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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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The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta: Zawahiri Dead!?!?!!!!!!!! — Various news sources report …
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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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.
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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Robert B. Bluey / Human Events:
Al Gore, Republican to Attack Bush 'Police State' — Former Vice President Al Gore will attack President Bush's domestic eavesdropping program at a Washington, D.C., speech on Martin Luther King Day—with a Republican by his side. — Gore is teaming up with former Rep. Bob Barr, a Republican …
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Sensible Mom:
Midland Police Document Authentic? — Blogger Halbarad contacted me today after reading both the ABC News report and Michelle Malkin's post about the bulk purchases of disposable phones in Texas and California. Both ABC and Michelle Malkin linked to a PDF file of a police report purportedly from the Midland Police Department.
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Power Line, NewsHog, RIGHTWINGSPARKLE, Michelle Malkin, TBogg, Brutally Honest, Media Blog on National … and California Conservative
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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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Sadly, No!
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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 …
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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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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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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Balloon Juice, Confederate Yankee, Mathew Gross, battlepanda.blogspot.com, Majikthise, AGITPROP and King of Zembla
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 …
MSNBC:
Military briefs lawmakers on body armor — Unreleased Pentagon study says beefed-up armor could save many lives — WASHINGTON - Military officials Wednesday told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee during a closed-door hearing that improvements to the body armor worn by troops …
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NewsHog, The Moderate Voice, California Conservative, The Political Teen, Michelle Malkin and Macsmind
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John Lombard / Trust me, you have no idea …:Michelle Malkin, plagiarist
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Shakespeare's Sister
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 …
