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Summer Offensive: More than 50 Talibs killed in Afghanistan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
The Siege Of Husseiniyah	0 [1738]
Hamas Executive Force gunnies storm Fatah offices in Gaza	9 00:00 newc [1734]
Korean Prez appeals for release of hostages	6 00:00 Super Hose [1751]
More than 50 Taliban killed in Afghanistan	7 00:00 Super Hose [1795]
"Drug Smugglers" 11, Revolutionary Guards, 0	11 00:00 Super Hose [1767]
Taliban say killed second German in Afghanistan	0 [1738]
Terrorists Killed Firing Kassam Rockets	10 00:00 Eric Jablow [1755]
Chinese missiles smuggled through Iran into Iraq: US	3 00:00 Penguin [1735]
12 killed by Baghdad car bombs	0 [1729]
Police officer killed, five men wounded in Muslim-Christian clash in south Lebanon	2 00:00 USN, Ret. [1729]
Beijings war on terror hides brutal crackdown on Muslims	21 00:00 Sherert Lumumba7693 [1758]
Balochistan suicide attack a response to China's Muslim policies	9 00:00 Zenster [1728]
Picture of the Day	5 00:00 tu3031 [1724]
Good morning...	3 00:00 DarthVader [1728]
Insurgents target ambulance	1 00:00 Glenmore [1730]
Four wounded, local hospital damaged in attacks	1 00:00 Glenmore [1734]
Two more soldiers die in the North Lebanon war with Fatah al-Islam	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1734]
Syria asks France to recognize its interests in Leb	4 00:00 trailing wife [1730]
Blast near Baghdad kills 5 Sunni leaders	2 00:00 M. Murcek [1730]
Mutilated body, weapons found in Jamia Hafsa	0 [1725]
Afghan Taliban kidnappers extend deadline for S Korean govt	0 [1739]
IDF bangs 4 Hamas gunnies	2 00:00 Crong Mussolini5338 [1732]
'Terror school' imam had bomb chemicals	2 00:00 USN, Ret. [1733]
Corpses of three tortured women found in Gaza	4 00:00 Penguin [1765]
20 militants killed in Waziristan	1 00:00 Paul [1736]
Al-Qaeda faces rebellion from the ranks	4 00:00 JohnQC [1729]
Military forces surround Taliban holding South Korean hostages	6 00:00 Abu do you love [1763]
Danish evacuation of Iraqis complete	2 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1731]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pentagon rethinking plan to cut Army troops by half in Europe	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1749]
Guardian: Alarm at US right to highly personal data	8 00:00 Super Hose [1750]
Haniyeh approves Jimmy Carter's intervention in Palestinian affairs	15 00:00 Super Hose [1749]
Germany Worried About Increased Terrorism Threat	1 00:00 Jihad Trousers [1744]
Pakistan Foreign Minister: US strike in Pakistan a bad idea, so let's forget it, ok?	13 00:00 Old Patriot [1729]
Bush adviser: Military force in Pakistan an option	2 00:00 sinse [1734]
Iran Condemns Wahhabi Fatwa	7 00:00 Global Union of Popcorn Farmers [1737]
Is Turkey going Islamofascist? Maybe not.	5 00:00 lotp [1732]
Israeli officials: Hezbollah moving rockets among civilians inside south Lebanon villages	5 00:00 Zenster [1733]
Last king of Afghanistan dead at 92	3 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1725]
Questions arise over Sistani's safety	4 00:00 newc [1730]
Sen. Feingold Proposes Censuring Bush	8 00:00 DarthVader [1729]
Merkel Defends Troops in Afghanistan	0 [1731]
Pakistan denies Osama bin Laden on its soil	5 00:00 JohnQC [1723]
Iraqi oil law likely to be passed in autumn	1 00:00 M. Murcek [1731]
Knesset approves extension of Tal Law (Orthodox Military Exemption) by another 5 years	3 00:00 Eric Jablow [1733]
Paleo National Assembly fails to achieve quorum	1 00:00 mojo [1729]
Iran denies pact with Syria for Russian weapons	1 00:00 OyVey1 [1730]
Lebanon UN mission denies any agreement with Syria over Shebaa	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1731]
Swat ulema declare suicide attacks un-Islamic	1 00:00 Zenster [1732]
Taliban want check-posts abolished before talks	1 00:00 mojo [1735]
Pakistan capable of fighting restive militants: Kasuri	4 00:00 Super Hose [1763]
Police to monitor banned militants	0 [1728]
US ready to take additional measures to eradicate Al Qaeda from Pakistan	1 00:00 JohnQC [1729]
Tariq Aziz back in prison after health check	10 00:00 Zenster [1732]
Israeli textbook for Arabs denounces creation of Israel	8 00:00 lotp [1726]
Turkey re-elects governing party	0 [1728]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Senator Proposes Tobacco Prohibition In A Generation	5 00:00 Super Hose [1754]
Future Bomber a Foundation for Next-Gen Gunship	12 00:00 Super Hose [1751]
Mob wars hit new heights in Israel	1 00:00 RD [1740]
Hillary Proposes Nationalizing All Preschools	19 00:00 JosephMendiola [1752]
Kosovo: Ethnic Albanian leaders in D.C. - independence rez shelved	2 00:00 newc [1726]
Sabotage of Brazil's air radar?	1 00:00 gromky [1725]
More Chinese soldiers leave for military drill in Russia	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1754]
"France Will Never Forget"	14 00:00 anonymous2u [1737]
The Grande Plan	0 [1729]
Immigrant parents struggle to keep their children bilingual	21 00:00 Zenster [1756]
Chavez: Critical Foreigners to Get Boot	5 00:00 Old Patriot [1726]
Ex-B'desh lawmaker gets 20 years for graft	0 [1728]
Zimbabwe state firms to buy up businesses	10 00:00 Anonymoose [1729]
Chinese deal for Somalia oil	1 00:00 Shieldwolf [1724]
French bus accident kills at least 26 on pilgrimage to shrine	0 [1726]
Loyalist feuding wounds officer in Northern Ireland	0 [1725]
Serious flooding in UK after heavy rains	2 00:00 DoDo [1732]
Italy retirement age 'to go up' to 58	4 00:00 Capsu78 [1729]
Page 4: Opinion
Trapped in Camelot, or, How the Kennedy Assassination Shattered Liberalism	3 00:00 tu3031 [1722]
Michael Yon - Live from Baqubah	0 [1730]
Bon Appétit, TNR	12 00:00 RD [1744]
Strangers in the Night	0 [1727]
Agricultural biotech has greatly improved human life.	0 [1728]
Waiting for the Other Poodle To Drop	1 00:00 Zenster [1731]
"I do not like being called Islamic Rage Boy"	28 00:00 wxjames [1731]
The Fundamentalist Moderate	3 00:00 mhw [1739]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Massive Egyptian Pharaonic fort discovered	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1751]
World's most popular blogger gets 100 million hits	3 00:00 tu3031 [1731]
~~Problem solved~~ - Illegal aliens poised for new haven in Connecticut	3 00:00 The Doctor [1743]
'WWI spirits' exhumed in Macedonia	1 00:00 GK [1726]
Greg Gutfeld: environmentally-friendly cannibalism	4 00:00 trailing wife [1758]
Do salmon enjoy rock and roll?	9 00:00 Zenster [1735]
Moustache war shakes Egypt	7 00:00 mojo [1725]
Mali holds second round of legislative elections	0 [1732]
19 families control 1/3 of Israel's economy	10 00:00 trailing wife [1735]

