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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, master of the Web war — Al-Qaida leader in Iraq harnessed the Internet to wage his jihad … MSNBC TV — WASHINGTON - — As the U.S. military announced Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, al-Zarqawi's lieutenants did the same, with a statement on his own Web site, with a highly positive spin.
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Joel Achenbach / Achenblog:
The Next Zarqawi — The military briefing this morning featured footage of the bombing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's hideout. We've become familiar with this kind of image, the jet-fighter's view of the terrain, the target in the middle of the screen, the flash of light, the erupting cloud of smoke and dust.
Amy Fagan / Washington Times:
Democrats call Zarqawi killing a stunt — Some Democrats, breaking ranks from their leadership, today said the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi in Iraq was a stunt to divert attention from an unpopular and hopeless war. — "This is just to cover Bush's [rear] so he doesn't have to answer" …
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New York Times:
Surveillance and Betrayal Ended Hunt — BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 8 —Muhammad Ismael, a 40-year-old Iraqi taxi driver, was standing outside his home in the tiny village of Hibhib on Wednesday evening when something unusual caught his eye. — Three GMC trucks, each with blackened windows …
Claudia Rosett / Knight Ridder:
Zarqawi death is an important U.S. victory — What matters at least as much as the killing of al-Qaeda top terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq is that we, in America, appreciate it for the important battlefield victory it truly is. — Dubbed "the prince of al-Qaeda" by Osama bin Laden …
CNN:
Beheaded man's father: Revenge breeds revenge — Michael Berg talks about the death of his son and al-Zarqawi — (CNN) — The U.S.-led coalition's No. 1 wanted man in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi — who conducted a campaign of insurgency bombings, beheadings and killings of Americans and Iraqi civilians …
Jon Hurdle / Reuters:
Father of beheaded man blames Bush, not Zarqawi — PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Michael Berg, whose son Nick was beheaded in Iraq in 2004, said on Thursday he felt no sense of relief at the killing of the al Qaeda leader in Iraq and blamed President Bush for his son's death.
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
After Zarqawi, No Clear Path In Weary Iraq — Difficult Questions Surround Legacy of Insurgent Leader — BAGHDAD, June 8 — Analysts and military spokesmen said Thursday that the death of insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, killed Wednesday when two 500-pound bombs obliterated …
Peter Wehner / Real Clear Politics:A Severe Blow To al-Qaeda
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John Robb / Global Guerrillas:IRAQ: ZARQAWI IS DEAD
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Michael Grunwald / Washington Post:
DeLay Pulls No Punches In Final Speech to House — Unrepentant, 'the Hammer' Urges GOP to Keep Up Fight — Former House majority leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) said goodbye to Congress yesterday in typical fighting form, delivering a pugnacious defense of the iron-fisted partisanship that defined his decade in power.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
DeLay Bids the House a Torrid Goodbye — WASHINGTON, June 8 — Representative Tom DeLay personifies the word "unapologetic." — Leaving Congress on Friday under indictment in Texas and under a cloud in Washington for his relationships with a lobbyist and two former senior aides …
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:Deal Reached on Spending Bill for Iraq, Storm Relief
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Times of London:
Apologise or we'll cut your funding, US envoy tells UN — From James Bone in New York and Richard Beeston — AMERICA'S bitter dispute with the United Nations escalated last night when John Bolton, the US envoy to the UN, threatened to withhold funding to the organisation unless it apologised …
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Reuters:
Israeli air strike kills Gaza security chief — Source: Reuters — GAZA, June 8 (Reuters) - A senior Palestinian security official in the Hamas government was killed on Thursday in an Israeli aerial attack on a militant camp in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medics said.
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Black Caucus opposes Jefferson treatment — WASHINGTON - A drive by the Democratic leadership to strip embattled Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record) of his committee post triggered a backlash Thursday as the Congressional Black Caucus opposed the move and said the Louisiana lawmaker deserves a "presumption of innocence."
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
On Human Frailties — Every now and then something happens that makes me realize how flawed I am as a human being, and today we had one of that those situations. For those of you who do not know, Armando has been outed. And by outed, we mean his anonymity, not his sexual practices …
Washington Post:
Rep. Tom DeLay Delivers His Farewell Address — SPEAKER: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TOM DELAY (R-TX) — DELAY: Mr. Speaker, political careers tend to end in one of three ways: defeat, death or retirement. — And despite the fervent and mostly noble exertions of my adversaries over the years …
Jay Cost / The RCP Blog:
The Non-Sequitur Times — Boy oh boy. The New York Times' Adam Nagourney really pulled some rabbits out of his hat on Thursday with his ode to how CA 50 is a portent of Republican doom, did he not? The piece reads as if, fully intending to write a "GOP is doomed" storyline regardless …
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
The Video Doesn't Lie . . . Right?? — This is quite amazing. — I have uploaded a video to YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Don't watch it unless you can handle watching someone get shot. (Don't worry: it happens at a distance and isn't gory.) — It is a video of police shooting a suspect they have been chasing.
Washington Post:
Our Strategy for a Democratic Iraq — BAGHDAD — The completion of the national unity government Thursday in Iraq marks the starting point for repaying Iraqis' commitment to and thirst for democracy. We are at this juncture thanks to the bravery of the soldiers, police and citizens …
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