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Abdullah Mehsud: Dead again
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Fire in Basra's presidential complex after mortar attack	0 [1742]
Michael Totten goes on patrol in Baghdad	1 00:00 anymouse [1740]
Spain claims arrest of double agent	0 [1746]
In which Chuck Simmins gets email from NATO	13 00:00 Zhang Fei [1778]
Suicide car bomb in Hilla (Iraq) kills dozens near children's hospital	0 [1743]
Strategy Page - Not A Good Time To Be Sunni And Arab In Iraq	10 00:00 trailing wife [1743]
Joint Campaign Plan leaked to NYT ... again	10 00:00 trailing wife [1743]
Hamas-Fatah Terrorist Clash in Shechem	2 00:00 gromgoru [1738]
Good morning	5 00:00 USN, Ret. [1741]
Toe Tag for Top Taliturban	11 00:00 Bunyip [1795]
Defense at Padilla Trial Raises a Dispute Over Translations	9 00:00 Cyber Sarge [1740]
Tajikistan foils terror attack plot, arrests 7	0 [1748]
23 killed in Iraq bombings, shootings	0 [1737]
35 militants, 2 troops die in North Waziristan	4 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1742]
U.S. blockades Shiite stronghold	6 00:00 Jack is Back! [1741]
Taji Tribes Turn on Mahdi Army and al Qaeda	2 00:00 Lonzo Jolurt4878 [1738]
US Army frees Iraqi hostages, collars kidnappers	2 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1746]
Chechen gunnies attack troop transport, wound five Russers	2 00:00 Seafarious [1743]
US army kills, arrests 41 militants in Anbar	4 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1744]
Al-Quds Brigades injures 3 Israelis in rocket attack	1 00:00 mhw [1736]
Nine Algerian soldiers injured in bomb attack	0 [1740]
~~Hamas~~ Unknown gunnies attack Palestinian MP in Rafah	4 00:00 Zenster [1769]
Spanish continue search for ETA suspect who left explosives	0 [1743]
U.S.-led forces kill dozens of militants in Afghanistan	9 00:00 NYT Reporter [1747]
Wave of Baghdad car bombings kill 17	1 00:00 danking_70 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Poll: More Muslims Reject Bombings	5 00:00 twobyfour [1762]
Britain almost out of troops, memo reveals	3 00:00 RWV [1763]
Army major & wife charged with bribery	11 00:00 Lone Ranger [1753]
High Court: IDF must remove settlement barrier	7 00:00 Anonymoose [1759]
Syria: 'Iraqi Resistance' conference is scrapped	3 00:00 mojo [1741]
Pakistan barred from spending World Bank funds on military	4 00:00 AlanC [1740]
Pakistan official: US newspapers are making us 'very angry'	22 00:00 Zenster [1741]
UK parliamentarians soften on Hamas	1 00:00 danking_70 [1740]
UN picks The Hague as seat for Lebanon tribunal	5 00:00 sinse [1739]
Opposition to run against assassinated politicians in Lebanon	0 [1743]
Militants vow 'gift of death'	5 00:00 sinse [1737]
Qazi resigns from NA	1 00:00 McZoid [1745]
Orakzai rejects Taliban's demand	0 [1730]
Injured Iraq war veterans sue VA head	5 00:00 Old Patriot [1744]
Galloway ordered out of Commons by Speaker	7 00:00 Unique Battle [1742]
No threat of "further measures" mentioned in new text on Darfur	1 00:00 USN, Ret. [1738]
Sharp surge in Israelis seeking German citizenship	7 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1740]
Feds: Ex-Sailor Spoke of Attacking Ships	8 00:00 USN, Ret. [1737]
Brown wont rule out military action in Iran	21 00:00 USN, Ret. [1738]
Iraq leaders to meet to solve political crisis	1 00:00 newc [1740]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Chinese Beat Us to Another Technological Breakthru	8 00:00 Eric Jablow [1759]
Can The Iranian Nuclear Complex Survive A Bad Earthquake	7 00:00 Deacon Blues [1754]
U.S. arrests Chinese-Mexican suspected meth king	8 00:00 trailing wife [1744]
Japanese government using pedophile manga to promote defense policies	1 00:00 ed [1740]
Cindy Sheehan arrested for disorderly conduct	10 00:00 Zenster [1761]
Dead farmers got subsidies	10 00:00 Old Patriot [1736]
UN rejects Taiwan's application to become a member	10 00:00 Icerigger [1735]
Castleberry's Food Recall List	5 00:00 Swamp Blondie [1737]
$21 Million Awarded for 'Wrongful Birth'	6 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
Japan accepts IAEA nuclear checks	0 [1737]
Iran launches moral dress crackdown	1 00:00 Sherry [1738]
