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Leb: 9 wounded in gunfight between pro-gov't, opposition supporters
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Jihadi shoots himself with RPG, Bystanders have a laugh	13 00:00 Procopius2k [1737]
Iraqi Special Forces capture Special Groups commander in Baghdad	0 [1736]
Optimism Grows as Marines Push Against Taliban	3 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [1737]
Not one Lion of Islam has been arrested or killed in Mosul: AQI	5 00:00 George Smiley [1739]
Damascus Bids for Sophisticated Military Hardware	7 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1759]
Telemark Battalion in new combat with Taliban	10 00:00 DarthVader [1757]
Afghan bomb kills bus passengers	0 [1741]
Four soldiers wounded in bombing in southern Thailand	0 [1732]
Somali pirates seize Dutch-owned ship	3 00:00 lotp [1732]
Good morning	11 00:00 OldSpook [1731]
Leb: 9 wounded in gunfight between pro-gov't, opposition supporters	4 00:00 Eric Jablow [1789]
Sectarian violence leaves 6 dead in NW Pakistani city, police say	0 [1741]
Swiss man suspected by the US of financing al-Qaida dies	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1754]
Thousands in north Gaza without power after Erez truck bombing	12 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1751]
Somalia reports airstrike, possibly by US	4 00:00 Old Patriot [1742]
Somalia: 'Eritrea Stops Splitting the ARS Members' Islamist Leader Said	0 [1729]
Somalia: Islamists Restore Islamic Administration Into Towns	0 [1736]
Govt and Taliban nearing pact in Mohmand Agency	0 [1739]
4 Sahwa fighters killed, injured by al-Qaeda in Diala	0 [1739]
Interior Ministry forces arrest al-Qaeda commander in Mosul	0 [1736]
Security forces open Sadr City's main inlet	2 00:00 Fred [1736]
7 civilians wounded in attack in Mosul	0 [1733]
Suicide attack leaves 24 casualties in Baghdad	0 [1733]
Leader of Qaeda-linked group detained near Kirkuk	0 [1741]
7 civilians injured in two attacks in Baghdad	0 [1741]
Two US soldiers killed in Iraq blasts	0 [1733]
NATO soldier killed, two wounded in blast in Afghanistan	0 [1740]
Nepal capital hit by bomb attacks, no one hurt	0 [1733]
Seven killed in Sri Lanka train bombing	0 [1735]
Six Iraqi Teens: Man Forced Us to Become Suicide Bombers	2 00:00 trailing wife [1733]
Page 2: WoT Background
Video: Pak Taliban - call for use of Pakistan's nukes against US etc.	4 00:00 CrazyFool [1737]
atimes: AT WAR WITH THE TALIBAN, Part 3 In the footsteps of Osama ... By Syed Saleem Shahzad	0 [1731]
Demon Rum returns to Iraq	0 [1737]
Editor of Syrian Government Daily: Israel Is a "Poisonous Mushroom"; Bla bla bla	6 00:00 eLarson [1746]
Muzzies pPractice Polygamy in Toronto	4 00:00 mojo [1739]
At 14, he's a suicide recruit	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
US uses bullets ill-suited for new ways of war	36 00:00 Pappy [1738]
Rabbis: Rafael can work on Shabbat	0 [1730]
McCain says he and Obama should visit Iraq together	4 00:00 Old Patriot [1737]
Investigators finds gaps in port security program	0 [1737]
Sudan "on brink" of north-south war - southern official	1 00:00 3dc [1730]
WND : Israel 'expects' Obama to win	2 00:00 JohnQC [1733]
WND : Israel blasted as 'paper tiger' after latest retreat of troops	2 00:00 tu3031 [1732]
Leb president takes office; Hezbollah warns against disarming by force	0 [1733]
US should target militants in Pakistan: Afghan paper	1 00:00 Paul [1734]
Olmert: I did not pre-commit to Israeli withdrawal from Golan	0 [1737]
Olmert: Israel will not agree to open the Rafah crossing	0 [1734]
Netanyahu says he never offered to give up all of Golan	0 [1735]
Nasrallah: Samir Kuntar will be returned to Lebanon soon	1 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1729]
IAEA slams lack of Iranian cooperation	3 00:00 mojo [1732]
McCain slams Obama for not having visited Iraq since 2006	2 00:00 BO [1733]
Eldad: Anyone who acts to concede Israeli territory must die	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1736]
Report: Indirect talks between Israel and Hizbullah make 'major progress'	0 [1739]
Hezbollah head urges co-existence	0 [1736]
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Leader Denies Praising Al-Qaeda	1 00:00 Spot [1731]
Al-Qaeda urges attacks on US interests in Yemen	0 [1733]
Taliban turn to Iraq-style tactics to take Kabul districts	1 00:00 crosspatch [1734]
Hamas: Israel must open Rafah crossing for truce talks to succeed	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1728]
Worst President Ever sez Israel has arsenal of 150 nuclear weapons	13 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1731]
Binny in K2 mountains?	7 00:00 Yosemite Sam [1730]
Media war is the real war: Baitullah	2 00:00 Pappy [1735]
Pakistan won't let militants cross into Afghanistan: Ghani	0 [1726]
23,000 Levies being trained to help counter terrorism	1 00:00 Penguin [1734]
Kurdish Alliance rejects dividing Kirkuk into 4 constituencies	0 [1735]
Tariq Aziz's trial resumes in Iraq	0 [1732]
Italy plans to cut troops in Afghanistan	0 [1733]
The White House vs. The New York Times	5 00:00 OldSpook [1733]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Air America Founder Arrested for Diverting Taxpayer Youth Org. Funds To AAR	4 00:00 Atomic Conspiracy [1722]
Obama Backs National Catastrophe Fund	2 00:00 Besoeker [1736]
Mike Gravel for President campaign reaches its peak	0 [1731]
Carbon Ration Cards for Brits?	5 00:00 DMFD [1733]
Obama: My Uncle Helped America Liberate Auschwitz!	18 00:00 RD [1760]
Lurid Moonbat Fantasy #54: if Obama is shot, it'll be Hillary's fault!	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1725]
Record jump thwarted -- balloon escapes ~~unharmed~~	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [1735]
National Academy of Sciences: recent evolution of avian flu increases pandemic risk	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1731]
Ottawa plans huge claim to resource-rich Arctic seabed	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1728]
Guinea soldiers seize army chief	0 [1730]
Pinochet suspects arrests ordered	2 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1732]
Obama's Memorial Day gaffe	17 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1732]
George Soros: rocketing oil price is a bubble	21 00:00 AzCat [1740]
Canadian foreign minister quits over secret papers	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1731]
China works around the clock to drain quake lake	2 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1728]
Nepal government warns king he must leave palace	0 [1731]
S. Korean President Lee arrives in China, to meet Hu	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1736]
Myanmar police detain members of Suu Kyi's political party	0 [1738]
Myanmar police detain Suu Kyi supporters	0 [1737]
G8 ministers endorse greenhouse gas cuts by 2050	2 00:00 ed [1733]
UN Peacekeepers 'abusing children'	4 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [1735]
Aid agencies to test Burma's new openness	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1731]
UK's special relationship with US needs to be recalibrated: Obama	0 [1737]
McCain ~~down with the vapors~~ 'sick at heart' over mistakes in Iraq war	27 00:00 RD [1750]
Mugabe labels U.S. diplomat a ~~whore~~ ~~hooker~~ 'prostitute'	1 00:00 3dc [1733]
Bob Barr campaign peaks	1 00:00 Spot [1740]
Mars lander gets a solid start	2 00:00 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1732]
Page 4: Opinion
Liveleak : London police 'confront' radical Muslims	3 00:00 Spike Gluck1277 [1731]
Asia Times DisInfo: Bush 'plans Iran air strike by August' By Muhammad Cohen	11 00:00 Pappy [1754]
Another Attempt To Impose Broadcast Censorship	1 00:00 newc [1741]
New Book About WWII Occupation Shocks Paris	4 00:00 JFM [1734]
Peacekeepers as perpetrators	1 00:00 OldSpook [1728]
Horowitz Haters and Their Selective Moral Outrage	3 00:00 Hupaith Wittlesbach5118 [1736]
Iraq Rising	2 00:00 JohnQC [1727]
An Al Qaeda mastermind questions terrorism.	4 00:00 Procopius2k [1731]
Obamas Lobbyist Connection	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1735]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Last German WWI Soldier Dies	5 00:00 Frank G [1753]
The strange adventure of Yosuke the parrot	1 00:00 George Smiley [1740]
Denmark: Danmarks Radio to host "Miss Headscarf" beauty contest	2 00:00 RWV [1725]
Australia Muslim school rejected	2 00:00 Besoeker [1737]
US director Sydney Pollack dies	3 00:00 JohnQC [1726]
"John Edwards is encouraging me to take a shorter shower."	6 00:00 SteveS [1755]
Fire service that held 'non-white' open days hires just ONE ethnic minority recruit	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1729]
Moonbat plans citizens arrest of John Bolton	6 00:00 eLarson [1734]
The coolest photo of a spaceship you'll see today	15 00:00 SteveS [1751]
High School Kids Show Impressive Sportsmanship	5 00:00 trailing wife [1739]
Sen. Kennedy competes in 'Figawi' sailboat race	11 00:00 Kimmie [1747]

