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Pak Talibs agree to release abducted soldiers?
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iran threatens missile attacks on US targets	13 00:00 newc [1760]
Dutch Honor American Hero	1 00:00 Richard Aubrey [1744]
Greenspan: Ouster Of Saddam Crucial For Oil Security but not Bush war motive	8 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1761]
Michael Yon: Hunting Al-Qaida, Part 2 of 3	5 00:00 Pappy [1736]
Blackwater license being revoked in Iraq	14 00:00 ed [1761]
Philippine officials: terrorists may be using kites	12 00:00 ed [1771]
Iraqi security adviser expects U.S. combat role to decline	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1742]
Official: Militants loyal to al Qaeda attack Shiite villages	0 [1738]
Canadian Lutheran Arrest Linked to Austrian Terror Suspects	7 00:00 Canuckistan sniper [1745]
Good morning.	6 00:00 hiutopor [1760]
Key al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist captured	1 00:00 MB [1748]
Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain two key extremist militant leaders	0 [1744]
Eight terrorists killed, seven suspects detained	0 [1735]
Premature explodulation as Iraqi Army thwarts suicide bomber	0 [1744]
Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces in Diwaniyah Engage Extremist Insurgents, Kill Two	0 [1743]
Insurgent rocket attack kills 2 eastern Baghdad residents, wounds 2 others	0 [1744]
Palestinian gunmen open fire at troops at Nablus checkpoint	0 [1742]
Turkish Troops kill 1 Kurdish rebel, capture 2 others injured	0 [1751]
IDF prevents terrorist from infiltrating Shavei Shomron in the West Bank	0 [1749]
Iranian weapons intercepted in Afghanistan	10 00:00 Crusader [1746]
First time out: Afghan commandos capture Taliban operative	2 00:00 Glenmore [1743]
Four shops destroyed in Swat	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1743]
3 security personnel injured, 2 Taliban killed in gunbattle	0 [1741]
Government troops ambushed in south Mog	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [1740]
Somalia: 2 top army officials slain	0 [1742]
Page 2: WoT Background
The Overlawyered War	4 00:00 ed [1771]
Fewer Foreigners Crossing Into Iraq From Syria to Fight	5 00:00 RWV [1743]
Framing the War on Terror	1 00:00 ed [1773]
Meanwhile, in Bizarro world...	7 00:00 Don Corleone [1738]
Norway: Taxi drivers linked to Pakistani gangs	5 00:00 ed [1769]
Iran: Access to Google blocked	1 00:00 Excalibur [1741]
Three US companies helping Islamic Jihad	0 [1740]
Israel fears terror attack at sea	3 00:00 gromgoru [1735]
Terror must be normal part of life: al-Qaeda	11 00:00 rjschwarz [1739]
US Quietly Promulgates New Anti-Nuclear Proliferation Pact	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
US to give Jordan $78 million to combat terrorism, take in refugees	6 00:00 gromgoru [1735]
Egypt bans Muslim Brotherhood's annual Ramadan event	1 00:00 Duh [1729]
Insurgent spokesman says Iraq is currently occupied by Iran and US	4 00:00 JohnQC [1735]
IDF demands uncut al-Dura tape	10 00:00 ryuge [1734]
Hariri: If you want dialogue, don't just say it, do it	0 [1738]
Aoun is the only presidential candidate of pro-Syrian opposition	0 [1744]
Lebanon releases picture of Fatah al-Islam spokesman	3 00:00 Besoeker [1738]
Sadr group says no plans to unseat Maliki	3 00:00 smn [1733]
Qaeda taking over regional groups: report	1 00:00 trailing wife [1735]
Swedish media rallies around cartoonist	10 00:00 smn [1735]
'Zawahiri replaces Bin Laden as Al Qaeda chief'	10 00:00 smn [1753]
Second targeted Karachi lawyer dies in hospital	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1736]
Pak Talibs agree to release abducted soldiers?	2 00:00 Zenster [1779]
Gates rejects Greenspan's claim war is about oil, effectively calling him senile, Troofer moron	5 00:00 Jack is Back! [1731]
