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Muntaz Dogmush deader than a rock
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Egypt, Hamas, PA confirm Gaza truce to start Thursday at 6 a.m.	14 00:00 Muggsy Gling [1752]
Muntaz Dogmush sleeps with the fishes	5 00:00 Glenmore [1761]
Thai terrorists kill widowed mother on way to work	0 [1732]
2 "students" killed on Mosul campus	4 00:00 DarthVader [1739]
Britain to boost Afghan force to 8,030	0 [1733]
Good morning	7 00:00 trailing wife [1747]
'Teheran pulls billions from EU banks'	14 00:00 mhw [1742]
Suicide bomber kills 12 at Lankan police complex	0 [1742]
3 criminals killed in city 'encounter'	6 00:00 Ptah [1731]
Afghan, Coalition forces kill 20 militants	1 00:00 Balthazar [1724]
Israeli tanks shelling kills Islamic Jihad militant in Gaza	0 [1732]
4 killed in blast outside DIK Shia mosque	0 [1737]
'Suicide bomber' escapes unhurt	0 [1733]
Five sentenced to death over bomb blast	0 [1735]
Taliban kill tribal elder over 'spying'	1 00:00 Glenmore [1738]
Page 2: WoT Background
Remember Those Iraqi Benchmarks?	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1733]
All charges dropped against Lt Col Chessani, USMC (Haditha)	30 00:00 Frank G [1750]
Iraqi's for McCain	5 00:00 Procopius2k [1732]
Abu Qatada to be released on bail	2 00:00 trailing wife [1726]
Congress Investigates Harsh Interrogation	12 00:00 Pancho Threter3607 [1731]
VA Using Vets as Lab Rats, sez Vet	10 00:00 remoteman [1725]
Obama says will visit Iraq and Afghanistan	7 00:00 Besoeker [1753]
U.S. Mega-Bases in Iraq Make the News	8 00:00 Darrell [1727]
Muthanna governor orders removal of concrete blocs	0 [1740]
Haditha judge to rule on motion to dismiss	3 00:00 Frank G [1731]
Gaza journalists demand Israel answer over killing	6 00:00 Pancho Threter3607 [1742]
Gaza cease-fire said to be imminent	4 00:00 RD [1733]
Israel wins EU upgrade - over Palestinian, Egyptian objections	5 00:00 DarthVader [1728]
Congress: Democrats back down, will send Bush war-funding bill without conditions	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1756]
Rice says Hezbollah still listed terrorist organization	0 [1733]
Afghan envoy to Pakistan defends Karzai's remarks on cross-border attack	0 [1727]
Second round of Syrian-Israeli indirect peace talks concluded in Turkey	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1730]
Qari Saifullah Akhtar makes bail	0 [1734]
Pakistan summons Afghan envoy to lodge protest	1 00:00 Glenmore [1733]
Afghans show support to Karzai	1 00:00 Abu Uluque [1727]
AQ Khan must be questioned over nuclear blueprints: ex-UN inspector	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1731]
No Pak-US joint probe into Mohmand attack yet: army	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [1726]
'Mehsud, Fazlullah danger to Pak, Afghanistan'	0 [1732]
Page 3: Non-WoT
AlGore's Electricity Consumption up 10%	2 00:00 Anonymoose [1731]
France offers Indian Army its best artillery	7 00:00 Mike [1757]
Prison for publisher of Armenian Genocide book. (Turkey)	0 [1740]
City orders guns that fire special plastic balls	13 00:00 Besoeker [1757]
Dems for deporting illegal immigrants. only convicted felons	7 00:00 Frank G [1735]
New Dem Ad says McCain Wants Your Baby	21 00:00 Frank G [1748]
Gore decides to take a chance, endorses Obama	5 00:00 Mike [1735]
Frances angles to join 'Axis of Good'	7 00:00 trailing wife [1735]
Top court eases rules for foreigners to try to stay in US	4 00:00 Jack is Back! [1728]
UK seeks more sanctions for Zimabwe	2 00:00 rhodesiafever [1724]
I don't accept any condition: Khaleda	0 [1731]
Turkish police seize 41 kg of heroin at border with Bulgaria	0 [1738]
President will be from PPP soon: Zardari	0 [1731]
Page 4: Opinion
AP Posts Fee Schedule For Bloggers - 5 to 25 Words For $12.50	13 00:00 OldSpook [1753]
Fight the Smears! 2: Electoral Boogaloo	4 00:00 Old Patriot [1751]
Iraq = Vietnam . . . for al-Qaida!	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1736]
Obama's America: where it's eternally September 10, 2001	0 [1739]
Blaming the Iraq war on . . . Gary Cooper?	8 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1735]
The pope, the president and politics of faith	9 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1732]
Attacking Pakistan	4 00:00 Frank G [1725]
Gordon Brown is preparing to break the law over Irelands EU vote	2 00:00 doc [1730]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Waterloo flags find at Sir Walter Scott home	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1753]
Director of NVa. Saudi Academy Arrested for Failing to Report Child Abuse	4 00:00 OldSpook [1746]
C-Thug: There can be only one	0 [1730]
Streaking to victory in topless match	6 00:00 Deacon Blues [1731]
B.C. police find fifth human foot	8 00:00 Besoeker [1763]
Norway: George C. Marshall statue unveiled in Oslo	1 00:00 M. Murcek [1736]
$10 Million Choice	1 00:00 Frank G [1730]
Pentagon misled Congress about Peterson security	1 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1733]
Riyadh: "The Most Beautiful Goat" Competition	13 00:00 gorb [1733]
Japan cleans up gene pool, hangs cannibal serial-killer and two other beasts.	6 00:00 Eric Jablow [1763]
Video: Powered by Children...	5 00:00 trailing wife [1754]
Jet tire catches fire during landing at Sky Harbor	3 00:00 anonymous5089 [1734]
Iran police shut clothes shops, hairdressers	2 00:00 OldSpook [1733]

