The question the Pentagon will never answer publicly... Does (did) Abu Musab al-Zarqawi matter?
[June 08 2006] Travus T. Hipp Morning News & Commentary: The Freudian Slip - NBC's Chris Matthews Slips In The Truth About Iraq & The Demise Of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi http://leighm.net/blog/2006/06/07/tth_060608/ Click To Listen: http://www.snurl.com/tth_060608 [ M3U Audio Playlist 128Kbps 17:03 Minutes ] [The commentary segment is 6:00 minutes] Topics covered in the news segments: Segment 1, 7 AM PDT: First, the "good news" in the war on Iraq - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed, 17 other locations raided and mid-level operatives rounded up, all ministry posts in the Iraqi government now filled. MUCH more about the significance of this event (or lack thereof) in this morning's commentary... Now... the bad news for the U.S. military and the U.S. Army - Lieutenant Ehren Watada commanding an Army unit from Washington state has refused to deploy his troops to Iraq because he has done research on the issue and claims the war is illegal... and he will not obey unlawful orders. A procedural challenge is planned. FCC fines for obscenity have been increased from $22,000 - $525,000 dollars Senator Arlen Specter is pushing for investigation of NSA domestic spying and has sent a letter to Dick Cheney requesting the Vice President stop pressuring and lobbying senators on the Judiciary Committee about the topic. Senate rejects constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Repeal of estate tax and flag burning amendment coming to vote soon. ...And it's nice to know that our elected representatives are busy because there are only 44 business days left in this congressional session Segment 2, 9 AM PDT: Recap: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed. See Commentary For More Recap: Iraqi government complete. Recap: Senator Arlen Specter preparing subpeonas in regard to NSA domestic spying and sends a letter to Dick Cheney requesting he stops lobbying and pressure on Senat Judiciary committee members. Recap: FCC fine structure for obscenity on the air. .Recap: Senate vote on gay marriage, estate tax repeal, and a flag burning amendment to the Constitution. Recap: 44 days left in this congressional session, and then the nation will be safer... Other Audio Formats Available: http://www.archive.org/details/tth_060608 Audio hosting courtesy of: www.archive.org Copyright: Cabale New Service http://fatchance.org/travus and KPIG Radio www.kpig.com Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Listen to KPIG: http://snipurl.com/pigradio Travus T. Hipp Commentary Archive: http://snurl.com/fgh4 Leigh http://leighm.net/
