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Petraeus to Head Central Command
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri was captured in Iraq?	8 00:00 Neville Ebbung2859 [1768]
Germany: Police raid Islamists	1 00:00 Paul [1746]
BREAKING: Gen. Petraeus to Head U.S. Central Command	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [1752]
Village leader gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [1738]
Female suicide bomber kills six	1 00:00 Menhadden Snogum6713 [1750]
Good morning	5 00:00 Pappy [1748]
Taliban torch schools, kidnap teachers in Afghanistan	3 00:00 Anonymoose [1741]
'Shootout' at the Crossfire Corral	14 00:00 Frank G [1766]
UC nazim shot dead in Swat	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1747]
Two rebels of banned group gunned down in NE India	0 [1740]
25 LTTE rebels killed in Northern Sri Lanka clashes	0 [1742]
Two killed in car boom, local official assassinated	0 [1743]
Six Iraqis killed in Diyali suicide attack	0 [1744]
2 Terrorists arrested and 1 surrenders to Gendarmerie services in M'sila interior province	0 [1741]
Western forces 'in Basra raids'	4 00:00 Chuck Simmins [1742]
Afghan police kill 9 Taliban in Kandahar province after losing 6 to rebels	0 [1750]
British police arrest 2 men suspected of planning terrorist attacks overseas	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1741]
Mullah Fazlullah vows to fight on	2 00:00 Grampaw Shuck6497 [1741]
Page 2: WoT Background
Consensus Achieved. Carter Useless	17 00:00 BA [1772]
Israel ships fuel to Gaza, averts power plant shutdown	11 00:00 gorb [1732]
Negotiations with Americans red line - Sadrist lawmaker	2 00:00 Capsu78 [1734]
MNF-I Changes Its Tune on the Mahdi Army - A spade is a spade	4 00:00 Anonymoose [1747]
Al Qaeda chief slams Muslims for lack of support	2 00:00 eltoroverde [1741]
Gates discusses Iraq, Iran & more at West Point	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1730]
CDA to rebuild Jamia Hafsa	0 [1735]
Militants turn to abduction of key officials to achieve objectives	0 [1739]
'Chemical Ali' returned to US detention facility after heart attack	4 00:00 Querent [1744]
Bangladesh has 117 camps of Indian insurgent groups: official	0 [1733]
'Terrorism relies on financing resources not on poverty'	0 [1743]
Court ban on Jemaah Islamiyah	0 [1734]
Puntland Will Execute Captured Pirates - Security Minister	7 00:00 gorb [1737]
Somalia: Interior, Foreign Ministers Disagree On Mosque Massacre	1 00:00 McZoid [1739]
Knothead calls for help in Iraq fight, slams Hamas	1 00:00 Frank G [1735]
EU's Solana says no Pakistan talks with Al-Qaeda	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1734]
Al-Qaeda will continue attacks: Knothead	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1744]
Darfur death toll hits 300,000: UN	10 00:00 SteveS [1767]
Kandahar governor set to leave until Bernier spoke, says Afghan official	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1739]
Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Postpones Election for 18th Time	1 00:00 SteveS [1734]
Hamas leader offers Israel 10-year truce	2 00:00 anonymous5089 [1740]
TNSM chief gets warm welcome in Malakand	0 [1737]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Shocker: $20M 'fence' scrapped for not catching enough illegals	3 00:00 3dc [1743]
Ice Age Alert: Cancel previous Global Warming Alert	22 00:00 twobyfour [1773]
Mugabe nephew's divorce reveals the rot at the top	2 00:00 mojo [1743]
Why Can't obama Close the Deal? (AP)	29 00:00 Frank G [1767]
Indonesian women lobby for polygamy ban	3 00:00 Anonymoose [1738]
EU to carve up UK	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1734]
Reid Delays Debate on Veterans Bill to Accommodate Clinton, Obama	2 00:00 gorb [1742]
Clinton Wins Pennsylvania	16 00:00 Frank G [1781]
US military aid to Pakistan can be stopped: Obama	1 00:00 McZoid [1738]
McCain gets tax-free disability pension	8 00:00 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1742]
Kuwaiti-owned Shariah bank granted UK license	2 00:00 DMFD [1738]
Cell phones with voice change facility flood market	3 00:00 Frank G [1738]
Sukhoi fighter piracy: Russia may sue China	16 00:00 JosephMendiola [1759]
Babak wants end to ridiculing portrayal of Pashtuns	0 [1745]
Mugabe promised 'honourable exit'	7 00:00 Redneck Jim [1738]
Clinton says margin won't matter for a Pennsylvania victory	0 [1740]
Voter Turnout High at End of Long Battle in Pennsylvania	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1741]
Zimbabwean Churches Appeal For Help to Solve Election Crisis	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1738]
US Pushing for Recall of Chinese Arms Shipment to Zimbabwe	0 [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
McCain's Got Guts, Selling Free Trade in Youngstown	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1729]
Al Dura affair: the 10 seconds never shown by France 2	0 [1734]
Al Dura affair: 18 minutes of France 2 raw footage - Part 2	0 [1742]
Al Dura affair: 18 minutes of France 2 raw footage - Part 1	0 [1741]
P.J. O'Rourke: a civcs lesson on an aircraft carrier	8 00:00 USN,Ret. [1739]
Willful Blindness: Prosecuting the War on Terror	0 [1740]
Gordon Brown's global vision is flawed	2 00:00 DarthVader [1737]
Barack Obama--known by the company he keeps	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1766]
~~Global Warming~~ Climate Change Alert: Climate change 'may put world at war'	8 00:00 BA [1742]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Robotic vigilante: Homemade 'Bum Bot' patrols in Atlanta	0 [1740]
Voting in Murtha's District -- Opponent is an Iraqi Vet	6 00:00 Rambler in California [1771]
N.J. Officer Allegedly Performed Sex Acts On Cows	3 00:00 Frank G [1741]
Parents of Fallen Soldier Sue	0 [1746]
Victoria's Secret busted for stealing brassiere design	3 00:00 Iblis [1756]
There will always be an Italy: Horse's head sent to councillor	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
Pakistan's lone Sikh traffic warden quits	1 00:00 john frum [1736]
Not so fast: My idiot can beat up your idiot	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1742]
Today's Idiot, Semi-Finalist	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Public Transport Mastermind pulled up: Mercedes for self, bus for others	6 00:00 BA [1738]
Tony Snow cancels speeches at EWU	4 00:00 Broadhead6 [1735]
Today's Idiot, Finalist	3 00:00 Sock Puppet of Texas [1767]

