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Taleban kill second SKorean hostage
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Death for two in Beant Singh assassination case	0 [1744]
Sunni Militants in Baghdad Shift Loyalties	7 00:00 Zhang Fei [1763]
Michael Yon: Bread and a Circus, Part 1 of 2	0 [1748]
US must get tough with Pakistan, says adviser	6 00:00 Zenster [1771]
Major Bollywood star gets six years hard labor in Mumbai bombings case	16 00:00 Tony (UK) [1742]
W. Thomas Smith: rules of engagement	4 00:00 Jack is Back! [1735]
Dr. Mohamed Haneef's curious chat room records	7 00:00 Palfrey [1741]
Good morning!	18 00:00 Pappy [1762]
US,Turkey plan joint operation against PKK	6 00:00 Pappy [1766]
Mogadishu blast wounds three soldiers	0 [1745]
Taleban say kill second SKorean hostage	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1767]
Taleban kills 10 Afghan security employees	0 [1734]
Seven killed in NW Pakistan	1 00:00 Glenmore [1738]
2 arms dealers held with AK-47 rifle	7 00:00 Ptah [1730]
Army advances on militants in Nahr al-Bared	6 00:00 3dc [1740]
Page 2: WoT Background
Mohamed Haneef 'was told to flee in webchat'	1 00:00 Blackbeard Fleamble1158 [1733]
Harry Potter a global zionist conspiracy (and darfur, too, but we already knew that)	5 00:00 Iblis [1729]
Pakistani Journalists Blame Government in Lal Masjid Showdown	0 [1740]
Gadhafi's Torture Prison	0 [1740]
Fasting Against America	17 00:00 Zenster [1762]
Arab body urges Bulgaria to respect Libyan accord	8 00:00 Palfrey [1734]
Kurds arrested for flying the Iraqi national flag	0 [1734]
GOP seeks to curtail Iraq mission	9 00:00 BA [1742]
Australian Indian community demands Govt. apology over Haneef case	8 00:00 BA [1737]
Gemayel and Aoun supporters clash in Mount Lebanon	1 00:00 Frank G [1728]
Resistance™ is 'legitimate right™': Palestinian PM	14 00:00 Old Patriot [1732]
ATC releases 18 people	1 00:00 USN, Ret. [1730]
Security forces killed Mehsud, claims cousin	1 00:00 Glenmore [1739]
Jirga to discuss Taliban action	0 [1731]
MMA Supreme Council grills Qazi for resigning from NA	0 [1740]
Eritrean Gummint sending missiles to Somalia	0 [1730]
Donk Whip Clyburn: Positive Report by Petraeus "a real big problem for us."	12 00:00 Sigmund Freud [1755]
Soldier Enters Pleas in Rape-Murder Case	0 [1746]
Maliki pushing us out of govt: Sunni Arabs	14 00:00 gromgoru [1741]
Bush faces stiff opposition to Saudi arms deal	6 00:00 Palfrey [1737]
Immigrant fined for insulting the Dutch queen	5 00:00 JDB [1735]
German opposition to French-Libyan nuclear deal unabated	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [1742]
Maghreb countries 'agree joint strategy' against al-Qaeda	0 [1735]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Gang Members Getting Military Training!	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1761]
Bob Launches Z$200k Note, Worth 2.2lbs of Sugar	3 00:00 GK [1729]
Chinese Navy To Build Two Carriers With Russian Help	10 00:00 Anonymoose [1755]
Gangs Spreading In The Military	18 00:00 Broadhead6 [1753]
Losing Forests to Ethanol	0 [1737]
Moonbats wishing death on Chief Justice Roberts	3 00:00 Seafarious [1730]
Pelosi Redistributing Wealth to Candidates	3 00:00 USN, Ret. [1727]
Happy birthday to Harry Potter!	1 00:00 anonymous5089 [1734]
New Nuke Plant Application in Maryland	8 00:00 AzCat [1729]
When Mollusks Ruled The Earth	18 00:00 Pappy [1750]
Banglacourt grants interim bail to Hasina	0 [1733]
China Brags Up Its New Tank	14 00:00 trailing wife [1768]
US wants effective control of Middle East oil: Chomsky	29 00:00 OldSpook [1761]
Pakistan polio case in Australia	4 00:00 sofia [1736]
PML MNAs demand answers from Shujaat, Aziz over 'deal with PPP'	0 [1740]
More Cubans leaving by sea again, many to Mexico	4 00:00 USN, Ret. [1733]
US offers Egypt US$13b arms deal	2 00:00 Skunky Glins5285 [1729]
Bhuttos accounts de-frozen in deal	0 [1742]
EU demands equal U.S. visa treatment for all of the bloc's citizens	18 00:00 Tony (UK) [1731]
German diplomat beaten up in central Russia	1 00:00 trailing wife [1733]
FBI, IRS searching Senator Stevens' house	5 00:00 Alaska Paul [1738]
Chief Justice Roberts Suffers Seizure	0 [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
The Cult of Global Warming	6 00:00 eLarson [1737]
France Goes It Alone	0 [1730]
God-Fearing People - Why are we so scared of offending Muslims?	2 00:00 Zenster [1756]
Jihad is "to Strive and Make an Effort"	5 00:00 Ptah [1737]
Policy of Double Standards under Fire	6 00:00 trailing wife [1726]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Woman to hit back after 'night of hell'	4 00:00 Xenophon [1752]
Men defiant about pants tyranny	3 00:00 USN, Ret. [1748]
Lunar Flash Mystery Solved: Moon Just Passing Gas (heh)	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1752]
Blow-Up director Antonioni dies	3 00:00 Sigmund Freud [1766]
Miss Arab World 2007	11 00:00 xbalanke [1734]
Demon of Dartmoor: Mystery beast seen at hell hound's haunt	1 00:00 Spats Gligum8420 [1732]
Fake Marine Sentenced to Tend Graves	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [1733]
Sweden: Boy shoots at 'bloody capitalist' golfers	14 00:00 Zenster [1756]
Policlinico J.D. Peron OFF LIMITS to Rantburghers & Tricare patients.	2 00:00 Pappy [1765]
Revenge of the postmodernist nerd narrative	11 00:00 Parabellum [1729]
Gore III Cops a Plea	8 00:00 tu3031 [1741]
Kangaroo heads used as fishing bait	14 00:00 DepotGuy [1734]
This Year's Bulwer-Lytton Contest Grand Prize Winner	7 00:00 bigjim-ky [1735]
Army major in court over $9m bribery claim	2 00:00 Besoeker [1738]

