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Iraq police arrest five Shias wanted for over 720 murders
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Gulf of Aden: Canadian Frigate intervenes in pirate attack	4 00:00 gorb [1761]
Mahdi Army uses flying IEDs in Baghdad By Bill Roggio	1 00:00 Spike Uniter [1756]
Mistrial for Naveed Haq for shootings at Greater Seattle Jewish Federation	2 00:00 Spike Uniter [1766]
H.R. McMaster on Charlie Rose	3 00:00 OldSpook [1756]
BREAKING NEWS: Top 2 Air Force Officials to Resign	22 00:00 OldSpook [1760]
US Soldier Firing SMAW At Insurgent Sniper Hiding In Balcony In Baghdad, Iraq.	9 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [1734]
US Marines FireFight With Insurgents In Iraq - Happy ending	3 00:00 djh_usmc [1734]
Another death at the wall in Baghdad	5 00:00 remoteman [1738]
More Special Groupies Grabbed	1 00:00 Number 6 [1739]
Two years of the Defender-Scimitar & Times Picayune!	21 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1742]
18 wounded in Sri Lanka train bombing	0 [1732]
Israel halts Gaza fuel after depot attack	4 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1728]
Mortar shells fired at Ghalanai	0 [1738]
Govt to release 75 Taliban prisoners today	1 00:00 Mark Espinola [1733]
Taliban member killed, spokesman vows Dire Revenge	0 [1738]
Two killed in Dera Bugti mine blast	0 [1737]
Militants blow up 2 dozen music shops in Kohat, Miranshah	4 00:00 M. Murcek [1735]
Lt Grayson - Not Guilty On All Counts	18 00:00 OldSpook [1750]
Qaeda Says It Carried Out Embassy Kaboom	1 00:00 ed [1733]
US nets 2 Qaeda suspects, Shia leader in Iraq	0 [1737]
Iraq police arrest five Shias wanted for over 720 murders	3 00:00 Mad Eye [1762]
Page 2: WoT Background
US intel chief to come for Iran consultations	4 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1725]
'Iranian intel was concealed from CIA'	5 00:00 Besoeker [1746]
Slowly, U.S. military gets more unmanned aircraft aloft	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1727]
Norwegian base weakest in Afghanistan	1 00:00 Grenter Protector of the Geats4975 [1732]
Ahmadinejad: "The Countdown for the Decline of America's Demonic Power Has Begun"	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [1731]
Muslim convert in court over Exeter bomb blast	4 00:00 lotp [1754]
Nine arrested in southern Thai raids	0 [1731]
NEFA Paper: Developments in the Jihadi Resurgence in Pakistan	0 [1732]
FARC's Top Military Commander Ailing?	0 [1731]
Alleged 9/11 plotters due in Gitmo court	1 00:00 Mad Eye [1740]
Danes reassess foreign policy after embassy attack	9 00:00 mojo [1727]
Critics of govt-militant peace deals slammed	0 [1731]
JUI-F endorses Indian madrassa fatwa	0 [1733]
Govt asked to expel foreigners from FATA	0 [1731]
Danish investigators arrive in Pakistan as four held over embassy attack	2 00:00 Canuckistan sniper [1724]
Abbas drops demand for Hamas to relinquish Gaza before talks	0 [1733]
Ayman slams Egypt for sealing border to Palestinians	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1730]
B.O. to AIPAC: I'll do everything to prevent Iran from obtaining nukes	8 00:00 MarkZ [1729]
Defense sources: Syria arming Hezbollah, despite Israel talks	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1726]
Al Qaeda exploits anger in Algeria's Kabylie	0 [1727]
Obama's 'undivided' Jerusalem talk draws fire amid Bush-Olmert meet	9 00:00 scpatriot [1754]
U.S. spokesman suggests further troop withdrawal from Iraq	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1736]
Nazis for Israel?!?!	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [1732]
US, Pakistan military chiefs meet in Islamabad	0 [1730]
Musharraf reconciled to exit - Pakistani govt adviser	2 00:00 Abu Uluque [1730]
Investigator urges inquiry into UN Baghdad deaths	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1734]
Denmark: Pak ambassador links embassy boom to cartoons	1 00:00 Excalibur [1730]
Page 3: Non-WoT
A Sonobuoy Tube Launched UAV	0 [1727]
Zimbabwe police arrest British and American diplomats at gunpoint	25 00:00 Pappy [1754]
7 Dead, Checkpoints set up to curb violence - No concrete proof of Iranian influence	6 00:00 Alaska Paul [1752]
Borrow a Muslim? A 'living library' to prick stereotypes	4 00:00 Grunter [1724]
NY Post headline: HILL FREEZES OVER	1 00:00 James Carville [1732]
Barack Obama wooed by Labour Party	0 [1727]
15 child brides used to settle Pakistan feud	4 00:00 BigEd [1732]
First Battery Of THAAD Weapon System Activated at Fort Bliss	14 00:00 Procopius2k [1746]
"Curtain Time for Obama"	2 00:00 Elmolurong Hapsburg8286 [1734]
Khaleda goes on trial	0 [1729]
Parts of Indonesian capital swamped by tidal wave	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1727]
Report: Obama-Clinton ticket 'unlikely'	3 00:00 Besoeker [1754]
US Navy ships give up on effort to deliver post-cyclone aid to Myanmar	4 00:00 Besoeker [1758]
Tsvangirai arrested, freed in Zimbabwe	0 [1728]
Rezko convicted of corruption	3 00:00 Besoeker [1730]
Hillary Clinton to end campaign Saturday	7 00:00 Redneck Jim [1730]
Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of Israel: Obama	2 00:00 lotp [1762]
Page 4: Opinion
VDH: Autopsy of the Primaries	1 00:00 Besoeker [1747]
Debka - Limited US Attack Against Al-Quds Bases In Sight	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1734]
The 'Infallible Jihad Fighter' The Salafi Jihadists' Quest for Religious Legitimacy	1 00:00 3dc [1727]
Ann Coulter - Obama Was Selected, Not Elected	2 00:00 BigEd [1736]
Obama the naive	1 00:00 no mo uro [1735]
Ahmadinejad's past tells it all	4 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1732]
Viktor Bout is Apparently Worth Quite a Bit to the Russians	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [1731]
Michael Totten is in Serbia	1 00:00 McZoid [1734]
PM Rudd following Hawke's path	0 [1731]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
PETA proposes "Lobster Empathy Center" for inland town	11 00:00 crosspatch [1730]
Audit Shows Pervasive Inaccuracies In Washington DC Think Tank's Climate Campaign	4 00:00 charger [1733]
Cannabis may shrink brain, scientists report	23 00:00 JohnQC [1730]
Australia's top brass clears Bollywood actress of Afghan sex romp	1 00:00 Besoeker [1747]
Deposed Nepal king to move to suburbs	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1740]

