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18 Talibs titzup in attack on Lashkar Gah
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Madrid bombing suspects caught in Spain	0 [1747]
Saudi Terror Operative in Yemen: Target Oil to Cause 'Total Collapse'	4 00:00 Don Vito Omeling5062 [1740]
I hate to ask...	21 00:00 TZSenator [1751]
Good morning	7 00:00 Asymmetrical Triangulation [1750]
US national re-arrested for questioning	4 00:00 mojo [1734]
Taliban ready to give up arms: TTP	2 00:00 tu3031 [1736]
Decisive action in Bajaur likely, Khar under curfew	1 00:00 Glenmore [1732]
DRC: Intense fighting displace about 50 000 people -UN	0 [1744]
Peru: Suspected Shining Path rebels kill 2 soldiers	3 00:00 Don Vito Omeling5062 [1758]
Palestinian police help Israelis destroy tunnel in Hebron	3 00:00 USN,Ret. [1748]
IDF troops shoot second Palestinian fire-bomber in two days	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1741]
Afghan ally is now a foe	8 00:00 remoteman [1767]
UAE: Plane forced to land after bomb threat	1 00:00 trailing wife [1743]
18 Taliban Titzup in Second Attack on Lashkar Gah	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1765]
NATO task force crosses Suez en route to anti-piracy mission off Somalia	0 [1729]
Somali pirates cut ransom demand for arms ship	2 00:00 tu3031 [1735]
Armed pirates hijack another ship near Somalia	4 00:00 Alaska Paul [1741]
47 Tigers killed in fighting	0 [1734]
70 Taliban killed in Afghan strike	1 00:00 ed [1733]
Page 2: WoT Background
Muslim Aboutaleb to be Mayor of Rotterdam	3 00:00 ed [1759]
UK - Threat Of Large Scale Terror Plot Being Monitored	4 00:00 ed [1752]
Newest Zionist secret weapon	8 00:00 Woozle Unusosing8053 [1764]
US Army Chief arrives in Delhi	0 [1728]
Jihad website AqsaTube goes offline	0 [1745]
Draft agreement promises troop withdrawal by 2011	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1735]
Fifth surgery for Geelani	3 00:00 Woozle Elmeter 2700 [1741]
Protest over Muslim 'harassment'	5 00:00 Woozle Elmeter 2700 [1731]
Fatah rejects Hamas talks request	1 00:00 tu3031 [1743]
JI general secretary asks government to disown US war	0 [1727]
Lawmakers visit to Aafia criticised	2 00:00 tu3031 [1729]
Local Taliban annual budget at Rs 4 billion	1 00:00 tu3031 [1740]
Pak senator expresses concern over deployment of 10,000 Indian soldiers in Afghanistan	6 00:00 mojo [1742]
NWFP Governor underlines positive role of tribal lashkars	0 [1746]
'The war is over,' jailed Fatah activists tell Haaretz journalists	1 00:00 tu3031 [1748]
Ahmadinejad slams US for Iraq oil theft	6 00:00 tu3031 [1732]
U.N. Envoy Warns of More Taliban Attacks	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1726]
Key Allegations Against Padilla Co-conspirator Withdrawn	0 [1739]
Mojahid episode surprises many	0 [1741]
Afghanistan: Hamid Gul outlines Taliban demands	3 00:00 Darrell [1751]
Taliban may give up Al Qaeda: Muttawakil	2 00:00 Woozle Unusosing8053 [1760]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Election Aides Allegedly Force Disabled Voters to Vote for Obama (video)	2 00:00 OldSpook [1763]
Murtha advises Obama on military matters, Marines still guilty	6 00:00 P.T. Barnum [1752]
'Joe the Plumber' happy to help candidates make point	19 00:00 Don Vito Omeling5062 [1765]
FBI investigating Mahoney affairs	0 [1741]
Murtha apologizes for calling western Pennsylvania 'racist'	4 00:00 gorb [1755]
PDS Watch: Sarah palin's white outfit is RACIST!	8 00:00 DMFD [1767]
WA: 24,000 Felons Getting Ballots, Despite Eligibility Questions	6 00:00 USN,Ret. [1771]
Dubai: Britons get jail time in sex on beach case	5 00:00 Alaska Paul [1753]
15 Israelis taken hostage on Caribbean island	7 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Millions mark UN hand-washing day	2 00:00 anonymous5089 [1738]
Secret Service says "Kill him" allegation unfounded	1 00:00 rjschwarz [1730]
Justice Dept. Targets GOP Activists	7 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1742]
And now for something completely different.....	15 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1734]
Obama Laments FOX News Cost Him in Polls	30 00:00 Claiter Speaking for Boskone9131 [1745]
Oil falls to 13-month low on recession worry	9 00:00 ed [1760]
ACORN Faces 'RICO' Lawsuit in Ohio	3 00:00 Woozle Elmeter 2700 [1736]
About 200K Ohio voters have records discrepancies	7 00:00 USN, Ret. [1739]
Pelosi Plans $300 Billion Stimulus	12 00:00 Capsu 78 [1742]
Transvestite involved in ACORN scandal flashes reporter...	3 00:00 Abu do you love [1742]
''Spread the wealth around''	5 00:00 bman [1738]
Biden routes campaign cash to family, their firms	5 00:00 Frozen Al [1743]
Fighting at Thai-Cambodia border kills 2 soldiers	0 [1739]
Khaleda may appear in court today	0 [1732]
Interpol finds Morshed Khan's Tk 14.15cr stashed in HK bank	0 [1734]
Banking Crisis Has Made Even the Swiss Uneasy	3 00:00 Besoeker [1738]
G-8 announces global summit on financial crisis	0 [1733]
McCain and Palin Sued for 6 Mill by Obama Fan in KC	17 00:00 Alaska Paul [1756]
Page 4: Opinion
A World Beyond Political Deadlock	0 [1738]
Fisk of a NOW blurb	5 00:00 Querent [1729]
Steyn: The Good Old Days	3 00:00 Besoeker [1736]
Bay State to be the norm	2 00:00 Jolutch Mussolini7800 [1734]
America at Work	0 [1735]
Why Ayres matters	2 00:00 Woozle Unusosing8053 [1756]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Britons sentenced to jail in Dubai for beach sex	0 [1743]
Christ runs for 232 yards in Catholic victory	4 00:00 OldSpook [1762]
Lawsuit against God is tossed out	8 00:00 Eric Jablow [1738]
Bonobos Hunt And Eat Other Primates Too	4 00:00 Red Dawg [1733]
Formosan subterranean termites did in New Orleans levies before Katrina	2 00:00 Halliburton: Formosan Subterranean Termite Division [1736]
Man Dumped Dog Poop In Truck For Political Reasons	5 00:00 Jolutch Mussolini7800 [1756]
Today in History: Julius Streicher gets his just deserts	8 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1741]
Retire lazy, corrupt judges, CJI tells HCs	1 00:00 john frum [1737]
Congressman's son sentenced for sex with inmates	4 00:00 ed [1737]
Self-described pastor guilty of sex assault against child he claimed as bride	3 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Police arrest Olympian, two others after shootout	2 00:00 USN,Ret. [1732]
Uganda: Community bans female circumcision	2 00:00 Anonymoose [1732]
Saudi arrests Jordanians for 'pleasure unions'	6 00:00 Pappy [1730]
Lebanon group seeks to 'Arabize' Shiites	0 [1731]

