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Karzai survives another assassination attempt
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Afghan president safe after fleeing gunfire at Kabul event	6 00:00 doc [1769]
101st Airlift into Mosul - Video	6 00:00 DarthVader [1737]
Iraq army claims in full sway of Basra - Bogged down, Quagmire	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1773]
Taliban IOD submission	0 [1744]
US military reports relative lull in Baghdad's Sadr City	4 00:00 Pappy [1768]
US Marines deploying in Afghanistan for first time in years	3 00:00 anymouse [1735]
Good morning	1 00:00 Excalibur [1740]
Syria confirms head of Hamas students wing killed in car accident	11 00:00 sinse [1742]
Back-to-back suicide bomb attacks kill 3 in northern Iraq	0 [1750]
Troops nab two infiltrators from Gaza	0 [1738]
15 Taliban killed in air strike	1 00:00 anymouse [1735]
Two injured in blast at MI Office	0 [1745]
'New clashes in Sadr City kill eight'	0 [1742]
Turkish planes target Kurds in Northern Iraq	0 [1734]
Three killed as villagers clash with Taliban	0 [1748]
Census official, police among 24 killed in Afghan unrest	0 [1736]
Gas pipeline blown up in Sui	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran demands Russian nuclear shipment	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1765]
Her crime was to fall in love. She paid with her life	12 00:00 gorb [1753]
Australian university urged to hand back Saudi cash	4 00:00 Abu Uluque [1753]
PBS 10-Part "Carrier" (Mel Gibson Documentary) Starts Tonight	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1768]
Mosque seige anniversary triggers troop alert in Thailand	0 [1730]
Geneva Convention May Be Applied Selectively	7 00:00 rjschwarz [1741]
Iraqi lawmaker accuses U.S. forces of using prohibited weapons in Sadr City attacks	14 00:00 Old Patriot [1733]
Iraq's Sunni vice president wants return to government	0 [1739]
Spanish Fishing Boat Crew Freed	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1734]
Norks build Thunderbirds runway for war	21 00:00 JosephMendiola [1766]
Guantánamo drives prisoners insane, lawyers say	20 00:00 Abu Uluque [1748]
Syrian ambassador says US photos of alleged nuke reactor were fabricated	3 00:00 Eohippus Omaish3321 [1740]
Iranian conservatives consolidate parliament control in run-off elections	6 00:00 Frank G [1762]
Berri sets May 13 as date to try elect Leb president	0 [1735]
Hamas urges Abbas to declare failure	2 00:00 Frank G [1733]
Iraq oil pipeline fire put out	0 [1743]
Egypt must calm situation in Mideast -- Meshaal	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Taliban group chooses new name	4 00:00 anonymous5089 [1732]
Morocco training female clerics to promote moderate Islam	4 00:00 trailing wife [1735]
Army confirms peace deal with Mehsud	0 [1727]
Ahmadinejad due for 4-hour tour tomorrow	2 00:00 Eohippus Omaish3321 [1731]
'US to pursue Osama in Pakistan if it has evidence'	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
Foreigners in Tribal Areas spreading terror: Perv	0 [1736]
Qaeda sanctuaries in Pakistan are real threat: Karzai	0 [1738]
Page 3: Non-WoT
IAF gets Boeing Super Hornets proposal	1 00:00 USN,Ret. [1751]
Pakistan Government to increase software exports from $50 million to $5 billion by 2010	2 00:00 Lemuel Phath3861 [1738]
NYT: McCain Used Wife's Jet For Little Cost !!1!1!	7 00:00 Glolung McCoy7404 [1739]
Democrat mayor calls on city to don sackcloth and ashes to repent for crime wave	4 00:00 crosspatch [1737]
BBC: Despite widespread gun ownership, America is a peaceful place	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [1759]
Slap	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1730]
Top Ten Ideas for McCain	7 00:00 Old Patriot [1735]
Campaign Combat Fatigue Dogs Dems	6 00:00 Anonymoose [1738]
Bush tweaks candidates at correspondents' dinner	0 [1729]
Saudi blogger freed after 4 months jail	0 [1736]
Chinese rail link to Nepal via Tibet	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1727]
Bob's party fails to win back parliament in Zim recount	4 00:00 Snigum Tojo5201 [1741]
Clinton challenges Obama to debate without moderator	29 00:00 Vincent McMahon [1749]
North Korean defectors vow to disrupt Olympic torch relay in the South	1 00:00 sinse [1734]
Iran judiciary chief slams Ahmadinejad 'slogans'	0 [1733]
Nawaz reprimands ministers for attending dinner where Musharraf was present	0 [1727]
Page 4: Opinion
New Movie About Abu Ghraib Is Ponderous, Pretentious	0 [1756]
Yes, Barack Obama, We Are Bitter	19 00:00 Gomez Chavith6752 [1754]
Destroy Iran's nukes to save our cities	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1733]
Jordan set for a headlong collision	0 [1734]
Muslim Rebel Sisters: At Odds With Islam and Each Other	0 [1744]
Valid reasons for a military take-over in Nepal	2 00:00 Steve White [1734]
Obama Calls Bloggers Liars for Accurately Reporting His Words	4 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1734]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
David Bellavia For Congress	3 00:00 Frank G [1739]
Telephonic conversations between Fazal-ur-Rehman, Altaf Hussain	0 [1738]
Video: Ultimate Marine	0 [1729]
Cindy Sheehan files to take on Pelosi	12 00:00 Harcourt Jush7795 [1734]
PML-N MNA, supporters 'beat Food Dept official'	0 [1731]
Nine from one family shot dead	3 00:00 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1726]

    
                23:41 USN,Ret.

                        23:26 Pappy

                        23:08 Abu Uluque

                        23:03 Abu Uluque

                        23:01 JosephMendiola

                        22:56 JosephMendiola

                        22:51 JosephMendiola

                        22:46 JosephMendiola

                        22:33 JosephMendiola

                        22:04 gorb

                        22:03 Gomez Chavith6752

                        21:44 JosephMendiola

                        21:42 Vincent  McMahon

                        21:37 JosephMendiola

                        21:32 DarthVader

                        21:28 Chinegum McGurque5166

                        21:27 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:23 Sgt. Mom

                        21:18 Chinegum McGurque5166

                        21:14 Nimble Spemble

                        21:01 Pappy

                        20:58 Jan

                        20:57 JosephMendiola

                        20:54 Frank G

Who's in the News
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7	Taliban
4	Hamas
3	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Global Jihad
2	Govt of Syria
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Mahdi Army
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2008-04-27
Karzai survives another assassination attempt

Sat 2008-04-26
Tater loses nerve, tells fighters to observe truce

Fri 2008-04-25
Basra in govt hands

Thu 2008-04-24
Baitullah orders Talibs not to attack Pak forces

Wed 2008-04-23
Petraeus to Head Central Command

Tue 2008-04-22
Paks free Sufi Muhammad

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
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Tunisia jugs 19 for al Qaeda links

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

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