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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Yepsen: So far, Romney's been most impressive Republican  —  Of all the 2008 Republican presidential candidates making the rounds in Iowa, none is doing better than Mitt Romney, the governor of Massachusetts.  —  Romney's made a half-dozen visits to the state, all to good reviews from the locals.

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.

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."

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.

Troops Home Fast: Day 6 - Cindy Sheehan  —  I find traveling out of the country very challenging being on a fast.  When I was on a layover in Madrid on my way to Venice, Italy yesterday, the closest thing I could find to a smoothie to get a little protein was a coffee with vanilla ice cream in it.

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.

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.

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 …