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6:50 AM ET, July 11, 2006

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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Beheading Desecration Video of Dead U.S. Soldiers Released on Internet by al Qaeda (Video/Images)  —  A brutal video showing the desecration of the bodies of two U.S. soldiers has been released on the internet by an al Qaeda linked group.  The Jawa Report has obtained a copy of the video.
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Insurgent Group Posts Video of 2 Mutilated U.S. Soldiers  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 10 — Insurgents posted an Internet video on Monday showing the mutilated bodies of two American soldiers abducted in June and found murdered days later during a search by American and Iraqi forces south of Baghdad.
Discussion: Mudville Gazette and Bring it On!
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Tucker and Menchaca (Update: Jihadis claim revenge for rape victim)  —  Bryan and I have been debating for the past half hour or so whether I should post this.  Michelle's away from the computer at the moment; when she returns, she might make an executive decision to have it removed.
Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Judge: FBI Raid on Lawmaker's Office Legal  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI raid on a Louisiana congressman's Capitol Hill office was legal, a federal judge ruled Monday.  —  Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan said members of Congress are not above the law.
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Kate Phillips / New York Times:
Judge Upholds F.B.I. Search of Lawmaker's Office  —  WASHINGTON, July 10 — While acknowledging the unprecedented nature of the F.B.I. search of Representative William J. Jefferson's legislative offices, a federal judge ruled Monday that the seizure of records there was legal and did not violate …
Discussion: Macsmind
Allan Lengel / Washington Post:   FBI Search of Jefferson's Office Constitutional, Judge Rules
Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times:
Judge Rules Capitol Office Raid Legal
Discussion: the talking dog
Salon:
Tastes great, less filling  —  Remember preemption?  —  It seems like just a few months ago — and it was — that the Bush administration laid out a National Security Strategy in which it said that the United States held itself free to use force "before attacks occur," even if the time and place of such attacks isn't yet known.
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and Macsmind
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Susan Haigh / Newsday:
Lieberman campaign files forms to run as petitioning candidate  —  HARTFORD, Conn. — Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman filed paperwork Monday that will allow him to collect signatures to petition his way onto the November ballot if he loses an August primary.  —  Lieberman's campaign announced the move in an e-mail to reporters.
John Aloysius Farrell / Denver Post:
Rove: Bush to veto DeGette bill  —  President Bush will likely cast the first veto of his presidency if the Senate, as expected, passes legislation to expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, White House aide Karl Rove said today.  —  "The president is emphatic about this," …
Atlas Shrugs:
FREE GILAD NOW!  NY RALLY! … It was something to see.  An incredibly beautiful scene.  —  Roughly a thousand people (to my eye at the height.)  Young (alot), old all walks of life.  My only issue was the co-opting of this rally by the Democrats.  Clearly Israel is a non-partisan issue.
Discussion: A Blog For All
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Van / Kesher Talk:   Jews Take to the Streets: "Free Gilad Now!"
Los Angeles Times:
Wake up, Democrats: Ideas and vision do matter  —  Just waiting for the Republicans to self-destruct is a losing strategy.  —  SOMETHING HAPPENS to a political party when it is not just out of power but has had to play on the home field of its opponents for a generation: It loses faith in itself and becomes scared.
Associated Press:
Chechen Terror Leader Shamil Basayev Killed in Russia  —  MOSCOW — Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who claimed responsibility for modern Russia's worst terrorist attacks, was killed Monday, Russia's top intelligence official said.  —  Federal Security Service head Nikolai Patrushev told …
Lawrence Kaplan / The New Republic:
A REVOLTING TRUTH:  —  Even by the degraded standards of everyday life in Baghdad, this report from CNN's Nic Robertson comes as a shock:  —  From its gruesome particulars, the report goes on to describe the fear that has gripped even the most hardened Iraqis during this latest round of sectarian bloodletting.
Dave Astor / Editor and Publisher:
Universal Says It Doesn't Think Coulter Plagiarized  —  NEW YORK Universal Press Syndicate said today that it doesn't think controversial columnist Ann Coulter is guilty of plagiarism.  —  When reached for reaction to Universal's statement, the head of the company the New York Post asked …
Marc Danziger / Examiner:
Democrats would be weaker without Lieberman  —  WASHINGTON - The week's big news is the decision by Joe Lieberman to hedge his bets and gather the signatures he will need to run — and most likely win — as an independent.  —  I've not been a big fan of Lieberman's; he's one of the key votes …
Washington Post:
General Speaks of Immigrant Father  —  MIAMI, July 10 — A congressional hearing on immigration came to a dramatic pause Monday when Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, choked up as he talked about his Italian immigrant father and the opportunities that America had given to his family.
news.wisc.edu:
Provost review clears Barrett to teach class on Islam  —  Following a thorough review, University of Wisconsin-Madison Provost Patrick Farrell today announced that lecturer Kevin Barrett will teach, as scheduled, a class titled "Islam: Religion and Culture."
Kevin McCarra / Guardian:
Italy strike gold as Zidane sees red  —  Italy 1 - 1 France (Italy won 5-3 on pens)  —  Materazzi, 19; Zidane, 7 (pen)  —  Italy are world champions, with a flawless set of penalties in the shoot-out securing football's ultimate prize.  They had never been undisputed masters in any other aspect …
Associated Press:
Officials: 15 Injured In Building Blast  —  NEW YORK — A four-story building on Manhattan's Upper East Side collapsed into a pile of rubble Monday after a thunderous gas explosion that hurled fireballs high into the sky and left the upscale block covered in bricks, broken glass and splintered wood.
Discussion: Newsday, PunditGuy and Classical Values
 
 
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