    
                23:56 Jolutch Mussolini7800

                        23:37 Claiter Speaking for Boskone9131

                        23:36 TZSenator

                        23:34 USN,Ret.

                        22:40 Alaska Paul

                        22:37 DMFD

                        22:36 ed

                        22:34 OldSpook

                        22:26 gorb

                        22:12 ed

                        22:10 Alaska Paul

                        22:08 Gladys

                        22:07 OldSpook

                        22:02 DMFD

                        21:52 ed

                        21:51 P.T. Barnum

                        21:50 Don Vito Omeling5062

                        21:21 Woozle Unusosing8053

                        21:18 Woozle Unusosing8053

                        21:16 Woozle Unusosing8053

                        21:06 Don Vito Omeling5062

                        20:59 Besoeker

                        20:54 Asymmetrical Triangulation 

                        20:36 Flitch the Imposter aka Broadhead6

Who's in the News
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6	Taliban
4	TTP
3	al-Qaeda
2	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Hezbollah
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Iran
1	al-Aqsa Martyrs
1	Hamas
1	Global Jihad

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2008-10-16
18 Talibs titzup in attack on Lashkar Gah

Wed 2008-10-15
Puntland Coasties free Panama ship from pirates

Tue 2008-10-14
DPRK regrants IAEA inspectors access to its nuclear facilities

Mon 2008-10-13
12 boomers among 27 zapped in Wazoo

Sun 2008-10-12
Lankan president asks LTTE to surrender

Sat 2008-10-11
North Korea taken off US terror list

Fri 2008-10-10
15 dead in suicide blast at Pakistan tribal meeting

Thu 2008-10-09
Boom Bitch Kills 10 in Diyala Province

Wed 2008-10-08
World's Stock Markets Plunge

Tue 2008-10-07
Iran forces down Corporate Executive ''Fighter Jet''

Mon 2008-10-06
Saudi hosts Afghan peace talks with Taliban reps

Sun 2008-10-05
Baitullah makes appearance amid reports of his death

Sat 2008-10-04
US drone strikes kill 20 in North Waziristan

Fri 2008-10-03
'Biggest suspect' in ship piracy arrested

Thu 2008-10-02
U.S. Begins Transferring Sunni Militias to Iraqi Government

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