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Saudi police detain 135
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Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
The Flying Terrorist	0 [1733]
Task Force Warhorse: Classical Counterinsurgency on Haifa Street	1 00:00 Penguin [1733]
Smiling Terrorist Captured	4 00:00 Zenster [1735]
Scared Straight: Iraqi Style	2 00:00 Zenster [1740]
Good morning...	3 00:00 AlanC [1735]
Philippine clashes leave 30+ dead Mooselimbs [Abu Sayyaf]	0 [1731]
Jerusalem security guard kills Arab attacker in Old City	0 [1739]
Pakistan gunships pound Taliban, Al-Qaeda amid US pressure	3 00:00 john frum [1732]
Operation William Wallace	16 00:00 Zenster [1730]
Three Thai terrorists killed in gun battle	2 00:00 Bangkok Billy [1731]
Booby-trapped severed head defused in southern Thailand	5 00:00 Jayne Mansfield [1729]
Israel: Terrorist caught red-handed then released	10 00:00 Zenster [1728]
Terror alert on Luxembourg-Basel train line	7 00:00 Zenster [1738]
Saudi police detain 135	3 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1768]
4 Sri Lankan commandos shot dead	0 [1735]
16 troops 'kidnapped' in North Wazoo	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [1735]
Six militants, two troops killed in Lebanon camp	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1737]
Yemen: Attack on government facilities cause blackout	0 [1733]
Troops on red alert in India's northeast after rebels kill 15	0 [1731]
Two FM radio stations closed	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [1730]
Muslim militants kill 9 Philippine troops in ambush	0 [1733]
Page 2: WoT Background
Michelle Malkin: NY Madrassa principal resigns	4 00:00 Super Hose [1760]
MoD gags military as soldiers banned from blogging	0 [1739]
President Bush Gives Ultimatum(?) To Iran	16 00:00 Lone Ranger [1746]
"New media" fatwas rankle old school clerics	0 [1734]
Dewinter insists on anti-Islam protest	1 00:00 tu3031 [1730]
Pakistanis Create Hit Anti-Terrorist Music Video	3 00:00 USN, Ret. [1733]
State politicians helping militants: J&K CM	2 00:00 Mullah Richard [1725]
Last batch of stranded Palestinians returns to Gaza	3 00:00 Jason McCord (good field no hit) [1731]
Bush says shutting Gitmo not easy	4 00:00 3dc [1724]
2 Marines' Charges Dropped in Haditha Deaths	8 00:00 Sherry [1726]
Call for joint fight against Qaeda, Taliban	2 00:00 Steve White [1728]
PA pays Hamas militants 'by mistake'	1 00:00 tu3031 [1734]
99 Iraqi attacks used Iran supplied bombs in July says US	5 00:00 Zenster [1732]
Lahoud may hand over Lebanon presidency to the army	0 [1736]
U.S.: No deal with Syria or anyone else at Lebanon's expense	1 00:00 gromgoru [1728]
Aoun as Lebanon president or nothing says Syria's ally	0 [1729]
Bush wants free and fair elections	2 00:00 AlanC [1726]
Muslim activists attack Taslima	0 [1732]
Democrat senator defends Pakistan	5 00:00 Old Patriot [1730]
Strategic ~~depth~~ balance in region to be maintained, says Kasuri	0 [1729]
West suffering from Islamophobia: SM Zafar	6 00:00 DepotGuy [1736]
The heathens' last blunder?	27 00:00 BA [1749]
'NATO airstrikes driving civilians into Taliban's hands'	7 00:00 BA [1750]
Iraq's Prime Minister Maliki and Iranian President Ahmadinejad Hold Hands at Photo Op.	3 00:00 OyVey1 [1746]
Just in Case you were Tempted.... heh, heh	11 00:00 Old Patriot [1734]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Navy Tests Reactive Metal That Explodes on Impact	0 [1721]
Britain: Deceased high-diving cat burglar was on police bail	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [1741]
Norway: 20% of convicted criminals do not show up to serve sentence	14 00:00 Mitch H. [1728]
Global warming hockey stick now broken	6 00:00 Silentbrick [1723]
Israel and India to develop unmanned chopper?	0 [1730]
Chinese price fixing plot hits the noodle bowl	4 00:00 ed [1728]
Big rise in Brits leaving Britain	10 00:00 rjschwarz [1723]
Ghadafi's son: Bulgarian medics were tortured	4 00:00 john frum [1724]
US public sees news media as biased, inaccurate, uncaring: poll	10 00:00 Ptah [1728]
Mama Sheehan done officially throwed her hat in that election ring	17 00:00 BA [1753]
Areva, GE, Rosatom Vie for $14 Billion India Nuclear Reactor Contracts	4 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1749]
Network of Swedes spied for Stasi	5 00:00 xbalanke [1728]
Benazir relieved no emergency	0 [1724]
Who wanted emergency and who did not?	0 [1724]
Customs official held for bribery	0 [1718]
3 held with 29 'rocket projectiles'	0 [1727]
ACC sues Khandaker Mosharraf, Obaidul Karim, Janakantha Editor Atiqullah	0 [1726]
NBR asks for account info of 26 graft suspects	0 [1731]
Sierra Leone puts hopes in polls	0 [1727]
Zimbabwe migrants sell sex	5 00:00 m/ [1728]
'No emergency' in Pakistan	0 [1727]
Lawyers assault Naeem Bukhari	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1731]
12 Gauge Golf Club	2 00:00 mrp [1732]
Page 4: Opinion
Rep. Jack Murtha's office hangs up on Haditha question	8 00:00 tu3031 [1730]
Is This Man Cheating on His Wife?	6 00:00 Zenster [1750]
"Fantabulous" Kucinich "wins" GLBT Debate	4 00:00 Secret Master [1747]
To Save America We Need Another 9/11	17 00:00 Zenster [1754]
Monty Python is a poor guide to diplomacy	2 00:00 no mo uro [1728]
An outpost of American valor	2 00:00 Chiter Dark Lord of the Geats7878 [1731]
Canadian writer reviews Army Wives	2 00:00 Skunky Glins5285 [1726]
Why Pakistan Needs Musharraf	2 00:00 gromgoru [1729]
Charles Krauthammer hammers "Scott Thomas"	5 00:00 Thomas Woof [1732]
Science and the Islamic worldThe quest for rapprochement	24 00:00 Zenster [1746]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Socially Progressive Laws have to apply to straight folks too? Really?	0 [1732]
Third suspect picked up in Newark schoolyard slayings	2 00:00 tu3031 [1728]
Leonardo DiCaprio "endorses" Ron Paul, sort of	2 00:00 Secret Master [1750]
Segway Fan Club Disbands Due to Lack of Interest	5 00:00 Red Dawg [1727]
Blogger Finds Y2K Bug in NASA Climate Data - oops global warming	7 00:00 anymouse [1735]
Overpass collapses in Phoenix	9 00:00 Capsu78 [1730]
Child marriage stopped thru' street protests	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1749]

