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Gul Elected Turkey's President
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Clashes kill 100 Afghan insurgents	4 00:00 Ol Dirty American [1763]
U.S. troops raid Baghdad's Sheraton hotel - Detain 10 Iranian "Diplomats"	11 00:00 Zenster [1754]
Mahdi vs Badr Festivites kills 51, closes Karbala Festival	5 00:00 Halliburton - Jihadi Pacification Division [1778]
Paleo Authority (West Bank) to shut down Hamas "Charities"	0 [1745]
Michael Totten: the Future of Iraq	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
Gitmo chief: Detainee has gained weight	3 00:00 Titus Hayes4699 [1737]
Antiwar Dems turn on one of their own	11 00:00 lotp [1742]
Taliban agree to free S. Korean hostages	4 00:00 tu3031 [1741]
British general hints at Iraq pull-out	2 00:00 ed [1731]
U.S., Iraqi Forces Kill 33 Insurgents	8 00:00 Glenmore [1740]
Thai woman killed in drive-by terrorism	0 [1736]
Police foil plot to bomb ATMs in Sydney	4 00:00 phil_b [1737]
Wave of attacks closes schools throughout southern Thailand	1 00:00 newc [1740]
Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 9 in attack on mosque in Fallujah	1 00:00 mhw [1733]
Good morning...	8 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Iraqi Troops Disarm Iranian Rockets	3 00:00 mhw [1736]
Operation Gecko Destroys AQ Safe House	8 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1741]
Israel launches air raid in Gaza	1 00:00 3dc [1740]
Lankan military kills 9 rebels	0 [1740]
Sudan orders US charity director to leave	1 00:00 OyVey1 [1735]
Iran summons Swedish envoy over cartoon	3 00:00 Jack is Back! [1753]
Railway track blown up in Bolan	0 [1733]
Taliban to free 19 army troops	2 00:00 Jack is Back! [1743]
Video shows boy beheading soldier	7 00:00 Zenster [1762]
Five NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan	2 00:00 Jack is Back! [1742]
Doctor, Qaeda bombers wife held	2 00:00 tu3031 [1748]
Iran 'resolves' plutonium issue	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1741]
Three more soldiers killed in north Lebanon camp fighting	1 00:00 tu3031 [1735]
Gunmen attack residence of a Lebanese Muslim Sunni cleric	0 [1745]
Hamas orders private Gaza clinics shut down	4 00:00 Zenster [1745]
Afghanistan: Troops destroy heroin lab, soldier killed	2 00:00 Jack is Back! [1730]
5 of the 11 arrested on suspicion of belonging to terror group freed	0 [1738]
ETA blows up van as police hunt bombers	6 00:00 tu3031 [1732]
Jihad: PA security forces thwarted kidnapping	4 00:00 trailing wife [1735]
Page 2: WoT Background
Gul Elected Turkey's President	13 00:00 Korora [1785]
Iran Prepared to Fill Iraq Power Vacuum	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1744]
Copenhagen: Hizb ut-Tahrir "celebrates" at annual congress	2 00:00 Zenster [1735]
Former NSA Officer: Bosnia is Euro Terror Center	5 00:00 trailing wife [1736]
Iraq Sunnis doubt new political deal will bring reconciliation	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1744]
UN should probe womens rights in Iran: Ebadi	3 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
'Indonesia lives in sin without sharia'	12 00:00 gromgoru [1745]
Hafsa students want Lal Masjid open by Friday	3 00:00 Thomas Woof [1741]
'Koreans' abduction giving Muslims bad name.' Really.	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [1736]
Tribes ink peace deal in Mohmand	0 [1730]
Pakistan's Islamist press calls for jihad	10 00:00 Zenster [1738]
Morocco's strongman dies in Paris	0 [1742]
Sarkozy's foreign policy priorities include Iranian bomb / bombing	5 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1745]
Mediators negotiating evacuation of wounded from Lebanon camp	0 [1740]
Lebanon Minister: UAE, Saudi Embassies received threats	0 [1744]
Hezbollah rearming out of reach of UNIFIL, Israel warns	1 00:00 gromgoru [1740]
Jumblatt: We should not surrender to the opposition	3 00:00 Thomas Woof [1746]
Israel worries Iran may give Russian anti-ship missile to Syria, Hizbullah	3 00:00 Thomas Woof [1736]
Hamas wants prisoner release for Shalit video	7 00:00 Zenster [1740]
Kouchner apologises for Maliki remark	0 [1742]
Lashkar, Jaish in realm of suspicion for Hyderabad blasts: Govt	0 [1733]
Four-year plan to combat radicalisation	5 00:00 Zenster [1747]
Major new Jewish community centre to open in Berlin	1 00:00 Excalibur [1737]
Yemen 'must prioritise freedom of detainees'	5 00:00 trailing wife [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ex-astronaut planning insanity defense	8 00:00 Bones McCoy [1739]
Judge OKs Noriega extradition to France	1 00:00 gromky [1739]
Oliver Stone re-enlists for duty in Vietnam with My Lai film	14 00:00 Frank G [1743]
India Joins Joint Naval Exercises in the Bay of Bengal	1 00:00 Thomas Woof [1741]
The forgotten holocaust	9 00:00 Blackbeard Elmomosh9893 [1727]
Hillary's ... surprising ... campaign donors	10 00:00 wxjames [1744]
Turkey: Erdogan sez to opponents "Accept Gul or leave the country"	0 [1738]
Russian bombers not carrying nuclear weapons	5 00:00 SteveS [1738]
120 Labour MPs demand EU referendum	0 [1738]
BD ex-minister jailed for taking bribe	0 [1736]
Turkish secularists call for moderate stance against Gul	0 [1736]
PML-N lawyers sacrifice goats	0 [1738]
Dying Saudi camels show signs of pesticide poisoning	7 00:00 Thomas Woof [1729]
Secularism under attack before presidential vote: Turkish military	0 [1733]
NPT won't be signed: FO	0 [1737]
SC refuses bail to Hasina Wajed	0 [1745]
Zimbabwe agriculture show opens	6 00:00 Thomas Woof [1733]
Australia to ask immigrants to commit to 'mateship'	3 00:00 HalfEmpty [1737]
A deafening Turkish silence as Greece burns	18 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1752]
Russia Arrests Security Staff in Politkovskaya Murder	2 00:00 mojo [1735]
Extremists admit beating Africans in Germany	2 00:00 lotp [1734]
Sarkozy calls for strong Europe, friendship with US	1 00:00 Unutle McGurque8861 [1731]
Page 4: Opinion
Ralph Peters interviews Gen. Ray Odierno	0 [1732]
Must read: Arabs versus "Inferior" Muslims	21 00:00 Mike N. [1755]
View from America: CNN's false symmetry	8 00:00 Zenster [1760]
If only Nasrallah would restore Lebanon to its people!	2 00:00 Zenster [1761]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Ulster Drug Dealer Tied To Flagpole, Tarred And Feathered (pics)	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1763]
Cool -- NASA images of Iraq	2 00:00 OldSpook [1747]
Street Gang Declares War Against Police	17 00:00 Pappy [1764]
Two drunk men arrested for driving same vehicle	3 00:00 JohnQC [1742]
Rare Lunar Eclipse Tonight	13 00:00 Deacon Blues [1729]
Belgian diplomats accused of damaging ancient fossil	4 00:00 tu3031 [1737]

