memeorandum: DeLay: Partisanship Refreshes Politics (Suzanne Gamboa/Associated Press)

6:15 PM ET, June 9, 2006

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Al-Qaida in Iraq's al-Zarqawi 'terminated' — U.S. says it found most-wanted militant by tracking his spiritual adviser — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaida leader in Iraq who waged a bloody campaign of suicide bombings and beheadings, was killed overnight by F-16 jets dropping …

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Kim Gamel / Associated Press:

U.S. troops hunt al-Qaida in raids in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops conducted nearly 40 raids Friday in Iraq, taking advantage of information gleaned from searches following Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, a military spokesman said, also revealing new information about the man believed poised to take the terror leader's place.

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CNN:

U.S. military: Al-Zarqawi alive when troops arrived — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was alive on a stretcher and tried to move off it when U.S. troops reached the wounded terrorist leader after his safe house had been bombed, a U.S. general said at a news conference Friday.

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Robert Burns / Associated Press:

Al-Zarqawi said to survive airstrike — WASHINGTON - A mortally wounded Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, still alive after a U.S. airstrike on his hideout, mumbled briefly and attempted to "turn away off the stretcher" he had been placed on by Iraqi police, the U.S. military said Friday.

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Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
A Chilling Portrait, Unsuitably Framed

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New York Times:
Death of a Terrorist

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New York Times:
Surveillance and Betrayal Ended Hunt

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Baltimore Sun:
TV stations, Web sites exercise little restraint

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Associated Press: Zarqawi Lived Briefly After Attack

Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
After Zarqawi, No Clear Path In Weary Iraq

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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:

Specter Offers Compromise on NSA Surveillance — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has proposed legislation that would give President Bush the option of seeking a warrant from a special court for an electronic surveillance program such as the one being conducted by the National Security Agency.

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Laylan Copelin / Austin American-Statesman:

Democrats: DeLay should stay on ballot — Judge temporarily stops GOP's process to name ballot replacement. — Texas Democrats just can't let go of U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay. — Lawyers for the state Democratic Party on Thursday persuaded District Judge Darlene Byrne to stop temporarily …

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CNN:
DeLay leaves House unbowed, without regret

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Clarice Feldman / The American Thinker:

Evidence accumulates of a hoax in Haditha. The weblog Sweetness & Light has done an estimable service gathering together the articles which cast substantial doubt on the charge of a massacre of civilians at Haditha . Because the blog is too busy gathering and fisking the news …

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David Burge / iowahawk:

PARADISE IS OVERRATED — Iowahawk Guest Commentary — by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi — Former Senior VP, Al-Qaeda In Iraq — Howzit swingin', fagsicles? Yeah, I know all you bitzoches all seen the pictures by now. Go on and laugh it up chump, like your drivers license photo is all George f**kin' Clooney.

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Associated Press:

Dog Feces Left at Congresswoman's Office — Republican U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's re-election campaign was already heated, and it just got smelly as well: Her staff accused a Democratic activist Thursday of leaving an envelope full of dog feces at Musgrave's Greeley office.

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Des Moines Register:

Iowa Ear: Des Moines' well-endowed flood control — City design with a vast difference — An anonymous source at City Hall tipped Iowa Ear off to this aerial photo on the Polk County assessor's Web page. It's of the city of Des Moines' detention basin at 2617 Easton Blvd.

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Paul Marks / New Scientist:

Pentagon sets its sights on social networking websites — "I AM continually shocked and appalled at the details people voluntarily post online about themselves." So says Jon Callas, chief security officer at PGP, a Silicon Valley-based maker of encryption software.

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Rick Casey / Houston Chronicle:

$1 million Moonie mystery — IT was a dark night in a city that knows how to keep its secrets. — The phone rang on my desk, waking me from a reverie I don't remember. — "Casey," I said, hoping to sound like a private eye. — The guy on the other end really was a private eye.

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Infiltrating Yearly Kos: Now with photos! — Expecting a catharsis of nutroots fury, our man on in the inside faces the terrible truth about YK: it's crushingly boring. — But he did catch Wes Clark enjoying the Colonel's secret recipe. Read on. — Panels

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