    
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                        23:25 g(r)omgoru

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                        23:16 Pappy

                        23:15 RD

                        23:13 DarthVader

                        23:11 g(r)omgoru

                        23:09 Abdominal Snowman

                        23:08 Procopius2k

                        23:07 g(r)omgoru

                        23:04 g(r)omgoru

                        23:00 Pappy

                        22:59 Kimmie

                        22:57 g(r)omgoru

                        22:51 SteveS

                        22:45 Frank G

                        22:43 Eric Jablow

                        22:42 SteveS

                        22:42 Eric Jablow

                        22:40 Phomort Bourbon1944

                        22:36 SteveS

Who's in the News
71	[untagged]
9	Taliban
5	Hezbollah
5	Iraqi Insurgency
4	al-Qaeda in Iraq
3	Islamic Courts
3	al-Qaeda
2	Govt of Syria
2	Hamas
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in Yemen
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Islamic State of Iraq
1	Mahdi Army
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Takfir wal-Hijra

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2008-05-27
Leb: 9 wounded in gunfight between pro-gov't, opposition supporters

Mon 2008-05-26
Lebanon Elects Suleiman President as Hezbollah Gains

Sun 2008-05-25
Iraq says Qaeda cleared from Mosul

Sat 2008-05-24
Second man arrested after Brit blast

Fri 2008-05-23
AQI Moneybags Poobah captured by Iraqi Security Forces

Thu 2008-05-22
Hezbollah Wins Veto After Talks End Lebanon Stalemate

Wed 2008-05-21
Egyptian official: Israel has accepted Gaza cease-fire

Tue 2008-05-20
Iraqi troops roll into Sadr City

Mon 2008-05-19
Boomer kills 11, maims 24 near Pakistan army centre

Sun 2008-05-18
Tater under arrest in Iran?

Sat 2008-05-17
Ten held in Europe for Al Qaeda ties

Fri 2008-05-16
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Thu 2008-05-15
Dozen militants killed in suspected US strike on Damadola

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Tue 2008-05-13
Sudanese troops hunt for rebels in Khartoum

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