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Car boom attempt on Chalabi
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Swift Musilm workers protest Ramadan reversal	13 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11130]
Airliner bomb trial: 'Suicide' videos promised body parts on the streets	2 00:00 MarkZ [11129]
State official beheaded in southern Thailand	0 [11132]
Videos show dead Afghan children after US raid	13 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11131]
Pirate killed in Rab shootout	11 00:00 Redneck Jim [11128]
Good morning	5 00:00 GK [11128]
Accord signed to end north Lebanon civil war	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11129]
Afghanistan: Taliban behind failed attack on Italian convoy	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [11125]
Sri Lanka: Tamil militants targeted in new air attack	0 [11127]
16 Islamist rebels killed in Philippines fighting	0 [11129]
24 civilians, 11 troops injured in Kashmir clashes	0 [11130]
Philippines: Militants killed in air strike in south	0 [11129]
Algeria: Attack by boomerette foiled	0 [11125]
Baath Party resumes underground activities	2 00:00 Besoeker [11134]
Christian Iraqi militia fight back against Qaeda	2 00:00 JFM [11130]
US finds clues in bakery to foil Iraqi terror plot	2 00:00 Perfesser [11128]
Troops push Taliban out of Khar areas	0 [11128]
Gunmen kidnap Sahwa leader in Diala	0 [11127]
4 policemen arrested by combined Iraqi-U.S. force in Diala	0 [11131]
Car bomb that targeted Chalabi is state-owned -- spokesman	0 [11136]
15 al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Baghdad and Mosul	0 [11126]
10 Uzbek suspects held in Chaman	0 [11128]
10 suicide bombers enter Punjab	0 [11130]
Would-be teen suicide bomber arrested in Nowshera	0 [11133]
17 killed in US missile strike on Haqqani compound	1 00:00 Jiggs Thomort2530 [11129]
Michael Yon's dispatches; Where Eagles Dare	2 00:00 Jack is Back! [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
Twelve acquitted of attempt to kill Nasrallah	1 00:00 Frank G [11135]
The Big Lie Still Works	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Pakistan's Zardari sworn in as president	1 00:00 Paul [11127]
Obama Supporters Strike New Low: Attempt to Sell Trig Palin on eBay	20 00:00 Deacon Blues [11129]
Biden takes credit for success in Iraq - Next the invention of iPods	13 00:00 Red Dawg [11126]
Terrorist releases in high-profile cases: PHC orders police to produce stronger evidence	0 [11125]
Iran under attack in new Al-Qaeda video	7 00:00 mhw [11131]
Airliner bomb trial: The al-Qaeda connection	0 [11125]
Kuwaiti prime minster to visit Iraq	0 [11126]
Lebanon Hezbollah leader urges talks with Hariri	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Indonesian hardliner protests Playboy evidence	1 00:00 SteveS [11129]
'Extremists have made FATA world's most dangerous place'	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [11127]
'Govt will not tolerate hot pursuit'	8 00:00 Roscoe P. Coltrane [11127]
Sarah Hammers Obama on Surge	5 00:00 Richard of Oregon [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Obama Pastor In Sex Scandal	5 00:00 European Conservative [11135]
Brent oil falls below $100 a barrel	3 00:00 anonymous2u [11130]
Muslim cabbies in Minn. lose round in court	6 00:00 ex-lib [11128]
Biden: election of Palin would be a setback for women	20 00:00 Mike [11138]
False Internet claims and rumors fly about McCain's running mate.	1 00:00 anymouse [11127]
Majority of independents now prefer McCain over Obama, 52% to 37%	0 [11129]
World wants Obama as president: poll	27 00:00 anymouse [11131]
DC School Chief kicking ass and taking names	9 00:00 Besoeker [11129]
Georgia conflict delays Swedish defence plan	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [11131]
Arab League chief angry with Palestinian groups	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [11126]
Germany: Merkel attacks English word invasion	30 00:00 rjschwarz [11129]
US intelligence thinks Kimmie may be gravely ill	17 00:00 Chuckles Flimp4638 [11132]
Obama campaign adviser Axelrod, Astroturfer	1 00:00 no mo uro [11127]
No-hio for Obama?	5 00:00 SteveS [11128]
Streisand to Sing for Obama	15 00:00 JohnQC [11131]
Zero CO2 Coal Plant to Start Up in Germany - Greens Unhappy Anyway	6 00:00 DLR [11130]
Army celebrates century of military aviation	3 00:00 USN, Ret. [11130]
U.S. plans $7 billion missile-defense sale to UAE	5 00:00 Darrell [11129]
Italy: Five suspected people smugglers arrested in Sicily	0 [11127]
AFL-CIO reps coordinated anarchists for RNC	10 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [11129]
Obama on Palin: 'You can't just reinvent yourself'	34 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Russia Agrees to Limited Georgia Troop Pull-Out	0 [11134]
MSNBC shake-up: Olbermann and Matthews no longer anchoring	2 00:00 Richard of Oregon [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Melanie Phillips: Revolution you can believe in	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11135]
American Digest: The Wind in the Heights	3 00:00 trailing wife [11133]
The Sarah-cuda haunts their very dreams	5 00:00 Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields [11131]
Belmont Club: Why They Fight	1 00:00 Besoeker [11131]
VDH: McCain's surge, Obama's desperation	16 00:00 3dc [11133]
How To Manufacture a Daily Palin Controversy	1 00:00 anymouse [11125]
Celebrity influence	5 00:00 rjschwarz [11127]
Woodward on the Surge	6 00:00 bman [11123]
Biden Takes Credit for Iraq Success	4 00:00 gb506 [11127]
Palin exposes the cultural divide	9 00:00 Ptah [11127]
Change you can believe in	5 00:00 Richard of Oregon [11127]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
McCain and Sarah Meet Chloe	0 [11134]
McCain and Sarah Meet Chloe	0 [11126]
Poland: Former Communist officials to stand trial for for '81 martial law	2 00:00 SteveS [11126]
People Surviving Disease Threatens NHS Survival	8 00:00 DLR [11125]
Uno	6 00:00 Mike [11123]
mosque made of chocolate	7 00:00 SteveS [11125]
Russia legal bid to ban "South Park"	10 00:00 DMFD [11129]
Twenty five injured in Egyptian prison riot	0 [11125]
Ahmadi doctor shot dead in Mirpurkhas	0 [11127]
Forced conversion of two Christian girls condemned	3 00:00 JFM [11129]

