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Failed Coup Attempt In Qatar
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
North Korea: 2 U.S. journalists pardoned	13 00:00 badanov [1781]
No tunnel dug across LoC: Army	0 [1751]
Obama deceiving Middle East - al-Qaeda	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [1770]
Ethiopia sentences Canadian to life on terrorism charges	6 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1744]
Soldier, terrorist killed in southern Thai shootout	0 [1749]
Men arrested in Melbourne over suicide attack plot	2 00:00 trailing wife [1773]
Good morning	4 00:00 mojo [1759]
Cops nab four more turbans in Swat	0 [1739]
Grenade suppliers gone missing	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1755]
Afghanistan: Roadside bomb kills at least 12 in Herat	0 [1751]
36 MKO members arrested in Iraq	0 [1752]
Two injured, 15 shops damaged in Balakot blast	0 [1751]
Sedition case lodged against Sufi, nine others	0 [1743]
This just in from Peshawar...	0 [1749]
Seminary blown up in Lakki Marwat	1 00:00 Glenmore [1755]
Pirates release Malaysian ship	0 [1744]
Gul Khitab - dead! Ajab Khan - dead! Tattaglia - dead! Barzini - dead! Moe Green - dead!	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1771]
600 Pakistani families migrate to Khost: Afghan govt	0 [1744]
Iran police quell protests after endorsement	0 [1737]
Somali pirates release German freighter	0 [1749]
Algeria: Al-Qaeda suspects killed in offensive	0 [1755]
Al Qaeda Offers 'Truce' to President Obama	3 00:00 DMFD [1752]
Page 2: WoT Background
USMC bans Twitter, Facebook, & all social networking sites for 1 year	5 00:00 OldSpook [1776]
Kidnapped boys brainwashed by Taliban to die as suicide bombers	0 [1739]
Resurrection: Michael Yon in Helmond Province	3 00:00 ed [1742]
If You Convert You Die	7 00:00 gromky [1744]
Seoul to Resume Humanitarian Aid to Norks	0 [1735]
Nork Economy 'on Brink of Collapse'	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [1745]
Arab Websites Report On Failed Coup Attempt In Qatar	6 00:00 JAB [1783]
Pakistan to send list of Afghan terror camps to Kabul	4 00:00 gorb [1749]
Former terrorists allowed into PA parlay	0 [1740]
Army denies talks with Mehsud	0 [1740]
Iran detainees dismiss 'under duress' confessions	0 [1743]
Afghan Candidate Steps Down in Karzai's Favor	0 [1732]
Investigation misdirected by 3 IOs	0 [1740]
Merkel to snub Ahmadinejad after inauguration	2 00:00 Pappy [1763]
Iran cleric hits out at oppositions religious hypocrisy	0 [1738]
Iran slams German meddling in post-vote trials	0 [1742]
In Leader approval, Ahmadinejad warned over critics	1 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1741]
Rickshaws roll again in Olde Mingora	0 [1737]
Top PLO member Samir Ghosheh dies in Jordan	0 [1740]
Chinese delegations arrive in N. Korea	0 [1731]
Pakistan: Christians close schools to mourn brutal killings	2 00:00 CrazyFool [1745]
PM slams Gojra incident	1 00:00 mojo [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Hungary: Illegal stem cell clinic raided by police	1 00:00 Hammerhead [1746]
Two Bangladeshis shot dead at Indian border	0 [1750]
California Bleeding Manufacturing Jobs, Report Shows	11 00:00 3dc [1771]
breakdown of current (this year) US energy consumption	5 00:00 DarthVader [1772]
Michigan: offical unemployment rate - 15.2 percent	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1746]
Russia replaces missile forces chief: series of embarrassing failed test-firings of Bulava	1 00:00 mojo [1736]
Patients forced to live in agony after NHS refuses to pay for painkilling injections	3 00:00 Procopius2k [1737]
Govt. Wasting Time & Money: "Deleveraging Is a Freight Train," Boockvar Says	11 00:00 Procopius2k [1774]
Inernet addict 'beaten to death'	3 00:00 gromky [1752]
Bill Clinton to North Korea for Women	9 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1773]
Randy fellas ogle 10 women a day (Slackers!)	11 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1737]
Extradited arms dealer may get 15 years	1 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1772]
Miss Landmine pageant cancelled	3 00:00 gromky [1739]
Guardian Media Group mulls closure of Observer newspaper	3 00:00 Bright Pebbles [1752]
Warrant issued to arrest Gayeswar Roy	0 [1736]
Biggest revenue drop since 1932	22 00:00 Iblis [1740]
Alabama's Jefferson County makes massive job cuts	6 00:00 Deacon Blues [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
Divided, demoralized Paleostinian movement falling apart	4 00:00 Spot [1763]
Page 6: Politix
Arab Americans meet at White House	5 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1772]
Obama's "Single Payer" speech - uncut	1 00:00 Besoeker [1745]
White House Battles Drudge Over Health Care Video Clips	2 00:00 trailing wife [1760]
White House Counsel's Job at Stake	0 [1746]
Offshoring surges	6 00:00 Procopius2k [1742]
Read his lips: Does tax pledge put Obama on shaky ground?	0 [1765]
Colombian leader to explain US bases to Brazil? WTF?	0 [1742]
No middle-class tax increases, White House insists	13 00:00 3dc [1768]
2 Obama officials: No guarantee taxes won't go up	2 00:00 DMFD [1737]
TIM BISHOP PROTEST, SETAUKET, NY (part one)	0 [1735]
Crowd Explodes When Arlen Specter Urges That We "Do This Fast"	16 00:00 Beavis [1759]
Lloyd Doggett's meeting on Obamacare in south Austin, TX, 1 Aug 2009	3 00:00 CrazyFool [1739]

