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200 Taliban killed in Swat operation
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Pakistani claims of high Taliban casualties 'wildly exaggerated' - US officials	1 00:00 Kofi Claitle6576 [1753]
US military: 44 cases of Taliban using white phosphorus	1 00:00 rabid whitetail [1743]
Pakistan: 700 Taliban Dead	5 00:00 trailing wife [1749]
Top Commander in Afghanistan to be Replaced	10 00:00 crosspatch [1765]
US soldier kills five fellow troops on rampage	11 00:00 mom [1757]
Fair warning...	26 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1752]
Terrorist traffic via Syria again inching up	3 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1733]
Good morning	5 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1735]
Sahwa leader murdered in Iraq	1 00:00 trailing wife [1734]
Seven Killed in Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1727]
Fighting, mortar attack on Somali mosque kill 39	9 00:00 Redneck Jim [1737]
Bomb-making materials seized from madrasa	1 00:00 tu3031 [1727]
Top JMB operative arrested in Tangail	3 00:00 Seafarious [1737]
2,000 civilians said killed in Lanka shelling	5 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1753]
Notorious Algerian terrorist El Para renounces al-Qaeda	3 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1729]
44 Taliban killed as troops repel attacks in FATA	2 00:00 rabid whitetail [1738]
200 Taliban killed in Swat operation	9 00:00 rabid whitetail [1765]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hamid Karzai "Very Serious" On Ending Air Raids: Anonymous Poobah	3 00:00 SteveS [1747]
Munawar predicts big jihad against US	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [1742]
Islamic Jihad calls pope's visit 'gift to occupation'	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1738]
Mas Selamat Caught while sleeping	2 00:00 mojo [1732]
US attacked Afghanistan with white phosphorus?	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [1745]
Hamas issues new security directives	2 00:00 Seafarious [1739]
Pelosi Meets With Iraq Leaders	4 00:00 Pappy [1742]
Military operation in Tribal Areas not the solution: Imran	0 [1729]
Sufi Muhammad still backs Taliban	0 [1744]
Muslim Brotherhood: ObamaŽs Egypt trip ŽuselessŽ	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1747]
US says militants may target India again	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1732]
Iraq PM says they donŽt need US troops in cities	0 [1736]
US wonŽt stop airstrikes despite Afghan anger	0 [1730]
N. Korea Issues Threat on Uranium	0 [1746]
Qazi sees international conspiracy against nuclear Pakistan	0 [1729]
'No contact with Sufi since operation began'	2 00:00 Kofi Claitle6576 [1751]
Pakistani state is not going to collapse, says Prez Ten Percent	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1741]
'Exodus from Swat, Buner is a big challenge'	0 [1731]
MQM calls for action against 'patrons of Talibans in Karachi'	0 [1718]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Somali pirates get targets from London informers	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1756]
Armed Robber b-b Gun Fail	2 00:00 Steve White [1737]
Murder Capitol, 'Big Easy' killers sink to new low	1 00:00 Seafarious [1739]
Shuttle pilot shot the bird in 'Top Gun' flying this mission	0 [1728]
'Partridge Family' Mom to Pose Nude at 75?	6 00:00 rabid whitetail [1739]
Military Recruiting Faces a Budget Cut - Will abolishing DADT swell ranks?	4 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1731]
USAF buys two Su-27 from Ukraine	5 00:00 crosspatch [1744]
Chavez seizures fuel Venezuela oil fears	2 00:00 Ho Chi Cromomp7003 [1743]
Turkey keeps knocking on bolted EU door	5 00:00 Ming the Merciless [1749]
Thai protesters in biggest rally since crackdown	0 [1726]
Myanmar activist denied doctor	0 [1723]
Two killed in 'encounter'	1 00:00 tu3031 [1728]
Saudi judge says OK to slap spendthrift wife	1 00:00 rabid whitetail [1729]
Lebanese gays take fight for their rights public	2 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1759]
Morshed Khan sent to jail	0 [1731]
Page 4: Opinion
The jilted Latino voter	6 00:00 Procopius2k [1736]
Barack Obama's America "gangster government"?	3 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1729]
Pope Benedict XVI Address At Hall Of Rememberance Yad Vashem	0 [1740]
A monstrous experiment	10 00:00 Lumpy Elmoluck5091 [1739]
Pope Benedict XVI Address At King Hussein bin Talal Mosque	6 00:00 Procopius2k [1729]
Page 6: Politix
Robert Murtha says Uncle John never helped him, nope never happened.	0 [1737]
Free cars for poor fuel road rage	6 00:00 rabid whitetail [1748]
Report: Edwards Staff Planned to 'Blow Up' Campaign Over Affair	5 00:00 Zorba Craising6734 [1745]

    
                23:52 JosephMendiola

                        23:43 crosspatch

                        23:38 crosspatch

                        23:37 mom

                        23:18 Kofi Claitle6576

                        23:14 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:24 Ming the Merciless

                        22:16 Ming the Merciless

                        22:12 Anonymoose

                        21:43 trailing wife

                        21:36 JosephMendiola

                        21:26 JosephMendiola

                        21:23 Skunky Glins 5***

                        21:21 JosephMendiola

                        21:18 Pappy

                        21:17 JosephMendiola

                        21:14 Kofi Claitle6576

                        21:14 JosephMendiola

                        21:14 Pappy

                        21:12 JosephMendiola

                        21:09 Pappy

                        21:03 Skunky Glins 5***

                        21:00 rabid whitetail

                        20:57 rabid whitetail

Who's in the News
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4	Govt of Pakistan
2	Iraqi Insurgency
2	al-Qaeda
2	TNSM
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	TTP
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Shabaab
1	Hamas
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
1	Jemaah Islamiyah

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2009-05-11
200 Taliban killed in Swat operation

Sun 2009-05-10
Scores dead as drone hits S. Wazoo Mehsud stronghold

Sat 2009-05-09
1.2 million people leave Buner, Swat other areas

Fri 2009-05-08
Gilani orders all-out war on Pak Taliban

Thu 2009-05-07
Sufi Mohammad's son killed in Lower Dir shelling

Wed 2009-05-06
Mashaal: Hamas wants 10 year cease-fire

Tue 2009-05-05
Pirates captured after attacking the wrong ship

Mon 2009-05-04
Khaled Mashaal re-elected Hamas political leader

Sun 2009-05-03
64 civilians killed in Lanka hospital attack

Sat 2009-05-02
60 Taliban killed in Buner offensive

Fri 2009-05-01
Taliban hold Buner town people hostage

Thu 2009-04-30
U.S. missile strikes kill 10 in South Waziristan

Wed 2009-04-29
70 militants killed in Pak operation

Tue 2009-04-28
TNSM suspends talks with govt

Mon 2009-04-27
Suspect in Bat Ayin attack in custody

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