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9:30 PM ET, June 8, 2006

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Amy Fagan / Washington Times:
Democrats call Zarqawi killing a stunt  —  Some Democrats, breaking ranks from their leadership, today said the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi in Iraq was a stunt to divert attention from an unpopular and hopeless war.  —  "This is just to cover Bush's [rear] so he doesn't have to answer" …
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Mary Anne Weaver / The Atlantic Online:
The Short, Violent Life of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi  —  How a video-store clerk and small-time crook reinvented himself as America's nemesis in Iraq  —  O n a cold and blustery evening in December 1989, Huthaifa Azzam, the teenage son of the legendary Jordanian-Palestinian mujahideen leader …
Discussion: Wonkette and The American Scene
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Insurgent Leader Zarqawi Killed in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, June 8 — Abu Musab Zarqawi, leader of one of the most entrenched insurgent operations in Iraq, has been killed, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced Thursday.  —  Maliki, flanked by U.S. Gen. George Casey, who commands U.S. troops in Iraq …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
A Good Day's Work  —  Why Zarqawi's death matters.  —  The death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is excellent news in its own right and even more excellent if, as U.S. sources in Iraq are claiming, it resulted from information that derived from people who were or had been close to him.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
After Welcome Piece of News, a Decision to Stay Silent  —  WASHINGTON, June 8 — As news that United States forces had killed the most wanted terrorist in Iraq began to spread through the American security apparatus late Wednesday afternoon, President Bush and his top advisers were meeting …
Discussion: TalkLeft, neo-neocon and Public Eye
Patrick Quinn / Associated Press:
Iraqi PM: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaida-linked militant who led a bloody campaign of suicide bombings, kidnappings and hostage beheadings in Iraq, has been killed in a U.S. air raid north of Baghdad, Iraq's prime minister said Thursday.
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
ZARQAWI KILLED!!  —  Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has just announced the death of terror leader Abu Musa'ab al-Zarqawi in a joint press conference with Ambassador Khalil Zad.  —  Al-Maliki explained that Zarqawi (and 7 of his aides) was killed in an air raid in the little town …
Rose Garden / White House:
Statement by the President on Death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi  —  Washington, D.C.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  Last night in Iraq, United States military forces killed the terrorist al Zarqawi.  At 6:15 p.m. Baghdad time, special operation forces, acting on tips and intelligence from Iraqis …
Juan / Informed Comment:   Zarqawi Killed in Baquba
USA Today:
U.S. strike kills Iraq terror chief al-Zarqawi
Discussion: Guardian
Associated Press:
Poll: U.S. Disapproves of War in Iraq
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Donna Abu-Nasr / Associated Press:
Arab Media Rush to Cover Al-Zarqawi
Discussion: Texas Rainmaker
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
A Leader Is Eliminated, but Insurgency Is Likely to Carry On
Discussion: Dadmanly
CNN:
Terror leader al-Zarqawi dead, Iraqi officials say
Mary Dalrymple / Associated Press:
Senate Rejects Effort to Cut Estate Tax  —  WASHINGTON — Senators voted Thursday to reject a Republican effort to abolish taxes on inherited estates during an election year with control of Congress at stake.  —  GOP leaders had pushed senators to permanently eliminate the estate tax …
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Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Senate Rejects Effort to Cut Estate Tax  —  WASHINGTON, June 8 — The Senate rejected a major Republican effort on Thursday to eliminate the estate tax on inherited wealth.  The vote was a big defeat both for President Bush and for Senate Republican leaders, who had framed their opposition …
volpac.org:
Race-Based Government in Hawaii Defeated  —  It is a core moral and constitutional principle of the United States that equal protection of our laws and equal participation in our government should never again be denied to Americans because of race or ethnicity.
Discussion: Big Lizards and Hugh Hewitt
Murray Waas / National Journal:
What Ashcroft Was Told  —  Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft continued to oversee the Valerie Plame-CIA leak probe for more than two months in late 2003 after he learned in extensive briefings that FBI agents suspected White House aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and TalkLeft
New York Times:
Specter's Uneasy Relationship With White House Is Revealed in a Letter to Cheney  —  WASHINGTON, June 7 — A senior Republican lawmaker went public on Wednesday about his often tense and complicated relationship with the Bush White House in a remarkable display of the strains within the party.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Wonkette
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Washington Post:
No Tolls on The Internet  —  Congress is about to cast a historic vote on the future of the Internet.  It will decide whether the Internet remains a free and open technology fostering innovation, economic growth and democratic communication, or instead becomes the property of cable …
Associated Press:
Cops: Breeder hit with dead Chihuahua  —  ST. PETERS, Missouri (AP) — A woman angry that her new puppy had died pushed her way into a dog breeder's home and repeatedly hit her on the head with the dead Chihuahua, authorities said.  —  The 33-year-old woman told police she had taken the puppy …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Baltimore Examiner:
Ed Morrissey: How to overcome Conservative Battle Fatigue  —  WASHINGTON - Many conservative voices have asked recently whether the Republican Party has any capability of representing conservative values.  —  After all, Republicans have controlled the White House and both chambers of Congress …
 
 
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