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Commander Says al-Qaida ''Virtually Destroyed'' in Kirkuk
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Teenage Girl Used In Suicide Bombing	7 00:00 trailing wife [1763]
'Indian Mujahideen sends pre-blast video footage'	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
At least 14 hurt as Grad rocket hits Ashkelon shopping mall	4 00:00 trailing wife [1758]
Apache Videos -= Composite	5 00:00 Anonymoose [1732]
Rocket 'bounced off' army officer	13 00:00 DMFD [1732]
Marine is IA Mobile Recruiting Advisor	0 [1738]
150 rebels killed in Afghan operation: governor	2 00:00 Abu Uluque [1736]
Good Morning	5 00:00 Bashar Assad [1725]
Leb army expands deployment to impose order	1 00:00 Rightwing [1733]
Pro-govt Lebanon TV station resumes broadcasting	0 [1729]
Lebanese army bans carrying arms	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1737]
Israeli blitz kills Hamas activist	3 00:00 Querent [1736]
Turkish raid kills 11 PKK militants	0 [1741]
US Drops Charges Against Alleged '20th Hijacker' in September 11 Attacks	3 00:00 Seafarious [1729]
Soldier killed in Bajaur attacks	0 [1743]
Taliban ban TV in Afghan province	1 00:00 gorb [1733]
US kills 11 people in Sadr City	4 00:00 sinse [1734]
Al Qaeda operatives killed in Afghanistan were Saudis	5 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1746]
US aircraft 'kill Taliban fighters'	1 00:00 Paul [1739]
Maulana Abdul Aziz makes bail in 26 of 27 cases	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1748]
80 killed, 150 wounded in Jaipur blasts	0 [1740]
Ethiopia Soldiers Detain Then Release Islamic Clerics	0 [1733]
'Tamil Tigers killed' in new clash	0 [1744]
Page 2: WoT Background
Caroline Glick @ Jerusalem Post: How Lebanon Was Lost	0 [1728]
Al-Zahar: Israeli military not beyond defeat	4 00:00 RD [1762]
Taliban Moving At Half Speed This Year	10 00:00 Talibunny [1753]
French court jails seven for Iraq jihad network	0 [1743]
NORTHCOM eyes more northern border patrols	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [1758]
Senate report on the threat of homegrown terrorism	1 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [1735]
W thinks Dem Middle East Plans are stoopid - and some other killer opinions	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1742]
Commander Says al-Qaida Virtually Destroyed in Kirkuk	2 00:00 ed [1771]
Israel to be swept away soon: Short Round	10 00:00 DarthVader [1760]
Lebanon's Hariri vows no surrender to Hezbollah	1 00:00 AlanC [1733]
Gov't to cancel anti-Hezbollah decisions	0 [1734]
Iranian students: Shut UK embassy	8 00:00 DarthVader [1733]
'US, Israel culprits of Lebanon crisis'	2 00:00 sinse [1732]
Israel sets conditions for Gaza truce	1 00:00 Perfesser [1737]
Qatari security team in Beirut	0 [1727]
N.Korea to cooperate on nuclear verification -US	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
Mutharika harbouring Al Qaeda operative 'Shayo'	0 [1736]
'Iftikhar to declare Perv's re-election illegal'	0 [1731]
US paid bounty to Pakistan to arrest terror suspect	0 [1730]
Two ex-Guantanamo detainees to sue US	8 00:00 Jan [1729]
Egypt reseals Gaza border	0 [1731]
Taliban invite Pak govt, military, people to join hands against US	1 00:00 McZoid [1731]
Pakistan slams Jaipur blasts	0 [1738]
Somalia: Former Islamist-Allied Warlord Rejects Peace Talks in Djibouti	0 [1735]
Page 3: Non-WoT
CAR: Cautious Welcome for Rebel Ceasefire	0 [1731]
Breck Boy endorses Obama	1 00:00 Rambler in California [1741]
Hollyweird strikes again - What's next , a Musical Comedy about the Holocaust?	2 00:00 DMFD [1737]
Chicom Dams compromised by earthquake; authorities on alert	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Mexico - on the way to a failed state?	20 00:00 JosephMendiola [1761]
Ohio AG follies continue	4 00:00 Mike [1751]
Inflation is Killing Us! (Poll)	14 00:00 Jan [1751]
Now Indian Navy wants Super Hornets too	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
Einstein letter: Belief in God 'childish,' Jews not chosen people	37 00:00 RD [1759]
Rev. Jackson Wants Secret Service Files On Himself	7 00:00 George Smiley [1730]
Colombian warlords extradited to US	1 00:00 gorb [1735]
Myanmar police block aid workers, food piles up	10 00:00 Shieldwolf [1731]
Mountain Mama claws back in W Va	2 00:00 Mike [1736]
Clinton compares her campaign to JFK's in 1960	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1733]
UN: violence escalating in Zimbabwe	2 00:00 Besoeker [1745]
Zardari exonerated of all pending charges	0 [1741]
Former Kuwait emir dies	0 [1734]
Storms hamper rescue as China quake toll nears 12,000	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1734]
Turkish parliament rejects no-confidence vote against PM	0 [1739]
Page 4: Opinion
Between 11 and 50 a day?	7 00:00 3dc [1755]
Our Friends in Riyadh	0 [1739]
Maliki's Southern Strategy	1 00:00 Bobby [1739]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
'Fusionman' takes to the sky	1 00:00 USN, Ret. [1733]
Fight global warming: take a helicopter to the Hamptons	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1759]
Australian Politician Denies Innapropriate Behaviour With Quokka	6 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
Theft of community latrines alleged	1 00:00 Rambler in California [1731]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Hezbollah
6	Taliban
5	al-Qaeda
3	Hamas
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Govt of Iran
2	Islamic Courts
2	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Mahdi Army
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Global Jihad

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2008-05-14
Commander Says al-Qaida ''Virtually Destroyed'' in Kirkuk

Tue 2008-05-13
Sudanese troops hunt for rebels in Khartoum

Mon 2008-05-12
Hezbollah foiled US-planned coup. Really.

Sun 2008-05-11
Army sides with Nasrallah against Leb govt

Sat 2008-05-10
Leb coup d'etat: Hezbollah seizes control of west Beirut

Fri 2008-05-09
Hezbollah seizes large parts of Beirut

Thu 2008-05-08
Hezbollah at war with Leb

Wed 2008-05-07
Hezbollah telecom network shut down

Tue 2008-05-06
3500 U.S. troops surge home

Mon 2008-05-05
Kaboom misses Iraqi first lady

Sun 2008-05-04
24 killed, 26 injured in Iraqi violence

Sat 2008-05-03
Marines chase Talibs through Helmand poppy fields

Fri 2008-05-02
Orcs strike Iraqi wedding convoy, kill at least 35, wound 65

Thu 2008-05-01
Paks deny Karzai murder plot hatched in Pakistain

Wed 2008-04-30
Hamas steals Gaza fuel

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