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Wheelchair boomer kills cop in Samarra
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Militants breach wall of snow on LoC	8 00:00 OldSpook [1761]
Iraq group releases video of captive Briton	0 [1751]
Michael Totten: Guns in the Desert	0 [1741]
Rockets fired at Iranian consulate in Basra	4 00:00 Pappy [1745]
~~Special Groups~~ Iranian Terrorist Leader Captured	1 00:00 Frank G [1743]
US troops detain Iraqi news editor	0 [1742]
Good morning...	11 00:00 Hoammafak [1766]
Three Iraqis killed in S. Baghdad blast	0 [1742]
Kirkuk police chief escapes death	0 [1743]
Fourteen Iraqis killed in Mosul	0 [1744]
Iraqi army commander, seven of his bodyguards killed in Baqouba	1 00:00 Unique Battle [1739]
Egyptian authorities transfer 21 Palestinian detainees to Gaza	3 00:00 Fred [1739]
IDF troops arrest 4 Palestinian terror suspects in Nablus	0 [1739]
IDF troops arrest 21 Palestinians north of Ramallah	0 [1741]
Turkish military says it kills 41 Kurdish rebels in Iraq	0 [1746]
Jordan charges 5 with spying for Hamas	0 [1747]
Fresh fighting claims 41 lives in Sri Lanka	0 [1742]
Wheelchair bomber kills cop	3 00:00 Chuck Simmins [1779]
4 killed in attack on UK NGO office in Mansehra	0 [1746]
3 killed in bomb attack on army vehicle	0 [1737]
Rockets hit Peshawar	0 [1737]
Page 2: WoT Background
Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts	11 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1734]
Obama Worked with Terrorist, Expert Says	11 00:00 Icerigger [1735]
'Osama bin London' convicted	1 00:00 tu3031 [1734]
Riot against the "modesty police" in Iran captured on video	3 00:00 Pappy [1743]
Today in History	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1746]
Jewish Professor Declares Support for Hezbollah in Lebanon	9 00:00 Redneck Jim [1743]
Probe Sought in Marine Vehicle Delays	8 00:00 Old Patriot [1737]
Breaking news: Lebanon vote delayed for 15th time	1 00:00 smn [1746]
Jumblatt: Only Lebanese authority should possess weapons	6 00:00 Redneck Jim [1734]
Moussa's Quartet meeting failed to end Lebanon crises	1 00:00 tu3031 [1734]
Mugniyeh's widow claims Syria behind his assassination	1 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Pentagon expects `post-surge' troop levels in Iraq to be 140,000	2 00:00 remoteman [1733]
'Suicide attacks crimes against mankind'	1 00:00 M. Murcek [1739]
Iran warns France to back off tough line on nuke program	3 00:00 anonymous5089 [1739]
'Bulldozer' Promises Change in Korea	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1736]
Muslim scholars decry terrorism	7 00:00 Ptah [1741]
Taleban issue mobile phone threat	8 00:00 Skunky Glins5285 [1735]
BNP demands Akhtar Mengal's release	0 [1732]
Zardari to work with Musharraf	0 [1737]
Sooner Musharraf goes, the better: Nawaz	0 [1745]
Army vows to kick out militants from Swat	0 [1732]
SHC accepts charges against Jundullah activists	0 [1733]
Zardari flays suicide blast in Rawalpindi	0 [1737]
The story you'll never see on 60 Minutes	1 00:00 Penguin [1751]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Argentina, Brazil to jointly build n-subs	2 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [1756]
Nuke plant shutdown cuts power in Fla.	11 00:00 OldSpook [1758]
MEPs fail in bid to declassify internal EU report on massive expenses fraud	0 [1742]
Strike a chord: Axeman Eric Clapton to break cultural isolation of North Korea	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1767]
Nazi Treasure Found?	0 [1739]
Oliver Stone Compares Castro with Obama	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1737]
Air (Compressed) Car from Zero Pollution Motors	14 00:00 Mike N. [1752]
Hillary Clinton supporter stabs Barack Obama backer	1 00:00 Mike [1742]
Lurid Moonbat Fantasy #48: the Assasination of Barak Obama	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [1770]
India test fires submarine launched ballistic missile	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1735]
Malaria Can Be Beaten In Many Places, Map Shows	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1757]
Wheat, Corn, Soyabeans hit record high prices	13 00:00 Farmin B Hard Ass [1759]
LRA rebels attack civilians in CAR, break truce	0 [1737]
Zimbabwe's biggest state hospital stops operations	6 00:00 Michael Moore [1733]
EU hopes to launch Libya talks this year	0 [1731]
Belgian parties reach first reform deal since polls	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1742]
Venezuela seeks oust English biz, tech terms like 'marketing,' 'mouse'	9 00:00 BA [1739]
Scientists find genetic keys to inherited hair loss	2 00:00 DoDo [1736]
'Hope of the Entire World': Nation of Islam's Farrakhan Sings Obama's Praises	10 00:00 OldSpook [1765]
U.S. tightens sanctions on Myanmar	1 00:00 Besoeker [1734]
New Leader Seeks Unity In Cyprus	1 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1733]
AP Poll: Obama Catches Clinton Across US	4 00:00 smn [1734]
7.2 quake rocks Indonesia	0 [1734]
Airline disputes account of woman's death aboard	5 00:00 Crease Poodle1618 [1732]
Forget global warming: Welcome to the new Ice Age	19 00:00 KBK [1758]
Page 4: Opinion
Music To Annoy Gitmo Prisoners	18 00:00 OldSpook [1752]
Analysis: How Pakistan crashed YouTube	2 00:00 3dc [1739]
The New Kill-Israel Axis	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1740]
Spotlight On L'affaire al-Dura	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1742]
Military fears 'unknown quantity'	4 00:00 swksvolFF [1740]
ElBaradei's Real Agenda	4 00:00 MarkZ [1743]
Scientists Predict World's End, Women, Children & Minorities hit hardest	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
Analysis: Nasrallah's existential dilemmas	2 00:00 mojo [1730]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Islamist Forum Member Suggests Stirring Up Racial Tension in U.S.	6 00:00 regular joe [1738]
Poles are bringing over their own private detectives - because UK police are 'not up to the job'	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1735]
Police excavate bricked-up 'Colditz' cellar at ex-children's home, fears it hides a mass grave	0 [1735]
A Nation Briefly Without Starbucks	6 00:00 phil_b [1758]
Welcome to Bad Idea Underwater Encounters	7 00:00 Rambler in California [1740]
Loser 40-year-old son accused of Tasering mom	5 00:00 Broadhead6 [1733]
Italy celebrates World Slow Day	3 00:00 Clusotle Black9592 [1734]
Sweden: Säpo bodyguard 'shot and missed' reindeer	1 00:00 tu3031 [1739]
Man with multiple Passports bolts from Security Screeners	6 00:00 bruce [1749]
Scientology kindergarten closed	4 00:00 DoDo [1742]

