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Fat Lady sings for Baitullah
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Suspicious North Korean ship detained off Andamans	8 00:00 Redneck Jim [1779]
26/11 trial: Kasab changes mind on pleading guilty	1 00:00 Steve White [1748]
Terrorist leader Top arrested. Or not.	1 00:00 Steve [1740]
Sri Lanka snares new Tamil Tiger head overseas	0 [1742]
Pakistan Foreign Minister: Baitullah Dead	7 00:00 Redneck Jim [1813]
Seven Western troops killed in Afghanistan	0 [1739]
Afghan and US forces destroy Haqqani Network training camp in Khost	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
Police: 20 killed in bombing in northern Iraq	0 [1740]
India foils terror strikes	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1776]
New Tamil Tiger head arrested: Sri Lanka military	2 00:00 Frank G [1745]
Good morning	3 00:00 Mike [1747]
Anti-Taliban Lashkar raised in Kabal	0 [1744]
Explosives found in milk cans	7 00:00 trailing wife [1768]
Seven militants killed, 17 arrested in Malakand	0 [1740]
Five killed, 30 wounded in Kirkuk bombing	0 [1746]
Pakistan arrests key suspect in Mumbai attacks	0 [1745]
Algerian military accelerates operations ahead of Ramadan	0 [1744]
Balochistan Excise Minister gunned down in Karachi	0 [1748]
70 murders, yet LJ hitman close to going free	2 00:00 Sockpuppet of Doom [1745]
Iran prosecutes jailers over protester abuse	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1738]
Afghan IEDs kill 21 going to wedding	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1761]
ISPR denies reports of Mehsud killing	0 [1752]
Taliban chief Mehsud likely killed: Malik	17 00:00 Iblis [1743]
Iraqi girl gets seven years for bombing attempt	3 00:00 trailing wife [1761]
Page 2: WoT Background
Terrorists kidnap, torture boy to bully Iraqi policeman	0 [1738]
Portugal accepts 2 Guantanamo prisoners	0 [1745]
Kyrgyzstan faces down Uzbek protests over new base	2 00:00 Zhang Fei [1741]
447 witnesses approach Gojra inquiry tribunal	0 [1744]
Clinton urges N. Korea to work on Japan abductions	0 [1734]
Yasser Arafat poisoned: Fatah	7 00:00 mojo [1731]
Seoul Still Baffled by Clinton's N.Korea Trip	5 00:00 trailing wife [1737]
U.S. policy toward N. Korea unchanged after Clintons trip	0 [1737]
US seeks to bolster Somalia's weak government	0 [1743]
Ahmadinejad dismisses US stance on his election	0 [1742]
Trial of Sudanese journalist alarms Tunisians	0 [1750]
At Iran post-vote prison, dereliction of duty confirmed	1 00:00 Frozen Al [1746]
Mehsud elders ask govt to stop operation	0 [1747]
US judge refuses bail plea for alleged jihadists	0 [1743]
India's evidence against Hafiz Saeed insufficient: FO	1 00:00 3dc [1729]
Page 3: Non-WoT
New arrests made in killing of Auschwitz survivor	0 [1735]
Ft. Hood Soldier Gets 30 Days For Wanting To Quit	9 00:00 GirlThursday [1774]
Turning on a section of Junk DNA, in human genes, may sucessfully fight AIDS	5 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1742]
Senator Mel Martinez of Florida will resign	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1734]
Avjet Corp. Scrambled For Clinton Flight to Norks	2 00:00 Alaska Paul [1738]
Gun found on obese inmate after 5 searches	0 [1744]
Iran writes Bill Clinton's agenda with 'detainees'	0 [1738]
Obamacare er, NHS Running Out of Money	0 [1747]
Britain's National Health broke, old people living too long	0 [1737]
AARP Obama-Care Meeting gone bad	2 00:00 Percy Spons4194 [1748]
US July Job Loss not as horrible as feared	9 00:00 phil_b [1736]
When Condiments Go Bad	5 00:00 Capsu78 [1758]
Airports boss executed for corruption	2 00:00 .5MT [1739]
Fannie Mae Heads Back to the Well $14.8 Billion Poorer	3 00:00 DarthVader [1737]
'Hero' Greek woman sets fire to drunken Briton's genitals	20 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1769]
California city shuts down girl's lemonade stand	8 00:00 Hupomoting Barnsmell6688 [1741]
After Palin, Alaska attorney general wants to target 'bad faith' complaints	6 00:00 Lemuel Elminetch5977 [1741]
Abdel Aziz sworn in as President of Mauritania	0 [1734]
Honduran soldiers take over state hospitals	6 00:00 .5MT [1736]
Venezuela arms against US 'Empire'	4 00:00 Rob06 [1736]
Indonesian tribe to adopt Korean alphabet	9 00:00 Pappy [1745]
Prison was 'anteroom to death'	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1732]
Mugabe preparing for war, warns DA	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [1743]
Page 4: Opinion
World's most famous community organizer whines about community organizing	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1739]
Obama wants you in the "silent majority"	9 00:00 Procopius2k [1777]
Saudi-funded madness in Washingtons backyard	0 [1735]
Is Obama Really Like the Joker?	3 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1750]
Voters send a message to Washington, and get an ugly response	10 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1744]
Some Kind of Republican	0 [1745]
Fed Tries to Hide Money Printing Operations.	10 00:00 Procopius2k [1772]
VDH: Prairie Fire Anger	0 [1738]
Is Social Media More Trustworthy than Voice of America?	4 00:00 3dc [1745]
Clinton visit unlikely to change North Korea	0 [1734]
Time to stem the rot	0 [1745]
Cash for Clunkers was intended as diversion from Healthcare debate	6 00:00 swksvolFF [1733]
Page 6: Politix
hat tip to druge - video: Democrats unleash UNION GOONS at town hall in Flordia	14 00:00 OldSpook [1767]
Dodd cleared in ethics probe on mortgages	7 00:00 Hellfish [1747]
Strike Two for Hillary Today -- US May Join ICC	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1740]
House Democrat received Countrywide loans: report	2 00:00 DoDo [1749]
The left putting pressure (successfully) on advertisers to dump FOX and Beck	24 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1766]
Sigh...	3 00:00 Mitch H. [1742]
Edwards' mistress appears at federal courthouse	2 00:00 .5MT [1736]
Mark Tapscott: Tripping up AARP's dance with Pelosi and the Democrats	5 00:00 CrazyFool [1739]
A First Hand View of a Raucous Town Hall Meeting	9 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1748]
Durbin Says Congress Can Require More Drug Savings	2 00:00 Frank G [1744]
Hillary says Florida 2000 compares to what happened in Iran	17 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1747]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	TTP
5	Govt of Pakistan
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Iran
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Shabaab
1	Fatah
1	Global Jihad
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Iraqi Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2009-08-07
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Thu 2009-08-06
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Wed 2009-08-05
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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

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