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Drones hit Haqqani compound
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
U.S. begins hunting Iraq's bombmakers, not just bombs	7 00:00 mhw [11138]
"Fusion Cells" are systematically dismantling al-Qaeda in Iraq.	2 00:00 trailing wife [11133]
Afghan border too hot, Pak bats in Kashmir	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11130]
US missiles hit North Wazoo Taliban center; 9 killed	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [11127]
Suspected US missile strike kills 21 in Pakistan: officials	4 00:00 mojo [11128]
3 men convicted in trans-Atlantic bomb plot	2 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
Blasts hit Haqqani compound	1 00:00 Seafarious [11129]
Two dead, two injured in Thailand's south	0 [11126]
Good morning	2 00:00 Old Patriot [11127]
Six militants shot dead in IHK	0 [11125]
Militant leader surrenders in Landi Kotal	0 [11130]
Sri Lankan air force attacks rebel camps	0 [11129]
Coalition Forces in Iraq Seize Bomb-Making Components	0 [11124]
Bombs wound 14 in Baghdad	0 [11128]
Death toll from Peshawar kaboom hits 33	0 [11129]
Govt to ban 18 armed groups	2 00:00 JohnQC [11127]
Kandahar rocked by suicide blasts	0 [11125]
Forces shell TTP hideouts in Swat	0 [11124]
3 children killed in Kurram clashes	0 [11127]
1 dead, 13 injured in Darra airstrikes	0 [11124]
Primitives howl, fling imprecations, fire at US drone in N Waziristan	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11129]
JMB threatens bomb attacks on advisers	1 00:00 mojo [11128]
Warship destroys boat, captures 14 pirates	18 00:00 gorb [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Briton pays 1.5 million pounds to fly with Red Arrows	1 00:00 trailing wife [11131]
UK: Three guilty of liquid bomb terror plot	2 00:00 john frum [11133]
Imagery prompts review of Afghan air strike: Pentagon	0 [11127]
Right at the Edge	1 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
Joe Biden ("the Verbose Blue Hen") riffs on Iraq	22 00:00 Herb Shomotle3261 [11131]
Is Philippine peace process dead?	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Tensions between Mehsood, Wazir tribes end	0 [11126]
Aafia's husband in Guantanamo	3 00:00 ed [11129]
Georgian president vows to reclaim 2 provinces	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Rice urges end to Western Sahara dispute	0 [11127]
Iranian satellite launched with China, Thailand	1 00:00 DMFD [11130]
UN threatens to halt Darfur food aid over attacks	0 [11126]
Petraeus to hand over Iraq command on Sept 16	9 00:00 ryuge [11127]
Peres opposes Israeli attack on Iran	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11129]
Jamaat not eligible for registration	0 [11129]
Hezbollah using Facebook to kidnap Israeli soldiers	1 00:00 USN, Ret. [11127]
Wally: Syria for Sunni-Shiite conflict to intervene in Lebanon	0 [11129]
US re-examines Afghan attack that killed civilians	3 00:00 JohnQC [11132]
Sudan denies rebel claims of Darfur attack	0 [11126]
LondonTimes: Kim Jong-Il dead since 2003?	8 00:00 OldSpook [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
UN says: Stop eating burgers, cow farts endangering the world	12 00:00 Silentbrick [11134]
Rice demands business for US	0 [11132]
Russia courts old allies, steps up defiance of the West	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Obama considers keeping Bush tax cuts in effect	8 00:00 Procopius2k [11132]
3 ships thwart attacks by pirates off Somalia	7 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11127]
MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews as News Anchors	5 00:00 OldSpook [11130]
USA Today Poll: McCain-Palin up by 10 among likely voters	43 00:00 Silentbrick [11131]
New McCain-Palin ad: "Mavericks"	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Obama Amazing Audio Surfaces, HE THINKS HE IS OUR SAVIOR!!!!	11 00:00 CrazyFool [11129]
Venezuela to host Russia navy exercise in Caribbean	17 00:00 anonymous2u [11125]
MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts From Anchor Seat	13 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [11128]
Fusing Politics and Motherhood in New Way	5 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [11127]
Israel police recommend indicting Olmert on corruption	1 00:00 OldSpook [11126]
BNP allies decide to boycott talks	0 [11126]
8 more govt staff confess to graft	0 [11128]
Tarique, family seek UK visa	0 [11125]
African immigrants riot in Spain	7 00:00 Abu Uluque [11126]
The Big O's $1.1million garden	2 00:00 Mitch H. [11127]
German FM to run for chancellor	7 00:00 European Conservative [11128]
MDC challenges Mugabe to new vote	0 [11124]
Early results in Angola give ruling party lead	0 [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Anchorman's Writer/Director doesn't understand media	5 00:00 ed [11132]
Sarah Palin has put the flim-flam nature of America feminism sharply into focus	6 00:00 JohnQC [11125]
Outbreak of Palin Derangement Syndrome reported in Tiburon, California	16 00:00 FOTSGreg [11136]
Crescent of Betrayal	2 00:00 3dc [11132]
Outmaneuvered And Outranked, Military Chiefs Became Outsiders	7 00:00 Procopius2k [11128]
Obama's community organizing days	4 00:00 KBK [11126]
The One goes to see Don Clinton	2 00:00 tipper [11131]
Why Obama's Organizer Days Are A Big Joke	5 00:00 DMFD [11126]
Today's Unintentional Comedy Gold	15 00:00 CrazyFool [11126]
If Bill Clinton Could Juggle Five Chicks, Sarah Palin Can Manage Five Kids	3 00:00 Spot [11128]
Lynn Westmoreland calls Obama 'uppity'	21 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
Democrats must learn some respect	10 00:00 anonymous2u [11130]
Palin report from the real Air America.	1 00:00 Iblis [11124]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
New Zealand parrots go on rampage	3 00:00 mojo [11126]
Sarah Palin dolls go on sale	4 00:00 Pappy [11133]
ArcXIX found	7 00:00 CrazyFool [11128]
We Can't Incite Murder of Jews?	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [11129]
"...she looks good in a bikini clutching an AK-47..."	10 00:00 3dc [11125]
Acrassicauda play 'Heavy Metal In Baghdad'	1 00:00 lotp [11127]
Euro Marketing 'killing Nigerian Osun-Osogbo festival'	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [11126]
Messin' With Texans	7 00:00 bigjim-ky [11128]
It's all over for Bafana	4 00:00 Angie Schultz [11126]

