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Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Pakistani Military Sources Say Zawahiri May Be Dead — Forensic Tests to Reveal Fate of al Qaeda Number Two — Jan. 13, 2006 — Today, according to Pakistani military sources, U.S. aircraft attacked a compound known to be frequented by high level al Qaeda operatives.
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Riaz Khan / Associated Press:
al-Qaida Leader Not at Site of Airstrike — DAMADOLA, Pakistan - Al-Qaida's second-in-command was the target of a U.S. airstrike near the Afghan border but he was not at the site of the attack, two senior Pakistani officials said Saturday. At least 17 people were killed.
Washington Post:
U.S. Airstrike Targets Al Qaeda's Zawahiri — Ayman Zawahiri, the second-ranking al Qaeda leader and chief deputy to Osama bin Laden, was targeted by a deadly U.S. missile strike on a compound in Pakistan yesterday, but U.S. intelligence could not confirm whether he was killed …
David Ensor / CNN:
Sources: Airstrike may have killed bin Laden's No. 2 — (CNN) — A CIA airstrike on a building in Pakistan may have killed Osama bin Laden's most-trusted aide, sources said. — The building where Ayman al-Zawahiri was thought to be is in Damadola, a small village near the Afghan border.
MSNBC:
Major U.S. attack may have killed Zawahri — Al-Qaida's top operating officer believed to be at target site in Pakistan — Ayman al-Zawahri, speaking at an undisclosed location, in an image taken from Qatar-based al-Jazeera television on Jan. 6. — NBC VIDEO … Jim Miklaszewski
Andrew Cochran / The Counterterrorism Blog:
CIA Targets Ayman al-Zawahiri in Pakistan (updated) — LAST UPDATE AT 11:38 pm ET. CNN reporting a CIA airstrike against Al Qaeda's #2, Ayman al-Zawahiri in Pakistan - CIA got "good reporting" on al-Zawahiri's presence in a building and it ordered the Predator airstrike …
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta: Zawahiri Dead!?!?!!!!!!!! — Various news sources report …
B. Preston / JunkYardBlog:
Did the NSA Leak Lead to a Surge in Disposable Phone Sales? — That's what the feds would like to know: … The story points out that the Madrid bombers used pre-paid cell phones in their work. It doesn't point out that the last time the press leaked operational information like this …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Wider Fight Is Seen as Alito Victory Appears Secured — WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 - Democrats and Republicans say Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s confirmation to the Supreme Court is all but certain, yet the fight over his nomination heated up on Friday as both sides seized on it as a flashpoint …
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Andrew Exum / New York Times:
All Dressed Up With No Way to Fight — THIS week Senator Hillary Clinton, citing a secret Pentagon report that suggested some marines killed in Iraq might have survived had they been wearing more body armor, became the latest in a long line of politicians to castigate the Pentagon …
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Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
We found Padilla's al Qaeda application, U.S. says — Prosecutors said the U.S. government discovered alleged terrorist José Padilla's written application to join al Qaeda. — jweaver@MiamiHerald.com — After the U.S. military invaded Afghanistan to oust its Taliban rulers …
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Brad / THE BRAD BLOG:
BREAKING: HOUSE LEADERSHIP FORCING BOB NEY OUT OF CHAIRMANSHIP! — Soon-to-be-Indicted Ohio Congressman's Luck Begins to Run Out... The powerful Ohio Congressman man who, while gambling at a London casino on a lobbyist paid vacation, got "lucky" and won $34,000 on a $100 bet …
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Lawrence O'Donnell Jr / Los Angeles Times:
Good lobbyists, good government — LAWRENCE O'DONNELL JR. was a senior Senate staff aide from 1988-1995. He is now executive producer of NBC's "The West Wing." — WHEN I WENT to work in the Senate, I thought most lobbyists were like Jack Abramoff, but I was wrong. In those days, none of them were as bad as Abramoff.
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Karl Vick / Washington Post:
Reunified Islam: Unlikely but Not Entirely Radical — Restoration of Caliphate, Attacked by Bush, Resonates With Mainstream Muslims — ISTANBUL — The plan was to fly a hijacked plane into a national landmark on live television. The year was 1998, the country was Turkey, and the rented plane ended up grounded by weather.
Howard W. French / New York Times:
Wealth Grows, but Health Care Withers in China — FUYANG, China - When Jin Guilian's family took him to a county hospital in this gritty industrial city after a jarring two-day bus ride during which he drifted in and out of consciousness, the doctors took one look at him and said: "How dare you do this to him?
Telegraph:
Galloway loses respect with cat charade — George Galloway plumbed new depths when he pretended to be a cat as part of a task set for him during his appearance on the television show Celebrity Big Brother. — The Repect Party MP, who last year lambasted the United States Senate over the war in Iraq …
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Washington Post:
Who Was That Striking Lady in Red? — Ladies and gentleman, we present the breakout star of the Alito hearings — Rachel Brand ! — Who? you ask. Exactly: She was the woman sitting right behind the nominee's left shoulder in the "who's that?" seat that turns unwitting staffers into accidental celebs during big-deal hearings.
Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
Abortion Politics — The Republican Party is full of secret pro-choicers. If Alito helps to overturn Roe v. Wade, it could crack open the GOP coalition in the country and on Capitol Hill. — Jan. 13, 2006 - The Alito hearing couldn't have come out better for the Republicans …
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Washington Post:
Web Site Attacks Critic of War — Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), the former Marine who is an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, has become the latest Democrat to have his Vietnam War decorations questioned. — In a tactic reminiscent of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth assault on Sen. John F. Kerry …
The Nation:
Gore to Address "Constitutional Crisis" — It sounds as if Al Gore is about to deliver what could be not just one of the more significant speeches of his political career but an essential challenge to the embattled presidency of George W. Bush. — In a major address slated for delivery Monday …
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