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Missile Strike Targeting Baitullah Country Kills 6
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Pakistan objects to US Army chief's Siachen visit	1 00:00 Frank G [1749]
US Attacks Inside Pakistan and Incidents along the Border in 2008: Timeline	2 00:00 Abu do you love [1751]
Last Marine getting ready to turn out the lights in Fallujah	12 00:00 KBK [1750]
Three shot down in southern Thailand	0 [1745]
Man charged with bringing pipe bomb on airplane	13 00:00 Red Dawg [1777]
Second Canadian pipeline damaged in explosion	7 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1746]
Afghan policeman fires on US patrol, kills soldier	6 00:00 Abu do you love [1743]
Good morning	4 00:00 Frank G [1739]
Pakistan: Suicide attack kills four policemen	0 [1749]
Qaeda awash in funds despite meltdown	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1768]
Arms seized after Taliban revolt in Timergara jail	2 00:00 Glenmore [1747]
Taliban fire at army chopper	2 00:00 trailing wife [1751]
Police seize suicide jackets, 18 Uzbeks held	1 00:00 Glenmore [1751]
Kurram jirga brokers peace between warring sects	2 00:00 Abu do you love [1746]
Nine rockets fired at police checkpost in Bannu	0 [1756]
Lashkar formed in Bisham to restore peace	0 [1751]
Sri Lanka steps up air strikes on rebels	0 [1756]
Clashes kill 3 cops, 4 civilians in Missan	2 00:00 Abu do you love [1750]
Baghdad police defuses 2 roadside bombs in Sadr City	0 [1748]
13 rebels killed in Philippines	0 [1741]
Ethiopian soldiers among 40 killed in Baidoa	0 [1748]
Suicide car bomb wounds 3 cops in Salah al-Din	0 [1746]
Turkey: Five soldiers and five rebels killed in clashes says army	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1741]
Missile Strike Targeting Baitullah Country Kills 6	3 00:00 trailing wife [1803]
Spain: Eighteen arrests during nationwide anti-terror raids	0 [1751]
Page 2: WoT Background
60 dead in Indian anti-Christian clashes	0 [1747]
Metrosexual Obama 20somethings get beatup by old ladies...	5 00:00 tipover [1768]
Islam should be treated more sensitively than Christianity: BBC	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1752]
Pak allows LeT founder to import bullet proof car	0 [1752]
New IAF system will pinpoint Iranian missile targets in Israel	0 [1742]
Link between child p0rn and Muslim terrorists discovered in police raids	12 00:00 Jolutch Mussolini7800 [1767]
US shifts Visa Waiver Program authorization to Internet	5 00:00 Jennifer Brunner [1753]
AQI's dead #2 was a Swedish Citizen	8 00:00 ed [1772]
Cleric blames CIA for Bali bombing	5 00:00 Alaska Paul [1744]
NATO Modifies Airstrike Policy In Afghanistan	6 00:00 remoteman [1739]
Afghanistan: German MPs approve extra troops and extend mission	4 00:00 Abu do you love [1744]
Egypt: Sunni scholars sanction 'electronic Jihad'	1 00:00 ed [1744]
FATA operation: 'US cautiously optimistic'	0 [1751]
Pak-Afghan 'mini jirga' from 27th	3 00:00 Steve White [1745]
Imams fail in their desired role: Naif Arab News	2 00:00 tu3031 [1754]
Interior ministry to announce names of individuals implicated in MP killing	0 [1748]
JUI-F chief opposes use of force in Tribal Areas: Fazl emerges as 'Taliban spokesman' in parliament	2 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1747]
Somali Islamists threaten Kenya	0 [1748]
Morocco 'spy' starts terror trial	0 [1748]
Colombia 'blocking militia probe'	2 00:00 Abu do you love [1747]
Iraq's New Model Army	3 00:00 Procopius2k [1753]
Shiite split could complicate US security pact	0 [1767]
China Promises to Help Cash-Strapped Pakistan	7 00:00 gromky [1763]
Petraeus Mounts Strategy Review	1 00:00 Besoeker [1748]
Arrrrr! Blackwater Ready to Fight Pirates	13 00:00 OldSpook [1766]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Pro-Obama rabbis rip McCain campaign for "hate speech"	2 00:00 trailing wife [1772]
