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Attempt to hijack Maretanian plane painfully foiled
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Austria approves export of 30,000 handguns to Iran	14 00:00 Creregum Gleanter1164 [1756]
Bomb blast in SE Iran, police clash with gunmen	2 00:00 whatadeal [1754]
Sadr orders militia heads out of Iraq - president	12 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1734]
US rejects Masri wounding claim	0 [1741]
WND : Terrorism not ruled out in Salt Lake case	7 00:00 Alaska Paul [1737]
Bomb kills polio health official	9 00:00 Shipman [1735]
Taliban Deploys 10,000 Fighters for Dread Spring Offensive	14 00:00 VietVet68 [1734]
Air Mauritania Muslim Hijacker Subdued by Pilot, Passengers	14 00:00 ed [1751]
Three accused US informants hanged	1 00:00 whatadeal [1737]
Drastic drop in Baghdad civilian deaths for 2/16/07	2 00:00 Angenter Crolugum3645 [1734]
Al-Q video shows 'victory' over empty huts, potato chip bag	8 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1735]
Suicide bomber training camp	7 00:00 whatadeal [1755]
Village leader, 8 officers injured in southern Thailand	1 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Report: Al-Qaeda leader in Iraq hurt	3 00:00 doc [1737]
Iran executes three Arabs	2 00:00 anymouse [1735]
One person dies after Mortars explode in Mogadishu	1 00:00 Sneaze [1735]
U.S. and Iraqi forces raid leading Shiite mosque in Baghdad	9 00:00 Icerigger [1735]
Good morning	4 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1726]
Popcorn stocks: 3 Palestinians shot by Hamas forces in Khan Yunis	8 00:00 Baba Tutu [1739]
Bomb targeting FC vehicles defused	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1742]
Peshawar police chief says suicide bombers' group identified	0 [1738]
2 terrorists arrested	1 00:00 Icerigger [1738]
U.S., Iraqi forces expand Baghdad crackdown	1 00:00 Jack is Back [1739]
'Mastermind' of Madrid bombing goes on trial	2 00:00 MacNails [1733]
Hijacker of Mauritanian plane arrested	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1785]
Two militants killed in Grozny clash	0 [1731]
Morocco Raises Threat Alert	1 00:00 Jack is Back [1738]
Kuwait Increases Security Alert	1 00:00 Jack is Back [1743]
Page 2: WoT Background
Accused mastermind of Madrid bombs denies involvement	0 [1729]
WND : Congress blocks aid to Palestinian militias	2 00:00 DarthVader [1752]
Happy Birthday, Kimmie	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1738]
WaPo does article on Conservative Blogger Malkin	3 00:00 eLarson [1732]
Venezuela skeptical of Al-Q oil threat	6 00:00 Redneck Jim [1726]
Sharia sows legal chaos in Nigeria	2 00:00 john [1730]
Danish Teenager Sentenced in Terror Plot	5 00:00 gromgoru [1737]
West Point Center Aims to Know the Enemy	2 00:00 Frozen Al [1729]
Terror suspect in Canada ordered freed	2 00:00 CrazyFool [1734]
WND: US taxpayers support Paleonazi terror school	2 00:00 JohnQC [1728]
Today Thai government says 'Malaysia can mediate' in South	0 [1733]
Strategy Page: Pssst! The good guys are winning!	21 00:00 DarthVader [1747]
US accuses Pakistan of chopper misuse	4 00:00 ed [1734]
Oops Military Video	21 00:00 DarthVader [1749]
Somali minister blames Islamists on the attacks	0 [1736]
Somalia: Parents ask for release of their Islamist prisoners	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1726]
Israel wants peace with Syria: Olmert	3 00:00 Texhooey [1733]
Airport attacker was a 'decent cricket fan'	4 00:00 rhodesiafever [1728]
Iranian border forces kill two Pakistanis	0 [1745]
US to shun all members of Palestinian unity govt	5 00:00 Old Patriot [1734]
