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June 13, 2012 | | MIRROR MIRROR Investigators had his emails and phone transcripts—which the CNN host and former tabloid editor said was “one of the most unnerving things in my life.” The Daily Beast’s Mike Giglio on the other side of Piers. DEADLY A wave of coordinated car-bomb attacks throughout Iraq on early Wednesday killed 63 people and injured dozens more—one of the deadliest attacks since U.S. troops withdrew from the country last year. The first bomb struck a procession at around 5 a.m. in the town of Taji, north of Baghdad, killing seven and wounding two. That was followed by coordinated blasts in Baghdad, Hillah, Karbala, and Balad. Another person was killed in Kirkuk when three more bombs exploded, one outside a prominent political office. The wave of violence this week comes as hundreds of thousands of Shiites participate in the annual holy pilgrimage to Baghdad. DAY TWO On the second day of the Sandusky trial, the Penn State whistleblower gave a horrifying account of alleged abuse. But it was a teenage accuser who riveted the jury. The Daily Beast’s Diane Dimond reports. Weaponry Growing evidence that foreign money is funneling an increased amount of weapons has the nation hurtling toward all-out war. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday the U.S. believes that Russia is shipping attack helicopters to aid President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. “We have confronted the Russians about stopping their continued arms shipments,” Clinton said. “They have…said that we shouldn’t worry; everything they’re shipping is unrelated to their actions internally. That’s patently untrue.” As many as 60 Syrians died Tuesday in increased air attacks, according to one outside group. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar are said to have given weapons recently to the main opposition group and other activists. Clinton continued to push for a “managed transition” of government, much like that of Yemen. ARIZONA It’s a fitting end to an inspirational saga: 66-year-old Ron Barber won the seat of his former boss, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Tuesday night after Giffords resigned to recover from a gunshot wound to the head. Both Barber and Giffords were victims of the January 2011 shooting that left six people dead outside an Arizona supermarket during a Giffords event with voters. Though it seems obvious he’d get the sympathy vote, Barber’s victory surprised Arizona politicians; he defeated a 30-year-old Tea Party Republican and former Marine who served in Iraq. | | 
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