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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Said to Find No Hussein Link to Terror Chief — The Central Intelligence Agency last fall repudiated the claim that there were prewar ties between Saddam Hussein's government and an operative of Al Qaeda, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to a report issued Friday by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Truth Of Senate Report — Now I know why journalists get their stories so wrong so often - they lack basic reading comprehension skills. With all the hoopla about the Senate Intelligence report supposedly saying there were no ties between Saddam and Terrorists (despite Iraq documents …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Iraq's Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties Were Disputed Before War — Links Were Cited to Justify U.S. Invasion, Report Says — A declassified report released yesterday by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence revealed that U.S. intelligence analysts were strongly disputing the alleged links …
New York Times:
Before Speeches, a Bush Strategy to Regain Edge — When President Bush and his top aides gathered in July to sketch out a strategy for the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, it was clear to all that they had to try to reset the clock — back to a time, before Iraq …
Los Angeles Times:
ABC Stands By Its 9/11 Story — Almost — After minor edits in response to Democratic critics, the miniseries will air as scheduled. It's already set off a bitter election-year dispute. — Walt Disney Co.'s ABC is forging ahead with plans to air a miniseries starting Sunday despite controversy …
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Stephanie Heinatz / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Eustis chief: Iraq post-war plan muzzled — FORT EUSTIS — Months before the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld forbade military strategists from developing plans for securing a post-war Iraq, the retiring commander of the Army Transportation Corps said Thursday.
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U.S. count of Baghdad deaths excludes car bombs, mortar attacks — BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. officials, seeking a way to measure the results of a program aimed at decreasing violence in Baghdad, aren't counting scores of dead killed in car bombings and mortar attacks as victims of the country's sectarian violence.
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Television Ad Shows Reagan Praising Webb In 1985 Speech — Democratic Senate candidate James Webb will launch his first television ad Monday, a 30-second tribute by former President Ronald Reagan, for whom Webb once served as Navy secretary. — The commercial shows Reagan, a Republican …
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Michael van der Galien / Liberty and Justice:
Co-Blogger Fighting For His Life — This post will stay on top throughout the entire weekend. — One of the co-bloggers here, at Liberty and Justice, Isaac Schrodinger is currently involved in the fight of his life. Better said: a fight for his life. — As all of you who have read …
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Paul A. Gigot / Opinion Journal:
'Most People Want Us to Win' — A president in the fray, more Truman than LBJ. — ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — Speaker Nancy Pelosi? — "That's not going to happen," snaps the president of the United States, leaning across his desk in his airborne office. He had been saying that he hoped …
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Lieberman Points Out a Turnabout by Lamont — Ned Lamont, who this week chastised Senator Joseph I. Lieberman for his public rebuke of President Clinton during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, wrote to Mr. Lieberman at the time praising the eloquence of his speech on the Senate floor.
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
F.B.I. Agents Question Accuracy of 9/11 Series — Two retired F.B.I. agents said today that they had rejected advisory roles on the disputed ABC mini-series, "The Path to 9/11," because of concerns about the program's accuracy. — One of the agents, Thomas E. Nicoletti …
Michael Powell / Washington Post:
9/11 conspiracy theorists multiply — Many Americans suspect U.S. government involvement or complicity — NEW YORK - He felt no shiver of doubt in those first terrible hours. — He watched the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and assumed al-Qaeda had wreaked terrible vengeance.
Associated Press:
France: Int'l fleet won't employ force — France announced on Friday that the international naval force designated to patrol Lebanon's territorial waters would not be authorized to employ force to stop ships from entering or leaving Lebanon. — A spokesman for the French defense ministry …
CNN:
Public expects gridlock if Democrats pick up seats — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Americans foresee "more gridlock" in government if Democrats take over the House and/or the Senate after elections this fall, a CNN poll shows. — And while the poll shows a majority of Americans would favor probes …
Donna Abu-Nasr / Associated Press:
Saudi religious cops ban dog, cat sales — JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's religious police, normally tasked with chiding women to cover themselves and ensuring men attend mosque prayers, are turning to a new target: cats and dogs. — The police have issued a decree banning the sale of the pets …
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