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al-Abssi is in Syria and Fatah al-Isalm is in Gaza
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Troops overrun Taliban town	10 00:00 gorb [1767]
Popcorn Time: Taliban Muslim Terrorists Mistakenly Blow Themselves Up	10 00:00 Excalibur [1747]
Mortar shells hit Baghdad prison killing seven inmates	2 00:00 Chuck Simmins [1761]
Brown to Brits: Happy Xmas, your war is over!	12 00:00 regular joe [1744]
Good morning.	1 00:00 Mike [1744]
Militants attack police station in Mardan	0 [1737]
Afghan troops advance on Musa Qala	27 00:00 Frank G [1760]
31 miscreants arrested, fugitive camp destroyed in Kohlu	0 [1739]
LI men execute 'criminal' in Bara	1 00:00 Glenmore [1740]
Sipah-e-Sahaba 'terrorist' arrested	0 [1735]
Al-Qaeda networks disrupted; Coalition forces detain 10 suspects	1 00:00 wxjames [1741]
Algerian authorities issue arrest warrant for Benhadj's missing son	0 [1736]
ANSF push Taliban out of northern Helmand	10 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1748]
Coalition precision strike kills several militants	0 [1738]
Two policemen die in booby-trapped car blast north of Baghdad	0 [1739]
Afghan officials claim arresting senior Taliban commanders	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1728]
Iraqi forces discover 13 dead bodies	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1739]
LTTE rebel arrested S. India along with two accomplices	0 [1735]
Attack on bus carrying Russian employees W. Algeria	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1757]
Head of provincial council survives bomb attack in N Iraq	0 [1737]
Blast on bus kills two in Russia, suspected bomb	4 00:00 Eric Jablow [1749]
2 Iraqi soldiers killed after firing on suicide bomber in northern oil hub	0 [1740]
Saudi paper: 872 smugglers arrested, explosives and weapons seized	2 00:00 trailing wife [1745]
Suicide car bomber kills 8 in Pakistan	0 [1735]
Page 2: WoT Background
Baby tax needed to save planet, claims expert	9 00:00 www [1766]
CNN's 2007 Year in Review	3 00:00 PBMcL [1764]
Mass Defers Banning Tributes to Troops - for now	5 00:00 Alaska Paul [1738]
Iran 'hoodwinked' CIA over nuclear plans	11 00:00 KBK [1758]
French officials criticize Gaddafi ahead of visit	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1735]
New narcotic drink popular with Muslim youth in southern Thailand	6 00:00 Old Patriot [1733]
Baghdad Christians Celebrate Sunday Mass	2 00:00 Frozen Al [1743]
Guns, not golf, as Pak Army battles militants	8 00:00 Pappy [1761]
Musharraf popularity poll exposed as Internet fraud	0 [1736]
3,000 secret police to pursuit Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri -- Minister	0 [1731]
Sudan rejects allegation on paralyzing deployment of hybrid peacekeepers in Darfur	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1750]
CIA program lures key Iranian officials to defect	13 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1769]
Nawaz to participate in parliamentary elections	0 [1734]
Hamas to Rice: We want dialogue with US	17 00:00 SteveS [1757]
Biden wants special counsel in tape case	6 00:00 RD [1734]
UK PM Brown visits Iraq before handover	2 00:00 Mullah Richard [1734]
Iraq plans crackdown in violent province	0 [1735]
Absi is in Syria and Fatah al Isalm is in Gaza	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1778]
Geagea: New alliances would emerge after presidential election	0 [1737]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Col. Stephen Twitty	1 00:00 Tibor [1736]
Southern Hemisphere Icecover above normal this year	21 00:00 KBK [1759]
Chavez tried to rig the election, was stopped by military	4 00:00 Jan [1732]
UN Tour Guides Protest Pay, Conditions	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [1734]
South America launches rival to the IMF, World Bank	7 00:00 rjschwarz [1756]
Oogo sez: Let's do the Time Warp, again	11 00:00 Redneck Jim [1740]
Thousands of Turks march against judiciary law	0 [1730]
Bolivian assembly approves new constitution	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [1735]
In Gaza Cigarettes are More Expensive than Shrimp	17 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1734]
Israelis Embark on Journey to Mecca	3 00:00 3dc [1746]
Hasina, Khaleda, 10 others sued	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1740]
Page 4: Opinion
Offended Muslim Syndrome & Self-Help Support Groups	1 00:00 Icerigger [1738]
Islam in Europe	5 00:00 MarkZ [1761]
Was Sec. Treas. Paulson Aware of Mortgage Fraud?	10 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1733]
In Defense of Free Speech--And Mark Steyn	13 00:00 Mark Z [1734]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Car Prototype Generates Electricity, And Cash	14 00:00 Throger Thains8048 [1752]
Cow manure and Shakedown posters: How to answer Jesse Jackson	3 00:00 Anonymoose [1733]
Man trapped in bowling club toilet for four days	8 00:00 Alaska Paul [1771]
Al-Gormand criticised for lining his own pockets after £3,300/minute green speech	8 00:00 doc [1749]
Organs from drug addicts used in transplants	10 00:00 Eric Jablow [1755]
Gunman kills 2 in missionary center	1 00:00 Icerigger [1740]
4 shot outside Colorado Springs church	15 00:00 regular joe [1739]
Student threatens LA campus shooting	3 00:00 trailing wife [1734]

    
                23:05 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        22:35 MarkZ

                        22:28 PBMcL

                        22:24 Throger Thains8048

                        22:14 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:02 Chuck Simmins

                        21:57 OldSpook

                        21:56 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:49 doc

                        21:35 www

                        21:33 gorb

                        21:09 Frank G

                        21:03 Pappy

                        21:02 KBK

                        20:56 KBK

                        20:53 Alaska Paul

                        20:51 KBK

                        20:48 Eric Jablow

                        20:46 Pappy

                        20:42 Phinater Thraviger

                        20:35 ed

                        20:33 Skunky Angeack7024

                        20:31 Eric Jablow

                        20:22 lotp

Who's in the News
34	[untagged]
6	Iraqi Insurgency
6	Taliban
3	Global Jihad
2	al-Qaeda in North Africa
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	TNSM
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Hezbollah
1	Iraqi Baath Party
1	Govt of Iran
1	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
1	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2007-12-10
al-Abssi is in Syria and Fatah al-Isalm is in Gaza

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
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Thu 2007-11-29
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Wed 2007-11-28
Sistani tells Shiites to protect Sunni brothers

Tue 2007-11-27
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Mon 2007-11-26
Nawaz returns, vows to contest elections

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