    
                23:59 Super Hose

                        23:39 Secret Master

                        23:38 Zenster

                        23:27 Secret Master

                        22:56 bigjim-ky

                        22:54 Zenster

                        22:32 James

                        21:44 Nimble Spemble

                        21:44 BA

                        21:33 Zenster

                        21:32 BA

                        21:31 Danking70

                        21:29 Danking70

                        21:22 Nimble Spemble

                        21:21 BA

                        21:12 twobyfour

                        21:11 Zenster

                        21:05 Old Patriot

                        20:49 OyVey1

                        20:44 Zenster

                        20:42 OyVey1

                        20:37 Lone Ranger

                        20:36 Redneck Jim

                        20:32 john frum

Who's in the News
53	[untagged]
7	Taliban
6	Global Jihad
3	Govt of Syria
3	Iraqi Insurgency
2	IRGC
2	Hamas
2	Thai Insurgency
2	al-Qaeda
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Aqsa Martyrs
1	al-Qaeda in Yemen
1	Govt of Iran
1	Fatah al-Islam

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2007-08-10
Saudi police detain 135

Thu 2007-08-09
2,760 non-Iraqi detainees in Iraqi jails, 800 Iranians

Wed 2007-08-08
11 polio workers abducted in Khar, campaign halted

Tue 2007-08-07
Suicide bomber kills 30 in Iraq, including 12 children

Mon 2007-08-06
Benazir willing to join Musharraf in govt

Sun 2007-08-05
Explosives + ME men near Naval Station in SC, FBI on scene

Sat 2007-08-04
Afghan airstrikes kill 100 Taliban

Fri 2007-08-03
Algerians zap Islamic mastermind

Thu 2007-08-02
Qaeda in Maghreb's second-in-command surrenders

Wed 2007-08-01
Eight terrorists killed, 40 suspects detained in Coalition operations

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

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