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Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
Iraq using 'treasure' of al-Zarqawi info — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's national security adviser said Thursday a "huge treasure" of documents and computer records was seized after the raid on terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's hideout, giving the Iraqi government the upper hand in its fight against al-Qaida in Iraq.
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Associated Press:
Text of al-Zarqawi Safe-House Document — Text of a document discovered in terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's — The document was provided in English by Iraqi National — Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie: — ___ — The situation and conditions of the resistance in Iraq …
Washington Post:
Iraq Amnesty Plan May Cover Attacks On U.S. Military — Leader Also Backs Talks With Resistance — BAGHDAD, June 14 — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday proposed a limited amnesty to help end the Sunni Arab insurgency as part of a national reconciliation plan that Maliki said would be released within days.
CNN:
General: Baghdad crackdown reveals hostages — Despite tight security, car bomb kills 2 in Iraqi capital — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqi troops Wednesday uncovered a kidnapping ring, seized weapons — including three rockets — and defused two roadside bombs after beginning a security clampdown …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Iraq's Atomization — The dust having settled — 500-pound bombs can raise, and even manufacture, a lot of dust — it is time to give the devil his due. To understand the diabolical genius of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, that pornographer of violence, begin with this:
Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:
Documents: Al-Qaida sought U.S.-Iran war — BAGHDAD, Iraq - A blueprint for trying to start a war between the United States and Iran was among a "huge treasure" of documents found in the hideout of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Iraqi officials said Thursday.
Linda Feldmann / Christian Science Monitor:
The Iraq war debate reopens in Washington — The US House is set to argue the future of the Iraq war - the No. 1 issue for voters - Thursday. — WASHINGTON - The No. 1 issue for American voters - the future of the Iraq war - moves to the fore this week, both among President Bush's wartime advisers and on the floor of Congress.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
GOP Measure Forces House Debate on War — Divisions Within Party Likely to Surface — Nearly four years after it authorized the use of force in Iraq, the House today will embark on its first extended debate on the war, with Republican leaders daring Democrats to vote against a nonbinding resolution …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
The Democratic Incumbency Protection Racket — So Chuck Schumer, head of the [Democratic] Incumbent Senatorial Campaign Committee sees no problem in supporting a Holy Joe "Cut-and-Run 2006" independent candidacy over dedicated Democrat Ned Lamont. According to Hotline:
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Nina Bernstein / New York Times:
Judge Rules That U.S. Has Broad Powers to Detain Noncitizens Indefinitely — A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled yesterday that the government has wide latitude under immigration law to detain noncitizens on the basis of religion, race or national origin, and to hold them indefinitely without explanation.
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David Brown / Washington Post:
Crisis Seen in Nation's ER Care — Emergency medical care in the United States is on the verge of collapse, with the nation's declining number of emergency rooms dangerously overcrowded and often unable to provide the expertise needed to treat seriously ill people in a safe and efficient manner.
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Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
Bush Plans Vast Protected Sea Area in Hawaii — President Bush will create the world's largest protected marine area today, designating as a national monument a 1,200-mile-long chain of small Hawaiian islands and surrounding waters and reefs that are home to a spectacular array of sea life …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Stopwatch Ticking for Dan Rather — CBS to Drop Ex-Anchor From '60 Minutes' — NEW YORK — CBS executives have decided there is no future role at the network for Dan Rather, making it certain that the man who sat in the anchor chair for 24 years will depart by this fall.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Overshadowed — For one brief, shining hour, Karl Rove was the lead story in America. Okay, an hour and a half. — Then the White House disclosed that President Bush had stealthily arrived in Baghdad, and Rove's avoiding indictment in the Valerie Plame case was relegated to distinctly secondary status.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Apologizes to L.A. Times Reporter — WASHINGTON — President Bush, who often teases members of the White House press corps, apologized Wednesday after he poked fun at a reporter for wearing sunglasses without realizing they were needed for vision loss. — The exchange occurred at a news conference in the Rose Garden.
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