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Egypt starts to rebuild Gaza border fences
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
I love the smell of JDAMs in the morning, the smell of Victory!	4 00:00 RD [11131]
Syria arrests prominent dissident	1 00:00 Frank G [11129]
Iraqi police find remains, heads of 19 executed men	5 00:00 Spike Uniter [11127]
Car Bomb Targets US Patrol, Kills Iraqi	2 00:00 ed [11131]
Car bomb attack in Algerian town	1 00:00 anonymous5089 [11123]
One police officer, one terrorist dead in southern Thai gun battle	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11126]
Pakistani Taliban grows bolder, taking fight to doorstep of frontier city	3 00:00 trailing wife [11131]
Taliban Gunmen Walk Free After School Hostage	1 00:00 Icerigger [11128]
Good morning...	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [11123]
Police Arrested 3 Suspects in Eid's Murder	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Coalition forces target al-Qaeda in central Iraq; 18 suspects detained	0 [11128]
Soldiers find two caches in Doura	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11130]
Nasir can help unravel HuJI network: sleuths	0 [11128]
Two aid workers among four dead in Somalia blast	0 [11125]
Egypt Tightens Control Along Gaza Border	4 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11129]
Egypt starts to rebuild Gaza border fences	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [11136]
Army in full control of area around Kohat Tunnel	1 00:00 Dopey Flotle8127 [11128]
2 soldiers killed in North Waziristan	0 [11123]
Troops continue advance in Swat	1 00:00 Dopey Flotle8127 [11128]
Six key militant outfits operating in Darra	0 [11130]
Mardan authorities seek additional force to counter Taliban	0 [11125]
8 Taliban killed in Afghanistan	1 00:00 Dopey Flotle8127 [11125]
Tamil Tigers shell key Sri Lankan military base	3 00:00 Pappy [11137]
Page 2: WoT Background
US Army's Modded-Out Shotgun	0 [11125]
Egyptians grow weary of Gazans	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
UAE seeks French base to break US security monopoly in Gulf	4 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [11129]
The Way of the REMF	6 00:00 Eric Jablow [11132]
As Karzai Loses His Grip, A Familiar Face Looms	8 00:00 Danielle [11136]
Canada threatens to pull soldiers from Afghanistan	3 00:00 ed [11129]
US jails Colombian ~~freedom fighter~~ ~~militant~~ rebel leader	1 00:00 Icerigger [11127]
First They Came for the Gays	8 00:00 Redneck Jim [11129]
Pakistan: Christian Woman Abducted, Forcibly Converted and Married to Muslim Kidnapper...	7 00:00 M. Murcek [11125]
Video: Try not to Smile	6 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Israel won't resist Abbas control at Egypt crossing	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Islamic extremist 'plotted to kidnap British Muslim soldier and behead him like a pig'	5 00:00 Crusader [11127]
Israeli official: Bolton accused Rice of caving on terms of cease-fire	6 00:00 SR-71 [11132]
Sneaking Bombs Past Airport Screeners 101	1 00:00 Icerigger [11128]
Turkey: Plan to lift ban on head scarves	0 [11125]
Bush asks $70 bn in partial 2009 war funding	3 00:00 ed [11129]
Berri, Suleiman Agree to Investigate Sunday's Deaths	0 [11127]
Gemayel Warns Against Attempts to Topple Lebanon's Regime	0 [11126]
Saniora Is 'Allah's Enemy' To Mourners	0 [11125]
Wally: Democratic Lebanon cannot Coexist with Syria's Dictatorship	0 [11128]
Iraq minister says Mosul 'worse than imagined'	7 00:00 KBK [11126]
BJP to oppose 'minority appeasement'	0 [11128]
Yemen's Deals With Jihadists Unsettle the U.S.	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [11126]
Morocco Will Try Madrid Bombing Suspect	0 [11128]
Hezbollah blames Lebanese gov't for unrest	0 [11127]
Foreign agencies fanning terror in Pakistan: Shah	0 [11124]
Interior Ministry says Rauf not in secret detention	0 [11133]
Baitullah Mehsud appoints Faqir to head truce talks with government	0 [11127]
Mehsuds urge govt not to target tribesmen's houses	3 00:00 Frank G [11128]
Leb on high alert after deadly riots	0 [11126]
Israelis halt Gaza water project backed by Tony Blair	4 00:00 Rambler [11126]
Glasgow heroes' families accuse Gordon Brown	1 00:00 tu3031 [11130]
Sharp drop in investment in Afghanistan in '07	2 00:00 M. Murcek [11131]
EU ministers discuss anti-terrorism measures, open borders	1 00:00 trailing wife [11129]
Yakubs death sentence stayed	0 [11132]
EU launches new mechanism to support Palestinian people	4 00:00 rjschwarz [11128]
Demonstration in Brussels calls for lifting of Gaza siege	7 00:00 Redneck Jim [11125]
World's Most Powerful Rail Gun Delivered to Navy	28 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Page 3: Non-WoT
The other oil shock: Vegetable oil prices soar	4 00:00 M. Murcek [11131]
Ted Kennedy and the Commonwealth of Taxachusetts, explained	2 00:00 Frank G [11125]
Independents voting in what is supposed to be closed Rep primary?	1 00:00 USN,Ret. [11126]
Bird flu cull hit by 'corruption'	0 [11127]
MP's killing sparks Kenya unrest, coffee to the rescue	0 [11128]
Khat use on the increase in Finland	6 00:00 DarthVader [11130]
Helicopters swoop on Kenyan mob	3 00:00 anonymous5089 [11124]
Kremlin favorite campaigns as Putin's alter ego	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11125]
Letter from Barack Obama on his Muslim heritage	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Politician shot dead in Nairobi	1 00:00 GORT [11126]
Wired Science Reveals Secret Codes in Craig Venter's Artificial Genome	5 00:00 john frum [11132]
Tory MPs back Hillary Clinton for president	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Bush's Final Speech Recalls Presidents Past	3 00:00 Eric Jablow [11126]
Romney and McCain Leading in Fla. Polls	0 [11128]
Jackson: Not Upset by Clinton Remarks	4 00:00 tu3031 [11128]
Algeria leader widens consensus for 3rd term bid	0 [11124]
Annan presses Kenyan rivals to end bloodshed	1 00:00 tu3031 [11129]
Chuck Taylor evidence sought in arms smuggling case	0 [11127]
Teddy Calls Obama 'New Generation of Leadership'	6 00:00 tu3031 [11124]
Mormon pope passes on	2 00:00 Iblis [11124]
Giuliani hints at possible exit from GOP race	5 00:00 Glenmore [11135]
Suspected Securitas ringleader 'in Morocco'	0 [11129]
Greek Orthodox ~~pope~~ patriarch dies	2 00:00 Halliburton - Hyperbolic Idiot Detection Service [11125]
UK Royal Mint faces fraud probe	1 00:00 Spot [11129]
Cold weather, coal shortages put pressure on Beijing	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Eight years in jail for French aid workers convicted in Chad	0 [11125]
Shareholders Plan Proxy Fight at NYT	3 00:00 mojo [11126]
Arnold-Care rejected by California legislature	5 00:00 Jan [11128]
Ban mourns death of Indonesia's Suharto	0 [11129]
India eyes $2b defence deal with US	0 [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
Cow Dung May Prevent Lung Cancer	0 [11125]
The Gaza Breakout	0 [11126]
Today's Lesson From The Koran	10 00:00 SteveS [11129]
Special Ops Fighting Each Other in the Sandbox?	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Give Gaza to Egypt	5 00:00 rjschwarz [11127]
Mexico first? McCain's controversial Hispanic advisor	3 00:00 Crazyhorse [11130]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Mother of the year	6 00:00 Eric Jablow [11133]
Denmark: F16 escort for handball men slights women	1 00:00 ed [11125]
Fly nekkid on Germany's first nudist holiday flight	8 00:00 trailing wife [11125]
Archivist Accused of Stealing Artifacts	0 [11126]
Mugshot released of Boy Scout leader accused of sending porn to 14-year-old	1 00:00 Frank G [11130]
Father 'beaten and stabbed to death in row with neighbour over son's football'	2 00:00 Scooter McGruder [11125]
Icy Weather Strains China; 25 More Die	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
Police in India break ring that sold hundreds of kidneys	0 [11129]
Deaf boy's cotton wool bud 'cure'	4 00:00 Frank G [11127]
Enezis in the News	3 00:00 SteveS [11130]
UNEP picks seven environment champions including Yemeni, Sudanese	1 00:00 trailing wife [11129]

