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Yemen kills al-Qaeda fugitive
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Blast at govt office kills two Sri Lankan police	0 [1745]
Stennis Deploys	3 00:00 Penguin [1762]
Massachusetts Jury Awards 400k to profiled passenger	14 00:00 ex-lib [1757]
Top Taleban spokesman arrested	3 00:00 Pappy [1733]
Bomber's target was baby in a pushchair	14 00:00 Elmert Crosh5077 [1760]
U.S. officials say Taliban attacks surge	11 00:00 Pappy [1731]
Pakistan army destroys al-Qaida hideouts	9 00:00 Pappy [1737]
Kabul bombing thwarted as Gates visits	0 [1741]
Philippine troops overrun Muslim militant camp on southern island	0 [1738]
Jihadis kill 3 in southern Thailand	0 [1739]
Video: Insurgent attack foiled (terrs OWNED by US Army!)	18 00:00 xbalanke [1739]
Pak air strikes against suspected miscreants in S. Waziristan	0 [1732]
DOD: 296 Military Deaths in Afghan Area	1 00:00 Verlaine [1759]
NATO soldier killed, several wounded in southern Afghanistan	3 00:00 ed [1744]
Good morning to yez...	6 00:00 ex-lib [1749]
Kenyan police arrest top Somali Islamic militant	3 00:00 USN, Ret. [1749]
Blasts kill 7, injure 55 Iraqis in Mosul, Kirkuk	0 [1734]
Kuwait jails three Arabs for plotting attacks on US troops	2 00:00 Uleanter Ebbinenter1449 [1749]
Military asks fleeing Tamil rebels to surrender, kills five	0 [1744]
Militants plotted 2nd wave of UK bombs, court told	2 00:00 Excalibur [1733]
Iran installing 3,000 centrifuges	11 00:00 anymouse [1739]
Video of Two Saddam Aides Executions Shown	10 00:00 mojo [1738]
Yemen kills al-Qaeda fugitive	0 [1786]
Somalia-Ethiopia forces hunting suspects in Mogadishu	0 [1737]
Grenade fired at Mirwaiz's house	1 00:00 anymouse [1737]
Three killed in bid to kidnap PAEC officials	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1743]
Two killed, four injured in Jalozai camp blast	0 [1736]
Bombs, shootings kill at least 16 across Iraq	0 [1746]
Time's up for Chechen militant amnesty offer	1 00:00 Icerigger [1733]
Page 2: WoT Background
Saudis Endorse New U.S. Strategy for Iraq (sort of)	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1762]
Benon Sevan indicted in oil-for-food	2 00:00 Frank G [1748]
Michael Totten reports from Lebanon -- Interview with a moderate, anti-Hizb'allah Shia cleric	0 [1743]
Russia delivers short-range TOR-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran	2 00:00 DarthVader [1744]
What Really Goes On in UK Mosques: Video	4 00:00 FOTSGreg [1733]
Canada terror case hearings open; law in focus	1 00:00 Excalibur [1734]
Iran President's future in doubt as MPs rebel	5 00:00 Mike N. [1756]
U.N.: 34,000 Iraqis killed last year	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1736]
Full details of Israel/ Syria, secret agreement	10 00:00 Mike N. [1754]
Thai government extends emergency powers in the south	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1735]
Have Iran and China been shopping at Penatgon surplus auctions?	8 00:00 USN, ret. [1754]
Moroccan journalists fined for insulting Islam	2 00:00 anymouse [1742]
China's CNPC to invest 3.6 billion dollars in Iran gas block	3 00:00 Mike N. [1730]
Governors lose in power struggle over National Guard	16 00:00 Shieldwolf [1756]
Iran 'taking control of Basra by stealth'	2 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1760]
Looking for a few good...skiers	2 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1730]
Germany: Teachers can't wear Muslim head scarves	5 00:00 Jules [1742]
Palestinians up quality of improvised explosives	3 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1739]
Japan mulls powerful national security council	0 [1733]
Muslims may become majority in Germany by 2046	9 00:00 ex-lib [1753]
Nepal Maoists take seats in new parliament	1 00:00 Jackal [1736]
Chad warns Sudan's air force	2 00:00 Parabellum [1735]
Uganda rebels threaten renewed war	0 [1739]
Somalia: Government defends its decision to close radio stations	0 [1723]
Somalia: President Yusuf names new administration for the capital	0 [1739]
BBC Somali Service almost banned in Somalia	4 00:00 Excalibur [1739]
Somalia: PM says disarmament mission successful	0 [1740]
Musharraf pooh-poohs US military claim	0 [1740]
Attack on Iran before April?	19 00:00 SteveS [1731]
Govt plans to plug jihadi funds	0 [1739]
Foreigners seeking to link up with banned groups	0 [1738]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Ex-U.N. oil-for-food chief charged	1 00:00 Phineter Thraviger [1737]
Canadian coins statement incorrect.	1 00:00 tu3031 [1742]
Ecuadorean leftist takes office	0 [1733]
High-def porn has stars spooked	9 00:00 Mike N. [1731]
Dems to restrict free speech	11 00:00 rjschwarz [1734]
British deputy seeks resources from Venezuela to fund TV station	1 00:00 Spot [1740]
Human and ~~Palestinians~~ Neanderthals interbred	9 00:00 Angie Schultz [1759]
Castro reportedly in grave condition	25 00:00 Threreng Snesing9973 [1743]
Yushchenko stripped of power by parliament	2 00:00 Procopius2k [1732]
Book: Airbus CEO dropped pants for US Airways deal	0 [1739]
Airbus Loses Substantial Market Share to Boeing	5 00:00 DMFD [1758]
Thai PM Thaksin says will not try comeback	0 [1736]
EU urged to beef up migration patrols	0 [1742]
Mexico: Gunmen kill politician and 3 others	0 [1733]
Hostages freed in Niger delta	0 [1730]
Suspended jail for Moroccan writers	1 00:00 Excalibur [1737]
NWFP rejects changes to Islamiat syllabus	0 [1746]
Bangladesh's national security chief ousted	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1737]
Page 4: Opinion
New Book Details Militant Islam in U.S.	1 00:00 Mark Z [1733]
If Tehran Knew	6 00:00 xbalanke [1731]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Water intoxication blamed in death of Calif. woman	6 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1752]
Michigan: if you stray, you may be locked away	4 00:00 Javising Snomomp7901 [1741]
Breast beer sells like hot cakes	8 00:00 Spith Whinerong1263 [1753]
Calderon expresses "most energetic protest" over Illegal alien death	4 00:00 FOTSGreg [1732]
Nowegian transsexual denied two passports	2 00:00 mojo [1733]
Sex dispute ends in tractor rampage	9 00:00 trailing wife [1742]
Popcorn pitchman comes back from the dead	6 00:00 BigEd [1729]
Colo. Sen. Allard Announces He Wont Run in 2008	3 00:00 Chuck Darwin [1748]
From Czarist Russia To 21st Century Brooklyn	0 [1744]

