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Up to 1,000 Somalis dead in Ethiopia offensive
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
From Iraq: a Marines Notes [cliff May]	11 00:00 Brett [1758]
Hamas befriends LeT, Hizb	0 [1750]
ETHIOPIAN TROOPS SEEKING TO SPLIT COUNTRY	21 00:00 Zenster [1770]
JPost: Top aide to Muqtada al-Sadr killed in Iraqi raid	12 00:00 Zenster [1780]
Taliban official admits U.S. strike killed military chief: report	2 00:00 Chenter Unimp7361 [1749]
Abu Sayyaf leader Kaddafy Janjalani Dead!	3 00:00 Grunter [1760]
Two Boys Wounded, One Critically, in Sderot Rocket Attack	2 00:00 Excalibur [1753]
Mogadishu besieged	42 00:00 .com [1754]
Three shot dead, school burned in Thailand	5 00:00 angela [1760]
Israel to Renew Gaza Pinpoint Attacks	2 00:00 Ptah [1752]
Ethiopian, Somali Troops Regain Jowhar	0 [1743]
NYT: U.S. Says Captured Iranians Can Be Linked to Attacks	29 00:00 Bill the Pig Farmer [1760]
~~Allan orders strategic withdrawl~~, Islamic forces retreat in Somalia	4 00:00 Shipman [1735]
Good morning	7 00:00 Frank G [1738]
Islamists flee central and Bia provinces in Somalia	7 00:00 anonymous2u [1738]
Ethiopian warplanes bomb Lego, an Islamist base	12 00:00 Zenster [1741]
Gaza militants fire five rockets towards Israel	0 [1749]
Afghan border to be fenced and mined	3 00:00 Snavising Javith4139 [1730]
Peshawar Airport blast kills one	0 [1740]
Bombings kill at least 54 in Iraq	4 00:00 trailing wife [1744]
Militants bomb girls' school in Darra Adam Khel	0 [1746]
Afghanistan arrests Pakistani 'suicide bomb supplier'	2 00:00 anymouse [1734]
3-day battle ends in Kashmir	0 [1742]
'Up to 1,000 Somalis dead in Ethiopia offensive'	7 00:00 Brett [1809]
Saudi frees 18 former Guantanamo detainees	4 00:00 Excalibur [1745]
LeT militant arrested in Rajouri	0 [1737]
Somalia: War bulletin for December 26, 2006	1 00:00 Sneaze Shaiting3550 [1742]
Ethiopian, TFG Forces routing international terrorist forces in and around Baidoa: PM Meles	5 00:00 Secret Master [1763]
Youth critically wounded in Kassam attack on Sderot	0 [1748]
US orders 82nd Airborne brigade to Kuwait	6 00:00 49 Pan [1751]
Blast rocks workplace of Al Aksa chief's brother	0 [1747]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran MPs back nuclear policy	0 [1744]
Moonbat Sheehan blames Ford for Iraq War	8 00:00 Skidmark [1740]
sniff Arab states urge foreign forces to leave Somalia	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
Death Penalty for Saddam : Hundreds of Iraqis Apply to be Hangman	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
Olmert: Ceasefire to Continue, Kassam Cells Will be Attacked	1 00:00 Jackal [1744]
Al Jazeera - a Hamas mouthpiece against Fatah?	2 00:00 C-Low [1740]
Iran Ahmadinejad To Send Letter To The Pope	12 00:00 Bill the Pig Farmer [1759]
FBI Says Files In Leak Cases Are Missing'	10 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1745]
Military considers recruiting foreigners	15 00:00 FOTSGreg [1754]
Followup: Iraq Fugitive Minister Arrives in Jordan	0 [1754]
WSJ: Responding to Rangel -- Part IX	4 00:00 SteveS [1751]
Iran Is Seeking More Influence in Afghanistan	0 [1743]
Saddam lawyers not surprised at upholding of death verdict	6 00:00 BA [1731]
JUI-F accuses JI of exploiting religion	0 [1732]
Saddam to be executed within 30 days	10 00:00 imoyaro [1733]
No by-elections if we vacate seats: Qazi	5 00:00 Grunter [1739]
5,000 attend slain Sunnis' funeral	0 [1729]
Somalia: ICU calls ex-national forces to join the war	6 00:00 mojo [1728]
Sudan: UN military advisers expected this week	1 00:00 Almost Anonymous5839 [1736]
Chad: Peace accord might result to nothing	0 [1734]
FM: Syria wants talks more than peace	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Olmert to meet with security advisors on Kassams	2 00:00 wxjames [1741]
Somalian fighting may trigger mass displacements, UN warns	7 00:00 BA [1733]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Book Review: Tabor Exposes the UN	0 [1745]
Illegal Migrant Arrests Down by a third in U.S. since National Guard came to border	4 00:00 Spomort Greling4204 [1735]
Egyptian man dies of bird flu, 10th death	0 [1738]
Gerald Ford passes on	11 00:00 Jonathan [1731]
Dutch children return safely from Syria	1 00:00 Cyber Sarge [1733]
Flatulence Allegedly Sparks Jail Fight	2 00:00 RD [1753]
Egyptian Leader Touts Laws to Be Passed	0 [1743]
Putins Assertive Diplomacy Is Seldom Challenged	0 [1748]
Pill that tricks you into losing weight	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1743]
Parrot's oratory stuns scientists	15 00:00 Bill the Pig Farmer [1753]
Litvinenko's contact arrested in Italy	3 00:00 imoyaro [1738]
McClatchy sells Star Tribune to private group for $530 million	3 00:00 DMFD [1737]
Hasina's deal with Islamists sparks criticism	0 [1733]
Lanka Christmas violence toll hits 9, ship crew released	0 [1731]
Zim loan report denied	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1727]
DRC: Kabila's presidential victory validated	0 [1729]
Castro recovering, could govern again, doctor says	6 00:00 FOTSGreg [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
OBL and Friends	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1751]
FrontPage Mag: Jane Elliott and her Blue-Eyed Devil Children	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1734]
Ralph Peters: Strip For Action	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
Christopher Hitchens: Vertigo	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1754]
Is Jimmy Carter an anti-Semite? Or just dumb?	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
The looming tower: Egyptian ideological origins of al-Qaida	0 [1732]
John Kerry: A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words	3 00:00 Deacon Blues [1733]
Troops halp Jon Carry in Irak	8 00:00 Shipman [1731]
Report should be cure for nostalgia for Clinton crew	0 [1732]
Worst newspaper in US destroys value	7 00:00 Shipman [1730]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
San Francisco: Idjits Pretend They're Above Consumerism	13 00:00 Rob Crawford [1763]
Storms wreak havoc across country	2 00:00 3dc [1731]
Today's Idiot	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1736]
Pregnant women hope babies late for German govt aid	4 00:00 trailing wife [1756]
NW Montana grizzly count nearing 550	15 00:00 3dc [1729]
Plane Carrying PM Blair Overshoots Miami Runway	10 00:00 BA [1740]
Cash for Poor Is Stolen From Church	9 00:00 N guard [1735]

