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Final count, 18 dead in al-Ras shoot-out
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Sniper death threats issued to Multiplex workers in Australia & Britian	0 [1748]
40 hard boyz iced since January	1 00:00 twobyfour [1739]
Caucasus Corpse Count	0 [1735]
Suspect arrested in 1998 beheadings	0 [1735]
2,500-3,000 Soddies in Iraq	2 00:00 Sock Puppet 0â Doom [1735]
9 3/11 suspects sprung	1 00:00 Sobiesky [1744]
Zarqawi sez he's nabbed an Iraqi general	4 00:00 Michael [1734]
Tunisian acquitted of trying to set up al-Qaeda cell	0 [1738]
Al-Faqih sez al-Oufi may be dead	1 00:00 twobyfour [1740]
Supremacist Hale Sentenced to 40 Years	1 00:00 Tornado [1736]
U.S. Copter Crash Kills 16 in Afghanistan	2 00:00 Hyper [1734]
Trans-Kashmir bus service to go ahead despite attack: PM	1 00:00 mojo [1731]
141 illegals caught: New Mexico official hopes to expand citizen program to his State	8 00:00 Sobiesky [1762]
Tibetan-American Marine Killed in Iraq	6 00:00 Cyrus [1772]
Fresh Yemen clashes kill more than 30	0 [1731]
Reporter Shot	26 00:00 Carl in N.H. [1764]
Iraq Military Operations	0 [1738]
Al-Oufi dead again?	4 00:00 tu3031 [1743]
M-1 Casualties in Iraq	13 00:00 Babson [1731]
Dutch Court Acquits Teenager of Terrorism	6 00:00 Kill terror [1743]
Germany Acquits Suspect of Terror Charges	1 00:00 Sock Puppet 0â Doom [1746]
Saudi Forces Kill Militant in Riyadh	0 [1739]
Final count, 18 dead in al-Ras shoot-out	5 00:00 MacNails [1781]
Militants Resort to Violence Against Bus Service	3 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Terje Inspects Syrian Pullout	5 00:00 mojo [1755]
Most Wanted Terrorists Killed	4 00:00 PlanetDan [1752]
Page 2: WoT Background
Florida eyes allowing residents to open fire whenever they see threat	3 00:00 True German Ally [1760]
Norks, SKors appear to be coordinating strategy on nuke talks	0 [1735]
We, the 70 million people of Iran...	3 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1738]
Victorian Police On Statewide Alert	0 [1739]
Norks continue to seethe and pout	0 [1738]
Bashir appeals conviction	0 [1746]
Some interesting tidbits on Kaplan	0 [1733]
Soddies seen as gaining on al-Qaeda	0 [1735]
Talabani elected president of Iraq	1 00:00 Sobiesky [1743]
Mugged by la RÃ©alitÃ©	15 00:00 Frank G [1727]
Iran: Pastor Called Before Islamic Court	1 00:00 PlanetDan [1726]
Sandy Rolls Over For Bill & Hill	2 00:00 Hillary 2008 [1737]
How many more must die before Kofi quits?	6 00:00 Hyper [1726]
Triple-pronged Jihad -- Military, Economic and Cultural (via www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch)	1 00:00 jules 2 [1737]
Italian News Agency Denies "Bin Laden Going to Pope's Funeral" Story	3 00:00 MacNails [1733]
Envoy cites 'evidence' of a nuclear network	0 [1754]
Army Lab Improves Abrams Shield	9 00:00 Ptah [1741]
Playing Games With the Troops	6 00:00 Frank G [1771]
Troopers give Stryker Thumbs-Up	7 00:00 anonymous [1766]
China tells Asia it will never be a threat (snicker)	4 00:00 SteveS [1729]
US on EU-China Arms, EU-Iran, and EU-Russia	0 [1729]
Facelift, name change for Syria's Baath party?	8 00:00 BigEd [1733]
Weekly Piracy Report - 29 March to 4 April 2005	4 00:00 Pappy [1729]
Arunachal upset over China claim that it is disputed	8 00:00 BigEd [1730]
Dead Moroccan was one of the Saudi al-Qaeda founders	0 [1742]
Abu Ghraib attack shows insurgency still deadly	5 00:00 tu3031 [1730]
UK forming new special forces unit	8 00:00 MacNails [1730]
Senate bill would cut powers of Patriot Act	2 00:00 Secret Master [1733]
Sharon and Settlers Discuss Compromise Plan	0 [1732]
Palestinians appeal for EU aid before elections	6 00:00 RWV [1727]
~~Busybody Corps~~ 'Islamic watchdog' approved by MPs	0 [1736]
GCC-EU Fast-Track Trade Deal	0 [1732]
Erdogan Under Strain Amid Defections	4 00:00 RWV [1729]
Sudan Stages Anti-UN 'Million-Man' March	2 00:00 Jonathan [1726]
Abdallah Names New PM to Push for Reforms	0 [1741]
Bush: No to Israeli colony expansion	3 00:00 3dc [1756]
Talabani to Be New Iraqi President	3 00:00 RWV [1739]
AHDR Report Sees Little Progress in Arab Reform	2 00:00 Bomb-a-rama [1733]
Saudi Aramco Plans to Build $5 Billion Refinery in Yanbu	2 00:00 phil_b [1729]
Editorial: Darfur to ICC	0 [1734]
Is Al-Rass the Last Stand for Al-Qaeda?	2 00:00 Sobiesky [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Blogistan Snags the NYT Again	0 [1731]
Rooters Boo-Boo: Portrays Tombstone As Gunslinger Town	6 00:00 jackal [1769]
Professor charged with manure theft	8 00:00 Alaska Paul [1758]
Eastwood Asked to Respect Iwo Jima Sites	7 00:00 Asedwich [1766]
Cardinals announce conclave, crowds swell (interesting tidbits inside)	0 [1729]
Warren Beatty To Take On Drudge (sorta, kinda)	4 00:00 .com [1728]
Ward Churchill Update: Nazis Again	12 00:00 Frank G [1762]
"Half Staff for Pope" Attacked	15 00:00 Frank G [1764]
'nother liberal: New Pope Just Has To Be A Liberal	12 00:00 JFM [1734]
More Signs and Portents	0 [1735]
Earl's body 'is found in France'	6 00:00 tu3031 [1771]
UN 'misled' over DR Congo crisis	10 00:00 True German Ally [1754]
Annanova News of the Weird Roundup	0 [1733]
China Campaigns to block Japan from UNSC	4 00:00 rjschwarz [1733]
Fonda, again, demonstrates her character in Tell All book	18 00:00 Dennis Kucinich [1734]
Rainier Dead at 81 (Smiling Greer Seen Leaving Monaco)	9 00:00 Princess Caroline [1740]
Yudhoyono vows justice for Australian woman facing execution	4 00:00 phil_b [1732]
Two Qatari ministers, chief of staff sacked amid fraud scandal	0 [1736]
New govt in Jordan ~~said~~ to push reforms	0 [1731]
Tony Blair calls UK general election for 5 May	3 00:00 Jack is Back! [1735]
French hostility to EU treaty deepens in polls	4 00:00 Tom [1736]
Kuwait Health Minister Quits Over Allegations	0 [1740]
Qatari Emir Sacks Two Ministers	0 [1729]