    
                23:57 rjschwarz

                        23:34 Chuckles Flimp4638

                        23:32 JosephMendiola

                        23:25 Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields

                        23:23 JosephMendiola

                        23:08 European Conservative

                        23:03 trailing wife

                        23:03 Frank G

                        23:00 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:57 European Conservative

                        22:55 European Conservative

                        22:53 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:48 trailing wife

                        22:46 3dc

                        22:43 European Conservative

                        22:42 Mike

                        22:40 Mike

                        22:36 European Conservative

                        22:35 European Conservative

                        22:24 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:22 JohnQC

                        22:21 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:19 JosephMendiola

                        22:10 JohnQC

Who's in the News
55	[untagged]
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	TTP
3	Iraqi Insurgency
3	al-Qaeda
3	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Taliban
2	Hezbollah
2	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
2	al-Qaeda in Britain
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Iraqi Baath Party
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Global Jihad
1	Takfir wal-Hijra
1	Jemaah Islamiyah

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2008-09-09
Car boom attempt on Chalabi

Mon 2008-09-08
Drones hit Haqqani compound

Sun 2008-09-07
Mr. Ten Percent succeeds Perv as Pakistan president

Sat 2008-09-06
Sauerland Group planned attacks in major cities

Fri 2008-09-05
Lanka troops move to take LTTE capital

Thu 2008-09-04
Fifteen killed in Pakistan in cross-border raid

Wed 2008-09-03
Pakistan PM survives assassiation attempt

Tue 2008-09-02
Two Canadians killed in Wana missile attack

Mon 2008-09-01
Missile strike kills six in Miranshah

Sun 2008-08-31
Ethiopia hints at Somalia withdrawal

Sat 2008-08-30
Report says China offered widespread help on nukes

Fri 2008-08-29
Hezbollah shoots at Lebanese Army helicopter, kills officer

Thu 2008-08-28
Baitullah declared ''proclaimed offender''

Wed 2008-08-27
Nearly 50 militants killed on Pak-Afghan border

Tue 2008-08-26
Pakistain bans TTP

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