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McNeill Assumes Command Of NATO Forces In Afghanistan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Officers With PhDs Advising War Effort	14 00:00 Shineling Thronter4132 [1761]
38% Of Marines Have Not Been To Iraq Or Afghanistan	11 00:00 GORT [1766]
Airpower Helps Turn Tide in Battle of An Najaf	8 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1757]
Fazul Adbullah Mohammed Hiding in Madagascar?	3 00:00 wxjames [1738]
Bali bomber 'preaches by phone from jail'	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1741]
Iran ~~lookin' to go nuclear~~ installs 328 centrifuges at atomic site	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
You ain't seen nothing yet, US colonels boast	16 00:00 Angenter Crolugum3645 [1772]
Iraqi, US Troops Find Largest Cache In Commando Brigade History	6 00:00 Chuck Simmins [1758]
U.S. Pilots Alter Tactics	11 00:00 49 Pan [1773]
Reports: Letter bomb explodes near London office, injuring one woman	6 00:00 rhodesiafever [1750]
Good morning...	11 00:00 49 Pan [1744]
Four people wounded in separate shootings in Mogadishu	2 00:00 trailing wife [1743]
Clan elders arrested in southern Somalia	0 [1745]
NATO strike targets key Taliban commander	8 00:00 anymouse [1746]
Philippine general held hostage by Muslim rebels	1 00:00 49 Pan [1752]
Syria says it foiled arms shipment	5 00:00 Deacon Blues [1740]
At least 77 killed in Iraq violence	3 00:00 trailing wife [1744]
Fragile Gaza ceasefire takes hold	8 00:00 USN, Ret. [1746]
Lakki police foil bombing attempt	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1747]
Taliban plan to target US, UN	7 00:00 Redneck Jim [1742]
5 LJ militants arrested	0 [1742]
Spanish police arrest 18 linked to Basque separatist ETA	1 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
Baghdad offensive set to begin - U.S. officers	8 00:00 wxjames [1771]
Page 2: WoT Background
History Channel Shootout Series	3 00:00 Penguin [1764]
Are You a Liberal Anti-Semite?	0 [1746]
Soros calls for "de-Nazification" of USA	26 00:00 Tholugum Phase7034 [1767]
Pupils aged five 'poisoned' at Islamic school that 'teaches hate'	8 00:00 BA [1756]
McCain: War Detractors Offer No Ideas	6 00:00 Pappy [1753]
Perv may impose 'emergency'	3 00:00 john [1748]
AU mission visiting Somalia for deployment preparation	1 00:00 Jackal [1739]
Amin Gemayel: Syria trying to topple gov't	3 00:00 Mullah Richard [1735]
Sri Lankan president invites Tamil Tigers to talks	0 [1753]
North Korea seeks oil in return for halting reactor	9 00:00 Jimmeh Cahtah [1745]
Israeli military opposes intervention in Gaza	6 00:00 Pappy [1747]
UK security forces 'foil terror plot every six weeks'	0 [1741]
Presence of 'high value' militants: Major offensive in Wazoo soon	2 00:00 Snoluns Ebboluth3749 [1754]
Nine kidnapped Chinese workers safely released in Nigeria	0 [1746]
Meshaal: talks with Fatah must not fail	2 00:00 mhw [1750]
New report says military attack on Iran would be disastrous	34 00:00 BA [1774]
Iran steps up production of weapons-grade uranium	1 00:00 trailing wife [1742]
Al-Qaeda tells British cells to carry out wave of beheadings	9 00:00 FOTSGreg [1736]
Hezbollah Leader Says Its No Secret Aid From Iran Comes Via Syria	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1744]
U.S. General Assumes Command Of NATO Forces In Afghanistan	1 00:00 Captain America [1794]
Palestinians Say Clashes Hurt Their Cause	4 00:00 newc [1752]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Deportation cases soar as L.A. jails screen for illegals	7 00:00 Phineter Thraviger [1765]
U.S. to expand DNA sampling - illegals, anyone arrested/detained by Feds	0 [1749]
Giuliani Nearing Full-Fledged Candidacy	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1750]
Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War	16 00:00 Broadhead6 [1740]
Over 100 fossilised eggs of dinosaur found in MP	17 00:00 BA [1747]
Against the grain: Some scientists deny global warming exists	17 00:00 wxjames [1749]
Zim Bank chief deserves Nobel if he brokers contract	2 00:00 Robert Mugabe [1750]
Chinese buy-up of Zambia revives old colonial fears	8 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1749]
Mahathir nominated for Nobel Peace Prize	6 00:00 DMFD [1745]
Bangladesh appoints new poll chief	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1736]
Bangladesh security forces detain senior politicians	1 00:00 tu3031 [1747]
Urdu will be taught in UK state schools	5 00:00 James [1735]
Biden Tells Dems He Regrets Obama Remark	6 00:00 Whavins Threash2583 [1770]
Page 4: Opinion
Humor test to see if you are an RBer	13 00:00 Sheamp Ulealing2367 [1756]
Steyn : What's so hot about fickle science?	8 00:00 Frank G [1762]
Hirsi Ali: Osama bin Laden is a Typical Muslim	5 00:00 Broadhead6 [1740]
Were far too nice to Muslim extremists	3 00:00 DMFD [1751]
Booing at Superbowl	12 00:00 Mike [1732]
America-bashing has gone far enough	9 00:00 wxjames [1763]
U.S. Should Apply the Lessons of Chechnya	5 00:00 Broadhead6 [1760]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Polar Bears, Killer Whales Invade Iceland (Maybe?)	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1744]
Picture: Queen Mary II Sailing Under The Golden Gate Bridge	6 00:00 Frank G [1753]
Dog born with no ears	5 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1745]
Man's body found outside apartment in Minneapolis	2 00:00 Icerigger [1749]
Fireballs reported over Midwest skies	4 00:00 twobyfour [1737]
Today's Idiot	10 00:00 CB [1738]
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits eastern Caribbean	8 00:00 anonymous2u [1762]
Saudi court convicts foreigners for drinking, dancing at party	7 00:00 trailing wife [1775]

