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Burqaboomer kills 18 near crowded bazaar
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Army Promotions (Including H.R. McMaster)	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1771]
Iranians Wounded Near Baghdad	13 00:00 JosephMendiola [1774]
Terror raids launched in Sydney suburbs	1 00:00 trailing wife [1738]
Good Morning	6 00:00 Abu Uluque [1746]
IDF troops fire in the air, use tear gas against rioters in Gaza	2 00:00 jds [1736]
25 killed in Lanka's restive north	0 [1735]
Taliban leader killed in Kurram	3 00:00 Chuck Simmins [1737]
Police questioning three terror suspects claiming to be journalists	3 00:00 Spike Uniter [1762]
Unidentified bodies recovered in Orakzai	3 00:00 Galactic Coordinator Sleting2341 [1741]
Iraq: Over 800 people detained by army in offensive against al-Qaeda	0 [1735]
Marines battle Taliban in Helmand province	14 00:00 sinse [1746]
Rockets fired at police checkpost in NW Pakistan	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1741]
3 Italian soldiers wounded by roadside bomb in Afghanistan	0 [1740]
Iraq army rounds up suspects in assault on AQI	0 [1745]
Burqaboomer kills 18 near crowded bazaar	5 00:00 Frank G [1791]
Page 2: WoT Background
4 New High-Tech Weapons Pack Small Shells, Big Boom	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
Bin Laden's Message for Israel's 60th Anniversary	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1734]
Winter Soldiers 2 Pleases Democrat Congress	6 00:00 OldSpook [1738]
Venezuela weapons ending up in Columbian drugrunners hands?	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1741]
In Qatar, Muslim, Jewish clerics meet	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1740]
Indonesian sect members seek asylum in Australia	3 00:00 anonymous5089 [1739]
"More must be done to avoid Afghan deaths": UNHRC	7 00:00 Frank G [1757]
Barakei: Bush speech at Knesset 'tantamount to a declaration of war'	12 00:00 HammerHead [1737]
Thousands flee north-south clashes in Sudan	0 [1749]
Security Council planning for UN peacekeepers in Somalia	3 00:00 twobyfour [1733]
Bangladesh orders arrest of Islamic party chief	0 [1736]
'TNSM to continue struggle for Shariah implementation'	0 [1731]
Political parties condemn Bajaur attack	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1766]
Strike an attack on sovereignty: Ghani	0 [1743]
Iran: Sanctions continue to batter the economy	7 00:00 mhw [1740]
Official: 'Cease-fire would be victory for Hamas'	1 00:00 Bobby [1742]
Sudanese president rules out talks with rebel leader	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1737]
U.S. promises support for Lebanese gov't	4 00:00 twobyfour [1738]
Israel able to stop Gaza rocket fire in near future	7 00:00 Harcourt Jush7795 [1743]
Hamas supporters demonstrate against Israeli blockade	0 [1730]
Bush, in Israel, Says He Won't Talk to Terrorists	12 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1737]
House blocks Iraq war money and sets pullout plan	4 00:00 trailing wife [1736]
Taliban vows Dire Revenge after U.S. drone attack	2 00:00 Paul [1747]
Feuding Lebanese factions to hold talks	0 [1736]
Yemeni Qaeda threatens attacks against non-Muslims in Arabian Peninsula	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1757]
Muslims silent as Pandits fled: Omar Abdullah	0 [1736]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Huckabee off ticket, if he was ever on	0 [1736]
Senate votes to roll back FCC rule that loosens media ownership restriction	1 00:00 Frank G [1743]
Pro-Hillary blogger: Will Barack Throw Mama From the Train?	12 00:00 OldSpook [1760]
Los Angeles officials today will revive a controversial proposal to recycle wastewater	24 00:00 Shieldwolf [1752]
Global Warming Alert: Obesity contributes to global warming: study	16 00:00 JosephMendiola [1768]
Wind Power Blows Along at "Breakneck Pace"	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [1768]
Report: Talansky's driver transferred envelopes with cash to Olmert	0 [1739]
Nigeria pipeline blast kills at least 100	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1744]
PML-N ministries to remain vacant, Zardari, PM decide	0 [1750]
Denmark: Proposed headscarf ban divides religious figures	3 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1733]
Italy: Hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants arrested	4 00:00 charger [1744]
First the 'bitter,' now the 'sweet': Obama has a new gaffe	10 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1738]
Zimbabwe Presidential Run-Off Ballot Could Be Called For Late June	0 [1736]
Italian gov't wins Senate confidence vote	0 [1735]
Australian FM says won't be intimidated by Fiji threats	4 00:00 Frank G [1738]
Myanmar cyclone death toll rise to 43,318	0 [1731]
France to reduce external military deployment capabilities	4 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1739]
Death toll from Chinese quake likely to reach 50,000	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
Page 4: Opinion
America Wracked With Problems	8 00:00 Redneck Jim [1754]
Hillary Clinton's Sunset Blvd	0 [1740]
Democrat Fratricide: "You want double standards? Got em right here."	4 00:00 lotp [1740]
Jonah Goldberg: why Hillary is staying in	12 00:00 George Smiley [1755]
6 billion down the drain in Pakistan	14 00:00 Zhang Fei [1765]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Read the signs and portents	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1770]
Texas man tries to sell cyanide for mass killings	3 00:00 twobyfour [1736]
Wounded Vet says Son's love saved him	1 00:00 steven [1741]
Signs of Quake Ignored by Chicoms	5 00:00 twobyfour [1732]
Finally: Mom indicted in deadly MySpace hoax	7 00:00 Frank G [1747]
Today's Idiot	5 00:00 Frank G [1742]
Gecko in egg 'must have crawled up cloaca'	15 00:00 Frank G [1737]

    
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                        23:18 Pappy

                        23:13 Jan from work

                        22:37 JosephMendiola

                        22:37 Shieldwolf

                        22:36 JosephMendiola

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                        22:20 Spike Uniter

                        22:15 JosephMendiola

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                        22:04 Spike Uniter

                        21:57 phil_b

                        21:56 Old Patriot

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                        21:23 Frank G

                        21:21 OldSpook

Who's in the News
45	[untagged]
7	Taliban
4	Hamas
2	TNSM
2	Global Jihad
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in Yemen
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hezbollah
1	Islamic Courts
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2008-05-16
Burqaboomer kills 18 near crowded bazaar

Thu 2008-05-15
Dozen militants killed in suspected US strike on Damadola

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

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