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Taliban say hostage talks fail
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
U.S. Forces Tracking Iranians in Iraq	10 00:00 gromgoru [1761]
Indian Army to induct laser dazzlers against jihadis	9 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1737]
Afghan TV Shows Kidnapped German Woman	3 00:00 Gary and the Samoyeds [1742]
Bomb injures two in southern Thai market	0 [1742]
Battle of Donkey Island	10 00:00 BA [1763]
G'morning...	4 00:00 Jack is Back! [1739]
Two terrorists killed, 16 detained in operations against al-Qaeda in Iraq	0 [1738]
Bomb production facility destroyed	0 [1748]
Tip leads to largest cache uncovered in western Baghdad neighborhood	2 00:00 Justrand [1746]
Lebanon charges over 100 suspects with terrorism	0 [1745]
Turkey: Plane hijackers surrender	1 00:00 regular joe [1729]
IDF kills bomb-planting Paleo	0 [1744]
Four soldiers killed in N. Wazoo kaboom	1 00:00 smn [1761]
Oil companies getting suicide attack threats	1 00:00 Bobby [1746]
Afghan kaboom kills 15	0 [1739]
Taliban say hostage talks fail	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1781]
Beheaded body found	2 00:00 RD [1757]
Philippines clashes kill 16 soldiers, dozens of militants	0 [1744]
Tajikistan convicts two ex-Gitmo detainees	0 [1745]
Well-known traditional elder slain in Mogadishu	0 [1741]
Howlwadag DC wounded in Mogadishu	0 [1740]
Clan festivities kills 20 in central Somalia	0 [1746]
Somalia: 3 cops wounded in roadside bomb attack	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [1750]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hilly Starts to Waffle on WIthdrawal	3 00:00 smn [1758]
British TV: Islam's Story of Christ - Jesus as Muslims See Him	12 00:00 BA [1758]
Iraq leaders hold cordial, candid talks	1 00:00 Jonathan [1730]
Nasreens security increased after fatwa	0 [1739]
Drama as BBC bans terror script	10 00:00 Thomas Woof [1740]
British forces useless in Basra, say officials	19 00:00 smn [1741]
Syria denies vice president criticized Saudis	1 00:00 Seafarious [1742]
Syria reportedly gets Russian SA-22s	2 00:00 Thomas Woof [1738]
Britain faces Iraq rout says US	4 00:00 smn [1734]
Blinky urges unity against West	1 00:00 3dc [1756]
Abbas sacks Hamas public servants	0 [1742]
Israel is 'the flag-bearer of Satan': Nejad	2 00:00 newc [1738]
'Militant radicalism lacks popular appeal in Tribal Areas'	1 00:00 M. Murcek [1747]
'Al Qaeda helpers present in Bosnia'	0 [1743]
Israel to renew Gaza fuel supplies after blackout	14 00:00 BA [1763]
New draft at UN to extend UNIFIL stay in Lebanon	0 [1740]
Eritrea rebuffs US allegation of terrorism	2 00:00 john frum [1740]
Nasrallah: war was fought for Iran	5 00:00 Grunter [1759]
UK commanders: withdraw from Iraq without delay	0 [1741]
Shock toll of British injured in Afghan war	5 00:00 Old Patriot [1743]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Nazi archive opens up	0 [1741]
Islamic Society seeks to modify Bahrains ~~pr0n~~ penal code	3 00:00 Pappy [1751]
Ethiopia releases 31 more opposition detainees	0 [1744]
Top general 'silent' on Gül's presidential bid	1 00:00 john frum [1746]
Turkish anger over Cyprus oil bid	6 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [1746]
Biplobi Commies, two Bahinis and a Fouz close ranks, regroup	1 00:00 Thomas Woof [1734]
Iran arrests dozens of drug smugglers	0 [1735]
Reconciliation after elections, says Musharraf	0 [1737]
PML divided over Musharraf-Benazir deal	0 [1743]
'PPP still most popular party'	0 [1754]
Russia's Cossacks rise again - and support Putin as new Tsar	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1744]
Page 4: Opinion
N-deal enters choppy waters: the implications	4 00:00 Zenster [1740]
Fatigue cripples US army in Iraq	15 00:00 Frank G [1753]
'China's interest is our interest'	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
Sanctuary City? Where's Ours? (Steyn)	2 00:00 gromgoru [1737]
The Coming Urban Terror	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Europe's Islamic dissonance	0 [1742]
Jules Crittenden: antiwar forces launch Operation Fig Leaf	0 [1743]
The next sixty years	6 00:00 Grunter [1751]
Is Iran's president growing suspicious of Assad 's real intentions?	5 00:00 Pappy [1767]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
No Drums, No Trumpets, No Grog, No Pr0n	0 [1741]
Dwarf Glues Small Part Of Himself To Vacuum Cleaner	0 [1739]
U.S. Troops Care for Iraqi Baby Rescued from Garbage Heap	2 00:00 Bobby [1733]
Iodine deficiency affecting children in northwest Pakistan	15 00:00 Zenster [1733]
Book publishing	6 00:00 Red Dawg [1753]
Egypt: Dozens missing as ferry sinks in the Nile	0 [1740]
Woman survives shark attack, gets 100 stitches	1 00:00 Free Radical [1739]
Hundreds of Saudi camels die from mystery ailment	13 00:00 Red Dawg [1753]
Man exchanges rocket launcher for shoes, befuddles BBC	1 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [1735]

    
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                        22:58 Sgt. Mom

                        22:49 gromgoru

                        22:36 trailing wife

                        22:36 BA

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                        22:06 N Guard

                        22:06 Grunter

                        21:49 Zenster

                        21:49 Pappy

                        21:43 Pappy

                        21:42 Grunter

                        21:18 Pappy

                        21:10 SteveS

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                        21:02 3dc

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Who's in the News
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9	Taliban
6	Iraqi Insurgency
3	Islamic Courts
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Syria
2	al-Qaeda
2	Hamas
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Global Jihad
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Hezbollah
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2007-08-19
Taliban say hostage talks fail

Sat 2007-08-18
"Take us to Tehran!" : Turkish passenger plane hijacked

Fri 2007-08-17
Tora Bora assault: Allies press air, ground attacks

Thu 2007-08-16
Jury finds Padilla, 2 co-defendents, guilty

Wed 2007-08-15
At least 175 dead in Iraq bomb attack

Tue 2007-08-14
Police arrests dormant cell of Fatah al-Islam in s. Lebanon

Mon 2007-08-13
Lebanese army rejects siege surrender offer

Sun 2007-08-12
Taliban: 2 sick S. Korean hostages to be freed

Sat 2007-08-11
Philippines military kills 58 militants

Fri 2007-08-10
Saudi police detain 135

Thu 2007-08-09
2,760 non-Iraqi detainees in Iraqi jails, 800 Iranians

Wed 2007-08-08
11 polio workers abducted in Khar, campaign halted

Tue 2007-08-07
Suicide bomber kills 30 in Iraq, including 12 children

Mon 2007-08-06
Benazir willing to join Musharraf in govt

Sun 2007-08-05
Explosives + ME men near Naval Station in SC, FBI on scene

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