    
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                        23:02 Procopius2k

                        22:51 Procopius2k

                        22:30 Alaska Paul

                        22:26 lotp

                        22:21 Besoeker

                        22:19 Pappy

                        22:19 Besoeker

                        22:17 Spike Uniter

                        22:16 Besoeker

                        22:15 Spike Uniter

                        22:03 Besoeker

                        22:02 OldSpook

                        22:01 scpatriot

                        22:00 OldSpook

                        21:57 OldSpook

                        21:53 Besoeker

                        21:51 OldSpook

                        21:41 lotp

                        21:40 lotp

                        21:38 Besoeker

                        21:37 M. Murcek

                        21:32 g(r)omgoru

Who's in the News
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4	Taliban
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Iran
2	Hamas
2	Global Jihad
2	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Govt of Syria
1	IRGC
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Mahdi Army
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in Britain

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Two weeks of WOT

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Iraq police arrest five Shias wanted for over 720 murders

Wed 2008-06-04
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Tue 2008-06-03
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Mon 2008-06-02
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Australia ends combat operations in Iraq

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100 Talibs killed in Farah

Fri 2008-05-30
Suicide bomber kills 16, injures 18 near Mosul

Thu 2008-05-29
Lebanese president reappoints prime minister

Wed 2008-05-28
Yemen reports crushing Zaidi rebels near capital

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

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Hezbollah Wins Veto After Talks End Lebanon Stalemate

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