Rantburg

Today

Wed 12/12/2007

Tue 12/11/2007

Mon 12/10/2007

Sun 12/09/2007

Sat 12/08/2007

Fri 12/07/2007

Thu 12/06/2007

Archives

		582847 articles and 1984991 comments are archived on Rantburg. Today: 61 articles and 275 comments as of 7:06.
Post a news link Post your own article

Area:	WoT Operations	WoT Background	Non-WoT	Opinion	Local News
Fierce battle rages for Taliban stronghold
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Sri Lanka army claims it killed 16 Tamil rebels	0 [1746]
India issues stark terror warning	4 00:00 Thomas Woof [1729]
Fierce battle rages for Taliban stronghold	17 00:00 M. Murcek [1773]
Suicide Bomber Strikes Iraqi Oil Hub	3 00:00 USpace [1737]
Good morning	3 00:00 WTF [1732]
Gunmen kill 3 Bhutto supporters in Pakistan	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1750]
15 killed during operation to retake Musa Qala	1 00:00 gorb [1736]
Swat cleared of militants: army	0 [1740]
Somalia: Bomb explosions in Baidoa	0 [1743]
Somalia: Rebels takes control of Bulo-Burde	0 [1739]
Rab captures 2 top criminals	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1737]
25 killed in Lankan clashes amid calls for UN rights mission	0 [1741]
14-year-old militant held	1 00:00 USpace [1738]
Court issue an arrest warrant against Abdelkahar Benhadj	0 [1738]
The terrorist «Hungry wolf» sentenced to death	2 00:00 SteveS [1738]
Muslim gunmen target Christian in Gaza	20 00:00 trailing wife [1764]
Troops arrest Palestinian carrying bomb	2 00:00 Besoeker [1739]
Nuggets from the Urdu press	2 00:00 Balthazar [1736]
Page 2: WoT Background
White House rejects Dems' "compromise" on war funding, domestic spending	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1752]
The Monroe Doctrine - Equador To Offer China An Airbase	22 00:00 Phinater Thraviger [1737]
Pelosi Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002	4 00:00 Abu do you love [1731]
Bolton calls report on Iran 'quasi-putsch'	11 00:00 moody blues [1765]
Cash shortage to keep navy in port	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1749]
NBC Decides to Run Conservative-Group Ad	4 00:00 Whomong Guelph4611 [1730]
Paleos demand $7.1 billion and pony at donor conference	7 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Germany to release assassins who worked for Teheran	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1735]
Jirga reaches Parachinar to negotiate peace	0 [1737]
Only male Muslims should be president, PM: JUI-S	4 00:00 SteveS [1732]
Western reports are international terrorism: Memon	1 00:00 gorb [1748]
Claims of Qaeda in Pakistan are 'wild guesses': Musharraf	2 00:00 www [1739]
JI, PTI pressuring PML-N to boycott elections	0 [1729]
Yemen denies Cole bomber freed from jail	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1730]
Al Qaeda changing tactics in Diyala	3 00:00 DMFD [1758]
Saudi Arabia ready to 'broker exile deal' with sacked chief justice	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1731]
Musharraf more popular as civilian president, says survey	0 [1735]
Anger as library makes exhibition of Bush	9 00:00 DMFD [1756]
Iran accuses US of nuclear espionage, demands explanation	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1742]
Turkey investigates alleged ties between police, alleged killers of Christians	0 [1733]
Assad replaces communications, religious affairs ministers	0 [1736]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Eight nuclear reactors to come up across the country: BARC	3 00:00 Mike N. [1744]
Hamas burns hundreds of pounds of marijuana in public	6 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1736]
U.S. fighter bids for India hit tech-transfer snag	24 00:00 Pappy [1758]
Economy to Follow Housing Prices?	9 00:00 wxjames [1734]
Gaddafi's spending spree in Gay Paree	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1738]
Russia test-fires ballistic missile	7 00:00 Kojo Cloque4172 [1740]
Turkey ruling party plans to ease headscarf ban	1 00:00 Excalibur [1731]
Merkel Admonishes Mugabe At European-African Summit	4 00:00 Steve White [1740]
Fresh clashes in DR Congo	0 [1728]
Court orders arrest of former Liberian leader	3 00:00 Steve White [1732]
Page 4: Opinion
Greenpeace is wrong we must consider nuclear power	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1756]
Hirsi Ali recieves 2007 Goldwater Institute Award	3 00:00 trailing wife [1765]
Debka spin on the Iran finding. -- interesting but different than other sources	36 00:00 twobyfour [1762]
Misestimating Iran's Nuclear Strategies By Walid Phares	11 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1737]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Breaking: Four People Shot Outside Colorado Springs New Life Church	7 00:00 Whomong Guelph4611 [1765]
Video: Paul Stamets Speaks on Fungi saving us.	4 00:00 3dc [1751]
Gunman kills 2 in missionary center (Arvada CO)	1 00:00 Angique Gonque2974 [1737]
Greek parrot in parking fine row	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1761]
Today in History: A Charlie Brown Christmas	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Schindler typist adds her postscript	1 00:00 trailing wife [1739]
British canoeist who returned from dead charged	0 [1730]
US man sues over rubber in hamburger	2 00:00 Super Hose [1731]

