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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
The protein wisdom interview: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi — Ahmad Fadheel Nazaal al-Khalaylah ("Abu Musab al-Zarqawi" is his nom de guerre) was born in Zarqa, Jordan in October 1966. He came from a large family belonging to the trans-Jordanian Bani Hassan tribe, which is known for its loyalty to the royal Hashemite family.
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Ned Parker / Times of London:
Al-Zarqawi spoke, then died as US medics tried to save him — IRAQI police discovered Abu Musab al-Zarqawi alive in the rubble of his bombed safe house, then watched him try to roll off a stretcher before dying, it emerged yesterday. — Announcing his death, US officials said on Thursday …
Patrick Quinn / Associated Press:
A Dying Al-Zarqawi Tried to Get Away — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi could barely speak, but he struggled and tried to get away from American soldiers as he lay dying on a stretcher in the ruins of his hideout. — The U.S. forces recognized his face, and knew they had the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
ZARQAWI SURVIVED STRIKE; PRESS CORPS SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY — General William Caldwell told a press conference this morning that Musab al-Zarqawi survived the bombing of this safe house, at least briefly, and was still alive when the first U.S. and Iraqi forces arrived on the scene.
Ben Johnson / Front Page Magazine:The Left and the Death of Zarqawi
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David Corn, Blogcritics.org, Pirate's Cove, CNSNews, The Huffington Post, ABCNEWS, Ninth State and Right Truth
Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
Iraq war foe Murtha eyes Democratic leadership — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. John Murtha, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, unexpectedly announced on Friday he will run for the No. 2 leadership post in the U.S. House of Representatives if Democrats regain control of that chamber in elections this fall.
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Geoff Cumming / New Zealand Herald:
Pilot with 9/11 links found in NZ — EXCLUSIVE - A Saudi Arabian linked to one of the September 11 hijackers spent four months in New Zealand before being expelled as a national security risk. — The United States-qualified pilot, Rayed Mohammed Abdullah Ali, was admitted to New Zealand …
Aftenposten:
Record meteorite hit Norway — As Wednesday morning dawned, northern Norway was hit with an impact comparable to the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima. — At around 2:05 a.m. on Wednesday, residents of the northern part of Troms and the western areas of Finnmark could clearly see a ball …
Time:
Ann Coulter Fires Back — In an interview with TIME's John Cloud, the conservative author responds to the conflagration over her criticism of 9/11 widows — Ann Coulter's new book, Godless: The Church of Liberalism, has just been published by Crown Forum.
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NewsMax.com, Andrew Sullivan, Dick Polman's American Debate, Expose the Left, Booman Tribune, Point Five and Hot Air
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Dafydd / Big Lizards:Battered Conservative Syndrome: Defending Ann
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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
9/11 Commissioner Criticizes Coulter — A member of the Sept. 11 commission on Friday lashed out at conservative pundit Ann Coulter for a "hate-filled attack" in saying the widows whose husbands died in the World Trade Center used the deaths for their own political gain.
Ana Marie Cox / Time:
Are Left-leaning Bloggers Ready for Their Close-up? — Dispatch: Inside the Yearly Kos fest in Las Vegas, progressives get lessons in going mainstream — Las Vegas has a slightly tinny feel, a bitter metallic tang that stems partially from the heat, partially from the over-oxygenated air …
Sweetness & Light:
Time's "Corrections" About Haditha — This is a now all too familiar pattern with our one party media. — The following "corrections" have been added to the very bottom of Time's two blockbuster exclusives on Haditha in their current online versions:
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Mark in Mexico, Flopping Aces, Blue Crab Boulevard, Macsmind, Gay Patriot and The Real Ugly American.com
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Gingrich May Run in 2008 If No Front-Runner Emerges — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) expects to run for president in 2008 if the contest for the Republican nomination still seems wide open late next year, he said yesterday. — In remarks that were critical of both parties' recent performance …
Kenneth R. Timmerman / NewsMax.com:
Judge Dismisses Khobar Towers Case Against Iran — WASHINGTON — A magistrate judge in the District Court of Washington, D.C. has dismissed a lawsuit by the survivors and families of victims of the June 25, 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that sought millions of dollars …
Kate Phillips / New York Times:
Liberal Bloggers Gather in Las Vegas — LAS VEGAS, June 9 — Hundreds of liberal (they'd say progressive) Internet bloggers crawled out of their cybertunnels for face-time and political networking here at the first-ever YearlyKos convention. — Named after DailyKos.com …
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ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, Ninth State, Seeing the Forest and The Horse's Mouth
BBC:
Defeat for net neutrality backers — US politicians have rejected attempts to enshrine the principle of net neutrality in legislation. — Some fear the decision will mean net providers start deciding on behalf of customers which websites and services they can visit and use.
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The Sideshow
Michael Horsnell / Times of London:
Family's fears at East London terror protest — Muslims demonstrated outside an East London police station today against last week's anti-terror raid by armed officers. — In a sometimes tense stand-off, about 100 protestors were heavily outnumbered by police as fundamentalists waved placards …
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