    
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                        22:41 Abu do you love

                        22:39 Pappy

                        22:38 Zenster

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                        22:33 Super Hose

                        22:32 Zenster

                        22:27 Sherert Lumumba7693

                        22:20 Penguin

                        22:09 trailing wife

                        22:09 RD

                        22:06 phil_b

                        22:00 Eric Jablow

Who's in the News
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12	Taliban
9	Iraqi Insurgency
6	Global Jihad
4	Hamas
4	al-Qaeda
2	al-Qaeda in Europe
2	Mahdi Army
2	Govt of Syria
2	Hezbollah
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	Govt of Iran
1	IRGC
1	ISI
1	Iraqi Baath Party
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Palestinian Authority

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2007-07-23
Summer Offensive: More than 50 Talibs killed in Afghanistan

Sun 2007-07-22
N. Wazoo Peace Jirga Rocketed

Sat 2007-07-21
Afghan Talibs kidnap 23 S. Koreans

Fri 2007-07-20
6 dead in rocket attack on Somali peace conference

Thu 2007-07-19
Hek declares ceasefire

Wed 2007-07-18
Qaida in Iraq Big Turban Captured

Tue 2007-07-17
Bombs kill at least 80 in Kirkuk

Mon 2007-07-16
Major Joint Offensive South of Baghdad, 8,000 troops

Sun 2007-07-15
N Korea closes nuclear facilities

Sat 2007-07-14
Thai army detains 342 Muslims in southern raids

Fri 2007-07-13
Hek urges Islamist revolt in Pakistain

Thu 2007-07-12
Iraq: 200 boom belts found in Syrian truck

Wed 2007-07-11
Ghazi dead, crisis over, aftermath begins

Tue 2007-07-10
Paks assault Lal Masjid

Mon 2007-07-09
Israeli cabinet okays Fatah prisoner release

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