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Sadr City assault strains cease-fire
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Sri Lanka military says kills 49 rebels, bombs north	1 00:00 Pancho Elmeck8414 [1749]
Pro-Khartoum militias loot Darfur town, kill one	0 [1750]
Pirates holding French yacht shoot at militia	15 00:00 Slappy [1762]
Bomb explodes in Kathmandu near planned electoral assembly venue	0 [1745]
Mehdi Work Accident in Basra?	4 00:00 Gabby Cussworth [1745]
Good Morning	11 00:00 Pancho Elmeck8414 [1743]
Eight Hamas members 'arrested' in the West Bank, Hamas says	0 [1747]
Israeli tanks kill Palestinian child, injure two others in Gaza	7 00:00 OregonGuy [1764]
Mortars fired at residential housing of foreigners in Yemen	1 00:00 ed [1742]
Syrian witness in Hariri assassination disappears in France	0 [1736]
Abducted policemen killed in Kashmir	0 [1743]
Assef Shawkat under House arrest over Mughniyeh murder	2 00:00 Chief Running Gag [1741]
US air strike kills nine in Baghdad	5 00:00 Richard Gere [1762]
3 suspected Afghan militants arrested in Mingora	0 [1743]
Senior Minister, 11 Others Killed in Bomb Attack in Sri Lanka	0 [1744]
Death Toll Climbs in Clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City	3 00:00 JohnQC [1745]
Sadr City assault strains cease-fire	14 00:00 Pappy [1770]
ISF kill two suspected criminals, detain four	0 [1745]
Al Qaeda kills seven from Iraqi guard unit: police	1 00:00 phil_b [1741]
Taliban commander arrested, over 15 killed in Afghanistan	1 00:00 Unique Battle [1736]
2 Brothers savagely killed in Sidi Belabes	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1739]
France expels two Algerians	2 00:00 Pancho Elmeck8414 [1741]
Blast destroys 6 shops in Bajaur market	0 [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle: April 2008 Update	0 [1747]
Musharraf's worst fear: US will strike if I quit	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
Nuclear scientist says he confessed to 'save' Pakistan	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1767]
Militant leaders meet in Pak, vow to continue `Jehad` in J-K	1 00:00 tu3031 [1735]
Kashmir issue India's internal affair: Indian Muslim minister	0 [1736]
Dr. Al-Ansari in AAFAQ Responds to Fatwa Calling for Killing Saudi Writers	6 00:00 Matt [1747]
Palestinian resigns over smuggling	0 [1731]
Iraq's Maliki threatens to bar Sadr from vote	3 00:00 JohnQC [1739]
Quagmire; Hopeless; Sunnis Get All the Credit	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
Maliki video interview re. Sadr with CNN's Nic Robertson	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1776]
The Press Botches Basra	18 00:00 twobyfour [1753]
$2,300m investment in Jammu & Kashmir	0 [1730]
Maliki wants Sadr militia disbanded	3 00:00 trailing wife [1767]
Marwan Barghouthi expects to win next Palestinian presidential election	9 00:00 Pancho Elmeck8414 [1733]
Iraqi commander urges militants to hand over their weapons voluntarily	0 [1736]
Lebanon MP: Witnesses to Hariri crime face death threats	0 [1737]
"Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat" - NYPD Report	12 00:00 BA [1736]
MMA revival in the doldrums	0 [1737]
McCain: Iraq's Military 'Performed Pretty Well' in Basra Assault	1 00:00 Abu Uluque (aka Ebbang Uluque6305) [1734]
Algerians condemn al-Qaeda message justifying December 11th attacks	1 00:00 tu3031 [1732]
Karzai calls on Taliban to give up resistance	0 [1738]
Palestinian FM believes to ink peace treaty with Israel by year end	1 00:00 Formerly Dan [1735]
Kimmy makes 2nd inspection of army amid tension with ROK	7 00:00 tu3031 [1731]
U.S. Democrats urge Bush to shift anti-terror focus	17 00:00 SR-71 [1733]
Sri Lankan president vows to eradicate terrorism	0 [1734]
