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The Daily Standard

1 article 2004

The Daily Standard was the online daily news and commentary section of The Weekly Standard's website, publishing timely analysis and breaking news coverage alongside the magazine's weekly print edition. It contributed reporting and analysis on national security and foreign policy topics, including coverage of the Iraq War.

The al-Zarqawi Memo

February 13, 2004 · Blog

Editor's Note: On February 9, the New York Times reported the existence of a memo allegedly from terrorist and al Qaeda affiliate Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi to al Qaeda leaders, in which Zarqawi asks for assistance in fomenting a "sectarian war" in Iraq. The memo, which was discovered in Baghdad on…