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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Terror Suspects Sought Ties With al-Qaida — WASHINGTON (AP) - Seven young men arrested in an alleged plot against the Sears Tower were part of a group of "homegrown terrorists" who sought to work with al-Qaida but ended up conspiring with an informant, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Friday.
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CNN:
Indictment: Suspects wanted to 'kill all the devils we can' — Terror plot targeted Chicago's Sears Tower — MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — A federal indictment against seven men revealed Friday details of what the government said was a plan intended to "kill all the devils we can."
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Daily Kos: Arresting Terrorists Is Just A Way To "Change The Focus" — Over at the Daily Kos, there's a recommended diary at krazypuppy, that explains that the terrorist ring down in Miami was busted — get ready for this — in order to distract people from John Kerry's attempts to cut'n'run in Iraq.
Washington Post:
7 Indicted in Sears Tower Plot — The seven men indicted in Miami for allegedly plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago never had actual contact with the al-Qaeda terrorist network or access to weapons and explosives, U.S. law enforcement officials said today.
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Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Jon Stewart, Enemy of Democracy? — This is not funny: Jon Stewart and his hit Comedy Central cable show may be poisoning democracy. — Two political scientists found that young people who watch Stewart's faux news program, "The Daily Show," develop cynical views about politics and politicians …
Sinan Salaheddin / Associated Press:
State of emergency declared in Baghdad — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew Friday after insurgents set up roadblocks in central Baghdad and fired on U.S. and Iraqi troops outside the heavily fortified Green Zone.
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Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
Roadblocks, Curfew Imposed in Baghdad
Roadblocks, Curfew Imposed in Baghdad
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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Can Journalists Be Prosecuted for Publishing Classified Information? Should They Be? — Can the reporters and editors at the New York Times and Los Angeles Times be prosecuted for knowingly publishing classified information in an unauthorized manner, resulting in harm to the security of the United States?
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Michelle Malkin:
BACKLASH AGAINST THE BLABBERMOUTHS — ***update: Tony Snow video***
BACKLASH AGAINST THE BLABBERMOUTHS — ***update: Tony Snow video***
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Richard Wike / pewglobal.org:
The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other — Europe's Muslims More Moderate — Introduction and Summary — After a year marked by riots over cartoon portrayals of Muhammad, a major terrorist attack in London, and continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
For Diehards, Search for Iraq's W.M.D. Isn't Over — WASHINGTON, June 22 — The United States government abandoned the search for unconventional weapons in Iraq long ago. But Dave Gaubatz has never given up. — Mr. Gaubatz, an earnest, Arabic-speaking investigator who spent the first months …
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kare11.com:
Mondale: Force an option for stopping North Korea — Former Vice President Walter Mondale says he supports a pre-emptive U.S. strike against a North Korean missile that is raising nuclear fears around the globe. — Earlier this week North Korea announced it was preparing to test a missile that could reach United States mainland.
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Charles L. / Washington Post:
No, Don't Blow It Up — A Saner Approach to a North Korean Missile Test
No, Don't Blow It Up — A Saner Approach to a North Korean Missile Test
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White House:
Executive Order: Protecting the Property Rights of the American People — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to strengthen the rights of the American people against the taking of their private property, it is hereby ordered as follows:
kfoxtv.com:
Mineta Resigns As Transportation Secretary — WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta is stepping down from his Cabinet position. — Mineta, 74, is one of President George W. Bush's longest-serving Cabinet members. He has served in the position since Bush assumed the presidency in 2001.
Michael Forsythe / Bloomberg:
Mollohan Helped Steer U.S. Contracts to Family-Charity Donors — June 22 (Bloomberg) — Representative Alan Mollohan helped funnel at least $179 million in U.S. government contracts over the last six years to companies that gave to the West Virginia Democrat's family-run charity, tax records and other documents show.
Charles Krauthammer / Real Clear Politics:
Why I Love Australia — WASHINGTON — In the Australian House of Representatives last month, opposition member Julia Gillard interrupted a speech by the minister of health thusly: "I move that that sniveling grub over there be not further heard.'' — For that, the good woman was ordered removed from the House, if only for a day.
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New York Post:
DEMOCRACY RISING — KUWAITIS' VOTE A NEW ARAB MILESTONE — June 23, 2006 — KUWAITIS go to the polls next week to elect a new National Assembly, which will in turn approve a new prime minister and Cabinet. — The Kuwaitis will be making history for a number of reasons.
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Hotline On Call:
From Wake Up Call: St. Pete Times's Rove/Satan Story — According to this St. Petersburg Times story, saved here for posterity, "Karl Rove said that he would be plotting the Republican Party's fall election strategy with his longtime comrade-in-arms, Satan."
showmenews.com:
Bandanna banned in Springfield mall — Officials won't explain how headgear is offensive. — SPRINGFIELD (AP) - A southwest Missouri mall defended its dress code after a security guard told a 10-year-old girl her bandanna decorated with peace signs, smiley faces and flowers violated the mall's code of conduct.
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Clinton: Democrats 'struggling' with Iraq — WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton conceded Friday the Democrats are "openly struggling with a lot of the difficult issues," but said that was better than the GOP's "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil."