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U.S. Withdraws Ambassador From Syria
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
U.S. Withdraws Ambassador From Syria	11 00:00 Mark Z. [1802]
Appeals court upholds ruling in CIA leak	8 00:00 Mark E. [1740]
Algerian troops kill three gunmen	0 [1735]
Thailand Cabinet OKs New Infantry Unit	2 00:00 Sgt.D.T. [1737]
Tales From The Crossfire Gazette	5 00:00 CSI: Bangladesh [1743]
Spain seeks 220,000 year sentence for Yarkas	7 00:00 DMFD [1762]
Top insurgents prove elusive	1 00:00 mojo [1750]
Southern exposure in Jolo	0 [1748]
Saboteurs target oil pipelines	0 [1758]
Rubira seeks 74,000 year sentences for Spanish al-Qaeda	39 00:00 trailing wife [1760]
Special operation launched in Starye Otagi	0 [1744]
Caucasus Corpse Count	0 [1728]
Lebanese storm the home of man who claimed attack	0 [1734]
Kuwait holds 7 hard boyz	0 [1736]
Al-Qaeda suspects on trial in Yemen	0 [1740]
Two former ministers survive Lebanon blast	0 [1733]
Syria ready to begin troop withdrawal from Lebanon	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1767]
Quit Lebanon now, angry US tells Syria	6 00:00 trailing wife [1733]
Eleven dead, at least 93 injured in Philippine bombings	0 [1742]
Yemen al-Qaida trial begins	0 [1741]
Who killed Rafiq al-Hariri?	2 00:00 Mrs. Davis [1760]
Page 2: WoT Background
If you have a little free time	1 00:00 Mrs. Davis [1732]
"National Day of Outrage" for Lynne Stewart	25 00:00 3dc [1753]
Iran building Shkval torpedoes?	16 00:00 JosephMendiola [1737]
New David Horowitz Website Tracing Left-wing Interconnections	7 00:00 Ray [1764]
Hariri killing solved - The Jooooo's Dun It!	4 00:00 BigEd [1730]
Cheney Daughter Also Rises -- at State Department	7 00:00 .com [1750]
The War on Pain	1 00:00 Mark E. [1737]
Photo of Palestinian Boy Kindles Debate in France	0 [1731]
The New Yorker: Why is everyone mad at the mainstream media?	21 00:00 CrazyFool [1756]
Syrian Military Intelligence Eliminates Hariri and Reform Hopes for Lebanon	5 00:00 trailing wife [1741]
Hizballah, Palestinians, Poised to Line up behind Pro-Syrian Lebanese Government	0 [1729]
Hariri murder seen as a 'Syrian message' to France	4 00:00 Phil Fraering [1723]
Musharraf urges west to help resolve disputes	9 00:00 Phil Fraering [1766]
Valentine's Day Enrages Jihadists	7 00:00 Alaska Paul [1732]
Reporters worry about VRWC plant among them.	1 00:00 Robert Crawford [1734]
Forecast Calls for US Dominance, European Disintegration	10 00:00 Phil Fraering [1732]
Japan set to relax missile rules	2 00:00 Mrs. Davis [1733]
Iranian hardliner blasts reformists	1 00:00 .com [1729]
The REAL reason for Eason Jordan's ouster - juicy	19 00:00 Anonymous6207 [1731]
Marine Hung out to Dry by State Dept Doormats	9 00:00 DMFD [1747]
Habib linked to al-Qaeda	0 [1729]
Hizbullah Lifts Pay for Sucide Attacks to $100,000	9 00:00 jackal [1727]
Senate strengthens case on Annan's son	4 00:00 Mark E. [1738]
Livingstone faces inquiry over Nazi jibe at Jew	3 00:00 gromgorru [1730]
Army creates badge for non-infantry soldiers who participate in combat	11 00:00 shellback [1741]
A possible end to Islamic Jihad	0 [1739]
JI constitution found in Kalimantan	1 00:00 jackal [1737]
Shock and anger in Lebanon over Hariri killing	6 00:00 mhw [1732]
ASIO confirms Habib detained in Egypt	0 [1732]
Arroyo vows to destroy Abu Sayyaf	2 00:00 Steve [1729]
Did Binny win Saudi municipal elections?	4 00:00 BigEd [1734]
Iran Minister: Nuke Weapons Violate Islam	10 00:00 abu Huey Long [1723]
