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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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Surveillance and Betrayal Ended Hunt — BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 8 —Muhammad Ismael, a 40-year-old Iraqi taxi driver, was standing outside his home in the tiny village of Hibhib on Wednesday evening when something unusual caught his eye. — Three GMC trucks, each with blackened windows …
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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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After Zarqawi, No Clear Path In Weary Iraq — Difficult Questions Surround Legacy of Insurgent Leader — BAGHDAD, June 8 — Analysts and military spokesmen said Thursday that the death of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, killed Wednesday when two 500-pound bombs obliterated …
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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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A new low — the Senate seeks to "pardon" the President for past lawbreaking — Observing and commenting on the behavior of Arlen Specter is one of the most unpleasant obligations a person can have, but for anyone following the NSA eavesdropping scandal specifically, and the Bush administration's abuses …
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DeLay Bids the House a Torrid Goodbye — WASHINGTON, June 8 — Representative Tom DeLay personifies the word "unapologetic." — Leaving Congress on Friday under indictment in Texas and under a cloud in Washington for his relationships with a lobbyist and two former senior aides …
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G.O.P. Fails in Attempt to Repeal Estate Tax — WASHINGTON, June 8 — Senate Republicans failed on Thursday to muster the votes needed to abolish the estate tax on inherited wealth, but supporters of a compromise held out hope for a deal this year that could attract enough Democrats to pass.
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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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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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Apologise or we'll cut your funding, US envoy tells UN — From James Bone in New York and Richard Beeston — AMERICA'S bitter dispute with the United Nations escalated last night when John Bolton, the US envoy to the UN, threatened to withhold funding to the organisation unless it apologised …
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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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The Washington Times Slimes Democrats With a Lie — Wingers online, already high off their I-told-you-so buzz permeating from the killing of Abu Musab Zarqawi (a pro-war buzz we haven't sensed since Saddam was captured, his sons were killed, or his statute was toppled—take your pick) …
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GOP takes aim at PBS funding — House panel backs budget reductions — WASHINGTON — House Republicans yesterday revived their efforts to slash funding for public broadcasting, as a key committee approved a $115 million reduction in the budget for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting …
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Iran confirms stepping up nuclear activities — An Iranian official has confirmed that the country has stepped up its nuclear activities, following a report from the UN atomic agency that said Iran has accelerated uranium enrichment. — "Iran has started another stage of injecting hexafluoride gas …
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'Godless' author Coulter unknown at church she claims to attend — New to RAW STORY? Check out our latest exclusive: How Zarqawi was caught and more headlines on our front page. — Appearing on the cover of her latest manifesto, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, adorned with a wooden crucifix necklace …
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Broad strata of delusion — The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner — WASHINGTON - Here's something to think about while standing in line at the airport. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police official described the 17 recently arrested members of an alleged terrorist cell as representing "the broad strata of our community."
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