Elite Iranian Corps Enmeshed in Iraq	4 00:00 Frank G [1730]
Iraq Adviser: Tater Really in Iran	4 00:00 49 Pan [1745]
Palestinian ministers face blanket US ban	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1732]
Exiled Hamas leader calls for end to boycott after deal	3 00:00 tu3031 [1734]
Abbas picks Hamas leader to form new government	1 00:00 MacNails [1729]
Russia threatens to quit arms treaty	9 00:00 rjschwarz [1723]
US Senate to hold unusual weekend vote on Iraq troop 'surge'	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1730]
Pelosi: Bush Lacks Authority to Invade Iran	13 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1733]
Murtha Schemes to Cut Deployments to Iraq	13 00:00 49 Pan [1733]
Biden: I want a "do-over".	2 00:00 SteveS [1730]
IRG Claims Unit Engraved Emblem on U.S. War Ship (WTF?)	6 00:00 CrazyFool [1726]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Russia May Unilaterally Quit INF Treaty	2 00:00 49 Pan [1744]
Chavez to adopt ZimBob Econ Policy: Experts Say May Backfire (Duh!)	4 00:00 Shieldwolf [1743]
Indian Navy to get 2nd submarine assembly line	12 00:00 Pappy [1732]
'Follow me' says hostie	5 00:00 Capsu 78 [1738]
Drug gangs using YouTube to taunt each other	4 00:00 RD [1736]
Masters in Public Health field program in Somalia	0 [1730]
EU human rights camel to put nose into tent	1 00:00 gromgoru [1726]
Sudan, Chad, CAR leaders to meet at France-Africa summit	0 [1731]
Rwandan leader's widow denied asylum in France	5 00:00 Frank G [1736]
Drug Gangs Control Parts Of Mexico	5 00:00 Frozen Al [1737]
Ahmadis remained deprived of their rights in 2006	2 00:00 john [1740]
Corrupt politicians barred from BD polls	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1733]
Holy Robe-Climber, Batman!	4 00:00 Dar [1731]
Page 4: Opinion
Al Qaeda as Inkblot	1 00:00 Frank G [1736]
Misfortunes of War : RAND corp on civilian deaths	5 00:00 gromgoru [1742]
Jimmy Carter decllines debate at Emory	9 00:00 Procopius2k [1737]
Cultural Marxisim	2 00:00 gromgoru [1738]
Target Iranian forces	4 00:00 gromgoru [1741]
Curse of the Christian-Bashers	7 00:00 phil_b [1753]
The Putin Doctrine	1 00:00 Sgt. D.T. [1740]
Analysis: The price of not preventing Teheran from going nuclear	5 00:00 Jules [1750]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Antarctic Temperatures Disagree With Climate Model Predictions	1 00:00 Danking70 [1749]
A practical response to global warming	4 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1744]
Vanuatu cargo cult marks 50 years	10 00:00 eLarson [1734]
Toddlers filmed being made to fight by mother ~~of the year~~	2 00:00 tu3031 [1734]
Drunken Australian catches shark with his bare hands	2 00:00 rjschwarz [1726]
Hundreds stranded on PA interstate system waiting for help	9 00:00 trailing wife [1733]
Rage as son jailed (Oz)	4 00:00 Chinesh Hupert1797 [1747]
$2,200 car is already being tested	33 00:00 Zhang Fei [1743]
Antipodean shark fishing !	10 00:00 Classical_Liberal [1732]
Soothsayers: Year of the Pig signals conflicts before new world order	2 00:00 Icerigger [1735]
Man loses trial by dunking, pays Rs 50,000	2 00:00 Shavimble Jase5240 [1730]

    
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                        23:51 Creregum Gleanter1164

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                        22:57 Omans Ebbogum2503

                        22:57 whatadeal

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                        22:37 Geoffro

                        22:35 DarthVader

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                        22:28 Lone Ranger

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