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Pak government halts operation in Tribal Areas
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Debka: Lt. Col Yair Burns sacked over Hamas' Nahal Oz fuel terminal raid	7 00:00 Pappy [1763]
First bombs, then tomatoes	0 [1745]
Destination Martyrdom	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1748]
B1B helps Talibunnies celebrate 07 offensive - video	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
Iraqi Army soldiers discover large cache with Iranian-marked weapons	3 00:00 Alaska Paul [1738]
G'morning...	2 00:00 Excalibur [1744]
'Government halts operation in Tribal Areas'	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1772]
Iranian, Afghan forces trade gunfire at border, 1 civilian killed	10 00:00 Steve White [1773]
Six dead as fighting continues in Baghdad's Sadr city	0 [1746]
30 decomposed bodies found in new Iraq mass grave	0 [1737]
Clashes kill 81 people in two days in Somalia	0 [1743]
Two pro-government officials shot dead in Lebanon	0 [1744]
Taliban says they killed Dutch soldiers over film	5 00:00 Abu Uluque [1744]
Nine students kidnapped near Baquba	0 [1748]
US says 20 fighters killed in Baghdad clashes	6 00:00 sinse [1742]
Spanish fishing boat seized by pirates off coast of Somalia	9 00:00 Alaska Paul [1746]
Free suspects in Benazir's murder for envoy: Taliban	0 [1748]
Israel Launches Deadly Air Strikes on Gaza	13 00:00 Scott R [1759]
Page 2: WoT Background
Britons fear race violence - poll	4 00:00 phil_b [1728]
Retards at it again: Replace GMT with Mecca Time!	16 00:00 Redneck Jim [1758]
Paks to free top terr	4 00:00 Free Radical [1763]
Yon: Replacing Fatalism with Hope	0 [1748]
Indonesian Court declares JI " Forbidden Corporation"	1 00:00 ex-lib [1734]
Few clear wins in U.S. anti-terror cases	2 00:00 Rambler in California [1734]
Baghdad Bob aka Comical Ali, is he back?	7 00:00 James Carville [1732]
N Korea produced 30 kg of plutonium	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1748]
Carter confers with Mashaal, Assad	14 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
Condi mocks Mookie as coward	14 00:00 James Carville [1759]
Babak seeks world help in talks with militants	1 00:00 3dc [1736]
'Some terrorism has roots in Pakistan'	2 00:00 sinse [1729]
Overnight arson slightly damages mosque in southern France	5 00:00 CrazyFool [1730]
Pope Benedict XVI prays at ground zero	0 [1728]
IDF to probe Reuter cameraman's death	3 00:00 Frank G [1729]
Assad confirms contacts with Israel through third-party	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1729]
Iran denies claims of nuclear weapon	2 00:00 gorb [1735]
Saudi Arabia refutes Iranian allegation about Muggsy killing	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
Hezbollah: U.S. claims we use terror against civilians are baseless	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1737]
Worst President Ever in Jordan for Meeting With King Abdullah	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1764]
Iraqi President: Main Sunni Bloc to Re-Join Cabinet	0 [1741]
Famine Looms in North Korea	14 00:00 JosephMendiola [1754]
Rice sees Iraqi unity emerging in battle against Sadr	5 00:00 SteveS [1734]
Worst President Ever confers with Mashaal, Assad	1 00:00 Abu Uluque [1733]
Indonesian Islamic hard-liners call for banning of Ahmadis	0 [1734]
Hamas, Egypt clash publicly	3 00:00 tu3031 [1735]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Chinese troops are on the streets of Zimbabwean city, witnesses say	7 00:00 Sock Puppet of Texas [1757]
Global Warming Alert: Earth Day forced inside due to blizzard	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1745]
Pirates fire on Japanese oil tanker off Yemen	5 00:00 Glenmore [1754]
Georgia: Rooskies shot down our drone	0 [1734]
Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket US Shoppers	18 00:00 3dc [1738]
Pilot fools hijacker with help from passengers	12 00:00 Free Radical [1759]
Hildebeast rising	3 00:00 Sock Puppet of Texas [1757]
Ex-Bishop Lugo Wins Paraguay Elction	2 00:00 M. Murcek [1728]
Chinese peacekeepers return from Liberia	0 [1737]
MDC Claims 10 Members Killed	0 [1740]
Clinton Defends Taking Money From Oil Execs: "They're Americans" Too	2 00:00 tu3031 [1736]
Zimbabwe recount deepens crisis	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1734]
Zimbabwe Opposition Calls On International Community To Intervene in Political Crisis	1 00:00 mojo [1734]
Cuba airs Sopranos	2 00:00 Excalibur [1736]
Nepal threatens 'gunfire' against torch protesters on Everest	2 00:00 Seafarious [1733]
Page 4: Opinion
The War on Brigitte Bardot	3 00:00 JFM [1745]
Steyn: God and Guns	6 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1738]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
More on the Obama Mama hoaxer	1 00:00 Mullah Richard [1749]
LA Country Tries To Outlaw Taco Trucks	4 00:00 M. Murcek [1756]
How Old Is John McCain? He's So Old, That...	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1760]
U.S. Pastor Given More Than 3 Years in Prison for Bringing Rifle Shells Into Russia	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1742]
NHS Health Warning - Don't Sleep With Your Dogs	11 00:00 JohnQC [1726]
Prince William Under Fire for Landing RAF Helicopter in Girl Friends Yard	10 00:00 crosspatch [1741]

    
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                        23:40 Pappy

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                        23:36 JosephMendiola

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                        23:34 JosephMendiola

                        23:28 JosephMendiola

                        23:24 Old Patriot

                        23:10 Mullah Richard

                        23:05 Mullah Richard

                        22:54 Scott R

                        22:54 Free Radical

                        22:44 Frank G

                        22:42 Free Radical

                        22:09 Sock Puppet of Texas

                        22:06 M. Murcek

                        22:05 Sock Puppet of Texas

                        22:03 Steve White

                        22:03 M. Murcek

                        22:02 M. Murcek

                        21:59 James Carville

                        21:58 Glenmore

                        21:56 Blinky Slolet6376

Who's in the News
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4	Taliban
4	Mahdi Army
4	Hamas
3	Govt of Syria
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Global Jihad
2	Govt of Iran
1	Islamic Courts
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	IRGC
1	al-Qaeda
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2008-04-21
Pak government halts operation in Tribal Areas

Sun 2008-04-20
Tater threatens 'open war' on Iraq government

Sat 2008-04-19
UK police arrest terror suspect, conduct controlled boom

Fri 2008-04-18
Nimroz mosque kaboom kills two dozen

Thu 2008-04-17
Boomer kills 50 at Iraq funeral

Wed 2008-04-16
60 die in AQI car booms

Tue 2008-04-15
Indonesia Jugs Two JI Big Turbans

Mon 2008-04-14
Tunisia jugs 19 for al Qaeda links

Sun 2008-04-13
More than 200 dead as battle rages in Baghdad

Sat 2008-04-12
Iraq military thumps Sadr City

Fri 2008-04-11
Gunnies Off Senior Sadr Aide in Najaf

Thu 2008-04-10
Nahal Oz fuel depot closed after attack. Surprise.

Wed 2008-04-09
Two Israelis killed as terrorists infiltrate Nahal Oz

Tue 2008-04-08
French Military Police Mobilized After Somalia Hijacking

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

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