    
                23:52 CrazyFool

                        23:46 CrazyFool

                        23:46 JosephMendiola

                        23:38 Silentbrick

                        23:30 Silentbrick

                        23:28 JosephMendiola

                        23:20 FOTSGreg

                        23:12 Procopius2k

                        23:11 Pappy

                        23:10 JosephMendiola

                        22:55 Betty Grating2215

                        22:49 3dc

                        22:48 mhw

                        22:47 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:45 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:43 IG-88

                        22:41 3dc

                        22:39 3dc

                        22:39 ed

                        22:38 mojo

                        22:37 ed

                        22:33 MoreScotch4Me

                        22:31 3dc

                        22:28 bigjim-ky

Who's in the News
63	[untagged]
6	TTP
3	Iraqi Insurgency
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Sudan
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Britain
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah
1	ISI

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2008-09-08
Drones hit Haqqani compound

Sun 2008-09-07
Mr. Ten Percent succeeds Perv as Pakistan president

Sat 2008-09-06
Sauerland Group planned attacks in major cities

Fri 2008-09-05
Lanka troops move to take LTTE capital

Thu 2008-09-04
Fifteen killed in Pakistan in cross-border raid

Wed 2008-09-03
Pakistan PM survives assassiation attempt

Tue 2008-09-02
Two Canadians killed in Wana missile attack

Mon 2008-09-01
Missile strike kills six in Miranshah

Sun 2008-08-31
Ethiopia hints at Somalia withdrawal

Sat 2008-08-30
Report says China offered widespread help on nukes

Fri 2008-08-29
Hezbollah shoots at Lebanese Army helicopter, kills officer

Thu 2008-08-28
Baitullah declared ''proclaimed offender''

Wed 2008-08-27
Nearly 50 militants killed on Pak-Afghan border

Tue 2008-08-26
Pakistain bans TTP

Mon 2008-08-25
Afghan commanders sacked over deadly strike

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