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Bush wants to close Gitmo
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Terror suspects probed over Top links	0 [1733]
LeT Terrorist killed near Nehru stadium in Delhi	1 00:00 Frank G [1734]
Task Force 145 may have struck again in Samarra	10 00:00 Frank G [1739]
moossaoui wuz jus funnin. withdrawz plea	25 00:00 muck4doo [1759]
US air strike wounds at least 3 Pakistanis	5 00:00 Liberalhawk [1734]
Noordins Networks	0 [1734]
Man hurt in beach bomb linked to Unabomber	1 00:00 GK [1739]
Bombings in Southern Thailand injure nine security personnel	0 [1734]
Two policemen, one insurgent killed in southern Afghanistan	0 [1734]
Several wounded in blast at govt building in Iran	2 00:00 Azad [1737]
DEBKA: Hamas and Fatah re-arming for major showdown	16 00:00 JosephMendiola [1741]
Mob Forces Top UN Official To Flee Darfur Refugee Camp	3 00:00 Besoeker [1742]
Senior Hizb ul-Mujahideen leader killed	0 [1730]
US general warns of Iran smuggling IEDs into Iraq	4 00:00 RD [1737]
Taliban looking for deadlier weapons	5 00:00 trailing wife [1740]
11 dead in fresh Mogadishu violence	2 00:00 Giulio Gavotti [1727]
5 JI members busted in Sulawesi, 2 linked to Top	0 [1734]
Bodies of GIs from helicopter crash recovered	1 00:00 49 Pan [1734]
Bombings, death squads deepen divisions in Baghdad	4 00:00 RD [1740]
Iraqi interior ministry arrests general over death squad allegations	1 00:00 Liberalhawk [1743]
30 dead in Iraqi car bombings	0 [1732]
3 dead in Hamas-Fatah gunfight in Gaza	2 00:00 Fordesque [1741]
Links to the killing of Iraqi journalist Atwar Bahjat	3 00:00 john [1727]
Four-kilogramme bomb in graveyard defused	3 00:00 john [1736]
Car bombs kill 21 in Kerbala	0 [1736]
Nuggets from the Urdu press	4 00:00 Fred [1730]
Two gunmen killed in explosion	0 [1744]
Landmine explosions kill three, wound three in Pakistan	1 00:00 Captain America [1739]
Explosion near Indian Consulate in western Afghanistan	0 [1738]
Hamas denies plotting Abbas assassination	2 00:00 Besoeker [1740]
Page 2: WoT Background
The fragile Chinese economy	5 00:00 Captain America [1753]
Boy strangled over forced marriage	0 [1742]
Indonesia supports Iran nuclear program	1 00:00 CrazyFool [1741]
North Korea trying to weaponize bird flu	10 00:00 Captain America [1758]
Iran Proposes Diplomatic Opening to U.S.	7 00:00 Mike N. [1737]
"Iran can also be wiped off the map", Israel.	3 00:00 Frank G [1737]
CIA's Foggo Expected to Resign Soon	19 00:00 Old Patriot [1754]
Upset vet gives back his medals (In Empty Gesture)	18 00:00 Frank G [1738]
France: Largest Muslim Group Slams Immigration Bill	6 00:00 Besoeker [1731]
Sheehan demands Canuck asylum for US Deserters	9 00:00 Greamp Elmavinter1163 [1759]
The Slow Rot at Supermax	27 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
Jumblatt could be 'tried in absentia'	4 00:00 twobyfour [1732]
Humiliation	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [1731]
Israeli woman attacked in Berlin	4 00:00 Giulio Gavotti [1731]
Srinagar sex scandal sparks fresh protests, many hurt	0 [1736]
Former Muslim coup member captured in Guyana	0 [1731]
Egypt detains activists for 15 days, including a well-known blogger	0 [1734]
Bush: I unwittingly stir up anxiety in Muslim world	11 00:00 Captain America [1755]
A fete for Muhammad, `best of prophets'	2 00:00 Steve [1739]
Philippine police breaks up jail riot, 11 hurt	1 00:00 49 Pan [1741]
Muslim rebels oppose Philippine mining revival	3 00:00 49 Pan [1739]
Men Forced To Respect Islamic Dress Code	5 00:00 6 [1738]
Ahmadinejad sees nuclear Iran as unrivalled power	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Ahmadinejad sends letter to Bush	9 00:00 Thinemp Whimble2412 [1738]
Iran mocks Blair over poll losses	2 00:00 Apostate [1729]
Turns out 7/7 ringleader was linked to a terror cell after all ...	3 00:00 trailing wife [1733]
Al-Qaeda's first Iraqi training camp	0 [1741]
Death in Basra	3 00:00 gromgoru [1738]
Muhammadiyah president sez Muslim moderates can't win against Islamists on their own	1 00:00 gromgoru [1733]
Hayden nomination signals Pentagon win over CIA	18 00:00 Captain America [1753]
Aussies let Atrik visit dying brother	2 00:00 Oztralian [1732]
Sadr modeling Mahdi Army on Hezbollah	0 [1724]
Pakistan told to step up al-Qaeda hunt	0 [1730]
Labour faces civil war over Left's 'plot' to oust Blair	6 00:00 AlanC [1736]
EU plans to go it alone with aid for Palestinians	13 00:00 Elmigum Flith1659 [1759]
Shia-Sunni fissure over militant label	1 00:00 DepotGuy [1735]
Peace Pact Has Yet to Touch Lives of Darfur's Refugees	3 00:00 tu3031 [1727]
North Korea refuses to return to six-party nuclear talks	3 00:00 Perfesser [1733]
Israeli forces evict Jewish settlers	0 [1738]
Afghan MPs scuffle after woman criticises warlords	4 00:00 DMFD [1757]
Bush says he would like to close Gitmo	3 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [1780]
Syria issues final summons to ex-VP traitor	0 [1725]
Afghan women start businesses	9 00:00 Frank G [1726]
MMA split over anti-govt campaign	0 [1730]
Sayyed's defense attorney suspends work on case	1 00:00 PBMcL [1739]
PLO and Fatah leaders bury the hatchet	2 00:00 twobyfour [1737]
Jumblatt meets Mubarak as Berri visits Assad	0 [1734]
Siniora in London to seek Israeli pullout from Shebaa	0 [1738]
Iran seeks to calm GCC states about its nuclear activities	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Ex-Guantanamo detainees 'did nothing wrong'	0 [1733]
Iran threatens withdrawal from nuclear treaty	0 [1736]
LTTE chief snubs Japanese envoy	0 [1730]
Erdogan to Kurds: Denounce violence	1 00:00 Perfesser [1737]
IPU's Arab group adds article to ban violation on the religions	1 00:00 zazz [1739]
Arab League seethes, sez Arab money transferred to Palestinians blocked	2 00:00 RWV [1734]
Page 3: Non-WoT
China's economic house of cards	4 00:00 DMFD [1758]
Woman chews bomb	5 00:00 john [1737]
Hawaii Learns Simple Economics Lesson: Cancels Gasoline Price Controls	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1761]
Newspaper Circulation Declines 2.6 Percent	10 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1729]
Fuel Bank Offers Gas in Bulk	1 00:00 Besoeker [1726]
Strong quake hits Indonesias Bengkulu province	1 00:00 trailing wife [1751]
Police arrests Saudi man for beheading mother-in-law	4 00:00 ed [1725]
Beard costs Sri Lankan Muslim tea boy his job	0 [1724]
Downer cans film fest funding	4 00:00 Oztralian [1739]
Britons get their dental work the hard way, they do it themselves	6 00:00 Frank G [1733]
The body will not accept weight loss	21 00:00 2b [1766]
Liberia sex-for-aid 'widespread'	14 00:00 trailing wife [1752]
"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu becomes required reading for Chinese cadets	13 00:00 Broadhead6 [1735]
Man With Prosthetic Legs, Deaf Man Brawl	2 00:00 Thinemp Whimble2412 [1732]
Mugabe Arming War Veterans Ahead of Mass Protests	8 00:00 Fordesque [1729]
Nepal's cabinet scraps royal appointments	0 [1727]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy to enter drug rehab after auto crash	22 00:00 Frank G [1735]
Pakistan's rich blaze a trail in their Porsches	3 00:00 john [1731]
Bolivia's populism steps on Brazil	7 00:00 Frank G [1732]
Page 4: Opinion
A failing friendship	0 [1730]
Draft Hollywood	4 00:00 2b [1731]
A Defeat for Islamism in America	5 00:00 Zenster [1732]
Where's ~~Waldo~~ Err Amerika?	6 00:00 Frank G [1739]
Rumsfeld Heckler Believed Saddam Had WMDs	1 00:00 Dave D. [1735]
Bernard Lewis: Modernizing the Muslim world	0 [1730]
Is the West Losing the Terror War?	2 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1731]
Rhodie Gov't in Excile (RGiE) searches for "New Mandela."	1 00:00 tu3031 [1747]

