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Syria Fires Scud Missiles at Insurgents, U.S. Says
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Syria Fires Scud Missiles at Insurgents, U.S. Says	9 21:19 Skidmark [11132]
2 Ala. men arrested on federal terrorism charges	6 21:37 USN,Ret. [11133]
Afghan and coalition forces capture Taliban leaders during combat operations	0 [11129]
Canada tells Syrian Opposition No. Must Reject Extremism First	4 20:31 twobyfour [11134]
Good morning	19 21:04 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11128]
Tunisian guards face gunfight near Algeria border	2 21:17 tu3031 [11128]
Mauritanian terrorist surrenders to Algerian authorities	0 [11125]
Iran Temporarily 'Shuts' Herat Consulate after Afghan Protest	0 [11123]
Syria Issues Arrest Warrants against Leb Pols	0 [11126]
Syrian Alawite village attacked, rebels fight around capital	1 15:24 Pappy [11125]
Egypt protesters breach palace barricade as Morsi supporters mass	0 [11122]
Gunmen kill policeman, injure 3 civilians in Istanbul	1 15:20 Pappy [11130]
Top al-Qaeda commander in Iraq escapes from prison	0 [11124]
Two Israeli jets violate Lebanese airspace	3 20:13 Eric Jablow [11129]
Yemeni Counterterrorism Officer Escapes Assassination Attempt	0 [11126]
Intelligence Officer Shot Dead in Eastern Yemen	0 [11125]
Passenger killed in Kurram ambush	0 [11128]
Cellphone company tower blown up in Mohmand	1 01:28 Redneck Jim [11124]
U.S. blacklists radical Islamist Syrian rebel group	0 [11127]
Morsi's call for constitutional poll cannot be overruled	0 [11126]
Obama Recognizes Syrian Opposition Group	1 18:50 JohnQC [11126]
Belmokhtar breaks away from AQIM	0 [11124]
Norks launch missile	7 23:32 JosephMendiola [11128]
Suspected terrorist killed in North Caucasus	0 [11123]
Six killed in brazen shootings in southern Thailand	0 [11123]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran indicts 18 American officials, ex-officials	1 18:55 JohnQC [11125]
Panetta in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai	1 15:29 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11124]
Chicago Man Gets 10 Years In Suicide-Bomber Plot	1 20:31 BrerRabbit [11130]
Egypt Christian sentenced over anti-Islam film	0 [11124]
U.N. Security Council Condemns Mali PM Arrest	0 [11124]
Django Sissoko named as Mali prime minister	0 [11129]
Malian prime minister, government resign after premier's arrest	0 [11125]
Iran says 28 arrested with 'links to satellite channels'	0 [11129]
Palestinians consider ICC if Israel pursues settlements	2 11:47 trailing wife [11124]
Attack on spymaster hatched in Quetta; Karzai to submit evidence: spokesman	0 [11128]
Bangladesh war crimes chief judge resigns over hacked calls	0 [11125]
Idea of US coming to terms with Islam, wrong: Khamenei	6 22:30 JosephMendiola [11129]
Annul Le Pen immunity over Islamophobia: French lawyers	2 14:34 Dopey Sinatra9196 [11128]
Civilian deaths cause by US terror drone hits spur UN concerns	2 01:16 tu3031 [11125]
Egyptians arrested by military during poll to face civil courts: Presidency	0 [11123]
Chavez health crisis has dependent Cubans on edge	2 09:27 Redneck Jim [11128]
U.S. Intelligence Report Says Islamist Terrorism 'Could End by 2030'	16 23:10 JosephMendiola [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Border Patrol: Smugglers Use Cannon To Launch Cans Of Marijuana Into US	6 20:38 swksvolFF [11131]
Al-Mahmoudi trial adjourned	0 [11123]
Chavez Readied for Surgery, Doctors Optimistic	6 19:30 JosephMendiola [11126]
S.Sudan army kills 13 suspected rebels in oil-rich east-official	0 [11122]
Greece borrows at steady rates amid buy-back delay	2 08:09 AlanC [11123]
Campus dorm 'burned' in Sudan protest clash	0 [11125]
Tunisia government says draft deal to avoid general strike	0 [11122]
Vatican: World not ending, despite Maya prediction	6 21:50 KBK [11128]
China's Xi leads campaign to cut pomp	2 19:14 trailing wife [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Zero Dark Thirty: Did the real woman behind the bin Laden raid get passed over for promotion	3 23:36 tipover [11131]
How A Handful Of Unsupervised MIT Economists Run The World	3 19:09 Unererong Spawn of the Pixies4293 [11125]
Faulty investigation helps terrorists go scot free	1 00:07 JosephMendiola [11123]
Collection of hides	2 19:30 trailing wife [11127]
Page 6: Politix
And here it is: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Entitlements Are 'Earned'	5 21:32 Frank G [11129]
France's Jean-Marc Ayrault slams flight of the 'greedy rich'	17 23:45 JosephMendiola [11132]
California's Population Is Moving Out, Census Report Shows	18 22:00 KBK [11134]
Democrats threaten violence on Michigan House floor	8 20:20 JosephMendiola [11133]
Only 7% of Detroit Public-School 8th Graders Proficient in Reading	15 21:36 Frank G [11136]
Sean Penn Attends Vigil for Hugo Chavez in Bolivia	7 21:37 Frank G [11128]
Obama advisor and pal J. Immelt: Communist China 'Works'	16 13:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11126]

    
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Who's in the News
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5	Arab Spring
4	Govt of Syria
3	Govt of Iran
2	al-Qaeda in North Africa
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	TTP
2	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Salafists
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda
1	Commies
1	Global Jihad
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2012-12-12
Syria Fires Scud Missiles at Insurgents, U.S. Says

Tue 2012-12-11
North Korea 'launches long-range rocket'

Mon 2012-12-10
Rebels Seize Chunk of Aleppo Base as Fighting Rages across Syria

Sun 2012-12-09
Mohammad Ahmed Almansoor Drone-zapped in North Wazoo

Sat 2012-12-08
Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti Drone-zapped During Breakfast

Fri 2012-12-07
6 dead, 450 injured in clashes at Egypt's presidential palace

Thu 2012-12-06
Two Dead as Egypt Islamists Overrun Opposition Tents

Wed 2012-12-05
Hundreds of thousands besiege Egypt's presidential palace to protest draft constitution

Tue 2012-12-04
Syria FM Spokesman 'Defects' from Regime, Leaves Syria

Mon 2012-12-03
Car bomb in Syria's Homs kills 15: State media

Sun 2012-12-02
Mullah Nazir orders out Mehsud Taliban fighters

Sat 2012-12-01
Egypt assembly approves new draft constitution

Fri 2012-11-30
Damascus fighting cuts off airport, Emirates suspends flights

Thu 2012-11-29
Bomb injures top Talibunny Mullah Nazir

Wed 2012-11-28
Packed Tahrir Square defiant as deadlock prevails

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