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Ten held in Europe for Al Qaeda ties
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Six Islamists killed in Kashmir gunbattle	0 [1741]
Good Morning	3 00:00 Frank G [1740]
One terrorist killed, 19 detained in Coalition operations	0 [1737]
MND-B Soldiers detain suspected IED emplacer, weapons trafficker	0 [1737]
Taliban behead soldier to avenge Bajaur strike	6 00:00 McZoid [1750]
Six security men, 23 militants freed in third prisoner swap	0 [1734]
Two soldiers killed in Kohat blast	0 [1745]
Prayer leader shot dead in Swat	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1737]
One soldier, five Taliban killed in Afghanistan	0 [1745]
Talib convicted in US for 'narco-terrorism'	1 00:00 sinse [1748]
Iraqi police beat news photographer	12 00:00 CrazyFool [1763]
Afghan hijacker caught working at British airport	4 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1755]
Maoist rebels kill 2 in India	0 [1752]
Colombo suicide blast kills 10	0 [1741]
Five Taliban militants killed in Zabul	1 00:00 Glenmore [1742]
Marines, Abu Sayyaf clash at Basilan road project	0 [1736]
4 wounded as Iranian convoy hit by gunfire in Baghdad	1 00:00 Glenmore [1739]
National Resistance brigades shell Nahal Oz; Abu Ali Mustafa brigades shell Ashkelon	4 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1737]
Gunmen blow up entrance to Rosary Sister's school in Tal Al-Hawa	0 [1742]
Ten held in Europe for Al Qaeda ties	0 [1784]
Page 2: WoT Background
North Carolina Web Site Said to Be 'Gateway Drug' To Terror	6 00:00 M. Murcek [1733]
Pirates hijack Jordanian ship off Somali coast	2 00:00 FOTSGreg [1762]
US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Iraq	14 00:00 FOTSGreg [1758]
Muslim comedy	2 00:00 Crotch Oppressor of the Veal Cutlets9064 [1744]
Love & a slow death for Bali bomber	2 00:00 trailing wife [1763]
Former Jordanian Minister Ali Al-Faqir Vows to Conquer Spain and Rome, America, EU To End Soon	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1726]
Iran says gunmen tried to assassinate embassy staff	3 00:00 George Vreeland Hill [1730]
Ex-PM blasts Malaysian government for Halliburton investment	0 [1734]
Chalabi's Short-Lived Comeback	2 00:00 Pappy [1755]
Maliki offers amnesty in north Qaeda stronghold	3 00:00 George Smiley [1727]
Expel all Bangladeshis in a month: Raje govt	4 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1742]
US watches Doha talks fearing Hezbollah may reap political gains	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1726]
'No compromise on national security'	0 [1736]
Third round of talks with Taliban next week	0 [1731]
Pakistan, India to sign prisoners' accord	0 [1735]
Pakistan protests Bajaur missile strike with NATO	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1732]
LI warns of Peshawar cinema closure	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1737]
As violence ebbs, Kashmiris take to drink	0 [1740]
Al-Sadr's followers hopeful on Baghdad truce	6 00:00 sinse [1732]
India sees Bangladeshi militants' hand in Jaipur blasts	0 [1740]
Ayman Taha: Hamas delays visit to Cairo	0 [1735]
Islamic Jihad: Bush's calls to eliminate the resistance is an obvious declaration of war	13 00:00 Redneck Jim [1760]
Missile attack on 'special dinner' at Damdola: Officials probing presence of foreign militants	1 00:00 ed [1727]
Zapatero Says Colombian Rebel Group Responsible for Bloodshed	1 00:00 George Smiley [1745]
Qatar to mediate deal for new Lebanese president	0 [1738]
Dutch Cartoonist Arrested For Insuling Muslims In 2005 - Desperate Dhimmis	12 00:00 Redneck Jim [1752]
Page 3: Non-WoT
High School Blocks Dress Blues at Graduation	5 00:00 JDB [1734]
Kennedy Falls Ill; Airlifted To Boston Hospital	32 00:00 Sholuck Hitler3172 [1752]
A Gulf in Giving: Oil-Rich States Starve the World Food Program	2 00:00 JohnQC [1737]
Harkin: McCain too 'military'	5 00:00 doc [1734]
Gypsy shanty towns burn in Naples	1 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1736]
India in China's nuke crosshairs	4 00:00 Icerigger [1756]
The Obama Empire Strikes Back	28 00:00 Icerigger [1760]
Moore to Make New Movie	3 00:00 CrazyFool [1735]
China buries quake dead as new aftershock hits	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1764]
U.S. Suspends Filling of Strategic Oil Supply	6 00:00 DMFD [1759]
Europe kills Africans by sinking boats: Qadaffy	4 00:00 anonymous5089 [1732]
US agrees to help Saudi Arabia develop civilian nuclear program	5 00:00 Icerigger [1763]
With Zimbabwe Presidential Run-Off Date Set, Tough Campaign Looms	4 00:00 George Smiley [1742]
Burma death toll jumps to 78,000	1 00:00 Glenmore [1730]
Page 4: Opinion
China: The Infant Dragon - a perspective from Accra, Ghana	0 [1740]
Steyn: Obama an appeaser? How dare you	7 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1751]
What do Yucca Mountain and Guantanamo Bay have in common?	4 00:00 crosspatch [1727]
Michael on Michael	1 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1739]
Coddling terrorists In Yemen	1 00:00 Clomoper Dark Lord of the Sith6587 [1748]
Hillary should have kept Bill chained in the basement with cheese curls and dirty movies.	9 00:00 JohnQC [1751]
The pretense is over: Hezbollah rules Lebanon	8 00:00 Pappy [1766]
Hard-nosed leader goes soft on Hamas	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1740]
Hizbullah's power play	3 00:00 crosspatch [1735]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Small Soy Biofuel plants SHUTTING down because it is worth more as food.	0 [1735]
'How I saved Pc from Rangers mob'	1 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1733]
Miss Indonesia 2008	1 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1735]
Being Green versus Looking Green	8 00:00 Frank G [1736]

    
                23:55 Sholuck Hitler3172

                        23:07 Pappy

                        23:06 Redneck Jim

                        22:55 FOTSGreg

                        22:53 FOTSGreg

                        22:48 Redneck Jim

                        22:44 Pappy

                        22:41 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:35 CrazyFool

                        22:33 CrazyFool

                        22:31 Angie Schultz

                        22:04 Redneck Jim

                        21:59 Icerigger

                        21:54 Redneck Jim

                        21:49 DMFD

                        21:45 Crotch Oppressor of the Veal Cutlets9064

                        21:43 DMFD

                        21:41 GK

                        21:25 Icerigger

                        21:23 Icerigger

                        21:21 Icerigger

                        21:20 Icerigger

                        21:14 trailing wife 

                        21:11 trailing wife

Who's in the News
37	[untagged]
7	Taliban
3	Iraqi Insurgency
3	Global Jihad
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Hezbollah
2	Hamas
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	DFLP
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
1	Jaish-e-Mohammad
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Mahdi Army
1	TNSM
1	Takfir wal-Hijra
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Govt of Iran
1	HUJI
1	al-Qaeda
1	IRGC

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2008-05-17
Ten held in Europe for Al Qaeda ties

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

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