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Hezbollah telecom network shut down
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Global Bullshit Alert: Muslim analyst says Coalition tried to assassinate Karzai	4 00:00 trailing wife [1758]
Cockle Warming Alert: Mahdi rocket team gets Tickets to Paradise - Video	6 00:00 RD [1738]
Iraqi militia commanders harden stance toward U.S. - Now we really want to kill you	8 00:00 trailing wife [1772]
Lebanon political conflict turns violent	0 [1738]
Worker gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [1728]
US Army Special Forces foreign internal defense (FID) mission.	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1765]
May 2008 Khost	1 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
ISF, MND-B soldiers kill nine criminals, find cache in Mosque no less	5 00:00 anymouse [1743]
Dozens of Iraqi police detained in operation	0 [1729]
Good morning	9 00:00 gorb [1734]
Five Baitullah bombers enter Karachi	0 [1736]
Bugti notable killed in Dera Allah Yar blast	0 [1739]
2 policemen gunned down in Swat	0 [1743]
Taliban kill Canadian soldier in Afghanistan	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1757]
Lebanon: Hezbollah telecom network shut down	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
Iran extradites al-Qaeda members	1 00:00 OyVey1 [1745]
Fifty al-Houthi hard boyz bite the dust	0 [1738]
Tikrit car boom kills 2, injures 26	2 00:00 trailing wife [1772]
10 Iraqi troops killed in Diyala	0 [1737]
7 Palestinians wounded in West Bank	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Palestinian slain in Israeli air raid	0 [1735]
Bomb attack kills 4 in Pakistan	0 [1741]
Bajaur Talibs release four hostages	0 [1746]
US-led troops kill militants in Kandahar	0 [1741]
Orcs hit a civilian heli in Kunar	0 [1737]
N. Korea destroys nuke tower	6 00:00 Alaska Paul in Thorne Bay, AK [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iraq readies arms case against Iran	2 00:00 phil_b [1734]
Al Qaeda-Linked Militant Says Iran Supports Sunni Fighters in Iraq	1 00:00 sinse [1726]
Iraq Sunnis urge Arabs to act against 'Iranian occupation'	0 [1726]
Pepsi-Zionist conspiracy revealed	13 00:00 trailing wife [1763]
Al Qaeda in Iraq Grand Poohbah Identified With Photo	4 00:00 mojo [1739]
USMC Overrun By Recruits	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [1722]
Turin Book Fair celebrates Israel's 60th anniversary - outrage ensues	8 00:00 trailing wife [1762]
Canadian terror suspect jailed after rejecting court system	1 00:00 trailing wife [1731]
India launches ballistic missile	13 00:00 john frum [1739]
Senators say extremists defying govt authority	0 [1725]
ISI political wing to be handed over to IB: report	0 [1735]
US asks Pakistan to live up to 'war on terror' commitment	0 [1730]
Lebanon airport official removed over alleged Hezbollah ties	0 [1728]
Al-Qaeda used 6,000 suicide bombers, say documents	7 00:00 Cromert [1750]
Syria: Kaddoumi banned from entry	0 [1733]
'Islamic states must foil enemy plots'	0 [1726]
Behind the scene of the Sadr City crackdown	4 00:00 Mitch H. [1732]
'Iran will cripple oppressive enemy'	4 00:00 Admiral Allan Ackbar [1737]
Hezbollah: Siniora playing with fire	1 00:00 doc [1733]
Hezbollah MP urges US envoy's expulsion	0 [1734]
'Riyadh's militias active in Lebanon'	0 [1732]
Syria slams Israel for Golan settlements	0 [1740]
N. Korea to give nuclear records to US	2 00:00 USN, Ret. [1731]
Afghan Governors Criticize NATO Fight Against Taliban Militants	2 00:00 Woozle Elmeter 2700 [1730]
'IRGC, thwarting US ME dominance'	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1735]
Out of Africa: a growing threat to Europe from al-Qaeda's new allies	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1753]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Feds arrest illegal immigrants who are trying to leave USA	6 00:00 USN,Ret. [1760]
