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British troops in first Taliban action
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
U.S. Army weighs blimp fleet	9 00:00 Oldspook [1767]
Major fire at Istambul airport; TAK claims responsibility	0 [1739]
Get ready for My Lai part 2	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1774]
JI training in chemical weapons	2 00:00 Darrell [1747]
Kurdish group sez it started huge fire at Istanbul Airport	1 00:00 phil_b [1740]
Palestinian security chief killed in Gaza	4 00:00 Ptah [1750]
Fatah Security Chief Boomed	13 00:00 mcsegeek1 [1753]
Hewitt Interviews Yon, Fresh from Afghanistan	5 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1733]
Bin Laden on the Move; New Sightings in Pakistan	12 00:00 ed [1750]
Malvo changes story; reveals more plans	0 [1741]
Political activist killed, six hurt in Indian Kashmir attacks	0 [1739]
Demonstrations rock Teheran universities	19 00:00 Steve [1735]
Three Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Ramallah	1 00:00 gromgoru [1744]
Gunmen kill Hamas member in Gaza	2 00:00 Eric Jablow [1737]
Fresh fire exchange renews Mogadishu north	2 00:00 Frank G [1737]
Pakistanis Arrested Near Basra	2 00:00 john [1741]
US embassy in Japan warns of possible threat	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
Fierce Fighting Kills Afghan 'Militants'	8 00:00 3dc [1733]
Dozens of Taliban killed in clash	6 00:00 mcsegeek1 [1735]
Saddam nephew arrested	0 [1744]
StrategyPage: Taliban Offensive Shot to Pieces	11 00:00 Broadhead6 [1735]
'Do not send your children here. We will kill them'	19 00:00 Glains Threrese9277 [1770]
Breaking: Anti-terror police make arrests (UK)	9 00:00 mojo [1740]
Iraqi foreign fighters returning to Europe	4 00:00 rjschwarz [1742]
Baloch hard boyz escalating attacks	0 [1744]
Bali-style blasting caps seized	3 00:00 6 [1731]
Caucasus Corpse Count	0 [1731]
Abu Sayyaf kill 4 Philippines marines	1 00:00 49 Pan [1741]
Hardline Hamas rebels have thrown in with al-Qaeda in Gaza	8 00:00 trailing wife [1745]
Excerpts from the DoD press briefing on Iraq, Afghanistan	0 [1751]
30 Iraqis killed in Baghdad attacks	0 [1742]
Weekly Piracy Report 16-22 May 2006	1 00:00 Spot [1744]
Top secret documents found at key suspect's house	6 00:00 Danielle [1732]
Turks claim retired general leads secret assassins' guild	0 [1741]
Karbouli delivers full confession on Jordanian TV	0 [1743]
Full text of bin Laden audio	8 00:00 3dc [1740]
Israel Seeks Cruise Missiles	20 00:00 Darrell [1739]
Sudan denies breaking peace deal	0 [1738]
Terrorists smuggling tons of TNT from Sinai	0 [1746]
Police kill Afghan robber	0 [1733]
Pakistani behind subway bombing plan: prosecutor	0 [1740]
Clashes between security forces, Bugtis continue	1 00:00 Frank G [1746]
Anti-tank mines, explosives confiscated	4 00:00 wxjames [1737]
Srinagar suicide attack kills two as Singh arrives today	0 [1731]
20 killed in Afghanistan	4 00:00 49 Pan [1740]
British troops in first Taliban action	18 00:00 elbud [1768]
Car bomb attack kills six people, injures 15 in Sadr city	0 [1741]
Iraqi police find seven dead bodies in Mosul, Kirkuk	0 [1738]
11 Iraqis killed, seven wounded in blast near Husseiniyah in Baghdad suburb	0 [1733]
Tales from the Crossfire Gazette - Mumbai Edition	16 00:00 Manolo [1760]
Blast kills Iraqi, injures 13 others in southern Baghdad	0 [1734]
Sderot shelled by Al-Quds Brigades	0 [1745]
Page 2: WoT Background
Terrorist Loophole: Senate Bill Disarms Law Enforcement	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1769]
An Imam knocked out a 6 years old female child!	6 00:00 Darrell [1740]
A Whirling Sufi Revival With Unclear Implications	2 00:00 mcsegeek1 [1734]
The US State Department looks the other way as Gulf Sheiks supply bin Laden	3 00:00 Frank G [1737]
FBI Failed to Identify Suspected Chinese Spy and Her Lover	18 00:00 djohn66 [1763]
Uzbek ex-minister on trial for "personal contacts" with Bush administration	2 00:00 Besoeker [1729]
John Bolton: Back in the Spotlight	18 00:00 Sen. Voinovitch [1765]
The Meaning of 'Islamofascism'	5 00:00 zazz [1735]
The Google censorship thingy on Slashdot	1 00:00 CrazyFool [1735]
World's press slams Dutch over Hirsi Ali	4 00:00 DMFD [1762]
Filipino Muslims oppose Manilas bid to join OIC	3 00:00 Seafarious [1735]
Coalition used precision fire not bombs in Afghan raid	3 00:00 DarthVader [1736]
Terrorist suspect ordered released on bail	0 [1731]
StrategyPage Iraq: Tracking the Tip Line	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1739]
Gunman's former classmates claim he had police protection	5 00:00 anonymous5089 [1738]
Integration questions stir passions in Germany	2 00:00 Besoeker [1737]
Confrontation brews in Cairo	0 [1737]
Abuse plagues Muslim women in Germany	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1735]
Political guidance officers to be added to the IRGC	2 00:00 Shieldwolf [1737]
Putin's speech inspired by shadowy that calls for end to democracy, restoration of imperial rule	9 00:00 Broadhead6 [1738]
