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Ansar Dine Islamists destroy mausoleums in Timbuktu
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Turkey scrambles F-16 jets on Syria border	0 [1738]
US ponders Gitmo transfer for Taliban militants	15 19:46 Redneck Jim [1760]
Six Drone-zapped in North Wazoo	0 [1732]
4 more dead found in Durango state	0 [1733]
Good morning	0 [1735]
Briton killed for standing up to pirate fraud gang	1 19:58 Raider [1773]
Gunmen kidnap aid workers from Kenya camp, driver killed	3 21:28 gorb [1754]
Kenyan army hunts kidnappers of 4 foreign aid workers from Dadaab	0 [1730]
Two Somali soldiers killed in an ambush attack in Gedo	0 [1731]
13 rebels killed in Philippine clashes	0 [1733]
Nigeria Arrests Suspected Oil Pipeline Bomber	0 [1735]
Syria Violence Kills 53	0 [1734]
Egypt Seizes Grad Rockets Smuggled from Libya	0 [1729]
Iraq Attacks Kill Seven People	0 [1743]
South Libya Clashes Kill 47 in Three Days	1 14:25 g(r)omgoru [1745]
Morsi Sworn in as President, Urges End to Bloodshed in Syria	0 [1739]
World Powers Agree Syria Deal, Kinda Sorta	1 14:27 g(r)omgoru [1736]
1,000 Held, Hundreds Hurt in Sudan Demos	0 [1748]
Dispute between UNIFIL Troops, Civilians in Maroun al-Ras	0 [1730]
Seven soldiers poisoned in Sana'a	0 [1728]
Ansar Dine Islamists destroy mausoleums in Timbuktu	0 [1759]
Suspected al Qaeda associate arrested in NY	2 07:15 trailing wife [1733]
Bodies of five civilians found in Bara	0 [1730]
Killing of peace activists: Suspicion falls on police	0 [1738]
'Gangster' among five shot dead	1 11:36 Frozen Al [1731]
Mexican security forces detain 9 in counternarcotics raids in Veracruz	0 [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Al-Qaeda plot to blow up US jet in runup to the Olympics	1 18:08 trailing wife [1768]
PLO seeks emergency UNSC meeting on settlements	1 03:42 Besoeker [1737]
Governor: Al shabab leaders failed to wage war in Somalia	0 [1730]
Lagarde assures Mursi IMF ready to help Egypt	0 [1729]
People Return to Jaar, Removal of Landmines Ongoing after Yemen Victory on Militants	0 [1735]
Demands to investigate escapes of Al-Qaeda inmates	0 [1733]
Accord between commanders: Pak-Afghan soil not to be used for border raids	1 07:34 Fester Clunter7205 [1732]
Feuding militant groups in Mali's desert north	0 [1734]
LTC Roy Tisdale of the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade slain at Bragg	4 13:38 Besoeker [1730]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Pyongyang parades fake missiles?	1 14:26 gorb [1731]
Florida Will Not Implement Obamacare	5 14:53 Dale [1733]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir dies	0 [1735]
Burmese Days	0 [1732]
Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, age 88	2 06:42 Redneck Jim [1737]
First Gay Cruise to Muslim Country Hits Snag	7 18:45 Frank G [1757]
Iranian oil minister calls for emergency OPEC meeting	3 11:15 Hellfish [1732]
Mexicans go to the polls to elect a new president	3 08:29 Procopius2k [1727]
Today's Idiot	0 [1729]
PM raps BNP for 'killings, plots, graft'	0 [1730]
Khaleda slams PM, family for corruption	0 [1728]
Fossilized Tracks Are From Oldest Slug Ever Found	3 22:04 crosspatch [1752]
New prime minister defends Zardari immunity	0 [1732]
Page 4: Opinion
Who will replace Karzai?	3 15:07 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Endgame Pakistan?	4 11:48 trailing wife [1731]
Terror as a path to power	2 13:53 Pappy [1731]
Hope fades away for Hazaras of Pakistan	0 [1732]
Hazara attack	0 [1733]
Taliban danger	0 [1729]
Page 6: Politix
Conservative anger growing over Obamacare decision	4 21:37 junkiron [1763]
House GOP leaders to press another Obamacare repeal vote	1 17:41 USN, Ret. [1759]
Champ will do July 4th funder -- in Paris	19 16:32 Secret Asian Man [1755]
China blocks Xi searches after Bloomberg report	6 12:11 Bill Clinton [1725]
White House blocks move to stifle aid to Pak	4 14:07 JohnQC [1726]

    
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                        21:28 gorb

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                        20:38 gorb

                        20:02 Raider

                        19:58 Raider

                        19:55 lotp

                        19:46 Redneck Jim

                        19:06 Abu Uluque

                        18:45 Frank G

                        18:37 Matt

                        18:33 Charles

                        18:08 trailing wife

                        17:45 Alaska Paul

                        17:41 USN, Ret.

                        17:15 Rambler in Virginia

                        16:32 Secret Asian Man

                        16:32 Secret Asian Man

                        15:52 AlanC

                        15:51 Glenmore

                        15:44 Deadeye Sproing4297

                        15:11 g(r)omgoru

Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Pakistan
4	al-Shabaab
4	Arab Spring
3	al-Qaeda in Arabia
2	al-Qaeda
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	Govt of Syria
1	PLO
1	Pirates
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hezbollah
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Lashkar-e-Islami

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2012-07-01
Ansar Dine Islamists destroy mausoleums in Timbuktu

Sat 2012-06-30
LeT Leader Khatab Shafiq Killed in Kunar

Fri 2012-06-29
Saudi Convicted of Plotting Attack on George Bush's Home

Thu 2012-06-28
Tuareg, Islamist Rebels Clash in Northern Mali

Wed 2012-06-27
Al-Qaeda operatives escape to Oman

Tue 2012-06-26
U.S drone strikes al-Qaeda vehicles in Aden

Mon 2012-06-25
Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi Declared Egypt's President

Sun 2012-06-24
Yemen Army Takes Control of Qaida Bastion Azzan

Sat 2012-06-23
Turkish Warplane Vanishes over Syria Border

Fri 2012-06-22
It's Over: A Dozen Dead After Taliban Take Hostages In Kabul Hotel

Thu 2012-06-21
29 Soldiers among 58 Dead in Violence across Syria

Wed 2012-06-20
'Al-Qaeda militant' takes hostages at bank in Toulouse

Tue 2012-06-19
IDF hits terror cell near Gaza fence

Mon 2012-06-18
Nigeria: 21 killed, 100 wounded in church blasts

Sun 2012-06-17
Baghdad bombs target Shiite pilgrims, 32 killed

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