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SCIIRI bigshot banged in Baghdad
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Al-Qaeda's airport bomb plot	2 00:00 Zenster [1767]
Wounded Taliban treated in Pakistan	11 00:00 Rob Crawford [1753]
Terrorist "Starving Wolf" surrenders in Sidi Belabès	1 00:00 twobyfour [1743]
New Mexico fairgrounds emptied after low levels of radiation found	4 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1742]
A Soldier's Story You'll Never Hear in the MSM	2 00:00 pihkalbadger [1741]
Man arrested w $100k cash in suitcase and mobile phone in his rectum	50 00:00 crazyhorse [1745]
Former Head of Chechen Force Killed	2 00:00 pihkalbadger [1749]
G'morning...	8 00:00 Rob Crawford [1736]
Al Qaida's number 2 in Yemen may be freed soon	0 [1742]
Sniffer dogs to track down rebels	7 00:00 Elmert Crosh5077 [1748]
Sri Lankan Navy battles Tamil Tiger boats at sea	10 00:00 ed [1758]
Two oil wells blown up in Chechnya	2 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1741]
Two VDC members held for militant links	0 [1744]
Iraq police close in on hostages	0 [1758]
Shi'ite Islamist MP gunned down	2 00:00 gromgoru [1811]
Five shot dead in Thailand's Muslim south	1 00:00 Sneaze Shaiting3550 [1744]
Peshawar bomber's ID card, telephone diary stump investigators	7 00:00 Zenster [1748]
Punjabi arrested for plan to blow up Corps HQ in Peshawar	0 [1745]
Suicide bomber kills himself	3 00:00 Dar [1743]
Human shield forces suspension of IAF airstrike	21 00:00 gorb [1760]
UNIFIL: 17 Katyushas found in Lebanon since Sept.	6 00:00 anonymous5089 [1734]
10 killed in claymore mine attack in Northern Sri Lanka	0 [1737]
Military kills two PKK activities in Southeast Turkey	0 [1743]
Major battle in Iraq's Baqouba kills 18	6 00:00 Scooter McGruder [1762]
Page 2: WoT Background
Rangel Will Seek to Reinstate Draft	29 00:00 Leigh [1787]
Kissinger: Military victory no longer possible in Iraq	10 00:00 Old Patriot [1772]
US bars Muslim surfer	5 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1744]
Turkish confiscation bill stirs anger	0 [1743]
Israeli diplomatic source - "France: An Arab extension" (it hurts coz it's true)	10 00:00 RWV [1746]
Enhancing global supply chain security important in fight against terrorism: PM Lee	0 [1733]
West fighting terrorism properly now, Blair says	3 00:00 gromgoru [1749]
Israel should kill Hamas leaders, walk away from road map peace plan: deputy PM	5 00:00 SpecOp35 [1741]
Aljazeera notices: What are the four U.S. Carriers doing in the Gulf?	15 00:00 Frank G [1746]
Hopeful Iraqis Taking Lead in Kirkuk	0 [1744]
UK offers $190m aid package for Iraqi reconstruction	0 [1734]
Backgrounder on Robert Gates: not a Bush 41 Realpolitiker	2 00:00 trailing wife [1738]
Bombs That Won't Go Off: uranium stocks secured around the world	0 [1746]
French UN troops prepare guns against Israeli jets in Lebanon	9 00:00 Perfesser [1739]
Two Boston Imams arrested for fraudulent religious worker visa scheme	1 00:00 trailing wife [1742]
Islamic Leader Urges 'Greater Somalia'	4 00:00 Mick Dundee [1740]
Iraqi Sheiks Assail Cleric for Backing Qaeda	0 [1740]
Canadian general urges NATO to let more troops in south Afghanistan	2 00:00 trailing wife [1744]
Iran to shut down nuclear reactor in Teheran	4 00:00 Mick Dundee [1742]
Brown makes surprise trip to Iraq	0 [1740]
Bush: US will not tolerate nuclear proliferation by N. Korea	7 00:00 Deacon Blues [1734]
Arab League plans summit amid grim security situation	1 00:00 mhw [1737]
Islamic militancy 'can lead to third world war'	47 00:00 Slereper Ulosing9249 [1769]
Lawyer To Appeal Custody Order Against 9/11 Terrorist Motassadeq	0 [1743]
US Plans War Crimes Trial Compound At Guantanamo	1 00:00 ed [1734]
Bolton in extraordinary outburst against United Nations	3 00:00 Captain America [1743]
61% Pakistanis see negative US role in terror war	9 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1735]
Pakistan not helping Taliban: Musharraf	3 00:00 Frank G [1735]
US paper deplores Dutch ban on burqas	4 00:00 wxjames [1733]
Hamas: Change US's Palestinian policy	4 00:00 Thinemp Whimble2412 [1736]
Saudi cleric slams Egypt official's veil remarks	3 00:00 Jesing Ebbease3087 [1745]
Abu Zubaydah ratted out Padilla from CIA prison, prosecutors say	1 00:00 Frank G [1738]
North Korea and Iran seek to boost friendly relations	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
In Europe, it's East vs. West on the death penalty	2 00:00 twobyfour [1747]
Kerry: Botched Joke Won't Affect 2008	6 00:00 Old Patriot [1758]
Republicans plot to bring down Pelosi ... and Clinton with her	5 00:00 Shieldwolf [1739]
Labour MP calls for end to cousin marriage following Newsnight investigation	21 00:00 Zenster [1773]
Supply uranium to India: FM asks Australia	1 00:00 gromgoru [1737]
Leftists Show Off Their New Toy	10 00:00 DMFD [1775]
Dissident Madagascar army general in coup bid	1 00:00 anonymous2u [1738]
Cruise and Holmes tie knot in candle-lit castle	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [1740]
Foreign forces arrive in Tonga after riots	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
Serbia Does Not Want Kosovo War, President Insists	2 00:00 Sneaze Shaiting3550 [1739]
Alcee Hastings, Bribery, and the House Intelligence Committee	2 00:00 SteveS [1743]
Boehner, Blunt Picked To Lead GOP in House	1 00:00 Pappy [1746]
O.J. Deal Leaves Sour Taste in Many Mouths	3 00:00 Thinemp Whimble2412 [1743]
Dems Take Aim at Oil Industry Tax Breaks	4 00:00 Glenmore [1743]
Riding high, Obama ponders his future	9 00:00 DMFD [1746]
Page 4: Opinion
Bomb Iran - OpEd in LA Times	9 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [1767]
Retired Brig. General: Iraq Operational Problems and Solutions	11 00:00 FOTSGreg [1739]
Greyhawk analyzes Gen. Abizaid's appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee	0 [1734]
Sleeping giant	17 00:00 SR-71 [1740]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Anti-war couple conceive new way to generate peace	13 00:00 Deacon Blues [1738]
Today's Idiot	27 00:00 .com [1764]
Muslim Mac attack	12 00:00 trailing wife [1752]
Schadenfreude time: N.Y. Times may not use undisclosed notes in libel defense	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [1738]
WTC's Freedom Tower Starts to Take Shape	2 00:00 Charles [1739]
Clerics oppose use of Quran verses as ringtones	9 00:00 SpecOp35 [1739]
Sausages affected by draconian trade laws	19 00:00 Jackal [1745]
Sindh to present bill on madrassas tomorrow	1 00:00 Sneaze Shaiting3550 [1740]
No to polio drops because 'it's a matter of manhood'	16 00:00 Zenster [1755]
Pakistani held for setting woman on fire	1 00:00 anonymous5089 [1736]

