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Hundred of Talibs swarm Arghandab district of Kandahar
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Does Rogue Pakistani A.Q. Khan Have Advanced Design?	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1765]
Good barely morning...	6 00:00 Iblis [1745]
Taliban Militants Take Over Afghan Villages	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1774]
4100 UK troops protecting Basra airport	4 00:00 Zhang Fei [1769]
Palestinians killed in Gaza clash	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Police killed in Sri Lanka bombing	0 [1747]
U.S. freezes Kuwait charity over Al-Qaeda ties	1 00:00 Admiral Allan Ackbar [1746]
Busted-out Taliban infiltrate rural areas	3 00:00 Steve [1745]
Gearing Up for a Push in Amara	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1739]
Maoists on backfoot, flee Chhattisgarh	4 00:00 Old Patriot [1771]
Lanka hits Tiger base, 17 killed in clashes	0 [1733]
'Mastermind' Jamaat leader arrested	2 00:00 Admiral Allan Ackbar [1744]
2 Huji cadres handed 20 yrs for fondling grenades	1 00:00 USN, Ret. [1738]
Security forces arrest 11 mooks, seize guns in Basra	11 00:00 remoteman [1740]
Al-Qaeda to send 25 female suicide bombers to Diala	3 00:00 Frank G [1742]
Gunmen kill lawyer at office in Mosul	0 [1742]
Police foils suicide car bomb attack in Ninewa	4 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1744]
Page 2: WoT Background
Bush to pullout 30,000 troops from Iraq next July	5 00:00 trailing wife [1763]
Pakistan: Nuclear founder 'a criminal', says expert	1 00:00 john frum [1742]
Obama's foreign policy to be modeled on . . . Winnie the Pooh?	9 00:00 trailing wife [1757]
Al Jazeera faces Moroccan charge	0 [1736]
Karzai threat seen as pressure tactic in Pakistan	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1754]
Britain, E.U. Announce Iran Sanctions	2 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
Australian Faces New Trial Over Alleged Al-Qaeda Link, AFP Says	0 [1741]
France pledges non-interference as conflict rages in Chad	0 [1735]
Rice makes surprise visit to Beirut	0 [1736]
Haneya says Hamas succeeded to separate Shalit's issue from ceasefire	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Iraqis Not Following D.C. Timetable for Pact	10 00:00 Steve White [1744]
Britons warned of UAE terror threat	0 [1739]
New Focus in Investigation of 2001 Anthrax Attacks	5 00:00 FOTSGreg [1755]
Zardari says only PPP will send Musharraf home	0 [1733]
Dr AQ Khan says many scientists betrayed Bhutto	4 00:00 john frum [1739]
Chad rebels seize second town	1 00:00 mojo [1752]
Kuwait speaker attacks US over charity freeze	1 00:00 JohnQC [1734]
Egypt sees Iran on a surge	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1743]
Anti-PKK cooperation doesn't help US image in Turkey	0 [1739]
al-Q plot to bomb cruise ship & Wills	5 00:00 Admiral Allan Ackbar [1741]
UN claims deficiency in monitoring Iraqi oil proceeds	6 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1741]
New police chief for Missan ahead of security operation	0 [1741]
Iraq says to take control of province in July	0 [1736]
U.S. troops' pullout mere elections pledges-Sistani's mouthpiece	1 00:00 liberalhawk [1735]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Clinton Bundler on Obama's Doyle Pick: The Biggest '@#$ You' Ever	6 00:00 Gravins Gonque4629 [1760]
Nasa notes Solar inactivity in Ulysses PR	2 00:00 M. Murcek [1733]
China Backing McCain for President?	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [1766]
EU ministers ask Ireland to explain Lisbon Treaty no	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1774]
Mugabe accuses aid agencies of working against him	0 [1736]
Sarkozy to continue pushing his European agenda amid crisis	0 [1734]
VDH versus Pat Buchanan's WW2 revisionism	11 00:00 FOTSGreg [1738]
Constitution of Newly Independent Kosovo Takes Effect	4 00:00 john frum [1740]
Omani Majlis flays US report on human trafficking	4 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1735]
Turks to probe Dutch human rights conditions	1 00:00 McZoid [1741]
The exploitation of Aids	5 00:00 Rambler in California [1741]
Dabengwa Backs Tsvangirai, as if it matters	0 [1741]
Page 4: Opinion
US runs out of patience with Pakistan	1 00:00 Chuckles Gruck4066 [1740]
Presbyterians vs. Jews	7 00:00 Harcourt Jush7795 [1755]
Candorville's View of the Internet, Rantburg, etc.	9 00:00 rjschwarz [1741]
Lileks: On the Absolute Critical Importance of the Weekend	0 [1740]
The worries about Obama	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1736]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
More Google Perfidity?	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1760]
Cowboys, Indians, Aliens, but no Dinosaurs	16 00:00 crazyhorse [1760]
Woman kidnapped to iron, do dishes	9 00:00 Angie Schultz [1742]
JROTC violates Worcester schools weapons policy	13 00:00 tu3031 [1733]
Send Your Grease to Oregon for Biodiesel	10 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1738]
Chinese school shored up by principal, survived where others fell	3 00:00 rjschwarz [1741]
Flirts will be taken to task in Bahrain	3 00:00 Rambler in California [1738]
Hundreds ordered to flee IA city flooding	4 00:00 Rambler in California [1734]
Polish appetites keep UK farmers in the dough	1 00:00 Spot [1743]
Elian 'joins Cuba's communists'	3 00:00 rjschwarz [1739]
India's Arjun battle tank acquires growing fan club but Russian T-90 backers resist	18 00:00 RD [1751]

    
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Who's in the News
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2	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Mahdi Army
1	Taliban
1	Govt of Iran

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2008-06-16
Hundred of Talibs swarm Arghandab district of Kandahar

Sun 2008-06-15
Karzai threatens to send troops across Pak border

Sat 2008-06-14
Hamas: Enormous kaboom in Beit Lahiya preparation for quality attack

Fri 2008-06-13
Talibs Attack Kandahar Kalaboose With Car Boom, Free Inmates

Thu 2008-06-12
Pakistain, US differ over border airstrike

Wed 2008-06-11
Somali Islamist head rejects UN-sponsored pact

Tue 2008-06-10
Sufi Mohammed survives Taliban kaboom attempt

Mon 2008-06-09
Hero of Anbar Would Stir a Revolt in Afghanistan

Sun 2008-06-08
G8 energy chiefs meet as oil soars

Sat 2008-06-07
U.S. court upholds Qaeda conviction in Bush murder plot

Fri 2008-06-06
Guantanamo arraignment begins for five accused 9/11 plotters

Thu 2008-06-05
Iraq police arrest five Shias wanted for over 720 murders

Wed 2008-06-04
US-Iraq Negotiating Status Of Forces Agreement

Tue 2008-06-03
Norway, Sweden close Islamabad embassies in wake of Danish kaboom

Mon 2008-06-02
Darul-Uloom Deoband issues fatwa against terror

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