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Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Pakistani Military Sources Say Zawahiri May Be Dead — Forensic Tests to Reveal Fate of al Qaeda Number Two — Jan. 13, 2006 — Today, according to Pakistani military sources, U.S. aircraft attacked a compound known to be frequented by high level al Qaeda operatives.
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David Ensor / CNN:
Sources: Airstrike may have killed bin Laden's No. 2 — (CNN) — A CIA airstrike on a building in Pakistan may have killed Osama bin Laden's most-trusted aide, sources said. — The building where Ayman al-Zawahiri was thought to be is in Damadola, a small village near the Afghan border.
MSNBC:
Major U.S. attack may have killed Zawahri — Al-Qaida's top operating officer believed to be at target site in Pakistan — Ayman al-Zawahri, speaking at an undisclosed location, in an image taken from Qatar-based al-Jazeera television on Jan. 6. — NBC VIDEO … Jim Miklaszewski
Andrew Cochran / The Counterterrorism Blog:
CIA Targets Ayman al-Zawahiri in Pakistan (updated) — LAST UPDATE AT 11:38 pm ET. CNN reporting a CIA airstrike against Al Qaeda's #2, Ayman al-Zawahiri in Pakistan - CIA got "good reporting" on al-Zawahiri's presence in a building and it ordered the Predator airstrike …
New York Times:Top Qaeda Aide Is Called Target in U.S. Air Raid
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta: Zawahiri Dead!?!?!!!!!!!! — Various news sources report …
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Ney Under Pressure to Resign Chairmanship — WASHINGTON - House Speaker Dennis Hastert is trying to force out Ohio Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record) as chairman of the House Administration Committee, a week after Justice Department documents linked Ney to a bribery scheme involving convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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National Review:
Shadegg for Leader — Congressman John Shadegg of Arizona has jumped into the House majority-leader race. He is a decided underdog and is taking a personal risk by voluntarily giving up his leadership slot as head of the Republican Policy Committee to pursue the majority leadership.
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Breaking: Hastert Asks Ney To Resign As Admin. Cmte. Chair — House Speaker Dennis Hastert has asked Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) to step down from his post as chairman of the House Administration Committee, three sources with knowledge of the request said today. — A source close to Hastert …
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Think Progress
B. Preston / JunkYardBlog:
Did the NSA Leak Lead to a Surge in Disposable Phone Sales? — That's what the feds would like to know: … The story points out that the Madrid bombers used pre-paid cell phones in their work. It doesn't point out that the last time the press leaked operational information like this …
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Suitably Flip, Soccer Dad, Below The Beltway, Blogs for Bush, Malkin(s)Watch and Michelle Malkin
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Sensible Mom:Midland Police Document Authentic?
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John Lombard / Trust me, you have no idea …:Michelle Malkin, plagiarist
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Shakespeare's Sister
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Wider Fight Is Seen as Alito Victory Appears Secured — WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 - Democrats and Republicans say Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s confirmation to the Supreme Court is all but certain, yet the fight over his nomination heated up on Friday as both sides seized on it as a flashpoint …
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The Nation:
Gore to Address "Constitutional Crisis" — It sounds as if Al Gore is about to deliver what could be not just one of the more significant speeches of his political career but an essential challenge to the embattled presidency of George W. Bush. — In a major address slated for delivery Monday …
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Editor and Publisher:
SHNS Drops Fumento in Latest Payola Pundit Scandal — NEW YORK Another columnist accused of accepting payola has been dropped. — Scripps Howard News Service (SHNS) announced Friday that it severed its relationship with Michael Fumento — a senior fellow at the conservative Hudson Institute …
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Business Week:
A Columnist Backed by Monsanto — Michael Fumento's failure to disclose payments to him in 1999 from the agribusiness giant have now caused Scripps Howard to sever its ties to him — Scripps Howard News Service announced Jan. 13 that it's severing its business relationship with columnist Michael Fumento …
The Truth Laid Bear:
An Appeal from Center-Right Bloggers — I'm pleased to present the following statement on behalf of the undersigned bloggers. —N.Z. — An Appeal from Center-Right Bloggers — We are bloggers with boatloads of opinions, and none of us come close to agreeing with any other one of us all of the time.
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John Dickerson / Slate:
Bush in the Briar Patch — Why the president wants hearings on spying. — George Bush wants congressional hearings to look into his administration's domestic eavesdropping. At first he wasn't so keen on the idea, but yesterday he said they'd be "good for democracy."
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Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
We found Padilla's al Qaeda application, U.S. says — Prosecutors said the U.S. government discovered alleged terrorist José Padilla's written application to join al Qaeda. — jweaver@MiamiHerald.com — After the U.S. military invaded Afghanistan to oust its Taliban rulers …
Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Bush Authorized Domestic Spying Before 9/11 — The National Security Agency advised President Bush in early 2001 that it had been eavesdropping on Americans during the course of its work monitoring suspected terrorists and foreigners believed to have ties to terrorist groups, according to a declassified document.
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CNSNews:
Murtha's War Hero Status Called Into Question — Read Article About Murtha's Links to Abscam — (CNSNews.com) - Having ascended to the national stage as one of the most vocal critics of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq, Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman John Murtha …
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Washington Post:
Who Was That Striking Lady in Red? — Ladies and gentleman, we present the breakout star of the Alito hearings — Rachel Brand ! — Who? you ask. Exactly: She was the woman sitting right behind the nominee's left shoulder in the "who's that?" seat that turns unwitting staffers into accidental celebs during big-deal hearings.
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