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Abu Omar al-Baghdadi nabbed
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Suicide attacks kill 76 as Iraq reports arrest	0 [1742]
Goldsmiths murdered and robbed in Baghdad	0 [1746]
Big Turban Abu Omar al-Baghdadi jugged	6 00:00 Anonymoose [1781]
Two policemen killed in southern Thailand	0 [1742]
Good morning	6 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [1752]
Armed militants roam in Buner, shut-down courts	1 00:00 john frum [1749]
Philippines: Hostage suffering from poor health, says official	0 [1743]
Philippine bomb attack: 2 hurt	1 00:00 newc [1742]
Taliban will stay in Buner until Malakand surrender complete: TTP	2 00:00 GirlThursday [1773]
Somali pirate to stand trial as adult in US	12 00:00 Jan [1749]
Americans loom large in ŽIraqi-ledŽ operations	5 00:00 rabid whitetail [1749]
India: Maoist rebels free hijacked passenger train	0 [1742]
UK police release all Pakistani terrorism suspects	0 [1738]
Two blasts heard in Miranshah	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [1742]
Abducted DCO, guards freed	0 [1752]
10 Hizb-ut Towhid men remanded	0 [1742]
Algeria: Mokhtar ŽresumesŽ terrorist activity	0 [1749]
Algeria sentences 4 terrorists for plotting suicide attacks	1 00:00 balthazar [1746]
43 Tamil rebels killed, thousands flee war zone	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1765]
Page 2: WoT Background
Patterns Of Civilian Deaths In Iraq	2 00:00 ed [1750]
The Obama administration is having trouble finding Community Organizers for Afghanistan	10 00:00 Redneck Jim [1764]
Obama declines to take "yes" for an answer on detaining terrorists	4 00:00 Don Vito Anginegum8261 [1763]
US wall around terror suspect easing, brother says	0 [1740]
Senate confirms Hill as new Iraq envoy	2 00:00 Whiskey Mike [1743]
US prepares sanctions as Iran calls for dialogue	0 [1749]
US greets returning Muslims with interrogation	8 00:00 Redneck Jim [1760]
Ex-chief rabbi invites Ahmadinejad to Israel	1 00:00 newc [1751]
European ambassadors boycott Pyongyang events after rocket launch	0 [1750]
ŽHaniyeh hid in hospital during Gaza opŽ	0 [1739]
Somalia warns US against striking pirates	3 00:00 Mitch H. [1741]
Firms run by AbbasŽ sons get lucrative US contracts	1 00:00 Besoeker [1761]
US urges Pakistanis to oppose ceding territory to Taliban	2 00:00 Thealing Borgia 122 [1743]
Major operation in the offing: Residents asked to leave Orakzai Agency	0 [1741]
Govt can 'revisit' Swat surrender if peace not restored	2 00:00 SteveS [1748]
Taliban turn children into live bombs	8 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1772]
Darfur rebels to be hanged for Khartoum Attack	0 [1737]
Obama invites Mideast leaders to White House	0 [1748]
Margalla hills only shield if Taliban reach Tarbela dam, warns Fazl	0 [1738]
Mullen meets Kayani	0 [1735]
Israel: Army probe says no war crimes were committed in Gaza	0 [1738]
Terrorism: Islamists threaten terror attacks in Germany	0 [1735]
Egypt: Islamic leader blames Islamists for IsraelŽs wars	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1748]
BDR men to be motivated not to commit suicide	2 00:00 gromky [1739]
ŽIran war, hard to swallowŽ	3 00:00 tipover [1749]
AhmadinejadŽs ŽbraveryŽ wins Hezbollah praise	0 [1748]
'TNSM to quit peace deal if Darul Qaza not established today'	0 [1740]
'Sufi a little kafir himself'	0 [1732]
President, PM refuse to meet British special envoy	0 [1740]
Pakistan warns Britain against deporting students	2 00:00 Zorba Craising6734 [1738]
Drone strikes fanning terrorism: Shujaat	0 [1737]
Sri Lanka: Tamils accuse govt of mass murders amid exodus	0 [1745]
In apparent about-turn, Suleiman meets Lieberman, invites him to Cairo	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1752]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Google lets people influence searches on their names	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1744]
Park Service warns of solar projects' impacts to fragile Mojave Desert	10 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1757]
Study: Pollution helps plants absorb C02	0 [1735]
Madoff Clawback - The Gift That Keeps On Giving	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1741]
India pays $1.6 bn for warship, Russia wants more	2 00:00 Zhang Fei [1749]
Emergency landing on a cow?	2 00:00 U. O. Money [1741]
Florida Pilot's Emergency Landing Caught on Tape -- From the Cockpit	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [1743]
Canada Issues Alert on Severe Respiratory Disease in Mexico	3 00:00 newc [1738]
U.S. Army Tests Flying Robot Sniper	21 00:00 GirlThursday [1763]
Drama at GE shareholders meeting; 'hostility' over MSNBC	6 00:00 newc [1731]
Jimmie Doyle 1918-1944 (Hero comes home)	2 00:00 Richard Aubrey [1737]
Turkey recalls Canada ambassador over genocide	4 00:00 SteveS [1740]
BNP warns of instability if Khaleda evicted	0 [1741]
BCL factions clash in Pabna, Ctg: 14 hurt	0 [1741]
MŽsia removes ethnic rule	1 00:00 newc [1742]
Toxin accused of being behind shooting	0 [1739]
Tsvangirai gives Mugabe ultimatum	1 00:00 Besoeker [1740]
Woman shot in the head, offers responding deputies tea	8 00:00 Thrusoque Bourbon5598 [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
18 Years Ago Today: NY Times Calls for US to Overthrow Saddam Hussien	7 00:00 newc [1768]
Slow Roll Time At Langley	8 00:00 newc [1764]
Obamas leap to socialism	1 00:00 newc [1748]
The real Jane Harman scandal	3 00:00 Jeremiah Elmeasing1631 [1764]
Page 6: Politix
Biden: President "a cross between Denzel Washington and Franklin Roosevelt"	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1769]