    
                23:46 JosephMendiola

                        23:39 JosephMendiola

                        23:38 Whomong Guelph4611

                        23:16 trailing wife

                        23:02 trailing wife

                        22:54 Pappy

                        22:53 DMFD

                        22:52 trailing wife

                        22:51 DMFD

                        22:51 Grampaw Thrish3238

                        22:49 Mike N.

                        22:42 ryuge

                        22:41 Sonny Graiper3958

                        22:33 Bright Pebbles

                        22:27 Bright Pebbles

                        21:56 Zhang Fei

                        21:45 twobyfour

                        21:36 Frank G

                        21:34 moody blues

                        21:33 g(r)omgoru

                        21:31 Whomong Guelph4611

                        21:29 Zhang Fei

                        21:27 lotp

                        21:27 g(r)omgoru

Who's in the News
29	[untagged]
6	Govt of Pakistan
5	Global Jihad
4	Govt of Iran
2	Islamic Courts
2	Iraqi Insurgency
2	Taliban
1	TNSM
1	al-Aqsa Martyrs
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in Yemen
1	GIA
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Lashkar e-Taiba

On Sale now!

A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.

Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...

Steve White

Seafarious

tu3031

badanov

sherry

ryuge

GolfBravoUSMC

Bright Pebbles

trailing wife

Gloria

Fred

Besoeker

Glenmore

Frank G

3dc

Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2007-12-09
Fierce battle rages for Taliban stronghold

Sat 2007-12-08
Berri postpones Lebanon presidential election to Tuesday

Fri 2007-12-07
Pak troops capture Mullah Fazlullah's base

Thu 2007-12-06
Suicide attack on army bus in Kabul kills 16

Wed 2007-12-05
Somali leader taken to hospital

Tue 2007-12-04
Abu Maysara Positively Deader Than a Rock

Mon 2007-12-03
40 Taliban killed, 14 held in Afghanistan

Sun 2007-12-02
Walkout in Iraq parliament over Sunni leader raid

Sat 2007-12-01
Binny: Euroleaders 'like living under shadow of White House'

Fri 2007-11-30
Perv Sworn In as Civilian President

Thu 2007-11-29
Perv finally quits army

Wed 2007-11-28
Sistani tells Shiites to protect Sunni brothers

Tue 2007-11-27
Perv to bid farewell to troops

Mon 2007-11-26
Nawaz returns, vows to contest elections

Sun 2007-11-25
Sharifs reach deal with Perv

Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.

216.73.216.103

Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:

Better than the average link...

San Remo Manual (Laws of War at Sea)
The Geneva Conventions and their Commentaries
Internet Outages Map
E. W. Dijkstra Archive

WoT Operations (18)

WoT Background (21)

Non-WoT (10)

Opinion (4)

Local News (8)