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Big news day today folks and we're moving on multiple editorial fronts: 2 of the 4 men
killed in that Mosul, Iraq firefight last night were Saddam's sons Uday & Qusay...A
third person is believed to be Saddam's 14 year old grandson, Mustapha...The fourth a
bodyguard..
"We are certain that Odai and Qusai were killed today," said Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez
at a news conference in Baghdad.
Celebratory gun fire is being heard throughout Baghdad
We'll talk to Saddam Biographer Con Coughlin as well as our military analyst retired
General Barry McCaffrey...
A huge celebration and parade is going on for the homecoming for Jessica Lynch in
Elizabeth West Virginia....She spoke publicly for the first time, offering thanks and
saying it was great to be home...
New Bush poll numbers out don't look good...Dean surges in California and Gephardt
slams The President's foreign policy as "machismo" and says foreign policy is not a
"John Wayne movie"....We'll do that in the C block and buzz with Chaka and Susan
Molinari...
Also, Kobe's accuser was "bragging" about her night with him and his "anatomy" about a
week or two after the incident according to friends who were partying with her...We'll
talk to a couple of legal types including Wendy Murphy in D...
In the B block block we'll talk a couple of British journalists about Tony Blair's
political situation and the peril he's in...
Oh, and the Eiffel Tower caught on fire today! No Joke
http://www.msnbc.com/news/942513.asp?0cv=NB10
Pls join us at 7, 11 & 2 am eastern on MSNBC...
Saddam Hussein's fugitive sons, Odai and Qusai, were believed to have been killed or
captured during a raid on a home early Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul,
military officials in Iraq and Washington told NBC News.
http://msnbc.com/news/870749.asp?0cv=CA01
"There was a shoot-out in Mosul, and there is a number of dead people and a couple of
them could be Uday and Qusay," the official said, but added that it had not been
definitively confirmed. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3135759
Jessica Lynch spoke for the first time today today in her hometown in West Virginia
http://msnbc.com/news/941827.asp?0cv=CB21
Another soldier U.S. soldier is dead in Iraq today...U.S. soldier shot in daylight
Iraq attack...One U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded in an ambush Tuesday in
the "Sunni Triangle," a trio of towns surrounding Baghdad where the U.S. military has
come under almost daily attack by insurgents loyal to Saddam Hussein.
Pat Caddell called this morning and is on fire about this LA Times piece: Preparing
for War, Stumbling to Peace...U.S. is paying the price for missteps made on Iraq.
http://www.latimes.com/la-na-postwar18jul18,1,7312078.story
Finding the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that President Bush cited as his main
justification for going to war is now a secondary issue, says Deputy Defense Secretary
Paul Wolfowitz...."I'm not concerned about weapons of mass destruction," Wolfowitz
told a group of reporters traveling with him. "I'm concerned about getting Iraq on its
feet. I didn't come (to Iraq) on a search for weapons of mass destruction." (AP)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-07-22-wolfowitz-iraq_x.htm
The Bush administration is reaching out to its Republican allies in Congress in an
effort to counter criticism of President Bush's Iraq policy and his use of discredited
intelligence to advance the case for toppling Saddam Hussein (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20030722/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraq_criticism
Gephardt's turn to slam: "Foreign policy isn't a John Wayne movie, where we catch the
bad guys, hoist a few cold ones and then everything fades to black," Gephardt told the
Bar Association of San Francisco on Tuesday. "No matter the surge of momentary
machismo -- as gratifying as it may be for some -- it is shortsighted and wrong to
simply go it alone."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/07/22/state0936EDT0067.DTL
U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Richard Gephardt on Tuesday condemned President
Bush's foreign policy as "machismo" and "arrogant unilateralism," saying his clumsy
diplomacy on Iraq had shattered U.S. foreign alliances and endangered America.
(Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=CKVR4WW4GGQ40CRBAE0CFEY?type=topNews&storyID=3133884
Curry: Democrats dance the Iraq minuet...Presidential hopefuls suggest
internationalization, no new U.S. troops http://www.msnbc.com/news/942203.asp?0cv=NA01
Gephardt: U.S. must get help with Iraq Says his candidacy is making progress (USA
Today) http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030722/5342022s.htm
Dean leads Democrats in California Field Poll...President's numbers 'have begun to
sag' (SF Chronicle)
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/22/MN265541.DTL
In key presidential primary states, Democratic contender Sen. Bob Graham (Fla.) has
stumbled badly in the fundraising political derby while Howard Dean's insurgent
candidacy outpaced that of Sen. John Kerry (Mass.), an establishment favorite. (The
Hill) http://www.hillnews.com/news/072203/graham.aspx
Democratic presidential aspirant Dennis Kucinich is calling on Vice President Dick
Cheney to explain his role in how the now-disavowed claim that Iraq was seeking
uranium in Africa ended up in President Bush's State of the Union address. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=4&u=/ap/20030722/ap_on_el_pr/kucinich_iraq
Movie star Mel Gibson -- under fire from Jewish groups and religious scholars for his
still-unreleased film that graphically portrays the crucifixion of Jesus -- yesterday
screened a two-hour rough cut of "The Passion" for a select group of Washington
pundits, clergymen, cybergossip Matt Drudge and Hollywood lobbyist Jack Valenti, and
at least one White House staffer.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26264-2003Jul22.html
Gillespie in combative mode in preparation for RNC post...Ed Gillespie says his job as
the Republican National Committee's new chairman will be to "push back" whenever the
Democrats attack President Bush, and he intends to be very combative during the next
15 months. (The Washington Times)
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030721-103640-1427r.htm
Calls for U.S. mission in Liberia...As fighting raged in the capital's port and an
official estimated 600 civilians had been killed on Monday, the situation in Liberia
remained chaotic Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/937616.asp
Bush Warns Syria, Iran on Terrorism...President Bush warned Syria and Iran Monday that
they "will be held accountable" if they fail to cooperate more with the
administration's campaign against terrorism. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25463-2003Jul21.html?referrer=email
DeLay Earns Wealth of Influence...Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) has used innovative and
aggressive techniques for political fundraising and strategy that have helped make him
the House's second-ranking leader, and a politician with extraordinary reach into the
worlds of lobbying, federal elections and state politics (The Washington Post)
http://msnbc.com/news/942242.asp?0dm=N19MN
WashPost: U.S. weighs proposal to N. Korea...U.S. officials are considering granting
North Korea guarantees it will not come under U.S. attack as part of a verifiable
dismantlement of its nuclear facilities.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/942237.asp
Ex-Baylor player charged with murder...Dotson arrested in connection with missing
teammate Dennehy
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/942261.asp
News of arrest a sobering realization...Dennehy's friends still hopeful that
basketball star is alive
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/942299.asp
Bryant's lawyers want files sealed...Defense fears release of documents would
jeopardize fair trial
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/942322.asp
Opinion/Editorial
Senator Dianne Feinstein Let D.C. Try Vouchers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26038-2003Jul21.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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