    
                23:55 Barbara Skolaut

                        23:46 GirlThursday

                        23:37 newc

                        23:33 Kofi Claitle6576

                        23:32 Kofi Claitle6576

                        23:28 newc

                        23:11 Verlaine

                        22:30 Old Patriot

                        22:15 Broadhead6

                        21:50 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:49 GirlThursday

                        21:45 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:43 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:43 New Delhi Don

                        21:41 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:41 Redneck Jim

                        21:39 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:37 Redneck Jim

                        21:36 Redneck Jim

                        21:19 Don Vito Anginegum8261

                        21:16 Besoeker

                        21:05 newc

                        20:57 newc

                        20:54 newc

Who's in the News
40	[untagged]
7	Govt of Pakistan
6	TTP
3	Govt of Iran
2	al-Qaeda in North Africa
2	Hamas
2	Palestinian Authority
2	Pirates
2	TNSM
1	Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	al-Qaeda in Britain
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Global Jihad
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Egyptian Islamic Jihad
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2009-04-23
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi nabbed

Wed 2009-04-22
Turkish police detain 37 in anti-Qaeda raids

Tue 2009-04-21
Lanka gives Tigers 24 hours to hang it up

Mon 2009-04-20
Iraq arrests children recruited by Al-Qaeda

Sun 2009-04-19
Parliament approves Islamic law in Somalia

Sat 2009-04-18
Pakaboom kills 27

Fri 2009-04-17
Mufti Hannan, 13 other Huji men indicted

Thu 2009-04-16
Lal Masjid holy man makes bail

Wed 2009-04-15
Pak police told to give Talibs a free hand

Tue 2009-04-14
Zardari officially surrenders Swat

Mon 2009-04-13
Somali insurgents fire mortars at U.S. congressman

Sun 2009-04-12
Breaking: Captain Phillips Freed

Sat 2009-04-11
Holbrooke reaches out to Hekmatyar

Fri 2009-04-10
French attack Somali pirates, free captured yacht

Thu 2009-04-09
500 killed in Lanka fighting

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