    
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                        23:08 Abdominal Snowman

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                        22:33 Farmin B Hard Ass

                        22:11 Hoammafak

                        22:04 Barbara Skolaut

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                        21:53 JosephMendiola

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                        21:32 Darrell

                        21:28 Mike N.

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                        21:22 Frank G

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                        21:19 JosephMendiola

                        21:19 Frank G

Who's in the News
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8	Iraqi Insurgency
4	Hezbollah
4	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Govt of Iran
2	Hamas
2	Palestinian Authority
1	Global Jihad
1	TNSM
1	Govt of Syria
1	al-Qaeda
1	IRGC

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2008-02-26
Wheelchair boomer kills cop in Samarra

Mon 2008-02-25
Yemen foils attempt to bomb oil pipeline

Sun 2008-02-24
Iraqi security forces kill 10 al-Qaida insurgents

Sat 2008-02-23
Turk troops enter Iraq after Kurdish fighters

Fri 2008-02-22
Morocco busts another terror cell

Thu 2008-02-21
Thirty Taliban killed in joint strikes

Wed 2008-02-20
Mullahs lose NWFP control after five years

Tue 2008-02-19
Dulmatin titzup in Tawi-Tawi?

Mon 2008-02-18
Explosion rocks West Texas oil refinery

Sun 2008-02-17
Somali president unhurt in mortar attack on residence

Sat 2008-02-16
Islamic Jihad commander kabooms himself, family, neighbors

Fri 2008-02-15
Multiple explosions at TX pipelines near Mexican border

Thu 2008-02-14
Muslim group 'planned mass murder'

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Mugniyeh rots

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