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Yemen: Al-Qaeda fighting rebels 'at government's request'
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Pakistan ~~will not~~ cannot confirm death of Libi in US missile strike	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1737]
U.S.: 'Demonic' militants sent mentally disabled women to bomb Iraq markets	11 00:00 RD [1748]
Gunmen fire on Israeli embassy in Mauritania	10 00:00 plainslow [1742]
U.S. officials: CIA kills top al Qaeda terrorist in Pakistan	8 00:00 twobyfour [1760]
12 armed Paleos arrested in Egypt	4 00:00 swksvolFF [1739]
At least 51 killed at Baghdad markets	17 00:00 Grealing Hapsburg2949 [1738]
Eight terror suspects rounded up in southern Thailand	0 [1739]
Gunmen attack Israeli embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania.	0 [1735]
Good Morning.	10 00:00 Nuclear Weapons Commander [1738]
Three commanders, 5 militants surrender in Swat	1 00:00 M. Murcek [1736]
Jundullah men in police custody till February 7	0 [1745]
Bomb damages PAF truck, no casualties	0 [1742]
5 injured in blast near Quetta DCO's office	0 [1745]
Troops recover 3 ammunition trucks in Darra	0 [1734]
Kyrgyz authorities arrest member of al-Qaida linked group	0 [1736]
IAF air strike targets Kassam launchers in Gaza; IDF confirms hit	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Deputy Governor Among Several Killed in Suicide Blast in Afghanistan	3 00:00 Nuclear Weapons Commander [1741]
Suspected US Air Strike Kills Militants in Pakistan	1 00:00 Nuc Wpns Cdr [1742]
Sri Lanka says rebel suicide bomber kills 3 in north	1 00:00 SteveS [1737]
Abu Laith al-Libi: Some detail	13 00:00 ed [1736]
Algeria: Group Behind UN Bomb Dismantled	0 [1740]
Dulmatin eludes troops in Tawi-Tawi raid	0 [1743]
Yemen: Al-Qaeda fighting rebels 'at government's request'	3 00:00 Steve [1782]
Iran: Arab separatist hanged, three more on death row	2 00:00 Pappy [1744]
US intelligence agents 'uncover Bin Laden letters'	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1730]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pakistan test fires nuke-capable missile	2 00:00 trailing wife [1740]
Poland Says It Has Agreed to US Shield	12 00:00 gorb [1765]
Flashback: Major al Qaeda leaders killed or captured	1 00:00 tu3031 [1738]
Pilot is bundled out of cockpit and tied up after invoking God mid-flight	8 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1745]
Would-be terrorist 'sentence 'too lenient'	0 [1743]
Accused terrorist waged campaign online, RCMP says	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1733]
Tigers ask UN to recognise Tamil sovereignty	2 00:00 tu3031 [1724]
US Defense Secretary seeks more German troops for Afghanistan	28 00:00 swksvolFF [1734]
Oakland Airport found legitimate in troop treatment	6 00:00 Frank G [1740]
US Diplomats Off-Message?	8 00:00 jds [1762]
EU Advocate General Recommendation Threatens U.N. Anti-Terror Measures	6 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
Afghan detainee to get US military trial	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1734]
Governance system in NWFP, Tribal Areas heading towards collapse: Ghani	1 00:00 tu3031 [1734]
Tibi: Winograd report will disappear faster than the snow in Jerusalem	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Dichter: Olmert and the coalition will stay in office until 2009	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1735]
'US wants to hunt foreign fighters in Iraq as part of long-term agreement'	1 00:00 Pancho Uninemble1793 [1729]
Hamas agrees to joint Rafah control	5 00:00 trailing wife [1738]
Bibi: 'Amateurish' PM must resign	0 [1743]
Mashaal: Gilad Schalit is alive and in good condition	2 00:00 mojo [1741]
Retired generals want to replace Musharraf	4 00:00 Zhang Fei [1739]
Pakistan: Deposed judge writes to world leaders to clear his name	1 00:00 Pancho Uninemble1793 [1743]
Moussa warns: Any more vote delay will harm Lebanon stability	0 [1733]
Immediate Islamic Summit to be Held by Obama if Elected President	32 00:00 WTF [1770]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ships anchor cuts all INTERNET service to IRAN	18 00:00 Internet moonbat and wire transfer office [1771]
Senator Wants to Revoke Funding From Berkeley for Vote to Boot Marines	12 00:00 jds [1760]
Third undersea Internet cable cut in Mideast	4 00:00 Frank G [1750]
Zimbabwe inflation tops 24,000 percent, officially	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1745]
Abuse of U.S. Muslim Women Is Greater Than Reported	2 00:00 AlanC [1732]
NFL Pulls Plug On Big-Screen Church Parties For Super Bowl	22 00:00 Broadhead6 [1760]
Chinese snow crisis hits food supplies	10 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1751]
Video: Bill Clinton Undeterred By 9/11 Hecklers, Again	3 00:00 Danielle [1750]
Navy Tests High-Powered Electromagnetic Railgun	17 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
NY Times, other newspapers continue to struggle	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1756]
Democrats say McCain nearly abandoned GOP	12 00:00 Broadhead6 [1758]
Clinton/Obama demonstrate how imitation is the sincerest form of flattery	1 00:00 DepotGuy [1749]
People who got AIDS vaccine more likely to become infected with HIV	4 00:00 gorb [1736]
Myanmar detains over 1,800 political prisoners	0 [1739]
Obama bagman to jail over $3.5m payment by British tycoon	3 00:00 Woozle Elmeter 2907 [1737]
4 Breck Boy Delegates Throw Support to Obama	3 00:00 Mike [1732]
Analyst says AU Will Rely on Kofi Annan to help End Kenyan Crisis	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1740]
Chad Army Sets Up Positions to Block New Rebel Offensive	0 [1743]
Romney accuses McCain of "dirty tricks"	3 00:00 Thomas Woof [1740]
Republican McCain gains Schwarzenegger endorsement	10 00:00 trailing wife [1764]
Second Kenyan Opposition Legislator Killed	0 [1737]
Italy: Senate chief asked to form interim government	0 [1737]
Page 4: Opinion
Gore claims scriptural mandate on environmental issues	11 00:00 Grease Dark Lord of the Algonquins9226 [1770]
Jimmy Carter: from lust to appeasement	3 00:00 Anonymoose [1729]
Barack Obama's Middle East Expert - interesting	4 00:00 OldSpook [1739]
Yes, It Is About Religion	1 00:00 Excalibur [1742]
The War Card	5 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1742]
Nato is in severe danger of letting Afghanistan slip away	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
Throw out your American experience	1 00:00 trailing wife [1734]
Charles Krauthammer: Slick Willy's fight for "legacy"	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1741]
The Lost Art of War	3 00:00 trailing wife [1734]
Turkey, the Kurds and Islam	0 [1736]
Billionaire Boone Pickens bet billionaire by marriage Kerry a million dollars	0 [1728]
Peggy Noonan: the Kennedy rebellion	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
". . . this disaster talk leaves me cold . . ."	6 00:00 Pappy [1754]
Bill Clinton vs. stoopid heckler	4 00:00 trailing wife [1739]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
All that glitters...	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
Bird flu found on outskirts of Karachi Pakistan	4 00:00 trailing wife [1756]
UN peacekeepers are worse than useless, example #57	0 [1745]
Man Views Pr0n on Nun's Computer	3 00:00 Frank G [1739]
St. Patrick's Day Cancelled	9 00:00 Broadhead6 [1755]
Honour for the Spitfires unsung flying heroines	4 00:00 mom [1738]
The Worst Building in the History: Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea	19 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
If you do the crime, dont leave the salami behind.	1 00:00 tu3031 [1743]
Idiot of the Day part 2	0 [1734]
Idiots of the Day, part 1	0 [1739]
World of Hurt: Permitless worker's torch started Vegas casino fire	6 00:00 RD [1747]
Zombie attacks might increase due to global warming, study shows	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Town fires cop after on-duty heart attack	1 00:00 newc [1732]
Is OxyClinton right for you?	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1739]
Russian Beauty - Russian Death	6 00:00 OldSpook [1737]
'Cousin marriages reason for 44pc thalassaemia cases'	8 00:00 trailing wife [1757]
Woman Marries 6 Different Military Men in 8 Years	3 00:00 trailing wife [1745]