    
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                        22:53 Zenster

                        22:49 RD

                        22:47 Barbara Skolaut

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                        22:43 FOTSGreg

                        22:41 .com

                        22:38 crosspatch

                        22:23 JosephMendiola

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2006-12-27
Up to 1,000 Somalis dead in Ethiopia offensive

Tue 2006-12-26
Islamic fighters quitting Somalia front

Mon 2006-12-25
Ethiopia launches offensive against Somalia's Islamic movement

Sun 2006-12-24
UN Security Council approves Iran sanctions

Sat 2006-12-23
Somali provisional govt, Islamic courts do battle

Fri 2006-12-22
War is on in Somalia!

Thu 2006-12-21
Turkmenbashi croaks; World one megalomaniac lighter

Wed 2006-12-20
Yet another Hamas-Fatah ceasefire

Tue 2006-12-19
James Ujaama nabbed in Belize

Mon 2006-12-18
Palestinian Clashes Kill 2; Presidential Compound Hit

Sun 2006-12-17
Abbas Calls for Early Palestinian Vote

Sat 2006-12-16
Street clashes spread in Gaza

Fri 2006-12-15
Paleos shoot up Haniyeh convoy

Thu 2006-12-14
Brammertz finds 'significant links' in Lebanon killings

Wed 2006-12-13
Arab League seeks end to Leb crisis

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