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Syria jets, troops wage offensive on rebels near capital
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Two more Syrian generals decamp to Turkey	3 17:09 Shipman [1746]
Islamic Jihad vows to fight Jews who return to Egypt	9 20:53 Redneck Jim [1791]
Good morning	2 08:01 JohnQC [1755]
Kidnapped Algerian diplomats in new terror tape	0 [1739]
AQIM cell suspects appear in Rabat court	0 [1743]
Egypt Seizes U.S.-Made Missiles Destined for Gaza	8 21:37 Pappy [1781]
Two held for trying to abduct woman legislator	0 [1748]
Prayer leader's bullet-riddled body found	1 16:08 Redneck Jim [1740]
Bail pleas rejected in explosives case	0 [1741]
Bomb kills two in Peshawar electricity tower	0 [1747]
Violence claims twelve lives in Karachi	0 [1752]
Syria jets, troops wage offensive on rebels near capital	1 19:57 Scooter McGruder [1808]
Security forces kill 21 militants in Khyber's Tirah	0 [1752]
Indonesian Police Shoot Dead Two Islamic Militants	0 [1748]
Vaccination drive: Motorcycles to be banned in Peshawar	0 [1743]
Polio vaccination program resumes in KP amid tight security	0 [1742]
Patriot Missile Troops in Turkey	0 [1742]
Bomb attack in Mindanao foiled	0 [1745]
Page 2: WoT Background
Bodies found in Pakistan wedding dancing case	1 21:37 JosephMendiola [1774]
Chavez about to punch out?	11 21:31 JosephMendiola [1761]
Egypt-UAE relations worsen with 'Brotherhood' arrests	2 02:40 g(r)omgoru [1739]
AQIM members seek to renounce terrorism	0 [1744]
Mauritanian President welcomes Islamic moderates	0 [1740]
Syria Slams 'Biased' U.N. Report	1 10:00 DepotGuy [1739]
No 'good' or 'bad Taliban': defence minister	4 21:53 JosephMendiola [1780]
Mobile phones are weapon of terrorism, says Malik	0 [1742]
Final assault on Lal Masjid: Top clerics were not there	0 [1744]
Reports: Pro-Assad Militias in Northern Lebanon Preparing for 'Terrorist Missions'	0 [1740]
Mali Islamist Group Insists on Sharia, Autonomy for North	0 [1743]
Malala heads home to continue recovery	0 [1742]
Thai police fill officer quota by deadline	0 [1739]
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security - A Profile	0 [1736]
Page 3: Non-WoT
9-year-old girl gangraped in Pakistan	4 19:07 tu3031 [1747]
Pair of Breast Implants Left at Hotel Chain	5 20:53 JosephMendiola [1780]
Construction is complete on behemoth airship; first flight planned	5 21:54 Pappy [1775]
Patent troll lawyers now going after users of most modern technologies	9 19:30 USN,Ret. [1735]
Church allows gay bishops who take a vow of celibacy	1 20:41 Redneck Jim [1779]
7.7 quake off of Alaska coast	7 18:51 Barbara [1733]
Thousands stranded by Tasmanian wildfires	0 [1735]
Saudi air force sergeant charged with raping boy in Vegas	4 21:00 JosephMendiola [1766]
Photo shows unruly air passenger tied down	7 21:04 Mullah Richard [1759]
Wiesenthal list causes hand-wringing in Germany	1 08:41 JohnQC [1737]
Tunisia President ex-Aide Gets Heavier Term on Appeal	1 20:37 Redneck Jim [1771]
DR Congo's M23 Rebels Arrive for Peace Talks	0 [1740]
Central Africa Peace Hopes Hit as Rebels Say Unaware of Talks	1 09:13 Redneck Jim [1745]
Drug-Fueled Gunman Kills Seven in Philippines	2 21:21 JosephMendiola [1762]
Morocco opposition MP faces corruption charges	0 [1744]
Retraction of abduction charge: Chitrali girl allowed to go with father-in-law	0 [1742]
Illinois Police Lift Ban on Denny's	7 13:01 Procopius2k [1742]
Accused kidnapper, pimp goes free as prosecutors fume	3 17:02 CrazyFool [1745]
Kohistan video scam claims three lives	0 [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
Laura Hollis - Post Mortem	1 19:36 USN,Ret. [1733]
Oliver Stone compares Yugo Chavez to The Champ	2 18:25 Perfesser [1743]
Maliki's Private Army	2 12:20 swksvolFF [1739]
The Iraq Debacle Continues	3 21:28 JosephMendiola [1768]
On Rantburg's Sunday Morning Coffee Pot: President Pena's 1st 30 days	1 08:58 Glenmore [1734]
Vaccinators targeted	0 [1740]
Syrian killings	1 14:07 Frank G [1742]
No Country for Old White Men - Another Mercer heart warmer	11 21:41 Barbara [1765]
Page 6: Politix
Workers making $30,000 will take a bigger hit on their pay than those earning $500,000	10 17:08 bigjim-CA [1746]
2012 was Detroit's most violent in nearly 20 years	14 20:27 Frank G [1782]
Federal judge rules EPA overstepped authority trying to regulate water as pollutant in Virginia	8 15:16 Redneck Jim [1746]
Conyers Reintroduces Reparations Effort	19 23:17 CrazyFool [1779]
Welfare recipients 'missing'	4 13:02 swksvolFF [1755]
Barney Begs to Be Senator Frank	11 20:30 Redneck Jim [1771]
Cruz Sworn In As Texas' First Hispanic US Senator	4 10:40 swksvolFF [1738]

    
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                        21:53 JosephMendiola

                        21:41 Barbara

                        21:37 JosephMendiola

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                        21:31 JosephMendiola

                        21:28 JosephMendiola

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                        21:04 Mullah Richard

                        21:00 JosephMendiola

                        20:53 Redneck Jim

                        20:53 JosephMendiola

                        20:45 Redneck Jim

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                        20:41 Redneck Jim

                        20:37 Redneck Jim

                        20:30 Redneck Jim

                        20:27 Frank G

                        20:23 lord garth

                        20:01 Procopius2k

                        19:57 Scooter McGruder

                        19:38 USN,Ret.

                        19:36 USN,Ret.

Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Pakistan
5	Govt of Syria
4	TTP
3	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Hamas
1	Jemaah Islamiyah
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Arab Spring
1	Tablighi Jamaat
1	Ansar Dine

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