China flexes muscles by buying stake in Barclays	4 00:00 StumpRanchSteve [1755]
DefenseTech: Daring warship trials begin	5 00:00 phil_b [1741]
China indefinitely postpones pollution report	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [1731]
Russia must join with West, says Nato chief	5 00:00 mojo [1735]
Calls for referendum on EU treaty 'absurd' says UK minister	11 00:00 Eric Jablow [1760]
Floods crisis hits 1 million Britons	7 00:00 Old Patriot [1736]
UK to appoint flood czar, blue ribbon panel	5 00:00 USN, Ret. [1740]
Libya 'wants EU ties for medics'	0 [1734]
Belgian PM candidate sings wrong national anthem	9 00:00 lotp [1741]
Falling dollar puts pressure on Opec	2 00:00 DarthVader [1739]
Nepal Maoists threaten to quit government	0 [1730]
DCI Slams Scarborough Book	9 00:00 Old Patriot [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
The Screaming Looney Guy Speaks--Bush To Form Dictatorship	7 00:00 lotp [1761]
Spencer blogs koran: 3:1-32 Taqiyya	4 00:00 newc [1733]
Islamophobic or Informed?	8 00:00 JustAboutEnough [1762]
General failure	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1731]
The Galloway Papers	3 00:00 RD [1756]
Syria Occupies Lebanon. Again.	2 00:00 danking_70 [1735]
Suing Anti-Terror Tipsters	9 00:00 trailing wife [1755]
Bleeding Pakistan	9 00:00 gromgoru [1732]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
India's 'missile man' president bids farewell	3 00:00 Seafarious [1731]
alt-E: cellulosic ethanol from leftover orange peels	1 00:00 Slealing Bourbon1333 [1740]
USMC Silent Drill Team	2 00:00 Eric Jablow [1771]
Hydrogen powered UAV	0 [1739]
All Composite Hummer	0 [1731]
Another human civilization may live inside Earth's hollows	15 00:00 Hank [1736]
Muslim Workers at Nebraska Meatpacking Plant Complain of Religious Harassment	19 00:00 rjschwarz [1741]
Top 10 Worst Technology Achievements over the last 40 Years	9 00:00 Delphi [1769]
Union hires rent-a-mob for $1 above minimum wage, no benefits	1 00:00 SteveS [1741]
Stockholm fourth in world honesty league - Kuala Lumpur last	2 00:00 Jack is Back! [1743]
Lindsay Lohan: Coke Whore of The Day	12 00:00 trailing wife [1757]
Italy: Sculptor Canova 'moulded Paolina's breast' - Art critics aghast	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1737]
Judgement day for Ward Churchill arrives	11 00:00 tu3031 [1739]
Kim Jong-Il's favourite magician seriously injured	0 [1734]
Paul Potts #1 in British albums	8 00:00 Sherry [1739]
Yushchenko inaugurates memorial to Nazi victims	0 [1739]
NY governor staff used police to gather info on key Republican	2 00:00 wxjames [1741]
Notorious dacoit Dadua shot dead	4 00:00 John Frum [1741]

    
                23:30 JustAboutEnough

                        23:26 Anonymoose

                        23:17 StumpRanchSteve

                        23:02 RD

                        22:58 Eric Jablow

                        22:57 Zenster

                        22:52 twobyfour

                        22:51 Eric Jablow

                        22:46 RD

                        22:45 Eric Jablow

                        22:38 Delphi

                        22:22 Zhang Fei

                        22:20 Lone Ranger

                        22:12 Mike

                        22:05 RWV

                        22:03 RWV

                        21:59 Bunyip

                        21:48 Deacon Blues

                        21:39 Zenster

                        21:36 trailing wife

                        21:32 trailing wife

                        21:26 lotp

                        21:23 sinse

                        21:20 sinse

Who's in the News
51	[untagged]
12	Iraqi Insurgency
6	Global Jihad
5	Taliban
3	Govt of Iran
3	Hamas
2	Iraqi Baath Party
2	al-Qaeda
2	Govt of Syria
1	Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
1	ISI
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
1	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
1	Mahdi Army
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Islamic Jihad

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2007-07-24
Abdullah Mehsud: Dead again

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

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