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Afghan Forces Re-capture Barg-e-Matal District
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Debka claiming spy drones Israel sold Turkey being used by Syria to kill Kurds.	0 [1743]
Pain Beam withdrawn from Afghanistan due to policy and perception issues (it's icky to leftist.)	5 00:00 tu3031 [1771]
What's Ahmadinejad's problem with Paul the Octopus?	4 00:00 newc [1743]
LWJ: AQIM claims to have killed nine French commandos in controversial raid (inc. troop names)	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1740]
NATO: Body of missing sailor recovered	1 00:00 Frank G [1745]
Village leader gunned down in southern Thailand	2 00:00 Steve Winwood [1767]
Wikileaks Afghanistan: Taliban used heat-seeker missiles against Nato helicopter	13 00:00 JosephMendiola [1772]
Good morning	3 00:00 JohnQC [1745]
Qaeda leader among 3 killed in Yemen clashes	0 [1741]
Suicide attack near KP Minister Mian Iftikhars house	0 [1749]
Algeria suicide bomber kills 1, wounds 8	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1739]
4 killed, 10 injured in Al Arabiya suicide bombing	0 [1737]
France's Sarkozy says will punish Qaeda killers	4 00:00 lex [1742]
Al-Shabaab spreads attacks to Somalia's Puntland state	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1750]
Abu Sayyaf member captured	2 00:00 Frank G [1744]
Afghan Forces Re-capture Barg-e-Matal District	1 00:00 Ptah [1786]
EU says Syria must respect rights, release lawyers	0 [1752]
Israeli warplanes hit Gaza tunnels	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1740]
Shiite rebels capture north Yemen base, 10 dead	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1743]
Iran's covert operations in Afghanistan	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
Karbala blast casualties up to 19 killed, 47 wounded	0 [1743]
Aid worker beheaded.	1 00:00 JohnQC [1749]
A Mexican Tough Guy	7 00:00 borgboy [1774]
Page 2: WoT Background
Turkey's Erdogan: Iran has the right to use Peaceful nuclear energy	2 00:00 crosspatch [1742]
COIN in Absurdistan	0 [1740]
PDF of captured Pakistani ISI Col Iman Sultan Amir Tarar	0 [1743]
Taliban Pays Its Troops Better Than Karzai Pays His	5 00:00 john frum [1746]
After Revealing Afghan War Secrets, Wikileaks Prepares Document Dumps on Iraq and Diplomacy	0 [1743]
20 years ago Jamaat-al-Muslimeen tried to take over Trinidad and Tobago by force	0 [1741]
General Gul comments on leak - Washington Post	0 [1736]
LWJ: Doku Umarov names his successor - Emir Aslambek (Aslambek Vadalov)	0 [1735]
Pentagon Eyes Accused Analyst Over WikiLeaks Data	5 00:00 OldSpook [1768]
Thai military says it's winning local hearts	0 [1731]
Obama message to Islamist ISNA conference, compared to hajj	3 00:00 3dc [1736]
Muslim Extremist to Lead Police Liaison Unit Once Again	3 00:00 NoMoreBS [1733]
Muslim cleric accuses Pakistani Christian minister of committing blasphemy	3 00:00 Rob Crawford [1740]
Raped British Girls 'Revert' to Abductors' Religion...	4 00:00 gorb [1739]
Man jailed for Muslim veil attack	4 00:00 trailing wife [1745]
Somali Islamic group cracks down on TV sets	0 [1730]
ISI denounces US intelligence reports	2 00:00 newc [1735]
'If Hizbullah strikes, we hit Lebanon'	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1768]
Iran opposition warns of revolution	2 00:00 Anonymoose [1735]
Fast food may return to bases in Afghanistan	3 00:00 Eric Jablow [1739]
Mexican prisoners given temporary release and guns to kill at night	7 00:00 Procopius2k [1745]
EU toughens Iran sanctions; Tehran offers talks	0 [1728]
Abbas says ready for direct talks with Israel	2 00:00 tu3031 [1733]
Iran raps Germany over asylum for dissidents	0 [1735]
Pakistan fuels Insurgency in Afghanistan, Documents Reveal	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1737]
US wants to help Somalia find stability	5 00:00 SR-71 [1759]
AU debates action against terror threat amid split on Bashir	0 [1739]
Turkey to observe only UN sanctions on Iran: report	1 00:00 3dc [1739]
Pakistan acknowledges Faisal Shahzad met Taliban chief	0 [1733]
Algeria says Guantanamo returnee lawfully detained	1 00:00 tu3031 [1742]
Six IAF crew missing as Israeli helicopter crashes in Romania	0 [1731]
S. Korea, U.S. plan live-fire anti-submarine drills	9 00:00 Gabby [1738]
Sunni Payback To The IRGC	0 [1738]
Page 3: Non-WoT
