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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Closes Unit Focused on Capture of bin Laden — WASHINGTON, July 3 — The Central Intelligence Agency has closed a unit that for a decade had the mission of hunting Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants, intelligence officials confirmed Monday. — The unit, known as Alec Station …
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consortiumnews.com:
Symbiotic Relationship — The implications of this new evidence are troubling, too, for the American people as they head toward another election in November 2006 that also is viewed as a referendum on Bush's prosecution of the "war on terror." — As we have reported previously at Consortiumnews.com …
Associated Press:
Al-Zarqawi's cell phone reportedly yields surprises — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had the phone numbers of senior Iraqi officials stored in his cell phone, according to an Iraqi legislator. — Waiel Abdul-Latif, a member of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's party …
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New York Times:
Senator's Plan B Creates Quandary for Democrats — Six years ago Joseph I. Lieberman came within a hairbreadth of the vice presidency after the Democratic Party chose him as a moderate face whose support for family values and a stronger military might attract Reagan Democrats and independents.
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Ian Welsh / The Agonist:
Jumpin'Joe! — Well, as everyone has probably heard by now, Joe Lieberman has said that he's still in the Democratic primary, but if he loses, he'll run as an independent "petitioning Democrat". What that means is he'll run as an independent, but if he wins he'll join the Democratic caucus.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
A Dissident's Holiday — Have you ever noticed a certain hesitant quality to the expressions of patriotism by progressives or left-wingers? — The patriotism of the conservative goes unquestioned. It's assumed that every politician on the right will wear a flag on his lapel …
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John Kerry / The Huffington Post:
How to Love Your Country — This Fourth of July it's right to spend some time thinking about what it means not just to be an American, but to be a patriot — because the concept of patriotism itself is under assault in ways that remind me of a different time in our history.
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Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
NASA Gives Green Light for Shuttle Launch — CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA officials decided a crack in Discovery's fuel tank insulating foam wasn't enough of a threat to stop the countdown Tuesday to their first Independence Day shuttle launch. The launch is set for 2:38 p.m. EDT.
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Jerusalem Post:
Switzerland: Israel violating int'l law — GENEVA — Switzerland said Monday that Israel has been violating international law in its Gaza offensive by heavy destruction and endangering civilians in acts of collective punishment banned under the Geneva conventions on the conduct of warfare.
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BBC:
Al-Qaeda 'bid to infiltrate MI5' — Al-Qaeda sympathisers have been trying to infiltrate the British security service MI5, the BBC has learned. — Whitehall officials confirmed what some had long suspected, says BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner. — But those with al-Qaeda sympathies …
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Haaretz:
IDF troops find bomb-laden car, searching for second near Jenin — By Avi Issacharoff (in Ramallah) and Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies — Israel Defense Forces soldiers from the Golani Brigade's elite Egoz anti-guerilla unit tracked down a bomb-laden car in the Jenin refugee camp on Tuesday morning.
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Examiner:
Christopher Hitchens: This July Fourth, ignore polls on America's image — WASHINGTON - Here's what I want to know, and here's why I want to know it. At what point in history, exactly, did the Pew Center decide that it knew how to measure world opinion? — I ask this because almost every week …
Smash / The Indepundit:
CONGRESS DECLARES COLONIES INDEPENDENT — Thursday, July 4, 1776 — It has finally come down to this - today, in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress approved a Declaration of Independence. In the words of the principle Author, Mr. Thomas Jefferson of Virginia,
MSNBC:
Dirty wars, dirty bombs — Plus, Slacker Friday letters — I am taking an extra day because I love my country, sooo much. If people really miss me, I'll be on Al Franken's show around 1:30 p.m. ET. — I've got a new Think Again: The Best of Times . here. — We're not yet a police state.
Anton La Guardia / Telegraph:
Target any white person: the chilling guidelines for Bali suicide bombers — Any white person is a target. Avoid hotels because they are too well protected. Carry the bombs in small knapsacks to avoid suspicion. And don't worry about your escape route because you will become a "martyr".
Mark Landler / New York Times:
World Cup Brings Little Pleasure to German Brothels — BERLIN, June 30 — On the night before Germany was to play Argentina in the quarterfinals of the World Cup, the prostitutes who work at the Artemis Sauna Club here were putting on their game faces. — With tens of thousands …
Amanda Beck / Reuters:
Anti-war protesters begin July 4 fast — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 150 protesters sat in front of the White House on Monday to savor their last meal before starting a hunger strike that some said will continue until American troops return from Iraq. — The demonstration marking …
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