    
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                        23:12 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        23:06 Slereper Ulosing9249

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                        22:58 Zhang Fei

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                        22:53 .com

                        22:52 JosephMendiola

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2006-11-19
SCIIRI bigshot banged in Baghdad

Sat 2006-11-18
UN General Assembly calls for Israel to end military operation in Gaza

Fri 2006-11-17
Moroccan convicted over 9/11 plot

Thu 2006-11-16
Morocco holds 13 suspected Jihadist group members

Wed 2006-11-15
Nasrallah vows campaign to force gov't change

Tue 2006-11-14
Khost capture was Zawahiri deputy?

Mon 2006-11-13
Palestinians agree on nonentity as PM

Sun 2006-11-12
Five Shia ministers resign from Lebanese cabinet

Sat 2006-11-11
Haniyeh offers to resign for aid

Fri 2006-11-10
US Rejects UN Resolutions on Gaza Violence as One-Sided

Thu 2006-11-09
Indon Muslims on trial over beheading young girls

Wed 2006-11-08
Israeli Forces Pull Out of Beit Hanoun

Tue 2006-11-07
Al Qaeda terrorist captured in Afghanistan

Mon 2006-11-06
Pakistani AF officers tried to kill Perv

Sun 2006-11-05
Saddam Sentenced to Death

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