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9:55 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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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.
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
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
Randall Chase / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Berg: No good in al-Zarqawi's death  —  DOVER, Del. — The father of Nicholas Berg, a U.S. contractor believed to have been beheaded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq, said Thursday that al-Zarqawi's killing will only perpetuate the cycle of violence in the Middle East.
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 …
Scott Thill / The Huffington Post:
Ding Dong, the Witch Isn't Dead  —  So the Bush administration finally bagged the nagging bee that has been buzzing in the ear of what Christiane Amanpour called "the Iraq experiment."  Yes, budding terrorist mogul Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is finally toast, and not a moment too soon.
Associated Press:
Poll: U.S. Disapproves of War in Iraq
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Insurgent Leader Zarqawi Killed in Iraq
USA Today:
U.S. strike kills Iraq terror chief al-Zarqawi
Discussion: Guardian
Juan / Informed Comment:
Zarqawi Killed in Baquba
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
ZARQAWI KILLED!!  —  Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki …
Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
A Leader Is Eliminated, but Insurgency Is Likely to Carry On
Discussion: Dadmanly
Donna Abu-Nasr / Associated Press:
Arab Media Rush to Cover Al-Zarqawi
Patrick Quinn / Associated Press:
Iraqi PM: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed
IraqPundit:
Zarqawi's End  —  An American reporter recently asked a Baghdad man …
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.
Reuters:
U.S. Senate blocks permanent estate tax repeal
Discussion: Blog for Bell
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.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Wonkette
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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
Associated Press:
Top Palestinian militant killed in IAF Gaza strike  —  An Israel Air Force strike on a Palestinian militants' training camp in Gaza on Thursday night killed the Hamas government's security chief, Jamal Abu Samhadana, his militant faction and Palestinian hospital officials said.
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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