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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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" …
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 …
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq Has Been Killed — BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 8 - Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in an American airstrike on an isolated safe house north of Baghdad at 6.15 p.m. local time on Wednesday, top U.S. and Iraqi officials said on today.
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Jim Miklaszewski / MSNBC:
Avoiding attacking suspected terrorist mastermind — Abu Musab Zarqawi blamed for more than 700 killings in Iraq … With Tuesday's attacks, Abu Musab Zarqawi, a Jordanian militant with ties to al-Qaida, is now blamed for more than 700 terrorist killings in Iraq.
Juan / Informed Comment:
Zarqawi Killed in Baquba — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Thursday morning that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been killed, along with 7 aides, in a gun battle with US and Iraqi troops at Baqubah. — Zarqawi had been a significant leader of the Salafi Jihadi radical strain …
Bill Roggio / Counterterrorism Blog:The demise of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, courtesy of Task Force 145 …
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Michelle Malkin:"ZARQAWI HAS BEEN KILLED" (VIDEO ADDED)
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:A Leader Is Eliminated, but Insurgency Is Likely to Carry On
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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 …
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" …
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.
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Sonja Barisic / Associated Press:
Cole sailors stoic as they prepare to head to Middle East — NORFOLK — Every day the sailors aboard the Cole walk across a reminder of the attack that made the destroyer the most famous ship in the U.S. Navy fleet. — The floor in the corridor leading to the dining area has 17 gold stars …
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 …
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.
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