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Bin Laden's Driver Guilty
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Indian-made arms seized	6 00:00 tu3031 [1760]
Jammu begins to choke Kashmir - Shortage of essentials in valley as confrontation escalates	0 [1747]
Qadaffy warns 'arrogant' Iran of military humiliation	21 00:00 Red Dawg [1776]
Weapon-Mart raided in Sadr City - Made in China on labels, also Iran 2008	8 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1746]
Canada to protect food shipments by The World Food Programme to Somalia	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [1769]
Secret al-Qaeda list provided by Sahwa, secret operation against listees announced	3 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1747]
Guilty: Bin Laden's Driver	6 00:00 JohnQC [1769]
Musharraf signs notification to restore deposed judges	0 [1738]
Pak troops violate ceasefire again, fire along LoC	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1742]
Iraqi Army Is Willing, but Not Ready, to Fight	3 00:00 Frozen Al [1738]
Face to face with terrorists on the Kenya-Somalia border	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1777]
If you've got it...	10 00:00 ed [1767]
Good morning	10 00:00 Steve White [1737]
Eight rockets fired in Mardan	0 [1747]
5 Taliban killed in Afghanistan	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1739]
Hangu jirga to resume talks today	1 00:00 tu3031 [1747]
Mortar kills child in Swat, three more girls' schools torched	0 [1740]
Soldier injured in S Waziristan attacks	0 [1747]
Dr Aafia charged with soldier attack	5 00:00 Pappy [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Corps of Engineers Building Iraqi Army Bases	6 00:00 trailing wife [1760]
SOFA Deal: Maliki Gives Tentative Approval	8 00:00 McZoid [1767]
Strategic Documents Map	0 [1743]
A Ragtag Pursuit of the Taliban	0 [1747]
Iraqi parliament fails to agree on elections law - Adjourns till September	2 00:00 James Carville [1738]
Pakistan's Musharraf scraps Olympic visit amid ouster talks	4 00:00 AlanC [1732]
Islamic Jihad calls to end Fatah-Hamas tension	3 00:00 Red Dawg [1738]
Afghanistan accusing Pakistan of aiding insurgents	0 [1735]
India-IAEA safeguard agreement threat to NPT regime say Pak analysts	3 00:00 john frum [1746]
Air force helicopter crashes in southern Thailand; six officers dead	0 [1741]
Kirkuk issue settled: Kurdish groups satisfied with amendments	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1739]
Anbar handover delayed indefinitely - Sunni's want Americans to stay	3 00:00 Red Dawg [1740]
Security cabinet to discuss 'new reality' created in Lebanon	0 [1736]
Samarra: Reconciliation at Iraq's Ground Zero	1 00:00 .5MT [1738]
Now that we're winning the Brits want to stay in Iraq - Go figure	3 00:00 rjschwarz [1740]
'ISI should not be discussed in public forum'	1 00:00 Frank G [1735]
'Afghan Taliban have no link with TTP'	1 00:00 gorb [1734]
Pakistan poised to send 800 guerrillas to India: BSF	0 [1738]
ISI notification held in abeyance	0 [1743]
Taliban can take control of Karachi anytime: TTP	4 00:00 McZoid [1742]
Zardari, Nawaz agree to impeach Musharraf	0 [1734]
Marines' Afghan Tours Extended	2 00:00 Pappy [1741]
Syrian general's killing severs Hezbollah links	6 00:00 Red Dawg [1736]
Bombing suggests Al Qaeda remains a threat in Algeria	0 [1737]
Taliban threaten suicide bombings in Pakistan	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1740]
Hamas says it released Fatah prisoners in Gaza	0 [1741]
U.S. calls Iran nuclear letter 'obfuscation'	3 00:00 liberalhawk [1737]
Darfur rebels appeal against death sentences	0 [1747]
Syria's Assad meets Erdogan for peace talks	0 [1734]
Possibility of mistrial arises at Guantánamo	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1763]
Bruce Ivins Wasn't the Anthrax Culprit	18 00:00 trailing wife [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Red Cross: Colombia broke Geneva Conventions	0 [1744]
Troops overthrow Mauritania president	0 [1744]
Afghan wedding, Bride 7, Groom 40, Nothing new Mo did it	1 00:00 tu3031 [1744]
Border patrol agent held at gunpoint	4 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1741]
Gravel goes insane, urges crowd to stalk federal prosecutor	0 [1747]
Ultracapacitor Announcement and a Smackdown	21 00:00 3dc [1771]
Renegade army officers stage coup in Mauritania	1 00:00 Scooter McGruder [1743]
Palestinian refugees in Iraq to be relocated to Scandinavia	4 00:00 ed [1733]
Obama's Muslim-Outreach Adviser Resigns	2 00:00 ed [1741]
Self-deportation program kicks off with few takers	4 00:00 tu3031 [1739]
PETA Bimbo Makes Peace With KFC	5 00:00 rjschwarz [1738]
Video of McCain at Sturgis's Buffalo Chips.... Cycles roar..	3 00:00 Dar [1746]
Christians in Indonesia rally over shariah	4 00:00 OldSpook [1738]
McCain Calls to Build 45 Nuclear Plants	17 00:00 JosephMendiola [1764]
Fed Keeps Rate at 2%	2 00:00 DarthVader [1744]
Russia signals Georgia action	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1750]
11 Charged With Massive Identity Theft	4 00:00 rjschwarz [1734]
McCain returns fire: Obama "confused" on energy	12 00:00 OldSpook [1744]
Obama: Stronger dollar would ease energy costs	6 00:00 mrp [1739]
Mofaz joins race to replace Olmert	0 [1743]
Paris Hilton responds to McCain, announces candidacy	15 00:00 Besoeker [1742]
Two Italian hostages freed in Somalia	0 [1741]
Indian army orders additional BrahMos cruise missiles	0 [1741]
Page 4: Opinion
Losing water war?	7 00:00 john frum [1740]
A deliberate capitulation to the US	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [1771]
How Pakistan's deterioration harms Afghanistan	0 [1736]
Stealth Destroyer Largely Defenseless, Admiral Says	14 00:00 JosephMendiola [1773]
Why Pelosi took impeachment "off the table"	9 00:00 liberalhawk [1738]
You still can't write about Muhammad	0 [1735]
Militancy and the regional challenge	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1772]
Asia Times: Syria exploits US loopholes	1 00:00 phil_b [1746]
Tater, a social worker? - Trying to recover from a political disaster	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [1740]
The need to weed out	0 [1743]
No-Drill Stand Is A Dry Hole For Democrats	15 00:00 trailing wife [1739]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
A claw hammer, plastic bag and motor oil?	0 [1736]
Southern Cal Hot Spot Hits 812 Degrees, Baffles Experts	17 00:00 JosephMendiola [1762]
Quakes caught by laptop sensor	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1751]
Collectors Discover US Flag Stamp Has 14 Stripes	3 00:00 tu3031 [1740]
Pakistan Institute of Mammography Opened (Parody)	3 00:00 GDLotA [1752]
Terp his tells story of the capture of Saddam - Memory Lane	0 [1746]
John Edwards and his love child! - Enquiring minds want to know	7 00:00 Frank G [1745]
Large Grassfire Burning in Kansas	0 [1744]
Police free 26 cheerleaders from elevator at University of Texas	10 00:00 DarthVader [1740]
Texas takes affirmative action on immigration problem	9 00:00 Procopius2k [1740]
McCain Volunteers Wife For Topless Contest	4 00:00 SteveS [1736]
Idiots of the Day submission	1 00:00 rjschwarz [1740]
Paris Hilton fires back at McCain's "Celeb" ad	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1749]
Depraved Phelps litter to picket funeral of bus decapitation victim	12 00:00 ed [1744]
Paris Hilton 'enters' White House race	6 00:00 AzCat [1732]
Man in Canada bus beheading says "please kill me"	7 00:00 Angie Schultz [1772]