    
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                        22:41 twobyfour

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Who's in the News
45	[untagged]
6	Global Jihad
4	Taliban
3	Mahdi Army
3	TNSM
2	Iraqi Baath Party
2	al-Qaeda in North Africa
2	al-Qaeda
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Hamas
1	al-Qaeda in Britain
1	Takfir wal-Hijra
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Islamic Courts
1	Jemaah Islamiyah
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2008-04-23
Petraeus to Head Central Command

Tue 2008-04-22
Paks free Sufi Muhammad

Mon 2008-04-21
Pak government halts operation in Tribal Areas

Sun 2008-04-20
Tater threatens 'open war' on Iraq government

Sat 2008-04-19
UK police arrest terror suspect, conduct controlled boom

Fri 2008-04-18
Nimroz mosque kaboom kills two dozen

Thu 2008-04-17
Boomer kills 50 at Iraq funeral

Wed 2008-04-16
60 die in AQI car booms

Tue 2008-04-15
Indonesia Jugs Two JI Big Turbans

Mon 2008-04-14
Tunisia jugs 19 for al Qaeda links

Sun 2008-04-13
More than 200 dead as battle rages in Baghdad

Sat 2008-04-12
Iraq military thumps Sadr City

Fri 2008-04-11
Gunnies Off Senior Sadr Aide in Najaf

Thu 2008-04-10
Nahal Oz fuel depot closed after attack. Surprise.

Wed 2008-04-09
Two Israelis killed as terrorists infiltrate Nahal Oz

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