    
                23:55 Pappy

                        23:54 Barbara Skolaut

                        23:52 Barbara Skolaut

                        23:34 trailing wife

                        23:06 JosephMendiola

                        22:57 JosephMendiola

                        22:53 JosephMendiola

                        22:50 gorb

                        22:50 twobyfour

                        22:49 WTF

                        22:42 Grease Dark Lord of the Algonquins9226

                        22:36 Grease Dark Lord of the Algonquins9226

                        22:32 Broadhead6

                        22:28 Internet moonbat and wire transfer  office

                        22:28 Broadhead6

                        22:23 Broadhead6

                        22:18 jds

                        22:11 Broadhead6

                        22:10 DarthVader

                        22:10 jds

                        22:07 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        22:00 trailing wife

                        21:57 trailing wife

                        21:54 trailing wife

Who's in the News
75	[untagged]
5	Taliban
5	al-Qaeda
4	Hamas
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	TNSM
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in Yemen
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Syria
1	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi

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Fri 2008-02-01
Yemen: Al-Qaeda fighting rebels 'at government's request'

Thu 2008-01-31
Abu Laith al-Libi titzup?

Wed 2008-01-30
18 Orakzai tribes form Lashkar against Taliban

Tue 2008-01-29
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Mon 2008-01-28
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Gazooks foil attempt to seal Rafah: day 4

Sat 2008-01-26
Mullah Omar sacks Baitullah for fighting against Pak Army

Fri 2008-01-25
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Thu 2008-01-24
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Wed 2008-01-23
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Tue 2008-01-22
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Mon 2008-01-21
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