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Seven years. Never forgive, never forget, never ''understand.''
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
We Shall Never Forget	8 00:00 .5MT [1748]
Bush authorizes US commando raids in Pakistan -NYT	24 00:00 .5MT [1752]
Thai defense volunteer killed while taking children to school	1 00:00 Grins Oppressor of the Pixies4430 [1740]
Good morning - Seven years of WoT	39 00:00 djh_usmc [1759]
Egypt blocks opposition convoy headed for Gaza	0 [1747]
Kuwaiti security arrests senior intelligence man	3 00:00 Red Dawg [1737]
30 militants killed in Bajaur fighting	0 [1749]
11 militants killed in Kooza Bandai	0 [1733]
Sri Lanka bombs Tiger intelligence base	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1733]
Police forces nab 16 gunmen in Diala	0 [1733]
Gunmen captured, cart bomb seized in Kirkuk	3 00:00 3dc [1730]
25 killed, 50 injured in Dir mosque attack	0 [1739]
Lebanese Druze politician killed in blast	0 [1740]
Military helicopter crashes in Israel	0 [1735]
Pirates hijack South Korean cargo ship off Somali coast	9 00:00 Shieldwolf [1762]
Page 2: WoT Background
Bali bombers call on militia boss Eurico Guterres to testify	0 [1736]
Former Syrian Information Minister: The U.S. Administration Was Behind 9/11	3 00:00 tipper [1729]
Old School Obama on 9/11	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1760]
Intercepted Letter Shows Al Qaeda Weakened in Iraq	2 00:00 Glineth Sproing4592 [1727]
From Families' Grief, a Symbol of Loss and Hope	0 [1735]
Afghanistan: Taliban conducting a "defensive war" says leader	3 00:00 Darrell [1737]
Palestinian prisoners may be exchanged for Shalit	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [1749]
Iran urges UN response to Israeli 'threats'	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1730]
Gates says 'end game' has now begun in Iraq	2 00:00 JohnQC [1746]
US strike in Pakistan 'missed Taliban target but killed four Al-Qaeda men'	6 00:00 Mullah Richard [1728]
US to focus on Pakistani border	0 [1729]
North Korea leader 'recovering'	9 00:00 Varmint Grigum5285 [1757]
Kidnap Nejad says minister	0 [1727]
US not allowed to conduct Ops inside Pakistan: Kayani	4 00:00 Bugs Phavilet5376 [1732]
Baghdad Jim (D-TyrantsEverywhere) pushes for Impeachment.	10 00:00 Querent [1736]
Shariah law in Malakand during Ramazan: minister	0 [1736]
Iran 'master of asymmetric naval warfare'	21 00:00 Mike N. [1732]
Militants threaten to target girls' schools	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1732]
UK declares Fazl 'persona non grata'	0 [1730]
Europe still vulnerable to an Al-Qaeda attack, says German expert	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1733]
Portrait of a suicide bomber	0 [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai declare power-sharing breakthrough	1 00:00 James [1758]
Palin says we might have to go to war with Russia: ABC News	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1737]
The death of OPEC	9 00:00 Red Dawg [1757]
Palin Tarnishes McCain's Environmental Luster	10 00:00 DLR [1750]
Greenpeace Vandals Acquitted After NASA's Hansen testifies	12 00:00 Alaska Paul [1733]
Spooky to get new ground attack Death Ray	4 00:00 Angaque Platypus3379 [1723]
Insanity Strikes Again - Boy suspended for using broken pencil sharpener at Hilton Head Island	14 00:00 trailing wife [1750]
Lost McCain POW release footage found in Sweden	0 [1723]
Lots of Lipstick Out There	7 00:00 online poker [1756]
Holy Quran Memorization International	17 00:00 Pappy [1763]
Anti-Morales protests hit Bolivia	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [1725]
Bolivia expels U.S Ambassador for 'fanning protests'	14 00:00 flash91 [1729]
Ethics Scandal At Oil Agency	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [1733]
Russian strategic bombers in Venezuela for 'training': Chavez	13 00:00 Alaska Paul [1736]
Russia threatens to target US missile defenses	10 00:00 SteveS [1759]
Iran: Powerful quake strikes near southern port	5 00:00 Danielle [1730]
Algeria mosques fertile ground for matchmaking	0 [1735]
Thai coalition looks for new PM	0 [1726]
Plugs Biden Does Some Embellishing	1 00:00 USN,Ret. [1728]
Beldar on Biden	4 00:00 mom [1737]
U.S. to sell Harpoon missiles to India	5 00:00 USN, Ret. [1735]
Gates Delays $40B Air Force Tanker Contract	4 00:00 USN, Ret. [1733]
Granholm to Stand In For Palin During Biden's Debate Prep	5 00:00 USN, Ret. [1736]
Page 4: Opinion
Olbermann goes apesh*t	11 00:00 Mike N. [1755]
India nuclear deal puts world at risk	0 [1735]
The start of reverse syndication--and end of the AP?	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1737]
Palin obliterates feminist template	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1728]
Dem's Autumn Angst: "I'm so depressed. It's happening again. It's a nightmare."	11 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1732]
Who Hates Sarah Palin?	8 00:00 Procopius2k [1732]
The Lessons of 9/11	1 00:00 JohnQC [1738]
I Am Not Having a Crisis	4 00:00 tipover [1739]
A Conspiracy of Crackpots	1 00:00 Frozen Al [1736]
Exposing the Angry Left	4 00:00 Frozen Al [1726]
VDH on Biden	6 00:00 Formerly Dan [1725]
What Sarah-cuda reveals about Obama's character	10 00:00 FOTSGreg [1727]
Never Forget, 2008	4 00:00 Steve White [1725]
Obama Can't Win	13 00:00 DarthVader [1732]
Dear Abby	2 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1734]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
F--- St. Paul councilman sends f------ profane email from his g------ m---------- city account	12 00:00 trailing wife [1756]
Update: At least 100 Swift workers let go	7 00:00 Phinegum Pelosi6759 [1754]
Family of Down Syndrome Girl Meet McCain and Palin	2 00:00 Ptah [1731]
Why the Islamic world fell into backwardness	14 00:00 JFM [1725]
Japan 'ends Iraq supply mission'	4 00:00 bman [1731]
Girl disfigured after being raped	2 00:00 anymouse [1740]
Saudi charity rejects entertainers' donations	0 [1728]
Biden: "Hillary a Better Pick Than Me" - (Under the Bus???)	21 00:00 Alaska Paul [1751]
Italians urged to drop 'il weekend' and other creeping English words	5 00:00 JFM [1735]
SUN claims Sarah Palin's ancestors from Norwich.,	5 00:00 Eric Jablow [1729]
Nude women blind men to price tags	8 00:00 James Carville [1745]
Obama Pastor in Sex Scandal: Rev. Wright Done Me Wrong	3 00:00 Punky Flolutle8864 [1737]

    
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Who's in the News
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4	TTP
3	Govt of Iran
3	Taliban
2	al-Qaeda
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hamas
2	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Islamic State of Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2008-09-11
Seven years. Never forgive, never forget, never ''understand.''

Wed 2008-09-10
Head of al-Qaeda in Pakistain dead in Haqqani raid

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''

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