Attack on Hariri Considered Intimidation Tactic	0 [1739]
Palestinian Cops Can't Stop Militants	2 00:00 ISoldYourToe [1736]
Israeli cabinet to vote on Gaza pullout at next weekly session	0 [1721]
Sunnis admit poll boycott blunder	15 00:00 Alaska Paul [1754]
Iraqi Shiites Discuss Government Formation	0 [1724]
Arab press wary of Iraq poll results	26 00:00 half [1728]
Harry Reid slams Iraq rebuilding chaos	17 00:00 Pappy [1728]
Test Shows Kuwaiti Terror Chief Died of Heart Failure	8 00:00 tu3031 [1727]
Terrorism is a global phenomenon, says Mohammed bin Zayed	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1727]
Morocco appoints new spy master	2 00:00 mojo [1731]
Sudan opposition pushes for war trials abroad	1 00:00 2b [1739]
Somalis protest against AU mission	1 00:00 trailing wife [1733]
US envoy says senior Taleban take up amnesty offer	0 [1726]
US and EU withdraw Nepal envoys	0 [1727]
21st century will be the century of Islam	22 00:00 JosephMendiola [1730]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Eastern Europeans put their faith in the flat tax	1 00:00 Alaska Paul [1732]
States Mull Taxing Drivers By Mile	17 00:00 Robert Crawford [1735]
Alert! Stop The Presses! Breaking News! Ethel, My Pills, STAT!	14 00:00 tu3031 [1732]
Baby's bare-chest picture 'too offensive' for passport	5 00:00 Seafarious [1729]
Joschka Fischer 'fighting for his political life'	5 00:00 Grunter [1755]
German growth goes into reverse	10 00:00 Mark E. [1731]
CSI Kiev looking into Yushenko poison plot	0 [1741]
British Hare-Hunting Event Turns Violent	22 00:00 3dc [1761]
Females flown in to p-p-p-pick up 'gay' penguins	21 00:00 .com [1751]
Dozens Killed in Iran Mosque Fire	7 00:00 mhw [1726]
Yangon still under Beijing's thumb	0 [1740]
India to seek Caribbean Community's support in bid for permanent UN seat	8 00:00 India [1728]
India grapples with specter of failing states	0 [1731]
Ancient city unearthed by tsunami	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1757]
Swazi king buys 10 luxury cars for his wives	5 00:00 Seafarious [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
UN forces — just a bunch of thugs?	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1762]
Does Binny seek the overthrow of the Saudi monarchy?	0 [1742]
"Iraq sinking in quagmire of compromise"	5 00:00 BigEd [1737]
Robyn Lim: A bully in need of a real fright	16 00:00 Frank G [1748]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Murder at a NJ water treatment plant	3 00:00 Jack Bauer [1735]
Nigeria transvestite handed fine	4 00:00 Shipman [1727]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2005-02-15
U.S. Withdraws Ambassador From Syria

Mon 2005-02-14
Hariri boomed in Beirut

Sun 2005-02-13
Algerian Islamic Party Supports Amnesty to End Rebel Violence

Sat 2005-02-12
Car Bomb Kills 17 Outside Iraqi Hospital

Fri 2005-02-11
Iraqis seize 16 trucks filled with Iranian weapons

Thu 2005-02-10
North Korea acknowledges it has nuclear weapons

Wed 2005-02-09
Suicide Bomber Kills 21 in Crowd in Iraq

Tue 2005-02-08
Israel, Palestinians call truce

Mon 2005-02-07
Fatah calls for ceasefire

Sun 2005-02-06
Algeria takes out GSPC bombmaking unit

Sat 2005-02-05
Kuwait hunts key suspects after surge of violence

Fri 2005-02-04
Iraqi citizens ice 5 terrs

Thu 2005-02-03
Maskhadov orders ceasefire

Wed 2005-02-02
4 al-Qaeda members killed in Kuwait

Tue 2005-02-01
Zarqawi sez he'll keep fighting

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