    
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                        23:33 Halliburton - Jihadi Pacification Division

                        23:29 Zenster

                        23:11 Frank G

                        23:02 Ol Dirty American

                        22:55 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:54 Zenster

                        22:48 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:46  KBK

                        22:43 Zenster

                        22:41 Frank G

                        22:38 Zenster

                        22:34 Pappy

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                        22:19 Pappy

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                        22:06 Ptah

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                        21:56 Zenster

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                        21:52 Ptah

Who's in the News
50	[untagged]
8	Taliban
5	Iraqi Insurgency
3	Hamas
3	Hezbollah
3	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Syria
2	Global Jihad
2	Fatah al-Islam
2	Thai Insurgency
2	al-Qaeda
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Takfir wal-Hijra
1	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Jemaah Islamiyah

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2007-08-28
Gul Elected Turkey's President

Mon 2007-08-27
12 Taliban fighters killed along Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Sun 2007-08-26
Two AQI big turbans nabbed

Sat 2007-08-25
Hyderabad under attack: 3 explosions, 2 defused bombs, 34 dead

Fri 2007-08-24
Pak supremes: Nawaz can return

Thu 2007-08-23
Izzat Ibrahim to throw in towel

Wed 2007-08-22
Aksa Martyrs: We'll no longer honor agreements with Israel

Tue 2007-08-21
'Saddam's daughter won't be deported'

Mon 2007-08-20
Baitullah sez S. Wazoo deal is off, Gov't claims accord is intact

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

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