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Bhutto may allow US military strike
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Miami men 'plotted to overthrow US'	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1771]
So long to Abu Osama AlTunisi	3 00:00 RD [1736]
Italy: Former Red Brigade commander arrested during bank heist	5 00:00 Steve [1740]
Operation Anchorage nets five suspected insurgents, stops VBIED	4 00:00 trailing wife [1742]
13 dead as suicide bomber targets Kabul police bus	4 00:00 Mike [1734]
Gruesome jihadi snuff films found in southern Thailand as killings continue	3 00:00 Zenster [1741]
Unsung Glory / Unsung Heroes	6 00:00 Pappy [1738]
G'morning...	8 00:00 Red Dawg [1742]
Four Afghans killed by Taleban for spying	1 00:00 Spot [1736]
1st CAV air assets engage, kill Al Qaeda extremists after receiving RPG, small arms fire	2 00:00 RD [1734]
Coalition forces disrupt al-Qaeda leadership: seven killed, 11 detained	1 00:00 Glenmore [1737]
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces disrupts AQI meeting, detains 23 terrorist suspects	4 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1739]
Coalition airpower supports ground troops	5 00:00 USN, Ret. [1743]
11 Aoun party activists arrested for carrying illegal weapons	0 [1742]
2 electricity towers blown up in Hub	4 00:00 Zenster [1739]
Oscar Wyatt pleads guilty in oil-for-food trial	6 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1735]
Taliban, Al-Qaeda 'wanted' as scores killed in Afghanistan	3 00:00 Jack is Back! [1742]
'Poet of Al-Qaeda' to serve 18 months in Jordan	6 00:00 Jack is Back! [1736]
Local rebel boss among 11 killed in Algeria	0 [1738]
Erdogan vows retaliation after gunmen slaughter 13 in assault on mini-bus	4 00:00 smn [1739]
Six JI face Indonesia death penalty	1 00:00 Zenster [1739]
Rebel attack came at end of Ramadan fast	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Al Mamoon communications tower rises again	1 00:00 tu3031 [1743]
UN rights council hears calls for condemnation of Myanmar junta	5 00:00 twobyfour [1758]
The southern axis of evil involving NutJob and host of comic book villains.	7 00:00 trailing wife [1745]
"The Elders" take a roadtrip	5 00:00 tu3031 [1739]
Abbas appointee: "Muslims are masters of the world, its leaders and teachers"	15 00:00 Zenster [1733]
Plan for 17 EU nations to lose seats in europarliament	7 00:00 Excalibur [1734]
Fires Raging Across Lebanon	7 00:00 Zenster [1761]
Phony Vets for Truth Join Reid Attack on Rush Limbaugh	1 00:00 Darrell [1738]
StrategyPage Iran: Insiders See Doomsday Approaching	14 00:00 mcsegeek1 [1763]
Secret deal with Egypt behind stranded Hamas return to Gaza	0 [1743]
US eyes missile sale worth up to $125m to Egypt	3 00:00 Glenmore [1735]
Israel's Government Press Office Says A-Dura Film is a 'Blood Libel'	1 00:00 trailing wife [1735]
U.N. probes Kosovo police role in bomb attack	0 [1732]
Hirsi Ali returns to Netherlands	0 [1736]
Insurgent Body Count Records Released	3 00:00 Frozen Al [1734]
Congressional Iraqi Festivities Continue	3 00:00 gorb [1742]
Muslim checkout staff get an alcohol opt-out clause	11 00:00 mcsegeek1 [1771]
British Muslim Initiative	4 00:00 mcsegeek1 [1763]
Muslim 'peace' adverts launched	3 00:00 ed [1739]
Britain considering Iraq troop cut - BBC	2 00:00 Bobby [1743]
Russia to pull out engineers in Iran if war begins	8 00:00 DarthVader [1735]
Pollyanna O'Bama: Dismantle All Nukes	17 00:00 mcsegeek1 [1760]
Iraq Foreign Minister Urges Patience	1 00:00 Zenster [1730]
Moros not happy with peace processor	0 [1734]
Defying threats, Swedish artist wants to turn prophet cartoon into musical	15 00:00 mcsegeek1 [1760]
Qatari soldiers fly to Lebanon within UNIFIL mandate	0 [1735]
US Senate okays more war funding as Dems try to force an end to conflict	2 00:00 mojo [1738]
N., S. Korean leaders to hold second-ever summit on divided peninsula	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1742]
Iran threatens to attack 170 US targets	18 00:00 3dc [1761]
PA demands sweeping deal with Israel before summit	7 00:00 Zenster [1735]
Assad sets demands for Middle East Peace Conference	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1741]
Arab-International force to protect Lebanon MP's?	0 [1738]
Saudi cleric issues warning over militants	0 [1746]
All 24 on FBI's most wanted list are Arabs	5 00:00 mhw [1744]
Hamas 'handed Al-Qaeda fugitive to Egypt' in exchange for border opening	3 00:00 mojo [1739]
Bahrain frees three suspected of links to terror group	0 [1742]
Jordanian prosecutor seeks jail term for dissident	0 [1738]
Senegal threatens Darfur pull-out	3 00:00 ed [1731]
Bhutto may allow US military strike	3 00:00 gorb [1782]
Indian conspiracies bother Pakistan	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Pakistan topped list of arms purchasers in 2006	3 00:00 Zenster [1737]
Page 3: Non-WoT
SA: Farmer gives in to land threats	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [1736]
The Last White Zim Farmers being thrown out with Miliary Force	9 00:00 gorb [1738]
Congressional Approval at All-Time Low	11 00:00 mcsegeek1 [1760]
Myanmar: "All the trails are mined"	5 00:00 Zenster [1737]
Sylvester Stallone, film crew witness atrocities in Burma	3 00:00 DMFD [1740]
Australia rejects Burmese general as envoy	1 00:00 trailing wife [1735]
Africans have 'trouble settling here'	12 00:00 smn [1734]
Korean Leaders meet	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Chinese man arrested for running fake Beijing 2008 Olympics website	5 00:00 Zenster [1734]
Britney loses custody of her children	5 00:00 tu3031 [1733]
Zimbabwe runs out of bread	13 00:00 Al Gore [1730]
UN envoy meets Myanmar junta leader today	1 00:00 Excalibur [1733]
Recovering Mahathir orders doctors away	1 00:00 anonymous5089 [1737]
O'bama raises $20 million in third quarter	8 00:00 Zenster [1757]
Paris Hilton judge has Sutherland's case	1 00:00 tu3031 [1730]
Putin eyes Russian premiership	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1731]
Algeria's loss-making state companies to be broken up, sold	0 [1735]
Zimbabwe to introduce new currency	4 00:00 ed [1732]
Islamabad police chief suspended	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1730]
Australia starts citizenship test	3 00:00 Excalibur [1735]
No-trust motion moved against NWFP CM	0 [1736]
Page 4: Opinion
Email from a Chaplain in Iraq	6 00:00 twobyfour [1754]
Burma Teaches A Lethal Lesson	0 [1742]
Iraq's Golden Silence	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1743]
The Death of Johannesburg	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1734]
Harry Ried hoisted by his own rhetorical petard	9 00:00 Red Dawg [1737]
Islamic Bigotry: The Slaughter of 4,000 Gays	6 00:00 mcsegeek1 [1749]
John Bolton was right	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1737]
Columbia, Duke and the Media	0 [1739]
The Welfare State and How Its Destroying the West (nice)	5 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1739]
Let Lebanese, not Palestinians, rule Lebanon	4 00:00 JFM [1736]
Al Qaeda Crippled By U.S. Strategy	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1739]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Headline of the Week	4 00:00 gorb [1740]
Scrappleface: Edwards Takes Public Cash to Identify with Poor	2 00:00 N guard [1737]
The mystery of the giant stone heads	11 00:00 Super Hose [1730]
Czech soldiers face charges for failing in Iraq guard duties	2 00:00 tu3031 [1733]
S.Africa: 15 Man Gang storm Casino in hail AK47 of gunfire	1 00:00 gromky [1733]
Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom	7 00:00 Frank G [1762]
Zimbabwe in Pictures	3 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Police Investigate Bizarre Emergency Call From Bishop	1 00:00 Zenster [1744]
South Korean president crosses border for summit	1 00:00 Darrell [1736]
Motorcyclist dies after falling off cliff near the Dead Sea	12 00:00 Frank G [1758]
Protesters arrested at Scotland naval base	4 00:00 Seafarious [1741]