Obama Lawyer Asks for Probe Into Vote-Fraud Claims	1 00:00 Scott R [1773]
Irish bookmaker to pay out early on Obama victory	1 00:00 M. Murcek [1746]
Angry plumbers protest Obama, wave plungers in defiance	4 00:00 DMFD [1753]
AP/YAHOO Poll of 873 Democrats; 650 Republicans shows OBAMA 44%, MCCAIN 42%...	11 00:00 DarthVader [1746]
25 years ago today, Angry Arabs Turn Off the Oil Spigot	2 00:00 .5MT [1740]
Palin choice cost McCain WaPo endorsement	7 00:00 DMFD [1745]
TV Guide sold...for 1$	3 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1750]
Kofi mulls 'phenomenal' Obama presidency	0 [1738]
FTC shuts down major spam ring	3 00:00 DMFD [1743]
Navy Cancels Third Littoral Combat Ship	13 00:00 trailing wife [1771]
Recent Fighting in E. Congo Has Uprooted 100,000 People, U.N. Says	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1740]
Algeria protests French arrest of its diplomat	0 [1741]
Argentine ex-president no-show as arms trial opens	0 [1750]
Thai-Cambodia border patrol agreed	0 [1741]
Zimbabwe talks remain deadlocked	1 00:00 tu3031 [1737]
Oil tumbles under USD 67	7 00:00 KBK [1762]
Italy: More than 600 illegal immigrants arrive on Lampedusa	2 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
European, Asian Markets Tumble; Nikkei Falls 11%	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1751]
As Election Looms, Chavez Steps Up Rhetoric	7 00:00 KBK [1759]
Graft cases against 11 ex-MPs dropped	1 00:00 tu3031 [1734]
BNP moves to resolve internal feud before polls	0 [1749]
Removal of sculptures sparks protests	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1749]
Page 4: Opinion
OBAMA 07 FLASHBACK: ACORN WILL HELP SHAPE THE AGENDA	1 00:00 DarthVader [1743]
Obama spokesnerd: did McCain camp "vet" Joe the Plumber?	9 00:00 trailing wife [1768]
A conversation with Nouriel Roubini	1 00:00 Jolutch Mussolini7800 [1742]
Slain Beverly soldier explained why he served	7 00:00 CrazyFool [1739]
Every Man a Derrida	1 00:00 trailing wife [1752]
Will Obama Kill Science?	41 00:00 trailing wife [1767]
Joe Biden can count? Who knew?	7 00:00 swksvolFF [1745]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
The Obama Diet Not Just Arugula	0 [1733]
UK Pensioner ordered to stop mowing grass because it's too tidy	2 00:00 SteveS [1764]
Obama Gets Essential Prophet Yahweh UFO Endorsement	4 00:00 Beavis [1746]
Home Invader Shot 4 Times In Head, Condition 'Serious'	18 00:00 Eric Jablow [1746]
Small step in Thai-Cambodia talks	0 [1747]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	TTP
3	al-Qaeda
3	Taliban
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	Global Jihad
2	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	Mahdi Army
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Islamic State of Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2008-10-17
Missile Strike Targeting Baitullah Country Kills 6

Thu 2008-10-16
18 Talibs titzup in attack on Lashkar Gah

Wed 2008-10-15
Puntland Coasties free Panama ship from pirates

Tue 2008-10-14
DPRK regrants IAEA inspectors access to its nuclear facilities

Mon 2008-10-13
12 boomers among 27 zapped in Wazoo

Sun 2008-10-12
Lankan president asks LTTE to surrender

Sat 2008-10-11
North Korea taken off US terror list

Fri 2008-10-10
15 dead in suicide blast at Pakistan tribal meeting

Thu 2008-10-09
Boom Bitch Kills 10 in Diyala Province

Wed 2008-10-08
World's Stock Markets Plunge

Tue 2008-10-07
Iran forces down Corporate Executive ''Fighter Jet''

Mon 2008-10-06
Saudi hosts Afghan peace talks with Taliban reps

Sun 2008-10-05
Baitullah makes appearance amid reports of his death

Sat 2008-10-04
US drone strikes kill 20 in North Waziristan

Fri 2008-10-03
'Biggest suspect' in ship piracy arrested

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