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Shi'ite shrine destroyed in Samarra
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
DEBKA: 97 Sunni mosques attacked in Iraq	3 00:00 .com [1736]
Nigerian Christians kill Muslims	9 00:00 3dc [1729]
Gunmen strike 27 Baghdad mosques, kill 3 Sunni imams	1 00:00 Frank G [1733]
Now a bounty on muslim artist for blasphemy against hindus	16 00:00 .com [1738]
FBI Raids Middle Eastern Owned Service Stations	26 00:00 Besoeker TROLL [1755]
U.S. Says Will Help Rebuild Bombed Shrine	25 00:00 Besoeker TROLL [1763]
8 Sunni mosques attacked after Shiite shrine bombing	17 00:00 .com [1748]
Anger over Samarra bombing now fanning out to rest of Iraq	78 00:00 11A5S [1761]
Alleged Muslim terrorists gun down 6 Christians	6 00:00 Happy 88mm [1737]
Samarra residents furious over destruction of Askaria mosque	20 00:00 wxjames [1736]
Local sheikhs actively assisting US in Ramadi	3 00:00 .com [1736]
Abu Laith al-Libi resurfaces, sez al-Qaeda will restore Taliban rule	0 [1746]
Russia nuclear compromise deal fails	3 00:00 bgrebel [1732]
Arrested Memphis university student was a jihadi	10 00:00 Besoeker [1760]
Malaysian soldiers captured on Thai soil	2 00:00 Flaigum Thoque6606 [1732]
Car bomb kills 22, shrine of 2 Shi'ite imams destroyed in Samarra	3 00:00 .com [1779]
Plot to poison Grozny water supply thwarted	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1735]
Yet more on the Ohio arrests	6 00:00 Frank G [1740]
Ohio arrests redux	5 00:00 ex-lib [1735]
JMB leaders sheltered suicide bombers	0 [1738]
Yemenis spring al-Qaeda cell leader	2 00:00 Glenmore [1741]
Hayat's video confession	0 [1738]
Cartoon violence calming down?	5 00:00 Eric Jablow [1736]
Hayat planned to hit CA supermarkets, hospitals	3 00:00 11A5S [1763]
11 Jundallah members sentenced to death	2 00:00 Ptah [1735]
New group formed to fight al-Qaeda in Somalia	1 00:00 wxjames [1730]
Gitmo detainees tied to 7/7	5 00:00 Captain America [1741]
Al-Qaeda's view of the UAE	3 00:00 Captain America [1737]
Abdullah sez al-Qaeda leaders not in Afghanistan	1 00:00 Glenmore [1742]
Police clueless about Dr Khawajas killers	0 [1738]
Danish NGOs, volunteers fleeing Pak	8 00:00 ex-lib [1733]
Landmine kills 3, gas line blown up in Balochistan	0 [1736]
Eleven Pakistani Islamists sentenced to death	4 00:00 BA [1738]
Jamil Sayyed interrogated for five hours	0 [1733]
Update on the Halimi murder investigation	2 00:00 anonymous5089 [1735]
Khartoum allies launching deadly raids in Chad	0 [1733]
Kuwait releases all prisoners from military jail	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1741]
Somali fighting toll climbs to 33	3 00:00 Frank G [1731]
Pak provides Karzai proof of RAWs involvement in Baloch crisis	0 [1739]
Case against minister who offered bounty for Danish cartoonist	18 00:00 Besoeker [1757]
Jordanian hostage in Iraq freed	1 00:00 DepotGuy [1740]
Page 2: WoT Background
Indian attack helicopters deploy to Congo	5 00:00 Besoeker [1752]
A CBS newsman worthy of respect	5 00:00 Besoeker [1759]
Too early to discuss Iran sanctions, China says	2 00:00 danking_70 [1725]
Bin Laden stays tuned to CNN	10 00:00 Richard Gere [1735]
Poll: Youths Back N. Korea if Attacked	18 00:00 Besoeker [1749]
Bizarro Video: Iranian Policewomen	9 00:00 Unimp Jolurong3999 [1723]
Guantanamo 7/7 link 'nonsense' - Unnamed Source	1 00:00 Sock Puppet O' Doom [1732]
France's 'racist' soup kitchens shut down	35 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
Vatican: Leading bishop condemns silence over anti-christian violence	0 [1733]
WaPo defends UAE port transfer	69 00:00 .com [1730]
Sarkozy sez murder was anti-Semitic	2 00:00 mojo [1731]
Indonesia fighting against Islamic extremism	0 [1735]
Mauritania holding 7 al-Qaeda recruits	0 [1738]
Nuggets from the Caucasus Press	0 [1730]
Nogai involvement in Stavropol battle confirmed	0 [1741]
Saludayev discusses Chechen goals	0 [1729]
Al-Qaeda's courier network	0 [1727]
Osamanauts criticize Muslims who abstain from jihad	2 00:00 Anonymoose [1729]
Afghanistan's suicide bombers are foreigners	0 [1735]
Cartoon controversy may spur SE Asian jihadis	0 [1725]
Ayman admits narrow escape in full video tape	2 00:00 BA [1733]
Batasuna demands hard boyz sprung as condition for peace talks	0 [1739]
GRAPO admits to Zaragoza shooting	0 [1737]
Kadyrov claims $1,000,000 was funneled to hard boyz to kill his old man	0 [1730]
Grim tally to date for cartoon violence	1 00:00 6 [1726]
Pakistan's evidence that RAW is backing the Baluchs	1 00:00 gromgoru [1734]
