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Associated Press:
Castro: Al-Zarqawi Killing a 'Barbarity' — Cuban President Fidel Castro Calls U.S. Airstrike That Killed al-Zarqawi a 'Barbarity' — HAVANA Jun 10, 2006 (AP)— President Fidel Castro called the U.S. airstrike that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a "barbarity," saying he should have been put on trial.
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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
U.S. General Says Report of Zarqawi Beating Is 'Baloney'
U.S. General Says Report of Zarqawi Beating Is 'Baloney'
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Louise Roug / Los Angeles Times:
Questions Remain About Zarqawi's Final Minutes
Questions Remain About Zarqawi's Final Minutes
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The Claremont Institute
New York Times:
Prisoners' Ruse Is Inquiry Focus at Guantánamo — WASHINGTON, June 11 — Three detainees at the United States military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, tried to conceal themselves in their cells — behind laundry and through other means — to prevent guards from seeing them commit suicide …
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Iran accused of hiding secret nuclear weapons site — Fresh evidence has emerged that Iran is working on a secret military project to develop nuclear weapons that has not been declared to United Nations inspectors responsible for monitoring Iran's nuclear programme.
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Anthony Shadid / Washington Post:
Smoke of Iraq War 'Drifting Over Lebanon' — In Political and Social Life, Returned Fighters Inspire Climate of Militancy — TRIPOLI, Lebanon — Abu Haritha still carries traces of the battles he fought in Iraq, 500 miles away. — On his hand is a black ring, a gift from a fellow insurgent …
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Thomas Lipscomb / Real Clear Politics:
John Kerry's Skimmer Scam — As the Kate Zernike front page Memorial Day weekend New York Times story indicates, a number of Kerry supporters were disappointed that Kerry had not vigorously defended himself against the charges of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth during the 2004 Presidential campaign.
Henry Weinstein / Los Angeles Times:
Domestic Spying Program Comes Under Legal Scrutiny — A federal judge will hear the ACLU's arguments today against the National Security Agency's warrantless anti-terror surveillance. — The National Security Agency's controversial domestic surveillance program faces its first major court test today …
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Sarah Karush / Associated Press:
ACLU tries to stop warrantless wiretapping — DETROIT - Critics of the government's domestic surveillance program claim it violates the rights of free speech and privacy. The Bush administration says it is necessary and legal. Both sides were due in court Monday to argue the constitutionality of the program.
David Carr / New York Times:
Deadly Intent: Ann Coulter, Word Warrior — ONCE again, Ann Coulter has a book in need of flogging, and once again, people are stunned by what a "vicious," "mean-spirited," "despicable" "hate-monger" they say she is. — Ms. Coulter, who seems afflicted by a kind of rhetorical compulsion …
Lady Vorzheva / Toasted Bread:
Photos of the demonstration (UPDATED) … elmundo.es - Fotografía - Concentración de la AVT en Madrid — "Why do you hate Spain, Zapatero?" — "Spain does not deserve a ZP Government" — WE want all the truth of March 11th now! We want all the truth about your agreement with ETA.
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Washington Post:
Blending In, Moving Up — Beneath the surface of the immigration debate is a debate about shared values. If we look at just three of those values — the English language, family and hard work — we see a higher level of Latino assimilation than is often presumed.
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Ray Robison / Fox News:
Terror Links to Saddam's Inner Circle — What was the relationship between Saddam Hussein's inner circle and Islamic terrorists? A newly released document appears to provide evidence that in 1999 the Taliban welcomed "Islamic relations with Iraq" to mediate among the Taliban …
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Macsmind
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Democrats Are Winning... Except at the Polls — "This is just to cover Bush's (rear) so he doesn't have to answer questions" about things in Iraq, said Rep. Pete Stark, second ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee. "This insurgency is such a confused mess that one person …
Des Moines Register:
Vilsack fourth in presidential poll — 1 in 10 Iowans would back governor if he ran for White House — Edwards, Clinton top Democratic choices for president in 2008 — Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina leads a list of potential Democratic presidential candidates while Iowa …
WorldNetDaily:
Fox News host to guest: 'You're going to hell!' — News analyst Julie Banderas attacks anti-homosexual Christian preacher — A discussion about protests by an anti-homosexual church at the funerals of fallen American soldiers turned into an astounding shoutfest on national television this weekend …
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Adviser Has President's Ear as She Keeps Eyes on Iraq — WASHINGTON, June 11 — At the end of each day, President Bush gets a three-to-four-page memo from the National Security Council staff about developments over the previous 24 hours in Iraq. The document, said to be written in the crisp …