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11:45 PM ET, September 23, 2006

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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:

Big News: bin Laden dead; Bigger News: Ansar al Sunnah Head Captured! — Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta today! First, bin Laden is reportedly dead. Or dying. Or whatever. In any event, I don't believe it. But it's the kind of rumor I dig. Thanks to everyone that e-mailed it to me.

Discussion: Biased BBC, The Anchoress, Euphoric Reality, The Strata-Sphere, Atlas Shrugs and A Blog For All

CBS News:

French Want Probe Into Bin Laden Leak — Chirac: Osama's Death 'In No Way Whatsoever Confirmed' — (CBS/AP) French President Jacques Chirac said Saturday that information contained in a leaked intelligence document raising the possibility that Osama bin Laden may have died of typhoid …

Discussion: The Jawa Report, skippy the bush kangaroo and Free Frank Warner

CNN:

Rumors swirl over bin Laden's fate … PARIS, France (CNN) — Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has a water-borne illness, a Saudi intelligence source told CNN on Saturday, a report that conflicts with an article in a French newspaper saying that the man who has been hunted by the United States for the past five years is dead.

Discussion: Redstate, The Volokh Conspiracy, Talking Points Memo, Tammy Bruce, Law Librarian Blog and Say Anything

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Osama's dead possibly gravely ill! Update: Alive and well, says Hamid Mir; Update: Video added — Naturally the news breaks on the one morning of the week that I sleep in. — Catching up now. Mary K's got the best round-up. Note in particular the report from Time that she links …

John Ward Anderson / Washington Post:

France Looks Into Bin Laden Death Report — French secret service officials have informed the French government that Saudi Arabia is trying to confirm intelligence reports that Osama bin Laden, the masterminded of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Claude Salhani / UPI:
Analysis: Is bin Laden truly dead?

Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Pajamas Media

Agence France Presse:
French newspaper says Saudis believe bin Laden dead

Discussion: The Democratic Daily and ¡No Pasarán!

Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall:
AP France Unconfirmed Report: Osama bin Laden Dead?

Discussion: Stop The ACLU, Captain's Quarters, RIGHTWINGSPARKLE, Daily Pundit, Ace of Spades HQ and Patterico's Pontifications

Reuters:
France to probe bin Laden death report leak

Discussion: Old War Dogs, Don Surber and ScrappleFace

Reuters:
U.S. can't confirm bin Laden death report: official

Discussion: CNN.com and Scared Monkeys

Associated Press:
France Looks Into bin Laden Death Report

Discussion: Elephants in Academia, No More Mister Nice Blog and Althouse

Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
bin Laden Dead? Officials Scramble To Confirm Reports (UPDATED)

Discussion: Gun Toting Liberal, All Things Beautiful and The American Street

Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:

Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terrorism Threat — A stark assessment of terrorism trends by American intelligence agencies has found that the American invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Gun Toting Liberal, BTC News, Balkinization, Balloon Juice, Right Wing Nut House, Democracy Project, Mia Culpa, Unclaimed Territory, Political Animal, american footprints, Liberal Values, NewsHog, State of the Day and Booman Tribune

BBC:

Violence sweeps Iraq on Ramadan — At least 35 people have been killed in a car bomb attack on a kerosene tanker in the mainly Shia district of Sadr City in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. — Nine severed heads were also found in the city of Tikrit as violence swept across the country.

Discussion: The Reaction and Clarity & Resolve

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Think Progress:
Fox on The Defensive, Promos Interview As 'Clinton Gets Crazed'

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, Talking Points Memo and skippy the bush kangaroo

Judd / Think Progress:
Chris Wallace Has Never Asked A Bush Administration Official About The USS Cole

Discussion: The Huffington Post, NewsBusters.org, Angry Bear and Taylor Marsh

Ian Urbina / New York Times:

Officials Wary of Electronic Voting Machines — A growing number of state and local officials are getting cold feet about electronic voting technology, and many are making last-minute efforts to limit or reverse the rollout of new machines in the November elections.

Discussion: The BRAD BLOG and Liberal Values

Reuters:

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 23 — Source: Reuters — Sept 23 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents and other developments in Iraq reported on Saturday, as of 1930 GMT. — Asterisk denotes new or updated item. — *HAWIJA - Two U.S. soldiers were killed …

Discussion: AMERICAblog

Mark McDonald / Philly.com:

No ifs, butts: Smoking ban starts 'immediately' — Mayor Street said yesterday that the city will begin enforcing the new smoking-ban law "immediately," a development that caught a number of bar and restaurant operators by surprise. — "We can't pick and choose when we enforce the law," Street said.

khaleejtimes.com:

Ramadan — month of prayer for Muslims, of "holy war" for extremists — In the first reported bloodshed of the holy month, at least 31 people were killed by a bomb in a Shiite stronghold of Iraq where calls for "jihad', or holy war, echoed earlier threats of attacks in the Gulf and on Israel.

Discussion: Jihad Watch

Gary Hart / The Huffington Post:

The October Surprise — It should come as no surprise if the Bush Administration undertakes a preemptive war against Iran sometime before the November election. — Were these more normal times, this would be a stunning possibility, quickly dismissed by thoughtful people as dangerous …

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