Financial Times pooh-poohs Iran democracy initiative	0 [1725]
Al-Qaeda response to US assessment of media war	1 00:00 rjschwarz [1733]
Judge wants to know if NSA program used against Abu Ali	1 00:00 tu3031 [1727]
Karzai gave Perv most wanted list	0 [1732]
Sakra also linked to the Taliban	0 [1732]
Not everybody's sold on the UAE port idea	42 00:00 Besoeker TROLL [1752]
US must defeat al-Qaeda	2 00:00 bgrebel [1732]
Intel Summit wrap-up	2 00:00 Seafarious [1737]
Punjab govt preparing list of MMA activists to arrest	0 [1727]
Muslim invokes blasphemy law on cartoon editor	3 00:00 lotp [1734]
Iran's nuclear facilities will survive attack	6 00:00 smn [1727]
Hamas Urges Arab Governments Not to Comply with US calls for Isolation	1 00:00 Jackal [1728]
Jumblatt refuses to confirm attendance at Berri's dialogue	0 [1732]
Geagea ratchets up pressure on Lahoud	0 [1730]
Sfeir voices support for peaceful removal of President Lahoud	0 [1731]
Sadr offers to mediate Beirut-Damascus spat	2 00:00 6 [1724]
March 14 Forces say they will take to the streets in effort to oust Lahoud	0 [1729]
Kuwait's new Cabinet urged to tackle corruption	0 [1729]
Israeli nationalist party vows to oppose new pullouts	1 00:00 gromgoru [1737]
Arab League talks on aid for Palestinians fail in wake of economic sanctions	12 00:00 Frank G [1731]
Hamas chief seeks Iran support, vows resistance	1 00:00 borgboy [1730]
Olmert sees hope for peace despite Hamas rise to power	4 00:00 2b [1736]
Annan visiting Qatar to calm cartoon reaction	4 00:00 Frank G [1727]
US pushes for Sudan resolution by the end of February	0 [1724]
Cairo asks Washington to give Hamas time	2 00:00 SR-71 [1731]
Jaafari rejects US sectarian warning	0 [1731]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Now China Is Getting Excited About Cartoons	8 00:00 Phil [1735]
Anthrax in NYC	0 [1732]
Dem Site: Secret Service agents say Cheney was drunk when he shot lawyer	12 00:00 2b [1742]
Holy Shocking Slugs, Batman! New non-lethal shotgun shell--	3 00:00 Cheaderhead [1732]
U.N. Guard Reprimanded for Swastikas	1 00:00 mmurray821 [1730]
India Needs Pilots	6 00:00 Vinkat Bala Subrumanian [1727]
Another Holiday for D.C.?	8 00:00 BesoekerTROLL [1755]
Scandal-hit Vatican banker dies	0 [1734]
G'day, Amigo ...	4 00:00 mojo [1728]
Charles 'sees himself as a dissident in a political fight'	2 00:00 BigEd [1731]
The Blob attacks Downtown L.A.!	13 00:00 DMFD [1753]
Serbia denies Mladic found or negotiating surrender	0 [1731]
Australian Army hunting 'Donkey Dong'	8 00:00 Anonymoose [1740]
"Hamas" beer to be marketed	21 00:00 Captain America [1728]
Man kills roommate over lack of toilet paper	6 00:00 .com [1732]
Police arrest 15 people after Muslim-Christian clashes	1 00:00 mojo [1730]
Saudi Consultative Council Refuses to Discuss Female Driving	10 00:00 abu Roy A Kuff [1732]
Saudi Human Rights Authority Prepares to Tackle Incest	5 00:00 Snoluck Cruling7737 [1723]
Mandatory Abortion/Contraception Proposed In Netherlands For Arubans and Antilleans	8 00:00 Besoeker TROLL [1760]
UN condemns German school system	14 00:00 11A5S [1731]
Page 4: Opinion
Exiled Aristide vows to return to Haiti	3 00:00 Spoter Unatle4689 [1732]
Let's also ban Winnie the Pooh	0 [1730]
"There's a new imam in town" at the NYT (Satire)	2 00:00 Whoper Ebbolulet9339 [1728]
Because They Hate	1 00:00 CrazyFool [1738]
Bernard Lewis on the new antisemitism	5 00:00 2b [1757]
Note to Hamas: Some of "us" can read Arabic	0 [1726]
Muslims (Warning, not worksafe)	7 00:00 Sock Puppet O' Doom [1734]
Dr. Bob's Take: Another Point of View on What We All Face	4 00:00 Ptah [1734]
Gramscian damage	1 00:00 Ptah [1746]

    
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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2006-02-22
Shi'ite shrine destroyed in Samarra

Tue 2006-02-21
10 killed in religious clashes in Nigeria

Mon 2006-02-20
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Sun 2006-02-19
Muslims Attack U.S. Embassy in Indonesia

Sat 2006-02-18
Nigeria hard boyz threaten total war

Fri 2006-02-17
Pak cleric rushdies cartoonist

Thu 2006-02-16
Outbreaks along Tumen River between Nork guards and armed N Korean groups

Wed 2006-02-15
Yemen offers reward for Al Qaeda jailbreakers

Tue 2006-02-14
Cartoon protesters go berserk in Peshawar

Mon 2006-02-13
Gore Bashes US In Saudi Arabia

Sun 2006-02-12
IAEA cameras taken off Iran N-sites

Sat 2006-02-11
Danish ambassador quits Syria

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Taliban offer 100kg gold for killing cartoonist

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