February 13, 2008

Earlybird Roundup: Journalist To Be Released; Hezbollah Chief Killed

Iraq. The office of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's movement announced today that a British journalist for CBS News abducted in Basra would be released "within hours."

Terrorism. Imad Mughniyeh, a chief Hezbollah operative, was killed by a car bomb in Syria late last night; no group or individual claimed immediate responsibility for the attack.

Courts. The Bush administration is readying its legal defense against six al-Qaida suspects who are expected to claim they were mistreated through harsh interrogation methods at Guantanamo Bay.

Congress. Democrats in the House could vote as early as tomorrow to hold White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers in contempt.

Campaigns. Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain swept yesterday's primaries in Maryland, Virginia and D.C.

See Earlybird (subscription) for more of this morning's headlines.

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