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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 …
Riaz Khan / Associated Press:
al-Qaida Leader Not at Site of Airstrike — DAMADOLA, Pakistan - Al-Qaida's second-in-command was the target of a U.S. airstrike near the Afghan border but he was not at the site of the attack, two senior Pakistani officials said Saturday. At least 17 people were killed.
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Captain's Quarters
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 …
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.
Hotline On Call:Breaking: Hastert Asks Ney To Resign As Admin. Cmte. Chair
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Think Progress
Lawrence O'Donnell Jr / Los Angeles Times: Good lobbyists, good government — LAWRENCE O'DONNELL JR …
Brad / THE BRAD BLOG:BREAKING: HOUSE LEADERSHIP FORCING BOB NEY OUT OF CHAIRMANSHIP!
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Pam's House Blend
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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B. Preston / JunkYardBlog:Did the NSA Leak Lead to a Surge in Disposable Phone Sales?
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Suitably Flip, Soccer Dad, Below The Beltway, Blogs for Bush, Malkin(s)Watch and Michelle Malkin
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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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 …
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 …
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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firedoglake, The Peking Duck, Crooks and Liars, THE NEWS BLOG, Donklephant and Fantasy Life
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Rep. John Murtha / The Huffington Post:Questions About My Record — This afternoon, CNSNEWS.com published …
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Daily Kos
John Lombard / Trust me, you have no idea …:
Michelle Malkin, plagiarist — A few days ago, I looked at how Malkin's "Muslim-only banks" lie was picked-up by some right-wing blogs. After picking up on her recent misrepresentation of Hillary Clinton, I decided to look at how right-wing blogs had parroted her, ignoring Hillary's actual argument.
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Shakespeare's Sister
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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.
Howard W. French / New York Times:
Wealth Grows, but Health Care Withers in China — FUYANG, China - When Jin Guilian's family took him to a county hospital in this gritty industrial city after a jarring two-day bus ride during which he drifted in and out of consciousness, the doctors took one look at him and said: "How dare you do this to him?
Libby Copeland / Washington Post:
Debating The Tissues: What Makes A Good Cry — It was the context of the tears that surprised people — in the midst of Wednesday's confirmation hearings for a Supreme Court nominee, a setting that could not be more rehearsed. We're not used to spontaneous expressions of emotion on C-SPAN.
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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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New York Times:
U.S. and Germany Promise to Press Iran on Uranium — WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 - President Bush and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, meeting for the first time since Mrs. Merkel took office last month, promised Friday to step up pressure on Iran at the Security Council to abandon nuclear activities …