Mubarak meets Seniora on Lebanese political crisis	0 [1734]
Algeria: New counterterrorism unit ready to fight Al-Qaeda	1 00:00 newc [1735]
Magsi for end to armed conflict : 'Raisani in talks with Baloch militants'	0 [1735]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Global Warming Alert: Scientist predict Global Cooling	10 00:00 newc [1751]
Ohio Hospital Contests a Story Clinton Tells	8 00:00 trailing wife [1761]
Scenes from the Washington Democratic Party caucuses	2 00:00 tu3031 [1735]
Olympic torch 'extinguished' twice by officials as anti-China demonstrations engulf Paris	2 00:00 RD [1732]
Zimbabwe: Desperate Mugabe sends in his thugs to seize white farms	10 00:00 Redneck Jim [1762]
Norway: Athletics boss worried about Olympic torch relay	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1736]
Russia's biggest party to ask Putin to lead it	1 00:00 Vladdy [1738]
Olympic torch extinguished during Paris leg	2 00:00 Sonny Angusomble6910 [1731]
Paris Security Tight for Torch Relay	2 00:00 Grunter [1727]
Evicted Chagos islanders get blueprint for a longed-for future	4 00:00 Hector [1737]
Palestinians find welcome far from home	13 00:00 Frank G [1737]
Zimbabwe High Court To Rule Monday on Petition for Presidential Results	0 [1725]
Penn Out as Clinton's Top Strategist	11 00:00 Mark J. Penn [1739]
Miss India Pageant 2008 in Mumbai	2 00:00 McZoid [1737]
Tibet: Chinese police wound 10 demonstrators at Lingque temple	0 [1737]
Page 4: Opinion
Reasons to be skeptical about the "Cond for VP" rumor	2 00:00 Woodrow Slusorong7967 [1760]
How to fix the CIA	4 00:00 Injun Elmealing3304 [1754]
Rushdie: I was deranged when I embraced Islam	2 00:00 Spot [1733]
Obama's Church: Gospel of Hate	1 00:00 The Rev [1741]
The "sacred national dialogue on race" is a silly idea	5 00:00 Silentbrick [1735]
Getting the Score Right in Basra - Good Analysis	1 00:00 Crolusing tse Tung2745 [1744]
Condi for VP?	25 00:00 SR-71 [1759]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
German mother jailed for killing 8 babies	2 00:00 Spot [1742]
Global Warming Alert: Storm dumps 2 feet of snow in northern Minnesota	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1741]
Latest insanity from Britistan	8 00:00 USN,Ret. [1757]
Man faces five years in jail after hitting a boy with... a hedgehog	5 00:00 Rex Mundi [1737]
The Arizona Democratic Party, Classy As Ever	0 [1738]
38 arrests in raids on Italian clan	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
The strange case of a man on a pole	3 00:00 tu3031 [1739]
Angry teen turns mom in for growing pot - YJCMTSU	5 00:00 Excalibur [1737]
Palestinian woman burns her mother-in-law to death, police say	8 00:00 Frank G [1755]

    
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                        22:33 Hupomoger Ghibelline8342

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                        22:11 Redneck Jim

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                        21:58 SR-71

                        21:51 OregonGuy

                        21:51 Injun Elmealing3304

Who's in the News
52	[untagged]
7	Mahdi Army
3	al-Qaeda in North Africa
3	Govt of Syria
3	Taliban
3	al-Qaeda
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Hamas
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
1	Hezbollah
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Fatah
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Hizbul Mujaheddin

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2008-04-07
Sadr City assault strains cease-fire

Sun 2008-04-06
US troops move into Sadr City

Sat 2008-04-05
Jalaluddin Haqqani not dead, releases video, still 71

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
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