World should 'prepare for the worst' over Iran: France	15 00:00 trailing wife [1736]
Gates Urges Veto of Troop-Rest Measure	15 00:00 ed [1768]
Bush: More U.S. Troops in Support Roles	3 00:00 Procopius2k [1754]
Page 3: Non-WoT
UK guarantees all of Northern Rock bank's deposits	0 [1741]
Hugo threatens private schools	4 00:00 DMFD [1736]
US officials deny visas for British pop stars	0 [1737]
Russian Fuel Ready for Iran	1 00:00 mojo [1731]
Saudi Arabia: Women demand right to drive	9 00:00 trailing wife [1732]
Iran 'slams' French nuclear war warning	5 00:00 Anonymoose [1729]
Clinton to offer health care plan - some details	8 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1724]
Bush to nominate retired federal judge Michael Mukasey as new A-G	2 00:00 RWV [1729]
German cardinal sparks fury with 'Nazi art term'	9 00:00 SR-71 [1749]
Jamaat-e-Islami leader joins PPP-S	1 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Nawaz meets Saudi king	1 00:00 Paul [1735]
Africa Floods Bring Death, Devastation	9 00:00 jds [1743]
Greek Conservatives Head for Victory	9 00:00 E Brown [1733]
Page 4: Opinion
New details (and lingering questions) on that Israeli raid in Syria	1 00:00 Rob Crawford [1744]
Judge Mukasey writes on the Patriot Act	1 00:00 Bobby [1733]
Over 9,000 Served - Served Up, that is	1 00:00 Glenmore [1738]
Rod Dreher: What the Muslim Brotherhood means for the U.S. (good read)	1 00:00 Zenster [1745]
Don't look for either party to have a brokered convention next year.	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1739]
Where is American Muslims Self-Criticism?	3 00:00 Zenster [1768]
Escalation in the Positions of Iranian President Ahmadinejad	0 [1742]
More crushing of dissent on the "~~nut~~ netroots" Left	3 00:00 tu3031 [1730]
Israeli Overflight Mystery Deepens	7 00:00 SteveS [1763]
Defeat Made in Washington	3 00:00 Glenmore [1732]
Mark Steyn: Looking for love in all the wrong places	10 00:00 Zenster [1744]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Britney Hired a Hit Man to Kill Cletus	2 00:00 tu3031 [1741]
Police Officer Shot...."COPS" is it by a Muslim?	9 00:00 Clavitch Hapsburg2795 [1740]
Hsu Cast Wide Net For Clinton Donors	1 00:00 tu3031 [1733]
WaPo Explains Opus Ban	14 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1737]
Terror in Sai Kung park. Not just another snake and dog story.	0 [1729]
Ancient records help test climate change	6 00:00 ed [1771]
OJ Simpson arrested in Las Vegas robbery	10 00:00 smn [1727]
Chicago cabbies being ticketed while they pray	25 00:00 KBK [1748]
Pensacola NAS OCS to close	3 00:00 Pappy [1767]

    
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Who's in the News
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9	Iraqi Insurgency
4	Global Jihad
4	al-Qaeda
3	Govt of Iran
3	Taliban
3	PLO
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Hezbollah
2	Islamic Courts
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Mahdi Army
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Islamic Army in Iraq
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Abu Sayyaf

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Two weeks of WOT

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Fri 2007-09-14
Majority OKs Berri's initiative to resolve Lebanon crisis

Thu 2007-09-13
Pakistan 115th most peaceful country

Wed 2007-09-12
Suicide bomber kills 16 in Pakistan

Tue 2007-09-11
Six Years: Never forgive, never forget, never "understand"!

Mon 2007-09-10
Petraeus reports

Sun 2007-09-09
Germans hunt 49 in 'Fritz the Taliban' terror plot

Sat 2007-09-08
Binny: "Convert or die, infidels!"

Fri 2007-09-07
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Thu 2007-09-06
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