RIA Novosti: Preparations for Bushehr NPP launch to be finished by end of August - Rosatom	0 [1736]
Russian deal for French Mistrals in limbo without full technology transfer to Russia	1 00:00 tipover [1743]
IDF Commandos Face Off Against US Navy SEALs on TV	6 00:00 gorb [1756]
Zero's Hispanic Base Cracking	1 00:00 3dc [1738]
ACLU Squashes "Anti-Illegal" Law	3 00:00 Anonymoose [1739]
Brewer Seeks Dismissal of federal Complaint	1 00:00 JohnQC [1741]
Obama to seize tax cash stolen from Africans	1 00:00 twobyfour [1757]
Britains first halal cosmetics	3 00:00 trailing wife [1750]
Climate change 'will increase Mexico-US migration'	6 00:00 twobyfour [1760]
Chavez Warns U.S. Against Supporting Colombia	1 00:00 tu3031 [1738]
"Boys, we're not in the sixties" Chavez tells Colombia's FARC	3 00:00 Frank G [1765]
Book by top political scientists faults power sharing in Africa	1 00:00 Besoeker [1736]
Experts set to unravel puzzle of a Chinese ship that sank near Lamu	0 [1735]
Mugabe may close 9,000 foreign firms	7 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1738]
South Korea signs on to finance first Jordan nuclear reactor	0 [1747]
In Tamil Nadu, Fakir kidnaps child and then...	3 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1733]
Page 4: Opinion
Sex and the Saudis	0 [1742]
LLL view of Black Panther at the voting station incident . . . .	0 [1745]
Charlie Rangel is the Poster Child for Term Limits	0 [1738]
WikiFlood	1 00:00 newc [1737]
Who goes Nazi?	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1767]
Thanks for the memories, Barack: Or, how to bankrupt a country in three easy steps	0 [1735]
Andrew Breitbart owes no apologies	8 00:00 bigjim-CA [1740]
Daily Kos: Take Legal Action to 'End Organized, Institutionalized Religion'	13 00:00 OldSpook [1758]
Page 6: Politix
Putin rides Harley Trike in Ukraine	0 [1737]
Can I get out of here, please.	4 00:00 Frank G [1738]
Failing At Gun Control, New York Tries Knife Control	14 00:00 Pappy [1760]
Senator Barbara Boxer: serving in the military is like being a member of Congress	18 00:00 swksvolFF [1732]
House leaders squeeze Rangel	4 00:00 bigjim-CA [1746]
Jeb Bush chided for attending Rand Paul event	1 00:00 gorb [1727]
Obama hits golf course on heat wave weekend	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1765]
David Warren: JournoLism	0 [1737]
Franken warns that GOP Congress would bring 'truly dangerous agenda'	11 00:00 Besoeker [1736]
NJ Gov. Christie says there's 'no shot' he'll run for president in 2012 election	0 [1732]
Gingrich gets nod of presidential approval from unlikely source - YeAHHHeaHHHaaah!	10 00:00 OldSpook [1756]

    
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                        23:13 OldSpook

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                        22:52 borgboy

                        22:47 OldSpook

                        22:44 tu3031

                        22:40 gorb

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                        22:16 twobyfour

                        22:16 JosephMendiola

                        21:58 twobyfour

                        21:58 swksvolFF

                        21:57 SR-71

                        21:54 Pappy

                        21:52 Frank G

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Who's in the News
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4	Govt of Iran
3	al-Shabaab
2	Thai Insurgency
2	al-Qaeda in North Africa
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Commies
1	Palestinian Authority
1	TTP
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah
1	Islamic State of Iraq

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Afghan Forces Re-capture Barg-e-Matal District

Mon 2010-07-26
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N Korea declares 'sacred war' on US, South

Sat 2010-07-24
US missile strike kills 11 militants in Pakistan

Fri 2010-07-23
Venezuela severs ties with Colombia

Thu 2010-07-22
Car bomb explosion kills 28 in Iraq

Wed 2010-07-21
Spain rejects proposal to ban burqa

Tue 2010-07-20
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Mon 2010-07-19
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Sun 2010-07-18
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Sat 2010-07-17
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