    
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                        23:39 ex-lib

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                        23:12 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        23:12 Elmert Crosh5077

                        23:05 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        22:59 Mike N.

                        22:55 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        22:52 Spith Whinerong1263

                        22:42 Whiskey Mike

                        22:38 Angie Schultz

                        22:37 USN, ret.

                        22:30 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        22:26  KBK

                        22:25 USN, ret.

                        22:01 DMFD

                        21:50 Penguin

                        21:48 Pappy

                        21:47 Chuck Darwin

                        21:43 Shieldwolf

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                        21:31 trailing wife

                        21:31 Shieldwolf

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2007-01-16
Yemen kills al-Qaeda fugitive

Mon 2007-01-15
Barzan and al-Bandar hanged; Barzan's head pops off

Sun 2007-01-14
Somalia: Lawmakers impose martial law

Sat 2007-01-13
Last Somali Islamist base falls

Fri 2007-01-12
Two US aircraft carrier groups plus Patriot missile bn planned for ME

Thu 2007-01-11
US Warships picking up Al-Q hardboyz at sea

Wed 2007-01-10
Troop Surge Already Under Way

Tue 2007-01-09
Major battle on Haifa street in Baghdad

Mon 2007-01-08
US Gunship Hits Al-Qaeda In Somalia

Sun 2007-01-07
Iraqi Papers Sunday: Iranian Coup Plot Foiled?

Sat 2007-01-06
Top Dems Oppose More Troops in Iraq

Fri 2007-01-05
White House Postponing Loss of Iraq, Biden Says

Thu 2007-01-04
Report: Supreme Ayatollah Khamenei is Supremely Stable

Wed 2007-01-03
Iran Funding Both Shiite And Sunni Jihadists In Iraq

Tue 2007-01-02
Islamists decamp from Kismayu

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