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Maliki Vows Crackdown in Baghdad
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
US B-1 aircraft crashes in Qatar	12 00:00 BA [1778]
Pirates seize French cruise ship	12 00:00 OldSpook [1764]
We experienced an opportunity to take the fight to the Shiia extremist	1 00:00 Crolusing tse Tung2745 [1758]
More Than 1,000 in Iraqs Forces Quit Basra Fight	7 00:00 sinse [1750]
Special Grouper Captured in Basra	26 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1778]
Latest NIE report: security in Iraq is improving	5 00:00 SteveS [1748]
Good Morning...	6 00:00 Fred [1753]
Gaza British cemetery monument blown up	12 00:00 Chief Running Gag [1751]
US military confirms operations in Hillah, Basra	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1741]
India detains Kashmir rebel spokesman	2 00:00 Admiral Allan Ackbar [1744]
Purbo Banglar splitter assisted from gene pool by colleagues	0 [1736]
Armed men kill militant commander	0 [1740]
Two militant commanders surrender in Swat	0 [1740]
Four injured in Dera Allah Yar blast	0 [1747]
Four 'suicide bombers' held	0 [1734]
Wazirs block foreign militants' return to Wana	0 [1740]
Mosul: Suicide Bomber Kills Seven	0 [1756]
Mauritanian al-Qaeda suspect escapes from court	3 00:00 Fred [1748]
A statement: seven members of Fatah kidnapped by Hamas in northern Gaza	7 00:00 One Eyed Glutle8122 [1742]
Page 2: WoT Background
Obama Adviser Calls for 60-80,000 U.S. Troops To Stay in Iraq Through 2010	8 00:00 DarthVader [1745]
'Marching toward total ruin'	5 00:00 eltoroverde [1775]
Gazan Group Threatens UNRWA for Harming Islam	1 00:00 PlanetDan [1736]
Border Complicates War in Afghanistan	4 00:00 3dc [1737]
NGO threatens to sue Britain, Portugal over rendition	2 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [1742]
Al-Sadr offers to help Iraqi security forces	2 00:00 Crolusing tse Tung2745 [1757]
America is making a difference in eastern Afghanistan	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1739]
Captured officials in Somalia okay but no information so far	0 [1734]
Zawahiri Defends Al-Qaeda Attacks That Kill Muslims	6 00:00 tu3031 [1733]
Lebanon army chief stepping down on August 21	0 [1734]
'British gang behind foiled Trans-Atlantic terror plot'	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1766]
NATO Endorses Europe Missile Shield	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1753]
France to join fight on Taliban	9 00:00 flash91 [1735]
Al-Qaeda: 'We'll Strike Jews Everywhere'	4 00:00 sinse [1738]
Maliki Vows Crackdown in Baghdad	3 00:00 Woodrow Slusorong7967 [1770]
Al-Sadr's Followers Claim Agreement Broken	7 00:00 Spike Uniter [1741]
People Fear Truce May Not Last	0 [1737]
Ramon: Hezbollah is 'wary' of retaliation	0 [1739]
Hamas slams international community 'ignorance' of Gaza situation	2 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Hamas man 'tortured to death' in custody-lawmakers	0 [1735]
Reinforced Canada vows to stay in Afghanistan	7 00:00 eltoroverde [1765]
Qaeda backers may be questioning tactics: U.S. official	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1735]
Sadr calls million-strong march against U.S.	8 00:00 Broadhead6 [1764]
Indian soaps face Afghanistan TV ban	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Lloyd's warns of a lack of natural disasters	2 00:00 3dc [1736]
Anybody drink Absolut? You won't anymore	8 00:00 USN,Ret. [1755]
Zimbabwe gets $50 million bank note	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1741]
Democrat Fratricide: Clinton donors press Dean on seating FL & MI delegates	1 00:00 tu3031 [1735]
WND : Hillary: Free-market doctrine not for today	4 00:00 SteveS [1746]
Global Warming Alert: U.N. Forecasters: Global Temperatures to Decrease	9 00:00 RD [1760]
Moonbat Fratricide: "Air America is now the Jesus W Bush network!"	18 00:00 BA [1758]
N.K. asks China for massive rice aid	7 00:00 sinse [1742]
Why the Democratic race could end in North Carolina	0 [1737]
Chavez orders cement nationalization	18 00:00 Skunky Elmereter3408 [1750]
India & Myanmar sign multimillion-dollar deal	2 00:00 Phil_B [1732]
Hasina falls sick during court hearing	0 [1737]
Zardari offers governorship to Iftikhar Chaudhry	1 00:00 3dc [1738]
Mugabe to Meet With Party on Whether to Quit as Advisers Split	0 [1743]
Breck Boy sez would not accept VP nomination	6 00:00 Frank G [1742]
Democrats poised to tighten hold on Congress	4 00:00 Rambler in California [1742]
UK police escort Naomi Campbell off plane	4 00:00 USN,Ret. [1737]
Nader files signatures to get on ballot in N.M.	3 00:00 Mike [1733]
Zim: backlash begins as paramilitaries launch raids	0 [1736]
Zimbabwe Opposition Offices Raided	1 00:00 Mark Espinola [1735]
Obama Outraises Clinton 2-1 in March	13 00:00 Frank G [1733]
Cyprus tears down barricade dividing island	1 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
Kenya's rivals break deadlock over cabinet	0 [1741]
Mugabe rides off into the sunset. Or not.	0 [1748]
S. Korea tests homegrown second-stage rocket	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
Page 4: Opinion
Democrat Fratricide: "these people are clearly nasty to anyone who disagrees with them"	3 00:00 tipover [1734]
Canadas Human Rights Kangaroo Court	1 00:00 Frank G [1758]
It's not genocide if the commies do it	1 00:00 The Ghost of Walter Duranty [1741]
Muslims Leaving Islam in Droves	15 00:00 Broadhead6 [1767]
The geography and demographics of Obamamania	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1748]
Obama and King	2 00:00 McZoid [1757]
How you can help defend Ayaan Hirsi Ali	0 [1743]
Planning skills make engineers good 'field operatives'	15 00:00 BA [1758]
Putting the Hell in Helmand	2 00:00 JFM [1748]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
States may free inmates to save millions	18 00:00 Broadhead6 [1765]
Today's Demonic Idiot	6 00:00 Skunky Elmereter3408 [1756]
Video: "Gloria" from the convicts.... ?	4 00:00 Icerigger [1738]

