memeorandum: Battered Conservative Syndrome: Defending Ann (Dafydd/Big Lizards)

6:10 AM ET, June 10, 2006

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Al-Zarqawi spoke, then died as US medics tried to save him — IRAQI police discovered Abu Musab al-Zarqawi alive in the rubble of his bombed safe house, then watched him try to roll off a stretcher before dying, it emerged yesterday. — Announcing his death, US officials said on Thursday …

Discussion: Hot Air, Confederate Yankee and Captain's Quarters

Patrick Quinn / Associated Press:

A Dying Al-Zarqawi Tried to Get Away — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi could barely speak, but he struggled and tried to get away from American soldiers as he lay dying on a stretcher in the ruins of his hideout. — The U.S. forces recognized his face, and knew they had the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.

Discussion: Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler and Daily Pundit

Alexis Debat Reports / The Blotter:

Captured Zarqawi Aide Spilled the Beans — Alexis Debat Reports: — An Iraqi customs agent secretly working with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror cell spilled the beans on the group after he was arrested, Jordanian officials tell ABC News. — Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly was arrested by Jordanian intelligence forces last spring.

Discussion: The Belmont Club, Riehl World View, War and Piece, AMERICAN FUTURE, The Sundries Shack, New York Times, Ace of Spades HQ, Right Truth, Wizbang, TalkLeft, Hot Air, Six Meat Buffet, Associated Press, Villainous Company, suzieviews.blogspot.com, The Post-Postmodernist, Barking Moonbat Early … and PrairiePundit

Ben Johnson / Front Page Magazine:

The Left and the Death of Zarqawi — George W. Bush called it "a severe blow to al-Qaeda." Donald Rumsfeld called it "a significant victory." Joe Biden admitted it a was "very significant hit." How did much of the Left describe the killing of al-Qaeda murderer Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi?

Discussion: David Corn, Blogcritics.org, Pirate's Cove, CNSNews, The Huffington Post, ABCNEWS, Ninth State and Right Truth

Hindrocket / Power Line:
ZARQAWI SURVIVED STRIKE; PRESS CORPS SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY

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Washington Post:
Zarqawi Did Not Die Instantly, U.S. General Says

Discussion: TalkLeft, The Left Coaster, BBC, New York Times and FP Passport

Baltimore Sun:
TV stations, Web sites exercise little restraint

Discussion: Public Eye

Associated Press: Zarqawi Lived Briefly After Attack

Susan Cornwell / Reuters:

Iraq war foe Murtha eyes Democratic leadership — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rep. John Murtha, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, unexpectedly announced on Friday he will run for the No. 2 leadership post in the U.S. House of Representatives if Democrats regain control of that chamber in elections this fall.

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Dafydd / Big Lizards:
Battered Conservative Syndrome: Defending Ann

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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:

9/11 Commissioner Criticizes Coulter — A member of the Sept. 11 commission on Friday lashed out at conservative pundit Ann Coulter for a "hate-filled attack" in saying the widows whose husbands died in the World Trade Center used the deaths for their own political gain.

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Time's "Corrections" About Haditha — This is a now all too familiar pattern with our one party media. — The following "corrections" have been added to the very bottom of Time's two blockbuster exclusives on Haditha in their current online versions:

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Kate Phillips / New York Times:

Liberal Bloggers Gather in Las Vegas — LAS VEGAS, June 9 — Hundreds of liberal (they'd say progressive) Internet bloggers crawled out of their cybertunnels for face-time and political networking here at the first-ever YearlyKos convention. — Named after DailyKos.com …

Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Democrat Taylor Marsh …, Ninth State, Seeing the Forest and The Horse's Mouth

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:

Gingrich May Run in 2008 If No Front-Runner Emerges — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) expects to run for president in 2008 if the contest for the Republican nomination still seems wide open late next year, he said yesterday. — In remarks that were critical of both parties' recent performance …

BBC:

Defeat for net neutrality backers — US politicians have rejected attempts to enshrine the principle of net neutrality in legislation. — Some fear the decision will mean net providers start deciding on behalf of customers which websites and services they can visit and use.

Discussion: The Sideshow

Kenneth R. Timmerman / NewsMax.com:

Judge Dismisses Khobar Towers Case Against Iran — WASHINGTON — A magistrate judge in the District Court of Washington, D.C. has dismissed a lawsuit by the survivors and families of victims of the June 25, 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, that sought millions of dollars …

Discussion: Thomas Joscelyn and The Corner on National …

Ana Marie Cox / Time:

Are Left-leaning Bloggers Ready for Their Close-up? — Dispatch: Inside the Yearly Kos fest in Las Vegas, progressives get lessons in going mainstream — Las Vegas has a slightly tinny feel, a bitter metallic tang that stems partially from the heat, partially from the over-oxygenated air …

Discussion: San Francisco Chronicle, skippy the bush kangaroo and Think Progress