Ingush interior minister assassination round-up	0 [1734]
The state of al-Qaeda in Iraq	0 [1733]
Turkish assassination may inspire further violence	0 [1732]
Al-Qaeda preparing for the creation of semi-conventional jihadi forces	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1766]
Sufi revival underway in Chechnya	1 00:00 anonymous5089 [1740]
Bush to make fresh assessment of Iraqi military needs	2 00:00 Glinesh Slating1291 [1747]
Extremism on the rise among Egyptian bedouin	2 00:00 Seafarious [1740]
Nepal rebels want reinstated parliament dissolved	6 00:00 6 [1740]
Iran bans state newspaper for sparking protests	3 00:00 Shuns Uleating3851 [1732]
Balochistan Home Minister denies any Taliban, al-Qaeda presence	0 [1731]
Saudis will not boycott Israel: US	6 00:00 Desert Blondie [1737]
US hawks 'hinder moves' on Iran nuclear incentives	4 00:00 mjh [1734]
Defying Bush, House backs limits on Palestinian aid	17 00:00 Besoeker [1741]
BJP also decides to stay away from meet on Kashmir	0 [1736]
Pakistan arming Taliban, says Asfandyar	0 [1738]
India-Pakistan talks on Siachen begin	0 [1734]
Orakzai takes oath as NWFP governor today	0 [1733]
India confirms participation in Iran pipeline talks	1 00:00 zazz [1733]
Pakistani Sunni body elects new leadership	0 [1736]
Syria May Join Active 'Resistance' Against Israel	18 00:00 SteveS [1763]
Saad says Assad threatened father	0 [1734]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Video Exposes Gores Own Energy Use	1 00:00 DMFD [1768]
ABC: FBI Investigating Hastert - DOJ says not	5 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1732]
Gunbattles erupt in East Timor Capital	0 [1726]
1,300 Australian troops headed for East Timor	0 [1730]
HILL DRIVE FOR '55'	7 00:00 Broadhead6 [1744]
666-6666 Phone number sold for $3.65m	8 00:00 DMFD [1737]
Italy to compensate Libya for colonisation	11 00:00 DMFD [1771]
Senator Sessions Excoriates Immigration Bill	0 [1736]
US ambassador to UN highlights Viet Nam-US relations	1 00:00 Besoeker [1725]
Afghanistan's new anthem only available on CD	0 [1723]
French PM slams 'false' efforts to finger him	4 00:00 DMFD [1761]
Entr'acte: Mixing art and politics at the 'Expo Villepin'	1 00:00 tu3031 [1732]
ACLU: Freedom of Speech Does NOT Apply to Our Board	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
Fox, in U.S., Says Walls Won't Fix Problem	17 00:00 JosephMendiola [1734]
Foreigners held over Congo 'plot'	0 [1731]
Keith Ellison may become Congresss first Muslim	8 00:00 ed [1736]
Will Minnesota Send The First Muslim To Congress?	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
Muslim medical students to get disposable headscarves	15 00:00 6 [1732]
Alarm at human bird flu cluster	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1731]
Montenegro vote opens separatist Pandora's box	1 00:00 James [1734]
Jordan appoints career diplomat ambassador to Israel	1 00:00 anonymous2u [1732]
UN key to solving Zimbabwes suffering: Mbeki	7 00:00 Shieldwolf [1733]
LHC disposes of Vani case registered after 20 years	0 [1738]
Musharraf delays Pakistan-born Briton's execution	0 [1732]
Tories move away from Thatcherism	9 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [1735]
EU constitution needs 'second chance': Giscard	14 00:00 Besoeker [1735]
Page 4: Opinion
AP Edits Out Osama Fingering Gitmo Detainees	0 [1736]
Jesse Macbeth: Stop the Lies	1 00:00 Monsieur Moonbat [1738]
Taheri: The real Iraq	0 [1733]
Are US high schools to become targets of terrorism?	6 00:00 DMFD [1731]
Google News Re-Defines Hate-Speech	7 00:00 phil_b [1738]
Thinking the Unthinkable: attacking the foundations of Islam	2 00:00 anymouse [1733]
Where Terrorism Finds Support in the Muslim World- PEW	0 [1732]
Global Trends In Gulf and Middle East Population Evolution	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1755]
Defang terrorists by ridiculing them as buffoons	16 00:00 FOTSGreg [1727]
Will France denounce a Muslim icon?	1 00:00 anonymous5089 [1729]
Revisionist History	0 [1743]
For ~~Chicken Little~~ Neocons, the Irony of Iraq	2 00:00 zazz [1733]
President Bush has never surprised me	18 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1729]
Blogger Unmasks Fake "Special Forces Ranger" Anti-War Professed War Criminal	59 00:00 11A5S [1798]
Defeating Islam	17 00:00 James [1742]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Cervidae Activist Attacks Continue	8 00:00 Broadhead6 [1733]
Raising Funds but Not His Ratings	3 00:00 Cyber Sarge [1725]
Hurricane Drill in Louisiana Canceled	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
Politicians decry rumors of prejudice against Muslim candidate	0 [1729]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2006-05-24
British troops in first Taliban action

Tue 2006-05-23
Hamas force battles rivals in Gaza

Mon 2006-05-22
Airstrike in South Afghanistan Kills 76

Sun 2006-05-21
Bomb plot on Rashid Abu Shbak

Sat 2006-05-20
Iraqi government formed. Finally.

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

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