Monday Morning Headline Roundup

Kerry Comments Fuel Violence in Haiti, Report Says
(CNSNews.com) – The Republican National Committee is pointing to a BBC report blaming Sen. John F. Kerry’s comments earlier this year for inciting recent violence in Haiti. Kerry said in March that if he were president, he would have sent U.S. troops to Haiti to protect Jean-Bertrand Aristide, comments that reportedly have fired up Aristide supporters...

Japanese Leaders Favor Bush Over Kerry
Pacific Rim Bureau (CNSNews.com) – Two of Japan’s most powerful politicians effectively have endorsed President Bush in next month’s election, in contrast to a recent poll suggesting that the Japanese people generally favor the Democratic candidate...

Zarqawi’s Close Ties to Bin Laden Go Back Years, Expert Says
(CNSNews.com) – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the notorious terrorist in Iraq who affirmed his allegiance to Osama bin Laden over the weekend, has had close links to the al-Qaeda leader for at least seven years, a terrorism expert said Monday...

Kerry ‘Grasping at Straws,’ Bush Campaign Says
(CNSNews.com) – “I think what we’re seeing is someone who is really scrambling and grasping at straws,” a Bush campaign spokeswoman said about Sen. John F. Kerry on Monday...

Kerry Campaign Defends Senator's Flurry of Accusations
(CNSNews.com) – A Kerry campaign spokesman on Monday called it “troubling” that President Bush has been quoted as saying that he would push hard for the privatization of Social Security come January...