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Tater urges 'civil revolt' as battles erupt in Basra
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Violent clashes spreading as death toll hits 12	9 00:00 ed [1733]
Body not that of Indonesian militant	0 [1734]
Afghan troops kill Taliban rebels after ambush	1 00:00 tipover [1736]
Denmark charges two with plotting bomb attack	1 00:00 McZoid [1761]
Sadr urges 'civil revolt' as battles erupt in Basra	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [1777]
Fierce fighting erupts in Iraq's Basra city	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1731]
FBI: Bodies of kidnapped U.S. contractors found	3 00:00 ed [1734]
Egyptian killed, two hurt by US warship	17 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
Make Love, Not War: Gun Camera Footage	1 00:00 RD [1734]
Video: Tow Missile Takes out Sniper Hiding in Mosque's Minaret....	6 00:00 ed [1740]
IDF deploys new anti-terror system around Gaza - remote control machine guns	6 00:00 bigjim-ky [1726]
Deadline for Austrian hostages extended to April 6: report	0 [1737]
Soldier suspected as Hezbollah spy	2 00:00 M. Murcek [1731]
Jordan tries alleged Hamas spies	0 [1739]
Militants kill village headman in Jammu and Kashmir	0 [1737]
Seven mine clearing staff shot dead in Afghanistan	7 00:00 trailing wife [1749]
Fighting Kills 5 in Somalia Capital	0 [1733]
Two Policemen, One Insurgent Killed in Mogadishu Attack	0 [1732]
Five insurgents of rebel groups surrender in NE India	0 [1735]
Good morning...	4 00:00 Scott R [1740]
Iran 'behind Green Zone attack'	5 00:00 bigjim-ky [1731]
Iraqi interior minister survives bid on his life -- officials	0 [1728]
Curfew in Basra, Maliki vows to find people behind disturbance	1 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [1745]
85 killed as Sri Lanka breaks rebel defences	0 [1736]
Pakistan deports 219 Afghans over alleged illegal entry	0 [1728]
Nine Swat teenagers kidnapped 'for suicide attack training'	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1738]
Philippines thwarts rebel attacks on government targets	0 [1736]
Suspected JI, Sayyaf holy man in AFP custody	2 00:00 Mitch H. [1742]
Page 2: WoT Background
China Sends Forces Into Nepal	0 [1731]
Chavez says U.S. relations could worsen with McCain	6 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1753]
UK to 'airlift 2000 Iraqis to new life'	4 00:00 Pappy [1748]
Bush ready to work with Pakistan's new PM: White House	0 [1729]
Lebanon government to boycott Arab summit: source	0 [1722]
Vatican says Pope's baptism of Muslim not a hostile act	0 [1735]
Saudi King Calls for Interfaith Dialogue	5 00:00 lotp [1738]
Comic strip heroes take on al Qaeda	5 00:00 Abu Uluque (aka Ebbang Uluque6305) [1735]
'Several hundred extremists living in Germany'	2 00:00 Spike Uniter [1726]
U.S. releases transcripts of Fort Dix plotters	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1731]
Speech row rocks multi-ethnic Canada	4 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1753]
Hezbollah still talking on prisoner swap	0 [1730]
Even local Afghans come up short in Taliban dealings	0 [1740]
Geagea: Hizbullah Does Not Want Civil War, Syria Does	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1736]
Tuareg rebellion shakes up efforts of releasing the Austrian hostages	0 [1731]
Israel will shun Abbas over Hamas	0 [1734]
Palestinian factions sign reconciliation deal	0 [1727]
Berri, Again, Postpones Presidential Election	2 00:00 gorb [1727]
Saudi Monarch and Foreign Minister Boycott Damascus Summit	0 [1729]
Page 3: Non-WoT
First Commercial Algae to biofuel operation	6 00:00 Anonymoose [1757]
Nancy Reagan to Endorse McCain	0 [1730]
Comoros Captures Rebel Capital	0 [1738]
The Vengeance of James Carville	7 00:00 OldSpook [1743]
NASA: Mars Rovers Won't Be Cut	1 00:00 Eric Jablow [1745]
Pentagon Admits Mistaken Nuclear Missile Fuses Shipment	8 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1750]
WND : 2nd Obama-linked pastor under fire for racist talk	0 [1737]
Supreme court upholds states rights over international law	3 00:00 DarthVader [1752]
Global Warming Alert: Top scientists warn against rush to biofuel	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1753]
Islam's Public Enemy #1 (egyptian copt priest)	6 00:00 tipover [1725]
JPMorgan bails out its rescue of Bear Stearns	3 00:00 flash91 [1737]
Chief of firm involved in breach is Obama adviser	2 00:00 SteveS [1730]
Hillary Clinton plots to win super-delegates	4 00:00 JohnQC [1730]
Death reports as Chinese police open fire on monks and nuns	0 [1733]
Today's Gallup number: Obama up by just 1 point	4 00:00 Besoeker [1735]
Religious Affairs Minister calls on Algerian facing up Christianization campaigns	3 00:00 JFM [1735]
Page 4: Opinion
The Audacity of Rhetoric	4 00:00 Muggsy Gling [1730]
Omar bin Laden: Osamas Flower-Child Son or al-Qaeda Disinformation Agent?	0 [1738]
1995 predictions about the Internet	7 00:00 bigjim-ky [1732]
The Prophetic Stream, Conspiracy Theory and Paranoia: Whats Wrong with African-American Preachi	0 [1724]
Michael Yon : Stake through Their Hearts - Killing al Qaeda	2 00:00 Glenmore [1733]
Spengler: The mustard seed in global strategy	8 00:00 Harcourt Jush7795 [1752]
A FARC Fan's Notes	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1729]
How al Qaeda Will Perish	6 00:00 Harcourt Jush7795 [1745]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
A legislative [snark]giant[/snark] retires	0 [1737]
Gophers notch a win in man-rodent battle	4 00:00 McZoid [1765]
Police Like Vampires	4 00:00 xbalanke [1735]
Gay Palestinian gets OK to live with Israeli lover	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1739]
"Govs Gone Wild" continues: Paterson Admits Past Cocaine Use	2 00:00 Frank G [1731]
Idiots of the Day submission	2 00:00 AlanC [1739]
Rabbi Alleges Attack: Men Chanted 'Allah Akhbar'	7 00:00 newc [1730]
Detroit Mayor Charged With Perjury	7 00:00 ed [1741]
Seeking a kinder word for failure	16 00:00 Eric Jablow [1759]

