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An Iraqi only identified as Mohammad, claimed to have seen U.S. soldiers dragging a man he believed to be Zarqawi from an ambulance and beating him to death.  An autopsy, however, showed that the bombs killed him just fine.

According to General William Caldwell: "There was extensive blast injury to the lungs, with bruising and
disruption of the lung tissue. There was bleeding in the middle ear on
both sides, and there was no evidence of firearm injuries."  Military surgeon, Col. Steve Jones:  "We have clear evidence that he died of blast injuries. There is no
evidence to suggest that he was beaten, and I have no reason to suspect
that that happened."

It is possible the manner of Zarqawi's demise was more unpleasant than say, lethal injection. General Caldwell says, "it took Zarqawi 52 minutes to die from the massive shockwaves caused by two 500-pound bombs."

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This is the Beacon Journal clock tower.  It is a landmark in the vital heart of downtown Akron.  The  Beacon Journal was purchased by Canadian media guy, David Black, for a reported $165 million.

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Cartoonist, Chip Bok, urgently asks Beacon Journal publisher, Jim Crutchfield, "who is the Prime Minister of Canada?"

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Give your dad or grad the gift of stick figures.  I'll be signing my book, The Recent History of the United States in Political Cartoons: A Look Bok!,  tomorrow, Friday June 2, at Borders, Montrose.

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The Detroit Free Press reports that a 75 year old prison inmate named Donovan Wells told the FBI Jimmy Hoffa was buried on an 89 acre horse farm in MIlford Township, Michigan. 

The name of the farm is Hidden Dreams.

50 agents armed with a 75,000 lb. excavator ground to pieces a 100 foot long horse barn in the search, but failed to turn up any sign of Hoffa.

Apparently the dig moved on to the Washington legislative office of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson. The Capitol Building was not ground up due to separation of power concerns.  The FBI still managed to find something but president Bush ordered the evidence sealed for 45 days.  The obvious cover-up caused unnamed high ranking officials to point out that Bush not only lied, he murdered Jimmy Hoffa.