    
                23:43 Redneck Jim

                        23:34 Redneck Jim

                        23:25 Crazyhorse

                        23:11 trailing wife

                        22:55 Danielle

                        22:54 Grease Dark Lord of the Algonquins9226

                        22:33 Frank G

                        22:18 Abdominal Snowman

                        22:16 Pappy

                        22:14 SR-71

                        22:13 JosephMendiola

                        22:12 Eric Jablow

                        22:09 JosephMendiola

                        22:08 Glenmore

                        22:04 JosephMendiola

                        22:00 Eric Jablow

                        21:55 SteveS

                        21:46 Redneck Jim

                        21:45 SteveS

                        21:44 Eric Jablow

                        21:36 SteveS

                        21:33 SteveS

                        21:32 Pappy

                        21:32 trailing wife

Who's in the News
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6	Taliban
5	Hezbollah
3	Hamas
2	Global Jihad
2	Govt of Syria
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	TNSM
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	al-Qaeda in Yemen
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	HUJI
1	Harkatul Mujahideen
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Islamic Courts
1	Palestinian Authority

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2008-01-29
Egypt starts to rebuild Gaza border fences

Mon 2008-01-28
9 killed, dozens injured during Hezbollah-led riots in Leb

Sun 2008-01-27
Gazooks foil attempt to seal Rafah: day 4

Sat 2008-01-26
Mullah Omar sacks Baitullah for fighting against Pak Army

Fri 2008-01-25
Beirut bomb kills top anti-terror investigator

Thu 2008-01-24
Mosul kaboom kills 15, wounds 132

Wed 2008-01-23
Gunnies blow Rafah wall, thousands of Paleos flood into Egypt

Tue 2008-01-22
Musharraf: Pakistan isn't hunting Osama

Mon 2008-01-21
Darkness falls on Gaza

Sun 2008-01-20
Spain arrests 14 over possible Barcelona attack

Sat 2008-01-19
Nasiriyah mosque raid ends two days of slaughter

Fri 2008-01-18
Tennyboomer kills 9 Pakistani Shi'ites

Thu 2008-01-17
Army 'flees second Pakistan fort'

Wed 2008-01-16
Four arrested after Kabul hotel attack

Tue 2008-01-15
PRC, Islamic Jihad to attend Hamas-sponsored conference in Syria

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