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Kidnapped Syrian teevee host executed
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Terrorists attack Egypt base killing 15, infiltrate Israel	2 17:02 g(r)omgoru [1744]
7 die in Wisconsin Sikh Temple shooting	7 19:34 Eric Jablow [1791]
Al-Qaeda Deadly Bombing Kills, Injures Dozens in South Yemen, Sources	2 13:27 lord garth [1761]
Six Afghan, Two New Zealand Troops Killed in Clashes with Insurgents	0 [1754]
Six Die in Bagram Attack	0 [1755]
Taliban Launch Co-ordinated Attacks in Eastern Afghanistan	0 [1760]
Unknown gunmen attack NATO containers in Balochistan	0 [1755]
Policeman, terrorist killed in Dagestan	0 [1753]
Suicide bombing kills 42 in Yemen	0 [1750]
Police officer shot in southern Thailand	0 [1755]
Executioner of Captured American Troops to Be Set Free Thanks To Obama	12 23:36 Zhang Fei [1783]
Kidnapped Syrian teevee host executed	5 10:41 lord garth [1767]
IDF Forces Shoot Syrian Trying To Cut Border Fence	3 09:01 Procopius2k [1757]
2 Arabs Arrested After Assaulting Jewish Man In Jerusalem	0 [1751]
Pirates Attack Ship Off Nigeria, Kidnap 4 Foreigners	0 [1758]
Violence Erupts At Anti-Islam Protest In Sweden	0 [1751]
Afghanistan mosque bomb wounds 19	1 09:13 Frank G [1757]
Car bomb explodes in Tripoli, first since Qadhafi fall	2 09:33 Pappy [1758]
Pakistan Arrests Taliban Planning Attacks	0 [1750]
Explosions Rock Restive Nigerian City as Troops Raid Homes	3 12:42 Pappy [1746]
Pakistan resumes NATO supply into Afghanistan	0 [1751]
Iraq MP Survives Roadside Bomb Blast	0 [1756]
Iranian pilgrims abducted near Shia shrine in Syria	1 09:36 Frank G [1752]
Syrian Army Controls All of Damascus	1 02:52 g(r)omgoru [1743]
Syrian Security Official Says 'Battle for Aleppo has Not Begun'	1 15:55 Abu Uluque [1750]
Page 2: WoT Background
King of the Oil Ticks to Short Round: Wanna talk?	0 [1736]
Israel shouldn't tell the US before striking Iran	5 21:47 DarthVader [1778]
No Recognition of Israel? No Entry	4 15:14 newc [1744]
Iraq, Seven Months After US Departure	0 [1747]
Interior Minister: Yemen seeks to root up al-Qaeda	0 [1749]
UK Diplomat: Yemen in Dire Need of Diversified, Developed Education	2 14:14 g(r)omgoru [1741]
A new target in Iran?	0 [1748]
Israel Eyes Russian Naval Movement Near Tartus Port	0 [1742]
EDL in Stockholm for 'counter-jihad' meet	0 [1750]
Is Al-Qaeda An Enemy Or Not?	0 [1744]
Olympic visa scam: Court sends key suspect on judicial remand	0 [1752]
Official: Bulgaria Attack Planned Abroad, Bomb Made on Site	0 [1749]
Mauritania Opposition Demand President Resign	0 [1747]
Turkey training rebels, says FSA fighter	0 [1750]
Sudan and South Sudan reach agreement over oil after tense eight-month dispute	0 [1736]
Iran test-fires missile with new guidance system	4 09:42 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1747]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Caterpillar Outfoxes Unions	11 19:50 Procopius2k [1798]
Philippine Catholic school bans hijab	3 12:05 GORT [1747]
200 teachers found absent in Bajaur	0 [1744]
Police arrest three, force couple to parade naked over "intent of adultery"	1 11:08 Redneck Jim [1748]
Greek Police Evict Immigrants from Athens	1 13:39 rob06 [1744]
Great gay kiss-off lays a gigantic egg	7 22:00 swksvolFF [1774]
Salafist group in Egypt: Tomatoes are evil because they're Christian	8 19:38 trailing wife [1770]
Turkey military council orders retirement of held generals	0 [1744]
Navy Vet May Have Died Trying to Take Down Aurora Shooter	0 [1741]
Page 4: Opinion
What the octopus can teach us about national security	5 22:13 USN, ret. [1768]
Iraq's dangerous political stalemate	0 [1743]
Israel all-purpose enemy for Arab Spring demagogues	1 08:52 g(r)omgoru [1748]
NATO, Wahhabis, Zionists wish southern Russia ill	0 [1742]
Evolutionary biologist Pete Turchin sez 2020 may be year of violent upheaval	3 14:22 g(r)omgoru [1739]
Page 6: Politix
The Truth About Jesse Jackson Jr.	9 18:09 rammer [1773]
No more Mittster nice guy!	18 20:07 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) [1778]
Champ to Make Illegals Legal Before Election Day - Breitbart	3 21:34 Rambler in Virginia [1766]
Tennessee Democratic Party disavows Senate nominee	7 15:24 g(r)omgoru [1744]
Birthday Golf for Obama	8 16:18 swksvolFF [1747]
Champ with negative ratings in 37 states, but king in D.C.	7 20:29 JosephMendiola [1774]
RNC sends DNC 'you didn't bake this' Obama birthday cake	2 12:55 Pappy [1753]

    
                23:36 Zhang Fei

                        22:13 USN, ret.

                        22:00 swksvolFF

                        21:47 DarthVader

                        21:34 Rambler in Virginia

                        20:52 JosephMendiola

                        20:29 JosephMendiola

                        20:19 JosephMendiola

                        20:07 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)

                        19:58 Procopius2k

                        19:58 Barbara

                        19:50 Procopius2k

                        19:38 trailing wife

                        19:35 Frank G

                        19:34 Eric Jablow

                        19:20 lotp

                        19:16 Glenmore

                        18:39 swksvolFF

                        18:17 Angie Schultz

                        18:17 Bill Ayres

                        18:14 Nimble Spemble

                        18:14 Pappy

                        18:09 rammer

                        18:04 rammer

Who's in the News
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3	Govt of Pakistan
3	Govt of Syria
2	Govt of Iran
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Sudan
1	TTP

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2012-08-05
Kidnapped Syrian teevee host executed

Sat 2012-08-04
IMU Emir Abu Usman Adil has Died

Fri 2012-08-03
67 Killed in Syria as Rebels Use Tanks to Shell Aleppo Airbase

Thu 2012-08-02
Kofi Annan quits as UN-Arab League envoy

Wed 2012-08-01
Mexican Marines bag five, detain four in firefight in Veracruz

Tue 2012-07-31
Unconfirmed: Saudi spy chief Prince Bandar assassinated, report says

Mon 2012-07-30
Nine dead after Dagestani raid

Sun 2012-07-29
Syria Rebels Fend Off Aleppo Assault

Sat 2012-07-28
Helicopter gunships strafe Aleppo

Fri 2012-07-27
62 Mexican Policias Federales kidnapped in Michoacan

Thu 2012-07-26
Syrian envoy to Cyprus defects

Wed 2012-07-25
Syrian forces attack mosque, kill 30

Tue 2012-07-24
Syrian Army Retakes Most of Damascus

Mon 2012-07-23
23 wounded in Iraq car bombing

Sun 2012-07-22
Pencilneck may use chemical weapons against rebels

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