    
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                        23:37 3dc

                        23:37 JosephMendiola

                        23:29 JosephMendiola

                        23:14 trailing wife

                        23:01 Raj

                        22:51 tu3031

                        22:44 JosephMendiola

                        22:39 JosephMendiola

                        22:39 ed

                        22:36 Frank G

                        22:34 ed

                        22:23 Jusose Darling of the Infinitesmal7029

                        22:16 Fred

                        22:07 JosephMendiola

                        22:02 Red Dawg

                        21:57 Angie Schultz

                        21:53 OldSpook

                        21:50 JosephMendiola

                        21:45 JosephMendiola

                        21:33 JosephMendiola

Who's in the News
60	[untagged]
7	Govt of Pakistan
6	TTP
4	al-Qaeda
3	Govt of Syria
3	ISI
3	Iraqi Insurgency
2	Mahdi Army
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Taliban
1	Islamic Jihad
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Hezbollah
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Global Jihad
1	Islamic Courts
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hamas

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Bin Laden's Driver Guilty

Tue 2008-08-05
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Mon 2008-08-04
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Sun 2008-08-03
''Assad's right hand man'' assassinated in Syria

Sat 2008-08-02
Taliban deny al-Qaida No. 2 hit by missile

Fri 2008-08-01
189 arrested, curfew lifted in Diyala

Thu 2008-07-31
Qaeda big turban in Afghanistan killed in US airstrike

Wed 2008-07-30
Gilani in Washington; Paks raid Haqqani's empty madrassa in N Wazoo

Tue 2008-07-29
Military offensive under way in Diyala

Mon 2008-07-28
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Sun 2008-07-27
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Sat 2008-07-26
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