    
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                        23:20 Jame Retief

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                        22:12 WOT?

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                        21:25 Frank G

                        21:22 Alaska Paul

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2005-04-06
Final count, 18 dead in al-Ras shoot-out

Tue 2005-04-05
Turkey Seeks Life For Caliph of Cologne

Mon 2005-04-04
Saudi raid turns into deadly firefight

Sun 2005-04-03
Zarq claims Abu Ghraib attack

Sat 2005-04-02
Pope John Paul II dies

Fri 2005-04-01
Abbas Orders Crackdown After Gunnies Shoot Up His HQ

Thu 2005-03-31
Egypt's ruling party wants fifth term for Mubarak

Wed 2005-03-30
Lebanon military intelligence chief takes "leave of absence"

Tue 2005-03-29
Hamas ready to join PLO

Mon 2005-03-28
Massoud's assassination: 4 suspects go on trial in Paris

Sun 2005-03-27
Bomb explodes in Beirut suburb

Sat 2005-03-26
Iraqi Forces Seize 131 Suspected Insurgents in Raid

Fri 2005-03-25
Police in Belarus Disperse Demonstrators

Thu 2005-03-24
Akaev resigns

Wed 2005-03-23
80 hard boyz killed in battle with US, Iraqi troops

Tue 2005-03-22
30 al-Qaeda, Ansar al-Islam captured at Baladruz

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