memeorandum: Family's fears at East London terror protest (Michael Horsnell/Times of London)

5:00 AM ET, June 10, 2006

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Alexis Debat Reports / The Blotter:

Captured Zarqawi Aide Spilled the Beans — Alexis Debat Reports: — An Iraqi customs agent secretly working with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror cell spilled the beans on the group after he was arrested, Jordanian officials tell ABC News. — Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly was arrested by Jordanian intelligence forces last spring.

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, Confederate Yankee and Captain's Quarters

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.

Discussion: Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler and Daily Pundit

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.

Discussion: A Blog For All

Washington Post:
Zarqawi Did Not Die Instantly, U.S. General Says

Discussion: TalkLeft, The Left Coaster, BBC, New York Times and FP Passport

Baltimore Sun:
TV stations, Web sites exercise little restraint

Discussion: Public Eye

Associated Press: Zarqawi Lived Briefly After Attack

Ben Johnson / Front Page Magazine:
The Left and the Death of Zarqawi

Discussion: David Corn, Blogcritics.org, Pirate's Cove, The Huffington Post, ABCNEWS 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.

Discussion: GOP Bloggers

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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Iraq War Critic Surprises Democrats

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

Discussion: The Sideshow, Blue Crab Boulevard, The Washington Monthly and The Carpetbagger Report

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 …

Discussion: Transterrestrial Musings and Random Jottings

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 …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Michelle Malkin and Jihad Watch

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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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.

Discussion: TigerHawk, Associated Press and Gateway Pundit

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 …

Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, Ninth State, Seeing the Forest and The Horse's Mouth

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.

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.

Discussion: NewsMax.com, Andrew Sullivan, Expose the Left, Dick Polman's American Debate, Booman Tribune, Point Five and Hot Air

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 …

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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