    
                23:30 BA

                        23:26 USN,Ret.

                        23:12 McZoid

                        23:10 BA

                        23:06 Broadhead6

                        23:05 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:58 Broadhead6

                        22:55 Broadhead6

                        22:44 SteveS

                        22:39 Broadhead6

                        22:33 Skunky Elmereter3408

                        22:29 BA

                        22:28 OldSpook

                        22:24 RD

                        22:18 Crolusing tse Tung2745

                        22:16 Skunky Elmereter3408

                        22:14 eltoroverde

                        22:11 Crolusing tse Tung2745

                        22:11 eltoroverde

                        22:08 JosephMendiola

                        22:03 Frank G

                        22:00 JosephMendiola

                        21:57 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:56 Frank G

Who's in the News
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7	Taliban
5	Mahdi Army
3	Hamas
3	al-Qaeda
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Global Jihad
1	Hezbollah
1	Hizbul Mujaheddin
1	Iraqi Insurgency
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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2008-04-04
Maliki Vows Crackdown in Baghdad

Thu 2008-04-03
Iraq commander leads convoy into Basra

Wed 2008-04-02
45 Qaeda suspects held in Turkey

Tue 2008-04-01
US charges Foopie with Africa bombings

Mon 2008-03-31
Iraqi govt lifts curfew across Baghdad

Sun 2008-03-30
Sadr orders fighters off Iraq streets

Sat 2008-03-29
Maliki extends ultimatum for gunmen to drop the hardware in Basra

Fri 2008-03-28
Iraqi forces say kill 120 militants in Basra operation

Thu 2008-03-27
Twenty killed, 239 wounded in Sadr City clashes in 24 hrs

Wed 2008-03-26
Maliki overseeing Basra operation

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

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