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US Special Forces: 1 Al Qaeda's emir in Mosul: 0
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
GIs use M2, Mk19 and AT4 tools to install cross ventilation system in Iraqi Highrise	4 00:00 trailing wife [1756]
US Special Forces: 1 Al Qaeda's emir in Mosul: 0	7 00:00 Anonymoose [1778]
War Porn: Apache Takes Out Single Insurgent With 30mm In Iraq	1 00:00 RD [1768]
Iraqi military to take control of Anbar province	1 00:00 trailing wife [1751]
NATO kills 15 militants in Afghan air strike	1 00:00 anymouse [1745]
Journalist Sean Langan Released After 3 Months Captivity	2 00:00 RD [1739]
Two Soldiers, 2 civilians killed in Sadr City explosion	1 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
13 hurt in bomb blasts in southern Thailand	0 [1737]
Good morning	13 00:00 RD [1760]
Suicide blast kills 4 civilians in W Afghanistan	0 [1742]
SIMI chief in ATS custody	0 [1743]
Federal Appeals Court ratifies 15 death verdicts	3 00:00 JohnQC [1734]
10 wanted men captured in Hilla	0 [1746]
Blast injures 13 soldiers in SE Turkey	0 [1738]
Arrest warrant issued against 8 Huji fugitives	2 00:00 McZoid [1736]
5 cops detained in Karbala	1 00:00 McZoid [1733]
Al-Qaeda leader arrested in Salah al-Din	0 [1740]
Mosul bombing attack casualties up to 7	0 [1744]
27 suspects arrested north of Hilla	0 [1735]
4 wanted persons, including university bomber, arrested in Baghdad	0 [1739]
Man sentenced in California terrorism probe	3 00:00 JohnQC [1738]
Overnight fighting between factions in north Lebanon kills 4 more people	0 [1735]
Taliban kidnap 15 khasadars in Khyber	2 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [1737]
One injured in blast near Governor House	0 [1746]
Kabul parades 'Pakistani bombers'	6 00:00 trailing wife [1738]
Jandola falls to Baitullah, nine killed	0 [1741]
Gunmen reportedly fire mortar shell into Israel in breach of truce	5 00:00 Old Patriot [1732]
Bomb kills two Sahwa fighters in Diala	0 [1743]
Page 2: WoT Background
AsiaTimes: Russia to supply weapons to Afghanistan National Army.	1 00:00 Shieldwolf [1736]
Levin Moves To Block Nomination Of Adm. Elizabeth Hight	16 00:00 Frank G [1754]
Undocumented workers alert: US police bust notorious Latino gang	3 00:00 Procopius2k [1744]
Two Charged With Selling Aircraft Parts to Iran	1 00:00 trailing wife [1744]
Emboldenment Effect in Iraq - How the MSM helps al-Q	1 00:00 trailing wife [1738]
Admiral Michael Mullen wants three more brigades to fight Taliban	4 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
CSM: How Iran would retaliate if it comes to war	8 00:00 one eyed wolf [1763]
West links drug war aid to Iranian nuclear impasse	1 00:00 Thealing Borgia6122 [1737]
UN inspectors examine site of alleged Syrian nuclear facility	0 [1737]
Democrat Fratricide: seething bloggers & PACs tear into Hoyer on telcom immunity	4 00:00 Procopius2k [1747]
Sarkozy farewell ceremony cut as Israeli cop commits suicide	4 00:00 tu3031 [1742]
IAEA Chief: Iran Could Make Nuke In 6 Months	10 00:00 KBK [1741]
Iran says Israel not capable of threatening it	5 00:00 Woozle Elmeter 2700 [1744]
Bolton: Israel 'will attack Iran' before new US president sworn in	9 00:00 trailing wife [1775]
Israel denies Hezbollah prisoner swap stalled	0 [1741]
Hamas Gaza leader denies Arab forces deployment under ceasefire deal	0 [1728]
Sarkozy says nuclear Iran unacceptable	2 00:00 Thealing Borgia6122 [1742]
Sark sez Jerusalem capital of both Israel and Paleostine	3 00:00 Procopius2k [1734]
Fatah rules out meeting between Abbas, Hamas' Mashaal	0 [1741]
1991 uprising case's defendant denies army intervention in Basra events	0 [1741]
PM announces formation of 17 tribal councils in Missan	2 00:00 liberalhawk [1739]
NWFP govt to honour Swat peace deal	0 [1736]
Verdict reserved on Maulana Aziz's bail plea	1 00:00 Admiral Allan Ackbar [1729]
Use of force last option to restore peace, says Hoti	0 [1737]
LI says Christians kidnapped due to misunderstanding	3 00:00 Admiral Allan Ackbar [1739]
12 Pakistanis deported from Afghanistan	1 00:00 Abu Uluque [1722]
Kite lovers flying against religious winds in Pakistan	1 00:00 OldSpook [1735]