    
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                        00:02 JosephMendiola

                        23:50 Elmigum Flith1659

                        23:45 DMFD

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                        23:36 Old Patriot

                        23:35 Captain America

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                        23:20 Captain America

                        23:19 Captain America

                        23:14 DMFD

                        23:08 muck4doo

                        23:08 Unineger Gremp4550

                        23:05 Alaska Paul

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                        22:54  Barbara Skolaut

                        22:49 trailing wife

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                        22:41 JosephMendiola

                        22:33 tu3031

                        22:32 2b

                        22:29 Glavitch Phith2100

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2006-05-08
Bush wants to close Gitmo

Sun 2006-05-07
Israel foils plot to kill Abbas

Sat 2006-05-06
Anjem Choudary arrested

Fri 2006-05-05
Goss Resigns as CIA Head

Thu 2006-05-04
Sweden: Three men 'planned terror attack on church'

Wed 2006-05-03
Moussaoui gets life

Tue 2006-05-02
Ramadi battle kills 100-plus insurgents

Mon 2006-05-01
Qaeda planning to massacre Fatah leadership

Sun 2006-04-30
Qaeda leaders in Samarra and Baquba both neutralized

Sat 2006-04-29
Noordin escapes capture by Indonesian police

Fri 2006-04-28
Iraqi forces kill 49 gunmen, arrest another 74

Thu 2006-04-27
$450 grand in cash stolen from Paleo FM in Kuwait

Wed 2006-04-26
Boomers Target Sinai Peacekeepers

Tue 2006-04-25
Jordan Arrests Hamas Members

Mon 2006-04-24
3 booms at Egyptian resort town

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