memeorandum: BREAKING—MURTHA V. HOYER: (Michael Crowley/The Plank)

5:20 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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Ben Johnson / Front Page Magazine:

The Left and the Death of Zarqawi — George W. Bush called it "a severe blow to al-Qaeda." Donald Rumsfeld called it "a significant victory." Joe Biden admitted it a was "very significant hit." How did much of the Left describe the killing of al-Qaeda murderer Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi?

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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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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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Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:

A Chilling Portrait, Unsuitably Framed — The frame surrounding an image of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's head, revealed to the world as proof the terrorist is dead, is bizarre. When the picture was displayed at a U.S. military news briefing, Zarqawi's face was seen inside what appeared …

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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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New York Times:
Surveillance and Betrayal Ended Hunt

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New York Times:
Death of a Terrorist

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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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Michael Crowley / The Plank:

BREAKING—MURTHA V. HOYER: — Major news from the House: Pennyslvania Congressman John Murtha has begun delivering a letter to his Democratic House colleagues announcing plans, should Democrats retake the House this fall, to seek the number-two job of House Majority Leader.

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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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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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