    
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                        23:13 Beavis

                        22:55 Skunky Glins 5***

                        22:52 Cornsilk Blondie

                        22:49 trailing wife

                        22:44 Procopius2k

                        22:37 OldSpook

                        22:29 OldSpook

                        22:28 badanov

                        22:27 badanov

                        22:20 rammer

                        21:55 Skunky Glins 5***

                        21:53 Spot

                        21:49 DarthVader

                        21:47 Black Bart Ebberens7700

                        21:43 3dc

                        21:42 JosephMendiola

                        21:39 3dc

                        21:36 JosephMendiola

                        21:27 3dc

                        21:20 3dc

                        21:16 Pappy

                        21:11 3dc

                        21:06 Pappy

Who's in the News
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7	TTP
7	Govt of Iran
4	Govt of Pakistan
2	Pirates
2	HUJI
1	Palestinian Authority
1	TNSM
1	PLO
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2009-08-04
Failed Coup Attempt In Qatar

Mon 2009-08-03
Prince Bandar under house arrest: report

Sun 2009-08-02
Iran puts 100 rioters on trial after post-election unrest

Sat 2009-08-01
Al-Shabaab gets $8m for French hostage

Fri 2009-07-31
Nigeria's Boko Haram chief deader than Tut

Thu 2009-07-30
Nigeria to hunt down Islamic radicals: President

Wed 2009-07-29
Nigeria fighting rages as death toll passes 300

Tue 2009-07-28
Eight security guards killed in $7 million Baghdad bank robbery

Mon 2009-07-27
Sufi Muhammad, sons, apprehended in Peshawar

Sun 2009-07-26
Turkish frigate captures 5 Somali pirates

Sat 2009-07-25
Seven soldiers killed in north Yemen attacks

Fri 2009-07-24
B.O.: 'Victory' Not Necessarily Goal in Afghanistan

Thu 2009-07-23
Binny's kid reported dronezapped

Wed 2009-07-22
American Charged With Giving Al Qaeda NYC Subway Information

Tue 2009-07-21
Shabab raid Somali UN offices

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