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Hamas official seized with $800k
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iraqi mayor comes to US to welcome US troops home	6 00:00 JDB [1765]
Coalition Forces Watch Over Iraq's Oil Platforms	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1780]
Guantanamo Prison Guards, Inmates Clash	11 00:00 Frank G [1768]
Theaters Warned Trailer For WTC Movie May Be Too Intense	3 00:00 Korora [1770]
More on Dadullah's capture	8 00:00 Frank G [1767]
Plot to down El Al jet in Geneva foiled	3 00:00 Odysseus [1741]
Hamas official seized with $800k	8 00:00 6 [1784]
EU to blacklist Tamil Tigers despite warning of war	1 00:00 USN, ret. [1748]
Five policemen, eight Taleban killed in southern Afghanistan	0 [1748]
Iran Now Enriching Home Processed Uranium	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1770]
Iran eyes badges for Jews	15 00:00 Threremp Jetle7420 [1742]
Iran Eyes Badges for Jews, Christians	21 00:00 Frank G [1740]
AP: Brazen Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan Over the Course of Days Leave Around 100 Dead	6 00:00 Howard UK [1743]
Soldier Wounded In Clash With Palestinian Fighters Dies	3 00:00 zazz [1741]
Top Taleban commander jugged	14 00:00 ed [1739]
UK colonel sez Taliban is using Pakistan as HQ	10 00:00 Frank G [1748]
Afghan battle's body count up to 105, 87 of them Taliban	4 00:00 Manolo [1748]
More on the German claims	5 00:00 liberalhawk [1744]
Senior German intel officer sez al-Qaeda hierarchy dismantled in Western Europe	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1741]
Officer Details His Work Undercover Amid Muslims	3 00:00 random styling [1741]
Bomb kills 4 soldiers, Iraqi interpreter NW of Baghdad	3 00:00 49 Pan [1743]
FC soldier killed in Kohlu blast	0 [1739]
Pro-government commander's brother abducted	0 [1729]
Mirwaizs close friend charged with aiding militants	2 00:00 Besoeker [1744]
Omar Saeed Sheikh shifted to Islamabad	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [1749]
Iraqi man arrested	0 [1740]
3 Khasadars injured in mosque explosion	1 00:00 tu3031 [1742]
Nawab Marri, sons sentenced to 20 years in jail	0 [1745]
UN: Militia Kill at Least 11 in Darfur	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1745]
Yemeni Police Seize Explosives	0 [1748]
Armed men open fire at Palestinian Deputy Premier's convoy in Tulkarem	1 00:00 Huperese Whavish6809 [1761]
Kurdish government accuses Turkish troops of targeting Kurdish town	0 [1740]
Weapons found in Najaf, body in Kirkuk	1 00:00 Besoeker [1744]
One killed, 18 injured in explosion in Jammu and Kashmir	0 [1732]
Iraqi Police raid Baghdad market, seize military gear	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [1740]
Surprise awaits Israel -- Al-Quds brigades	13 00:00 Frank G [1745]
Gunmen kill PUK member in Kirkuk	1 00:00 gromgoru [1754]
Sunni Arab Shrine Bombed in Iraq	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [1738]
Turabi Calls for Popular Uprising	2 00:00 SPoD [1737]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pentagon humor	3 00:00 RD [1739]
The Palestinians Fade Away	7 00:00 Frank G [1772]
Let the Army Rot	12 00:00 Oldspook [1759]
Islamic Warriors That Oppose Suicide	4 00:00 Xenophon [1740]
Ex-senator linked to oil-for-food claims	6 00:00 mac [1756]
An Ominous Parallell - Nazi Germany and Iran	1 00:00 Oldspook [1736]
Air Marshal Says He Faced Retaliation for Bringing Up Security Issues	1 00:00 Besoeker [1736]
NSA leak sting?	12 00:00 Glenmore [1761]
UN watchdog calls for Guantánamo closure	10 00:00 Thinemp Whimble2412 [1735]
Hamas official seized with $800k	4 00:00 lotp [1746]
The Falcon and the Terrorist	1 00:00 Howard UK [1736]
Stryker Ramps Up Mobile Gun System	10 00:00 Frank G [1738]
WND : Teacher who showed vulgar Bush video fired	5 00:00 Frank G [1739]
Jaballah denies receiving terrorist training	0 [1735]
Al-Qaeda waiting for US-Iran clash	6 00:00 AzCat [1763]
~~Standard Islamist Boilerplate~~ My Life in Guantanamo	1 00:00 Seafarious [1738]
Experts say Taliban making a comeback, blame Iraq war	12 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1765]
Al-Qaeda explains rationale for not targeting Soddy higher-ups	5 00:00 Zhang Fei [1735]
Hayden defends wiretapping at hearing	0 [1738]
Freed from Guantanamo, 5 face danger in Albania	6 00:00 Manolo [1738]
Turkey: President vows to protect secular state	1 00:00 2b [1744]
Egypt's Shiite minority, eying political representation, plans to float party	0 [1746]
Iran nuclear crisis pushes up tension on Lebanon-Israel border	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1737]
Bush Requests $1.9B to Bolster Borders	1 00:00 eniac [1736]
Iraq parliament to vote on new govt May 20	0 [1740]
Iran using Chinese-made feedstock for enriched uranium: diplomats	2 00:00 C-Low [1741]
Canadian Minister Quashes Honour for Anti-Bush U.S. General	9 00:00 Broadhead6 [1741]
Prodi vows to pull troops out of Iraq	3 00:00 Thinemp Whimble2412 [1741]
Kabul knows where Binny and Blinky are	3 00:00 Eric Jablow [1748]
No security guarantees for Iran: US	3 00:00 Jackal [1732]
Pakistan no more a kingmaker, says Karzai	0 [1747]
Security Council presses Syria on Lebanon	0 [1747]
Police Beat Protesters in Egypt	0 [1741]
16 Saudi Nationals to be Released from Guantanamo Bay	0 [1734]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Runaway Bride's Wedding Reportedly Off	12 00:00 RD [1761]
Saudi press told to stop printing pictures of women	2 00:00 Frank G [1736]
Volcano cooking up a mystery	7 00:00 RD [1770]
Get out of here, curse you!	2 00:00 DarthVader [1743]
Lack of prosecutions demoralizing Border Patrol	5 00:00 Manolo [1746]
Zimbabwe inflation rate hits more than 1,000 percent	4 00:00 Xenophon [1740]
Police discover sex slave cult	21 00:00 3dc [1755]
Teens suffer soap opera virus	3 00:00 RD [1754]
Brain Scans Get at Roots of Prejudice	2 00:00 2b [1733]
UN pans Tokyo's 'racist' new law	7 00:00 6 [1736]
'Hobbits' didn't really exist, say scientists	13 00:00 6 [1741]
Galloway, Gore set for Edinburgh	12 00:00 as [1744]
Fight to save death row Briton who was acquitted of murder	3 00:00 Thinemp Whimble2412 [1736]
No lull in French scandal	0 [1738]
Latin America's Power Struggle	0 [1738]
Venezuela stages mock foreign invasion	10 00:00 Thinemp Whimble2412 [1756]
House Votes to Keep Offshore Drilling Ban	20 00:00 ed [1739]
More than 1 million evacuated from Typhoon ~~Katrina~~	0 [1734]
Nepal parliament slashes kings power	0 [1736]
Annan says it's Asia's turn for UN secretary general	17 00:00 RD [1765]
EU freezes Lukashenko's assets, funds	0 [1737]
Pakistan Bans Feroz Khan Over Slur	1 00:00 rjschwarz [1741]
Page 4: Opinion
The biggest scandal	10 00:00 Xenophon [1761]
Israel-Hate: France's National Sport	7 00:00 2b [1734]
The daVinci Code explained!	7 00:00 Mark E. [1747]
Dean Bertram: Cracking the conspiracy code	1 00:00 2b [1746]
Iran: Russia, China drift toward US	2 00:00 rjschwarz [1735]
It's about the War, Stupid!	5 00:00 2b [1735]
Paradise lost in the Netherlands	8 00:00 DoDo [1740]
Amir Taheri: The Real Iraq	0 [1753]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Smuggled Ketchup New Menace In AZ School	1 00:00 Danking70 [1790]
The mystery of mom's second headstone	4 00:00 6 [1735]
Wife Rips Husband's Penis Off With Bare Hands	19 00:00 Frank G [1766]
Nasty Neighbor Gets Anti-Social Order	11 00:00 CrazyFool [1749]
Dem Contributor Milberg Weiss Is Charged With Bribery and Fraud	4 00:00 Oldspook [1736]

