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| Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:00:00 EST Democratic challengers stick with GOP on House Iraq vote |
| In several of the most hotly contested congressional races this year, Democratic challengers say they would have broken party ranks to vote with Republicans in favor of the nonbinding resolution supporting President Bush's policies in Iraq. |
| Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:00:00 EST GOP uneasy over immigration hearings |
| The announcement from Republican House leaders earlier this week that there will be public hearings around the nation this summer on immigration reform had its roots in GOP fears over the midterm elections. The hearings are expected to delay negotiations on reconciling the enforcement-only House immigration bill with the Senate version that has rankled many conservatives because it includes provisions for millions of illegal immigrants to become U.S. citizens. |
| Fri, 23 Jun 2006 08:00:00 EST Of jihad networks and the war of ideas |
| How goes the war on terrorism? On two key fronts – the shifting nature of jihadist networks and the war of ideas – there's plenty to worry about. Here are two reports from our sources in Washington, D.C.: |
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| Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:23:20 EDT Al Qaeda No. 2 mourns 'hero' al-Zarqawi |
| Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, said in a videotape aired Friday that he grieves over the death of al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. A U.S. airstrike in June killed the brutal terrorist, who conducted a campaign of insurgency bombings, beheadings and killings of American and Iraqi civilians. |
| Fri, 23 Jun 2006 23:30:24 EDT Families stunned by terror plot arrests |
| Friends and family of the seven men facing federal charges of aspiring to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower said Friday the men were not involved in terrorism. The sister of one of the men said: "They all call themselves brothers and they well-mannered. All they was trying to do was clean up the community. We are Catholic. He's Catholic." |
| Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:18:33 EDT U.S. monitoring bank transactions |
| The Treasury Department has been secretly tracking suspected terrorist financing since shortly after 9/11 by sifting through records from the network that handles nearly all international financial transfers, according to published reports. |
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