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Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Pentagon Worries Led to Command Change	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1766]
Northern Ireland Contractor Caught in Blast on His Last Day in Afghanistan	0 [1742]
Yon: Kopp-Etchells Effect (look for story among a lot of chopper pics)	1 00:00 Pappy [1756]
Three gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [1741]
Good morning	1 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [1746]
Lashkars on outskirts of Peshawar fighting fire with fire	0 [1748]
Extremists threaten Sheikhupura Christian moot	0 [1740]
Helicopters hit by ground fire	1 00:00 gromky [1743]
PRC: Limited Israeli incursion near Khan Younis thwarted	2 00:00 Fred [1744]
Three killed in Iran helicopter crash	1 00:00 Frank G on the road [1742]
Mauritania to deploy 4,000 troops to fight al-Qaeda	0 [1749]
Algerian terror threat prompts beach evacuation	0 [1741]
Raids upon alert	0 [1751]
Nowshehra: 13 suspects arrested in crackdown	0 [1746]
Taliban threaten to attack Afghan polling sites	4 00:00 Procopius2k [1749]
Miscreants bomb 220 KV tower in Nasirabad	0 [1748]
Military convoy attacked in N Waziristan; soldier dies	2 00:00 Fred [1752]
Afghan Forces Recapture a Taliban Stronghold	0 [1745]
Suicide attack injures 4 security men in Mingora	0 [1754]
30 Talibs banged in Khost operations	1 00:00 Frank G on the road [1742]
At least 18 bullet-riddled bodies discovered in Swat	3 00:00 Pappy [1783]
All 24 victims of Friday's Rafah clashes identified, buried	2 00:00 gromky [1736]
'Maulvi Nazir' among 17 killed in Taliban infighting	2 00:00 ed [1762]
Page 2: WoT Background
American battlefield: must we assume Muslims are Sharia-compiant?	4 00:00 Anonymoose [1737]
Iranian Chief of Staff Firouzabadi Writes Letter to Hidden Imam	6 00:00 DMFD [1767]
Govt to Holbrooke: Can't just walk in and out of India	17 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1765]
Hekmatyar offers to 'help' US forces, if we leave	5 00:00 Anonymoose [1743]
Barak postpones cement delivery to Gaza Strip	1 00:00 Rahm Emanuel [1740]
In Pakistan, Taliban tearing apart a culture	2 00:00 paul2 [1743]
Israeli wins Fatah top body seat	4 00:00 Pappy [1765]
Govt to review blasphemy laws	0 [1738]
Saudi nabs 113 in drugs crackdown	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1738]
JMB, Huji talk to operate together	0 [1744]
Rab official accused of "Crossfire" threat	2 00:00 trailing wife [1740]
Abbas: Hamas-Fatah talks to continue	2 00:00 mojo [1736]
Egypt, Israel open joint Sinai crossing for Gaza aid delivery	0 [1735]
Teen lured into bombing	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1758]
West stoked Iran election unrest, says Ahmadinejad	0 [1738]
Iran releases French woman, officials say	0 [1742]
Hizb Ut-Tahrir: Violence won't lead to Islamic rule	0 [1743]
Short Round to name 3 women ministers	0 [1743]
N. Korea vows vengeance with nukes for any threat by U.S., S. Korea	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1736]
Jund Ansar Allah: Operation against us was unwarranted	1 00:00 Free Radical [1745]
Hyundai Chairwoman Meets Kim Jong-il at Last	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1754]
South Africa allowed military exports to Iran, Norks, Libya	1 00:00 Besoeker [1740]
Page 3: Non-WoT
68 Feared Dead At Russian Hydroelectric Plant	3 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1768]
Poll: Conservatives now outnumber Liberals in all 50 states	2 00:00 Procopius2k [1736]
Vietnam War Reenactment In Pennsylvania	4 00:00 Eric Jablow [1744]
Russia Finds Missing Merchant Ship Near Cape Verde Islands	1 00:00 Mizzou Mafia [1743]
Ted Turner signs on with T. Boone Pickens	4 00:00 Pappy [1760]
Russian cyber attacks on Georgia - new info	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1741]
UFOs Now Attacking	15 00:00 trailing wife [1753]
Canada's National Health System sick and imploding,	4 00:00 ed [1763]