    
                23:58 OldSpook

                        23:57 Zenster

                        23:48 Xenophon

                        23:47 Zenster

                        23:43 trailing wife

                        23:33 Anonymoose

                        23:22 JosephMendiola

                        23:17 JosephMendiola

                        23:07 Pappy

                        22:48 Zenster

                        22:48 Broadhead6

                        22:45 Pappy

                        22:43 JosephMendiola

                        22:40 Zenster

                        22:39 Broadhead6

                        22:35 Shieldwolf

                        22:29 Pappy

                        22:28 Sigmund Freud

                        22:27 Shieldwolf

                        22:24 Sigmund Freud

                        22:23 Pappy

                        22:11 Zhang Fei

                        22:07 Old Patriot

                        21:49 Mike

Who's in the News
50	[untagged]
7	Taliban
6	Iraqi Insurgency
6	Global Jihad
2	Takfir wal-Hijra
2	Islamic Courts
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2007-07-31
Taleban kill second SKorean hostage

Mon 2007-07-30
ISAF: Chairman of Taliban military council banged in Helmand

Sun 2007-07-29
Perv to retire as Army Chief, stay as President, Bhutto to be PM

Sat 2007-07-28
New PA platform omits 'armed struggle'

Fri 2007-07-27
50 Iraq football fans killed in car bombs

Thu 2007-07-26
Iraq: Khalis tribal leaders sign peace agreement

Wed 2007-07-25
U.S., Iranian envoys meet in Baghdad

Tue 2007-07-24
Abdullah Mehsud: Dead again

Mon 2007-07-23
Summer Offensive: More than 50 Talibs killed in Afghanistan

Sun 2007-07-22
N. Wazoo Peace Jirga Rocketed

Sat 2007-07-21
Afghan Talibs kidnap 23 S. Koreans

Fri 2007-07-20
6 dead in rocket attack on Somali peace conference

Thu 2007-07-19
Hek declares ceasefire

Wed 2007-07-18
Qaida in Iraq Big Turban Captured

Tue 2007-07-17
Bombs kill at least 80 in Kirkuk

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