US diplomat: 100,000 may have died in Myanmar cyclone	6 00:00 Pete Stanley [1753]
Democrat Fratricide: McGovern turns on Hillary	5 00:00 Shieldwolf [1758]
White Zimbabweans bring change to Nigeria	6 00:00 Shieldwolf [1728]
Crimeware server found in Malaysia	1 00:00 trailing wife [1736]
Today in History: V-E Day	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1734]
Rev. Wright does not speak for the black church	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1735]
Finland: Defence Minister - NATO would strengthen cooperation	0 [1728]
The power of political staging	0 [1730]
Global Hat Air Alert: Al Gore Calls Myanmar Cyclone a 'Consequence' of Global Warming	16 00:00 DMFD [1736]
Kuwaiti charged with Brazil Jews hostage-taking	1 00:00 Admiral Allan Ackbar [1737]
Indiana, NC vote	10 00:00 no mo uro [1728]
Candidates Spend Primary Day in Indiana	0 [1739]
ZANU-PF Launches Zim Runoff Campaign	0 [1726]
McCain castigates Obama on judges	1 00:00 DepotGuy [1732]
More On That False Quote in the Obama TV Ad	1 00:00 Besoeker [1729]
Iran: Young man given last minute reprieve from hanging	3 00:00 Crolusing tse Tung2778 [1759]
Food prices trigger 2nd day of Mogadishu riots	3 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Aung San Suu Kyi to be awarded highest US civilian honour	2 00:00 trailing wife [1729]
Georgia Conducts First Execution Since Supreme Court Ruling	4 00:00 BA [1735]
Oil nears $123 on $200 oil prediction, supply concerns	7 00:00 USN,Ret. [1756]
Page 4: Opinion
Are the superdelegates willing to "stop the hemorrhaging"?	3 00:00 Sherry [1738]
Fun Foreshadowing Fact of the Day	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1727]
Stephen King Reemphasizes His Dumbassery	9 00:00 JohnQC [1730]
When the Turbans of Persia Pay Homage to the Pastor of Rome	0 [1740]
Get over the dead ducks already	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1735]
Middle East Imperative.	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
NYPD Cracks Sadistic Gang Of Cop Impersonators [who prey on drug dealers]	5 00:00 USN,Ret. [1756]
I can't hear that train a-comin, redux	1 00:00 tipover [1754]
One (or more) of our moons is missing	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
Earthquake Hits D.C.; Global Warming Suspected	17 00:00 JosephMendiola [1735]
Sweden: Matilda, 4, bitten by beaver - vows vengeance	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [1741]
Uganda: Congo Cancels Border Talks	0 [1729]
Women-only bus service to be launched soon in Peshawar	0 [1737]
Kuwait dumps striking foreign workers	3 00:00 Nesvarbukas [1738]
Canada bans smoking in prisons	13 00:00 Jan [1768]

    
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Who's in the News
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7	Taliban
6	Hezbollah
3	Govt of Iran
3	al-Qaeda
3	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Mahdi Army
1	PLO
1	TNSM
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas
1	IRGC
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Islamic Jihad

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2008-05-07
Hezbollah telecom network shut down

Tue 2008-05-06
3500 U.S. troops surge home

Mon 2008-05-05
Kaboom misses Iraqi first lady

Sun 2008-05-04
24 killed, 26 injured in Iraqi violence

Sat 2008-05-03
Marines chase Talibs through Helmand poppy fields

Fri 2008-05-02
Orcs strike Iraqi wedding convoy, kill at least 35, wound 65

Thu 2008-05-01
Paks deny Karzai murder plot hatched in Pakistain

Wed 2008-04-30
Hamas steals Gaza fuel

Tue 2008-04-29
Pak Talibs quit peace talks

Mon 2008-04-28
U.S. Marines join Brits fighting Taliban in Helmand

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

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Baitullah orders Talibs not to attack Pak forces

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