    
                20:15 Sheamp Ulealing2367

                        23:53 anonymous2u

                        23:49 trailing wife

                        23:34 Shineling Thronter4132

                        23:16 Shipman

                        23:05 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:57 Whavins Threash2583

                        22:54 Tholugum Phase7034

                        22:31 Phineter Thraviger

                        22:30 JosephMendiola

                        22:26 Penguin

                        22:25 CrazyFool

                        22:24 Frank G

                        22:23 GORT

                        22:21 JosephMendiola

                        22:21 BA

                        22:13 Chemist

                        22:12 Angenter Crolugum3645

                        22:07 BA

                        22:03 BA

                        21:56 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        21:53 Remoteman

                        21:47 trailing wife

                        21:46 Broadhead6

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2007-02-05
McNeill Assumes Command Of NATO Forces In Afghanistan

Sun 2007-02-04
Truck boomer kills 135 in deadliest Iraq blast

Sat 2007-02-03
22 killed and 245 wounded since Thursday in Trucefire

Fri 2007-02-02
Three wannabe head choppers in Brit court

Thu 2007-02-01
Hamas ambushes Gaza "arms convoy" , Trucefire holding

Wed 2007-01-31
Mo Jamal Khalifa mysteriously bumped off

Tue 2007-01-30
Chlorine Boom in Ramadi

Mon 2007-01-29
US and Iraqi forces kill 250 militants in Najaf

Sun 2007-01-28
21 dead in festive Gaza weekend

Sat 2007-01-27
Salafist Group renamed "Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb"

Fri 2007-01-26
US Troops Now Directed To: 'Catch Or Kill Iranian Agents'

Thu 2007-01-25
Bali bomber hurt in Filipino gunfight

Wed 2007-01-24
Beirut burns as Hezbollah strike explodes into sectarian violence

Tue 2007-01-23
100 killed in Iraq market bombings

Mon 2007-01-22
3,200 new US troops arrive in Baghdad

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