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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Beheading Desecration Video of Dead U.S. Soldiers Released on Internet by al Qaeda (Video/Images) — A brutal video showing the desecration of the bodies of two U.S. soldiers has been released on the internet by an al Qaeda linked group. The Jawa Report has obtained a copy of the video.
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Insurgent Group Posts Video of 2 Mutilated U.S. Soldiers — BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 10 — Insurgents posted an Internet video on Monday showing the mutilated bodies of two American soldiers abducted in June and found murdered days later during a search by American and Iraqi forces south of Baghdad.
Kate Phillips / New York Times:
Judge Upholds F.B.I. Search of Lawmaker's Office — WASHINGTON, July 10 — While acknowledging the unprecedented nature of the F.B.I. search of Representative William J. Jefferson's legislative offices, a federal judge ruled Monday that the seizure of records there was legal and did not violate …
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Associated Press:
Judge Rules FBI Raid on Rep. Jefferson's Office Was Legal
Judge Rules FBI Raid on Rep. Jefferson's Office Was Legal
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Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times:
Judge Rules Capitol Office Raid Legal
Judge Rules Capitol Office Raid Legal
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Salon:
Tastes great, less filling — Remember preemption? — It seems like just a few months ago — and it was — that the Bush administration laid out a National Security Strategy in which it said that the United States held itself free to use force "before attacks occur," even if the time and place of such attacks isn't yet known.
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Foster Klug / Associated Press:
White House blasts Clinton N.Korea policy
White House blasts Clinton N.Korea policy
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Susan Haigh / Newsday:
Lieberman campaign files forms to run as petitioning candidate — HARTFORD, Conn. — Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman filed paperwork Monday that will allow him to collect signatures to petition his way onto the November ballot if he loses an August primary. — Lieberman's campaign announced the move in an e-mail to reporters.
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Gail Shister / Philly.com:
Rather, on CNN, disdains identification with CBS — He may deny it, but Dan Rather is still hotter than a Laredo parking lot about CBS. — Sharp-eyed viewers may have noticed that Rather was not identified on screen with his network of 44 years when he appeared on Anderson Cooper's 360 Wednesday …
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Matt Hughes / Times of London:
Read my lips: the taunt that made Zidane snap — Our correspondent finds out what may have caused a great player to lose his head in such spectacular style — WITH his monkish mien backed by a sense of brooding menace, Zinédine Zidane has always been something of an enigma …
Washington Post:
General Speaks of Immigrant Father — MIAMI, July 10 — A congressional hearing on immigration came to a dramatic pause Monday when Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, choked up as he talked about his Italian immigrant father and the opportunities that America had given to his family.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The GOP's Looming Battle — As it looks beyond the elections of 2006, a Republican Party known for ideological solidarity is on the cusp of a far more searching philosophical battle than are the Democrats, historically accustomed to bruising fights over the finer points of political theory.
Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
Pentagon Struggles With Cost Overruns and Delays on Arms — On Sept. 10, 2001, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld stood before hundreds of military officers and civilian employees at the Pentagon and delivered a blistering attack on what he saw as the next national security threat: Pentagon bureaucracy.
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Lawrence Kaplan / The New Republic:
A REVOLTING TRUTH: — Even by the degraded standards of everyday life in Baghdad, this report from CNN's Nic Robertson comes as a shock: — From its gruesome particulars, the report goes on to describe the fear that has gripped even the most hardened Iraqis during this latest round of sectarian bloodletting.
Tom Coghlan / Independent:
Taliban use beheadings and beatings to keep Afghanistan's schools closed — The letter pinned overnight to the wall of the mosque in Kandahar was succinct. "Girls going to school need to be careful for their safety. If we put acid on their faces or they are murdered then the blame will be on their parents."
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
'Pit Bull' of the House Latches On to Immigration — WASHINGTON, July 10 — Representative F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. has no tolerance for illegal immigrants, either in his political life or personal life. — "My housekeeper in Wisconsin was born in Wisconsin," says Mr. Sensenbrenner …
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Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Rethinking Embattled Tactics in Terror War — Courts, Hill and Allies Press Administration — Five years after the attacks on the United States, the Bush administration faces the prospect of reworking key elements of its anti-terrorism effort in light of challenges from the courts …
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John Aloysius Farrell / Denver Post:
Rove: Bush to veto DeGette bill — President Bush will likely cast the first veto of his presidency if the Senate, as expected, passes legislation to expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, White House aide Karl Rove said today. — "The president is emphatic about this," …
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