    
                23:26 JosephMendiola

                        23:09 crosspatch

                        23:00 JosephMendiola

                        22:46 Pappy

                        22:32 trailing wife

                        22:31 Pappy

                        22:29 McZoid

                        22:21 McZoid

                        22:10 Eric Jablow

                        22:04 Eric Jablow

                        21:57 Anonymoose

                        21:56 Steve White

                        21:55 Redneck Jim

                        21:49 OldSpook

                        21:47 Redneck Jim

                        21:40 Bright Pebbles

                        21:34 Bright Pebbles

                        21:32 Bright Pebbles

                        21:18 DarthVader

                        21:06 Harcourt Jush7795

                        21:03 Nimble Spemble

                        20:57 Harcourt Jush7795

                        20:57 Nimble Spemble

                        20:54 DarthVader

Who's in the News
46	[untagged]
5	Global Jihad
3	Hamas
3	Hezbollah
3	IRGC
2	al-Qaeda in North Africa
2	Govt of Syria
2	Iraqi Insurgency
2	Islamic Courts
2	Mahdi Army
2	Taliban
1	MNLF
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Palestinian Authority
1	TNSM
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Takfir wal-Hijra
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Jaish-e-Mohammad

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2008-03-25
Tater urges 'civil revolt' as battles erupt in Basra

Mon 2008-03-24
Ayman urges attacks on Israel, U.S.

Sun 2008-03-23
Rocket, mortar strikes on Baghdad Green Zone

Sat 2008-03-22
Fatah, Jund al-Sham fight it out in Ein el-Hellhole

Fri 2008-03-21
Iraqi troops clash with Shiite hard boyz

Thu 2008-03-20
Binny accuses Pope of leading a crusade

Wed 2008-03-19
US Marines start deploying in southern Afghanistan

Tue 2008-03-18
Pak parliament sworn in

Mon 2008-03-17
37 killed, over 50 hurt in Karbala kaboom

Sun 2008-03-16
Drone missiles kill 20 in S. Wazoo

Sat 2008-03-15
Hamas sez they hit Israeli heli

Fri 2008-03-14
Coalition strike on Haqqani compound

Thu 2008-03-13
Jordan frees al-Maqdessi

Wed 2008-03-12
Israel-Hamas Hudna

Tue 2008-03-11
Qaeda in North Africa grabs two Austrian hostages

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