UK removes the MKO from list of terror groups	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1746]
Pakistan revisits the Kargil war	4 00:00 tu3031 [1747]
Hamas says commitment to truce linked to Israel's commitment	1 00:00 tu3031 [1742]
Calm Returns to Mosul Following Weeks of Al Qaeda Attacks	4 00:00 lotp [1759]
Iraqi forces to launch new crackdown on al-Qaida	2 00:00 Pappy [1730]
White House nominates 1st female for 4th star	18 00:00 Groting Bucket6626 aka Broadhead6 [1734]
Virtual Caliphate	4 00:00 trailing wife [1742]
EU approves sanctions against Iran's biggest bank	0 [1745]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Name that party: Baltimore Mayor receives gifts from Developer	2 00:00 Besoeker [1729]
Deutschland : Free Democrats - US nuclear bombs must go	3 00:00 Rambler in California [1737]
Indian Prototype Fast Breeder Reactors massive safety vessel installed	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1735]
'Culture of Corruption,' Episode #83	0 [1735]
Russia plans to hold military exercises in Arctic	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1732]
Israel's Labor to back motion for dissolving Knesset	0 [1738]
Saudi energy summit calls for greater transparency in oil market deals	1 00:00 McZoid [1736]
Sylhet BNP chief Ariful Haque gets 10yrs	0 [1740]
Pak court disqualifies Sharif from by-election	0 [1736]
'Imperial powers tightening circle around Pakistan'	3 00:00 Injun Angavirt6084 [1738]
Zimbabwe opposition lawmaker in hospital after attack	1 00:00 trailing wife [1768]
Thabo to make final plea to Bob, as condemnation grows	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1733]
European Parliament delegation visits Pyongyang	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1728]
Obama proposes new tax on oil companies	16 00:00 Groting Bucket6626 aka Broadhead6 [1735]
Bolivia region 'chooses autonomy'	3 00:00 Pappy [1736]
Page 4: Opinion
The Bush Paradox	2 00:00 OldSpook [1744]
The Obama Left	1 00:00 trailing wife [1742]
The tribulations of being a United States senator	7 00:00 bruce [1734]
Greyhawk: looking at Basra through lenses and filters	0 [1742]
Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va): the populist "angry potato"	5 00:00 Frank G [1737]
NATO troops more powerful and popular than Taliban	5 00:00 doc [1736]
Violent agitations styming India By M.V. Kamath	0 [1737]
Hizballah in Venezuela: Will the U.S. move?	7 00:00 Frank G [1759]
Journalists Are Scum	6 00:00 Atomic Conspiracy [1740]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Utah - pre-production demonstration plant to extract oil from oil shale	4 00:00 trailing wife [1764]
Hybrid embryos produced. (Human-Cow)	5 00:00 3dc [1760]
Attack of the melting ice!!	0 [1747]
Canadian woman finds brand new grenade in backyard	12 00:00 Deacon Blues [1740]
Today in History: the first "flying saucer"	8 00:00 FOTSGreg [1761]
Local Government Weird	7 00:00 trailing wife [1762]
Many Dutch prepare for 2012 apocalypse	11 00:00 rjschwarz [1738]
Is this the end of Le Monde?	9 00:00 doc [1746]

    
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Who's in the News
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8	Taliban
6	al-Qaeda in Iraq
4	Iraqi Insurgency
4	Hamas
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hezbollah
1	Mahdi Army
1	Palestinian Authority
1	SIMI
1	Govt of Iran
1	Global Jihad
1	HUJI
1	Iraqi Baath Party
1	Lashkar-e-Islami

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2008-06-24
US Special Forces: 1 Al Qaeda's emir in Mosul: 0

Mon 2008-06-23
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Sun 2008-06-22
25 Christians kidnapped in Peshawar

Sat 2008-06-21
Sadrists collapse in Missan

Fri 2008-06-20
Israel-Hamas truce begins

Thu 2008-06-19
Talibs flee Arghandab for their lives

Wed 2008-06-18
Talibs destroy bridges in preparation for Arghandab battle

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

Mon 2008-06-16
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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
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