the special prosecutor again yesterday and has agreed to return to the grand jury today. — Judith Miller's additional testimony comes as the endgame …
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Washington Post:
Deal in Iraq Raises Hopes For Passage of Constitution — Changes Attempt to Gain Backing From Sunni Voters — BAGHDAD, Oct. 11 — Four days before Iraqis are to vote on their country's proposed constitution, Shiite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish power brokers reached a breakthrough late Tuesday …
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David E. Rosenbaum / New York Times:
Tax Panel Says Popular Breaks Should Be Cut — WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 - President Bush's tax advisory commission indicated on Tuesday that it would not propose replacing the income tax with a national sales tax or a value-added tax, but would recommend limits in the popular tax deductions …
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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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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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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.
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
TAPPED:
THE UNTHINKABLE. They came to honor the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank a little more heterodox and intellectually interesting than Heritage and AEI, as it dedicated its new digs in downtown D.C. at a jam-packed reception on Tuesday night. Irving Kristol, the founding father …
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