    
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                        23:08 Frank G

                        23:08 AzCat

                        23:02 Danielle

                        22:59 Glenmore

                        22:46 Frank G

                        22:38 Thinemp Whimble2412

                        22:37 Korora

                        22:37 Redneck Jim

                        22:35 JosephMendiola

                        22:34 Frank G

                        22:28 smn

                        22:25 3dc

                        22:20 Xenophon

                        22:19 JDB

                        22:15 3dc

                        22:11 Frank G

                        22:11 as

                        22:09 Danking70

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2006-05-19
Hamas official seized with $800k

Thu 2006-05-18
Haqqani takes command of Talibs

Wed 2006-05-17
Two Fatah cars explode

Tue 2006-05-16
Beslan Snuffy Guilty of Terrorism

Mon 2006-05-15
Bangla: 13 militants get life

Sun 2006-05-14
Feds escort Moussaoui to new supermax home

Sat 2006-05-13
Attack on US consulate in Jeddah

Fri 2006-05-12
Clashes in Somali capital kill 135 civilians

Thu 2006-05-11
Jordan Arrests 20 Over Hamas Arms Plots

Wed 2006-05-10
Quartet folds on Paleo aid

Tue 2006-05-09
10 wounded in Fatah-Hamas festivities

Mon 2006-05-08
Bush wants to close Gitmo

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Israel foils plot to kill Abbas

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Anjem Choudary arrested

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Goss Resigns as CIA Head

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