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Admiral: Gitmo suicides a 'planned event' — First confirmed deaths follow hunger strikes at detention facility — (CNN) — Three prisoners at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have hanged themselves in what is being called a "planned event," the U.S. military said Saturday.
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
U.S.: 3 Guantanamo inmates commit suicide — WASHINGTON - Three detainees at Guantanamo Bay apparently committed suicide amid protests of the U.S. military prison by inmates, the Defense Department said Saturday. They were the first reported deaths at the controversial detention center …
New York Times:
3 Prisoners Commit Suicide at Guantánamo — WASHINGTON, June 10 — Three detainees being held at the United States military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, committed suicide early on Saturday, the first deaths of detainees to be reported at the military prison since it opened in early 2002 …
Los Angeles Times:
Guantanamo's First Suicides Pressure U.S. — Three prisoners, all held without charges, are found hanging in their cells. Human rights advocates urge an immediate shutdown. — GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — Three Middle Eastern detainees being held without charges at the U.S. detention facility …
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Associated Press:
3 Prisoners Die in Suicide Pact at Guantánamo — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three Guantanamo Bay detainees hanged themselves with nooses made of sheets and clothes, the commander of the detention center said Saturday. They were the first reported deaths among the hundreds of men held at the base for years without charge.
Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Iraq insurgents post new beheading video — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents signaled the fight is still on after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, posting an Internet video Saturday showing the beheading of three alleged Shiite death squad members in revenge for killing Sunnis.
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Zarqawi: Skimpy clothes found — Hibhib - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was accompanied by women who wore skimpy clothes and read magazines on current affairs and militant propaganda, an inspection of the house he was killed in showed on Saturday. — The remains of Zarqawi's isolated "safe house" …
Reuel Marc Gerecht / Weekly Standard:Now for the Bad News — ABU MUSAB AL ZARQAWI is among …
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This Modern World
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
A Mixed Bag of First Impressions by Democrats at Blog Rendezvous — LAS VEGAS, June 10 — Mark R. Warner, the former governor of Virginia and potential Democratic presidential candidate, went before an unconventional political audience on Saturday — a bloggers' convention …
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Associated Press:
Reid calls for more intelligence oversight — WASHINGTON - Americans won't be fooled by future intelligence failures if Congress will enact stiffer reporting requirements for the president and the intelligence community, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Saturday.
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Marine Says Rules Were Followed — Sergeant Describes Hunt for Insurgents in Haditha, Denies Coverup — A sergeant who led a squad of Marines during the incident in Haditha, Iraq, that left as many as 24 civilians dead said his unit did not intentionally target any civilians …
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Paul Haven / Associated Press:
Many in terrorists' 'next generation' dead — MADRID, Spain - They rose up quickly to take up Osama bin Laden's call for jihad, ruthless men in their 20s and 30s heralded as the next generation of global terror. — Two years later, 40 percent are dead, targets of a worldwide crackdown …
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Andrew Cochran / Counterterrorism Blog:
Iraqi Foreign Minister: Terrorists Targeting Civilians, Not U.S. — In an interview with the Khaleej Times, Hoshyar Zebari, Iraqi Foreign Minister, said this about the targeting of civilians in Iraq: — 'The US forces do not kill civilians. Yes, civilians got killed in Haditha …
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Washington Post:
Soccer With a Side of Slavery — "It is truly scandalous. People are talking about women, importing them to satisfy the base instincts of people associated with football. It is humiliating enough for me that football is linked with alcohol and violence. But this is worse.
Steve Benen / The Washington Monthly:
LIEBERMAN'S 'OPEN OPTIONS'....This week, a Quinnipiac poll showed Sen. Joe Lieberman leading his Democratic primary rival, Ned Lamont, but not by the margin he'd like. The three-term incumbent, facing a political novice, was ahead 55% to 40%. — Given the circumstances …
Daniel Dombey / Financial Times:
Bolton rejects 'grand bargain' with Iran — Time is running out for the diplomatic effort to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme and Washington has no intention of striking a comprehensive "grand bargain" with Tehran, the US's ambassador to the United Nations has warned.
Rudolph Giuliani / Opinion Journal:
Witness the Leading — Top biographies of top dogs. — 1. "Churchill: A Study in Greatness" by Geoffrey Best (Hambledon & London, 2001). — On the night after the attacks of Sept. 11, I remember getting home at about 2:30 a.m. and seeing on my nightstand a book I had been reading …
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PGL / Angry Bear:
Option Valuation: Mark Thoma v. the National Review — Thomas E. Nugent & Robert F. Clarke defend CEO compensation in part by claiming that the granting of employee stock options is like handing out free money. He notes the compensation package of the retired chairman of Exxon Mobil, Lee Raymond:
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Lucrative Life in Revolving Door for Capitol Hill Staff Member and Lobbyist — WASHINGTON, June 9 — For months, Jeffrey S. Shockey has seemed to exemplify the revolving door between K Street and Capitol Hill. — He left a job with the House Appropriations Committee in 1999 for a partnership …
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