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Two AQI big turbans nabbed
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Day after blasts, 19 timer bombs found in Hyderabad	10 00:00 Zenster [1774]
Soldier, 3 terrorists killed in southern Thai gun battle	0 [1741]
Good morning	5 00:00 Thomas Woof [1735]
Hamas honeymoon ends with torture	8 00:00 Pappy [1745]
Somalia: 2 peace delegates wounded in grenade attack	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1747]
Kassam rocket lands in Sderot; none hurt but parked car destroyed	5 00:00 trailing wife [1743]
French police: Backpack filled with explosives found in Basque country	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1744]
Leb helis pound Nahr el-Bared	0 [1742]
Troops kill 7 Palestinians in W. Bank, Gaza	2 00:00 Thomas Woof [1765]
Bomb detonates near Kadamiyah Shrine; kills five, wounds 27	0 [1743]
Iraqi, Polish Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain extremist cell leader in Diwaniyah	8 00:00 OldSpook [1757]
ISOF, U.S. Special Forces detain nine extremist militants in Baghdad	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1733]
Two AQI big turbans nabbed	8 00:00 Zenster [1785]
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces detain rogue Jaysh al Mahdi leaders	2 00:00 OldSpook [1767]
Three terrorists killed, 17 suspects detained in Coalition raids	0 [1751]
Execution site discovered, eight suspects detained	0 [1738]
Coalition Forces capture foreign fighter in Arab Jabour	0 [1743]
Troops destroy cache in Southern Baghdad	0 [1748]
Iraqi citizens escape makeshift prison, CF find remains	1 00:00 Gary and the Samoyeds [1739]
Twelve dead in clashes in Turkeys southeast	0 [1744]
Mahmoud sings	5 00:00 Old Patriot [1759]
Colonel among 4 kidnapped in South Waziristan	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1748]
Swat video shops receive threatening letters	0 [1747]
Baloch group claims killed six security men in blast	4 00:00 Thomas Woof [1742]
20 Afghans killed in violence	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1744]
Page 2: WoT Background
Kerry Lets Possibile Anti-Defamation Suit Against SwiftVets Expire	8 00:00 GK [1772]
Iraq Religious Leaders Meet: A Fatwa Against Violence	1 00:00 Zenster [1767]
Anti-War Liberal Schakowsky Not Convinced by Petreaus	14 00:00 Red Dawg [1778]
Opus Potentially Offensive Cartoon (Secret!)	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
Kenyan Anti-Rendition Campaigner Missing	4 00:00 Zenster [1739]
'Muslim Live-8' planned for Darfur crisis	5 00:00 Darrell [1744]
Hamas forces fail to arrest AFP journalist	0 [1743]
Somalia: Pirates free Danish vessel and crew	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1753]
Warty Nose severely injured, Palestinian sources report	7 00:00 Zenster [1742]
Two Palestinians brandishing knives arrested at checkpoint near Nablus	1 00:00 gromgoru [1747]
Sudan criticizes UN chief over troop withdrawal	0 [1745]
Mashaal: Shalit alive and in good condition	3 00:00 gromgoru [1745]
Afghan troops were ready to save hostages: minister	1 00:00 OldSpook [1751]
Hezbollah to relocate its HQ to a secret location in Lebanon	3 00:00 lotp [1740]
Vehicle curfew imposed on Baghdad	0 [1738]
Terror Suspect List Yields Few Arrests	0 [1755]
North Korea will only declare three nuclear sites	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [1743]
'Lal Masjid' resumes media activities	1 00:00 Grunter [1737]
Offensive in Iraq just beginning: Bush	6 00:00 doc [1737]
A new Lion of Islam for Hamas	2 00:00 Zenster [1748]
New U.S. armored trucks are symbolic targets: general	5 00:00 Pappy [1775]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Chinese Coal Minre Fires Pushing Global Warming?	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
Bird flu at German poultry farm, 160,000 culled	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1742]
General Francisco Pereira Furtao goes to Zim.	3 00:00 Pappy [1757]
Brown hit by new sleaze row over Labour funds	3 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1739]
Strict Gun Control Has Doubled Gun Crime In England	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1764]
Puntland president worries over federal parliament bill	0 [1739]
Rise in number of runaway maids	4 00:00 Eric Jablow [1732]
Greece: Forest fires kill 44; PM declares state of emergency	1 00:00 Thomas Woof [1740]
Pakistan test-fires new cruise missile	2 00:00 john frum [1741]
Former French PM Raymond Barre dies	4 00:00 Eric Jablow [1751]
Controlling gender imbalance: China plans tougher laws on abortion	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [1746]
Aziz in London for last ditch deal with Benazir	0 [1739]
PML-N wants Sharifs back before Sept 10	0 [1752]
Jail awaits Nawaz, Shahbaz: Musharraf	0 [1747]
Page 4: Opinion
Steyn: They wait for us to run again	3 00:00 Unutle McGurque8861 [1740]
9/11 brought Americans closer to Islam	17 00:00 Zenster [1740]
Inside the world of fatwas	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [1731]
Review: The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization	18 00:00 tipper [1802]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Psycho Tries To Open Airplane Door At 30k Feet--That's A Beatin'	21 00:00 OldSpook [1767]
Japanese rice paddy art	5 00:00 Zenster [1750]
'Blasphemous' balls anger Afghans	16 00:00 Zenster [1774]
Fracas closes Muslim peace office in Sri Lanka	1 00:00 ryuge [1756]
VA Candidates Reach Out to Muslims	5 00:00 Pancho Jamble1384 [1738]
Woman with firm grip brings attacker to his knees	12 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1736]
Maryland town may block Ahmadis from gathering	2 00:00 Gary and the Samoyeds [1743]

    
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                        23:37 trailing wife

                        23:36 Red Dawg

                        23:35 Neville Glomoter4532

                        23:32 Rambler

                        23:12 tipper

                        23:09 Anguper Hupomosing9418

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                        22:26 Zenster

                        22:18 Darrell

                        22:17 GK

                        22:13 lotp

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                        22:05 Pappy

                        21:57 xbalanke

                        21:45 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:42 Pappy

                        21:41 Barbara Skolaut

Who's in the News
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11	Iraqi Insurgency
6	Global Jihad
6	Hamas
5	Taliban
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Fatah al-Islam
2	Islamic Courts
1	Janjaweed
1	Mahdi Army
1	PFLP
1	Hezbollah
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Govt of Sudan

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2007-08-26
Two AQI big turbans nabbed

Sat 2007-08-25
Hyderabad under attack: 3 explosions, 2 defused bombs, 34 dead

Fri 2007-08-24
Pak supremes: Nawaz can return

Thu 2007-08-23
Izzat Ibrahim to throw in towel

Wed 2007-08-22
Aksa Martyrs: We'll no longer honor agreements with Israel

Tue 2007-08-21
'Saddam's daughter won't be deported'

Mon 2007-08-20
Baitullah sez S. Wazoo deal is off, Gov't claims accord is intact

Sun 2007-08-19
Taliban say hostage talks fail

Sat 2007-08-18
"Take us to Tehran!" : Turkish passenger plane hijacked

Fri 2007-08-17
Tora Bora assault: Allies press air, ground attacks

Thu 2007-08-16
Jury finds Padilla, 2 co-defendents, guilty

Wed 2007-08-15
At least 175 dead in Iraq bomb attack

Tue 2007-08-14
Police arrests dormant cell of Fatah al-Islam in s. Lebanon

Mon 2007-08-13
Lebanese army rejects siege surrender offer

Sun 2007-08-12
Taliban: 2 sick S. Korean hostages to be freed

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