    
                23:26 twobyfour

                        23:24 Zenster

                        23:20 mcsegeek1

                        23:11 Zenster

                        23:11 Frank G

                        23:09 twobyfour

                        23:08 mcsegeek1

                        23:06 mcsegeek1

                        23:04 mcsegeek1

                        23:02 spiffo

                        22:58 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:52 mcsegeek1

                        22:47 mcsegeek1

                        22:46 3dc

                        22:44 smn

                        22:43 Frank G

                        22:38 mcsegeek1

                        22:38 Laurence of the Rats

                        22:35 Frank G

                        22:34 mcsegeek1

                        22:30 mcsegeek1

                        22:27 Zenster

                        22:24 mcsegeek1

                        22:22 Super Hose

Who's in the News
68	[untagged]
7	Iraqi Insurgency
5	al-Qaeda
4	Govt of Syria
4	al-Qaeda in Iraq
4	Global Jihad
3	Taliban
2	Govt of Iran
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas
1	Iraqi Baath Party
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	Jemaah Islamiyah

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Tue 2007-10-02
Bhutto may allow US military strike

Mon 2007-10-01
Hamas renews call for cease-fire with Israel

Sun 2007-09-30
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Sat 2007-09-29
Court Lets Perv Run for President

Fri 2007-09-28
AQI #3 Abu Usama al Tunisi bites the dust

Thu 2007-09-27
Over 100 Taliban killed in Afghanistan

Wed 2007-09-26
NWFP govt calls for army's help

Tue 2007-09-25
Hezbollah, Allies Scuttle Leb Presidential Vote

Mon 2007-09-24
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Sun 2007-09-23
'Commandos captured nuclear materials before air raid in Syria'

Sat 2007-09-22
Islamists stage rally against Musharraf

Fri 2007-09-21
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