    
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                        23:28 Mike

                        23:27 OldSpook

                        23:26 OldSpook

                        23:07 Procopius2k

                        23:04 Muggsy Gling

                        23:00 Besoeker

                        22:55 Frank G

                        22:54 Besoeker

                        22:53 Redneck Jim

                        22:43 trailing wife

                        22:41 Redneck Jim

                        22:41 Besoeker

                        22:33 Eric Jablow

                        22:29 Frank G

                        22:26 Frank G

                        22:21 trailing wife

                        22:19 Steve White

                        22:17 Steve White

                        22:09 trailing wife

                        22:00 JosephMendiola

                        21:47 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:43 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:41 ed

Who's in the News
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6	Govt of Pakistan
4	Taliban
3	al-Qaeda
2	Iraqi Insurgency
2	Govt of Iran
2	Hamas
1	Iraqi Baath Party
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Takfir wal-Hijra
1	Hezbollah
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Govt of Syria
1	al-Qaeda in Britain
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2008-06-17
Muntaz Dogmush deader than a rock

Mon 2008-06-16
Hundred of Talibs swarm Arghandab district of Kandahar

Sun 2008-06-15
Karzai threatens to send troops across Pak border

Sat 2008-06-14
Hamas: Enormous kaboom in Beit Lahiya preparation for quality attack

Fri 2008-06-13
Talibs Attack Kandahar Kalaboose With Car Boom, Free Inmates

Thu 2008-06-12
Pakistain, US differ over border airstrike

Wed 2008-06-11
Somali Islamist head rejects UN-sponsored pact

Tue 2008-06-10
Sufi Mohammed survives Taliban kaboom attempt

Mon 2008-06-09
Hero of Anbar Would Stir a Revolt in Afghanistan

Sun 2008-06-08
G8 energy chiefs meet as oil soars

Sat 2008-06-07
U.S. court upholds Qaeda conviction in Bush murder plot

Fri 2008-06-06
Guantanamo arraignment begins for five accused 9/11 plotters

Thu 2008-06-05
Iraq police arrest five Shias wanted for over 720 murders

Wed 2008-06-04
US-Iraq Negotiating Status Of Forces Agreement

Tue 2008-06-03
Norway, Sweden close Islamabad embassies in wake of Danish kaboom

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