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Noor Khan / Associated Press:
Top Taliban commander killed in fighting — KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Taliban's most prominent military commander, a one-legged fighter who orchestrated an ethnic massacre and a rash of beheadings, was killed in a U.S.-led military operation in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: "Taliban Zarqawi" killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan; Update: NYT, BBC reporters view body; Update: NATO confirms — No confirmation yet from NATO but an Afghan official claims to have seen the body. Another official (or the same one?) tells Reuters it's in Kandahar, presumably in the government's possession.
Ismail Sameen / Reuters:
Taliban commander Dadullah killed in Afghan clash — KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's top operational commander in southern Afghanistan, was killed during a clash with Afghan and western forces in Helmand province, Afghan officials said on Sunday.
The New / New York Times:
Top Taliban Commander Is Killed in Clash — Afghan government officials showed the body of Mullah Dadullah, the top operational commander for the Taliban insurgency, to reporters here Sunday morning, saying he had been killed in a joint operation of Afghan and coalition forces.
Telegraph:
Pakistan on brink of disaster as Karachi burns — Chaos gripped the streets of Karachi yesterday as gun battles left at least 31 people dead and hundreds more injured, threatening a complete breakdown of law and order in Pakistan's largest and most volatile city.
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State of the Day
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Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Pakistan On Brink Of Disaster — The headline for this post is taken from the UK's extremely conservative Sunday Telegraph newspaper and is no hyperbole - the current situation will either bring down Musharaff or bring down any hope that Pakistan can become a more democratic nation in the short to medium term.
Alex / The Blue State:
Unrest in Pakistan — Pervez Musharraf fired the Chief Justice of Pakistan's Supreme Court on March 9th, a move which stirred up a torrent of discontent among lawyers and citizens across the country, sparking street protests and demonstrations. This discontent came to a head in protests yesterday …
Jennifer Rubin / ABCNEWS:
No Disclosure: Presidential Candidates Defy Tradition, Refuse to Release Taxes — Since Watergate, Only Clinton Refused to Release Income Information — Former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.,worked for a hedge fund while heading a poverty center in between his presidential campaigns.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Should Candidates Release Their Tax Returns? — Ever since Watergate, presidential candidates have released their tax records in order to show that they have nothing to hide. Only one major candidate refused to do so in the last twenty years, and Bill Clinton changed his mind for his re-election bid in 1996.
Fareed Zakaria / Newsweek:
The Democrats' Trade Troubles — Last week house speaker Nancy Pelosi and congress-man Charles Rangel showed genuine leadership by making a deal with the Bush administration to ease the passage of new trade pacts. But they did so from within a party that is going seriously awry on this issue.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
U.S. Aims to Weaken G-8 Climate Change Statement — Negotiators from the United States are trying to weaken the language of a climate change declaration set to be unveiled at next month's G-8 summit of the world's leading industrial powers, according to documents obtained yesterday by The Washington Post.
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The Huffington Post
Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
Search ongoing for 3 missing U.S. troops — BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi troops searched house-to-house and combed fields with their bare hands Saturday after American troops and their Iraqi interpreter came under attack in the notorious "triangle of death" south of Baghdad, leaving five dead and three missing.
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Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:
Batiste Lays With Dogs, Gets Fleas — Sunday's New York Times features former Army Major General John Batiste's reasoning for appearing in a TV ad the NYT's describes as "openly challenging President Bush on his management of the war." The ad says:
WRAL-TV:
Church's Sign Against Islam Sparks Controversy — SPRING HOPE — Words like "bomb" and "die" draw attention to the small sign in front of Good News Independent Baptist Church. — Rev. Gary Murrell put up the sign, which on one side claims the message of Islam is "submit, convert or die."
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Football reference trips up GOP hopeful — LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - Note to Sen. Sam Brownback (news, bio, voting record): In Packerland, it's not cool to diss Brett Favre. — The GOP presidential hopeful drew boos and groans Friday at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention when he used …
Jules Crittenden:
Motherthink — I always thought Mother's Day was about being nice to Mom. Making her breakfast, making her a card, giving her a kiss. — Wrong. — I never understood, but I am beginning to grasp it now. Mother's Day is about millennia of male domination and warmongering.
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