Pak takes a U-turn to block fissile cut-off treaty	0 [1749]
US detains Pakistani reporter for unknown reason	0 [1741]
Mexico replaces customs staff, revamps borders	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [1737]
Chavez Sez U.S. Troops Involved in Ouster of Zelaya	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1749]
Zelaya to sleep away from home for now	2 00:00 Anonymoose [1735]
Eight Pakistani among migrants freed from Greek container	0 [1742]
Milwaukee mayor attacked by man with metal pipe	4 00:00 Mullah Richard [1742]
Man kills accused of murdering his father, uncle	0 [1742]
Fire in Kuwaiti wedding tent kills 41 people	1 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1740]
Mr. Mubarak goes to Washington	1 00:00 mojo [1738]
Firebombs hurled at Honduran newspaper office	0 [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
The Postal Service is a scary model for health care	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [1779]
Fatah confab: Once again choosing to miss the opportunity	0 [1736]
Obama foes turn to '60s radical for tactical tips	4 00:00 DMFD [1740]
HRW Hack applauded Munich Olympic massacre	1 00:00 Black Bart Ebberens7700 [1747]
Obama's Talking About His Grandmother Again; People Who Listened Last Time Are Now "Dishonest"	2 00:00 DoDo [1739]
A New Kind of Force Could Provide Security	21 00:00 Adriane [1769]
Page 6: Politix
Bill Surges Past Hillary	5 00:00 JohnQC [1736]
Obamacare - Two questions Obama, Reid and Pelosi won't answer	5 00:00 JohnQC [1735]
Drudge: Obama Pulls Plug On Flag@whitehouse.gov	10 00:00 Redneck Jim [1758]
Boxer could face re-election fight of her career	11 00:00 Cyber Sarge [1742]
Obama Healthcare Spam Confirmed	3 00:00 DMFD [1739]
Administration Official: "Sebelius Misspoke."	4 00:00 Mullah Richard [1738]
Senator's health-care meeting criticized	2 00:00 Bobby [1732]
Obama's mad science adviser	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1769]
Joe Sestak big winner in Netroots straw poll	2 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1739]
Dodd Is Released From N.Y. Hospital	8 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1740]
Specter: Town halls shouldn't dominate process	8 00:00 Procopius2k [1762]
A freshman congressman faces sophomore slump	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1735]
Sen. Pedro Espada to crack down on nepotism after son quits Senate job	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1740]
Poll shows Gov. Paterson far behind Democratic rival Andrew Cuomo	1 00:00 Black Bart Ebberens7700 [1736]
Chicago Government Closed For Business On Monday	8 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1734]
White House appears ready to drop 'public option'	9 00:00 Admiral Ackbar [1739]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	TTP
4	Hamas
3	Govt of Iran
3	Taliban
2	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
1	Jemaah Islamiyah
1	Popular Resistance Committees
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Abu Sayyaf

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2009-08-17
Maulvi Nazir one with the ages

Sun 2009-08-16
Iran chooses hardliner to head judiciary. Wotta surprise.

Sat 2009-08-15
Eight killed, 80 injured in Hamas, radicals clashes

Fri 2009-08-14
Missing cargo ship found near Cape Verde

Thu 2009-08-13
Seven Pak preachers gunned down in Puntland mosque

Wed 2009-08-12
Georgia Man Guilty In Terrorism Trial

Tue 2009-08-11
Kuwait arrests al-Qaida linked group

Mon 2009-08-10
Tests say Noordin Mohammad Top's not the dead guy

Sun 2009-08-09
Surprise! Abbas reelected Fatah chief

Sat 2009-08-08
Noordin Mohammad Top reported titzup

Fri 2009-08-07
Fat Lady sings for Baitullah

Thu 2009-08-06
Bill Clinton springs journalists from NKor

Wed 2009-08-05
Ansar al-Islam Number 2 nabbed in Mosul

Tue 2009-08-04
Failed Coup Attempt In Qatar

Mon 2009-08-03
Prince Bandar under house arrest: report

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