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Lockerbie bomber home in Libya amid US anger
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
USS New York Delivered - Including WTC Steel	3 00:00 Sheger McGurque5408 [1769]
Most wanted terrorist arrested in the Philippines	1 00:00 liberal hawk [1750]
Multiple attacks leave several dead across southern Thailand	0 [1751]
Good Morning!	4 00:00 DarthVader [1772]
Yemeni army tightens noose round Shiite rebels	1 00:00 Old Patriot [1744]
Blast reported in Rawalpindi	0 [1751]
Close aide of Fazlullah, 60 others surrender to DCO Mingora	0 [1756]
Lebanese Army Recaptures Prison Fugitive	0 [1738]
Afghan officials count votes as polls close	1 00:00 phil_b [1749]
Algeria security services thwart Ramadan terror attack plan	0 [1750]
Israeli troops brutally attack ISM cameraman filming raid	3 00:00 Sheger McGurque5408 [1778]
Lockerbie bomber home in Libya amid US anger	21 00:00 DMFD [1781]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hamas 'Victory Festival' in Damascus	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1764]
Swiss-Libya Treaty in English (PDF)	0 [1743]
ABC's Charles Gibson to Cindy Sheehan: Thanks for your sacrifice. Now get lost.	14 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1765]
NPR Reports on the election in Afghanistan	0 [1741]
British general to befriend Taliban	3 00:00 Anonymoose [1740]
Switzerland 'sorry' for Gaddafi son's arrest	8 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1733]
Hamid Karzai teams claims presidential victory	0 [1740]
Detainees Shown CIA Officers' Photos	4 00:00 liberal hawk [1743]
Terror suspect tapped as Iran defense minister	2 00:00 whatadeal [1740]
UN to monitor Swedish migration board	4 00:00 ed [1734]
Pak version of drones 'whirrs' into production	6 00:00 Scooter McGruder [1741]
Iran lets UN inspect Arak reactor: diplomat	0 [1737]
Iran president names 11 new cabinet members	0 [1743]
CIA hired Blackwater to kill Qaeda figures: report	8 00:00 Ptah [1756]
Iraq govt accepts deputy PM resignation	0 [1743]
Mysteries pile on country	0 [1738]
Syrian-Based Iraqi Tribal Leader Snubs Al-Maliki	0 [1729]
Iran Proposes Giving Huthists Sanctuary in Iraq	0 [1742]
Govt to appeal against 2 Huji mens bail	0 [1730]
Iran ready to hold conditional talks on Afghanistan	1 00:00 Free Radical [1738]
Amid peace efforts, N. Korea eases border restrictions	0 [1740]
Ahmadinejad to ban purchase of foreign ships	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1737]
Rahim-Mashaei convicted of 'financial misconduct'	0 [1734]
Karroubi to have his own satellite channel?	1 00:00 Sheger McGurque5408 [1760]
Ahmadinejad: Western theories have failed	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1740]
Myanmar junta urges West to lift sanctions	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1735]
U.S. repeats bilaterals within six-party format: State Dept.	0 [1741]
Mauritanian FM calls for new strategy against al-Qaeda	0 [1746]
Norks Lift Cross-Border Traffic Restrictions	0 [1734]
China 'Used U.S. Reporters' Film to Crack Down on N.Koreans'	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [1731]
Polish Army Chief Resigns After Accusing Defense Ministry of Incompetence	0 [1738]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Dollar BIll Jefferson's Brother Convicted of Bribery	1 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1757]
US powerbrokers gather as rumours of Chelsea Clinton wedding increase	0 [1749]
LA Times: "That was no jackass, that was Keith Olbermann!"	3 00:00 Matt [1739]
NASA's LRO and ISRO's Chandrayaan team up to search for ice	0 [1744]
VIDEO: Obama marks beginning of Ramadan	7 00:00 Anonymoose [1750]
As vets await checks, VA workers get $24M bonuses	5 00:00 tipover [1771]
No Maine Miracle Cure	0 [1740]
Freaudian Slip?	1 00:00 AlanC [1742]
Lutherans May Permit Noncelibate Gay Pastors	13 00:00 3dc [1767]
UK HEALTH CARE: 'Clearly there is systemic failure'...	1 00:00 phil_b [1760]
20,000 hotel reservation cancellations spark fears for upcoming Copenhagen climate conference	9 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1730]
Drop in world temperatures fuels global warming debate	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [1764]
Soldiers' death toll in helicopter crash now 4	2 00:00 49 Pan [1735]
Today's Blithering Idiot	6 00:00 ed [1735]
Hijacked Freighters Russian Crew Questioned in Moscow	3 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1737]
Crackdown soon to stop killings in Southwest	1 00:00 tipover [1732]
Page 4: Opinion
Obama's messed-up theology	5 00:00 tipper [1774]
'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe'	2 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1747]
Obama and the Up-Chuck factor	0 [1742]
Pull the plug on Obamacare	2 00:00 badanov [1740]
Scotland's shame	4 00:00 ryuge [1752]
Stiglitz Sees Risk to Dollar, Need for Reserve System	4 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1740]
Erdogan and the Islamists: Is the Honeymoon Over?	1 00:00 badanov [1734]
"Jihad" Against Hamas and Sheikh Sharif	2 00:00 Glavitle B. Hayes4065 [1734]
Page 6: Politix
Cockroaches for Corzine!	0 [1753]
A letter to Pelosi	0 [1753]
Obama ready to piss off more Americans, push for Immigration "Reform"	14 00:00 rammer [1760]
New website: iamsorryivotedforobama.com/	11 00:00 Angie Schultz [1758]
Just say no . . . to Teddy's shenanigans	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1738]
Obama: Republican conspiracy out to kill health reform	17 00:00 Sheger McGurque5408 [1760]
Obama's Church of the State	13 00:00 newc [1742]

    
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                        22:30 Angie Schultz

                        22:15 Sheger McGurque5408

                        22:09 Redneck Jim

                        22:06 Sheger McGurque5408

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                        21:59 Sheger McGurque5408

                        21:59 Skunky Glins 5***

                        21:57 phil_b

                        21:49 Eric Jablow

                        21:31 DarthVader

                        21:31 DarthVader

                        21:23 tipper

                        21:14 Rambler in Virginia

                        21:02 tipover

                        20:34 Broadhead6

                        20:30 Ptah

                        20:15 USMC6743

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1	TTP
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	Govt of Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2009-08-21
Lockerbie bomber home in Libya amid US anger

Thu 2009-08-20
Maulvi Faqir claims TTP leadership, Muslim Khan replaces Omer

Wed 2009-08-19
Khatami, Karroubi join Mousavi's Green movement

Tue 2009-08-18
Maulvi Omar nabbed

Mon 2009-08-17
Maulvi Nazir one with the ages

Sun 2009-08-16
Iran chooses hardliner to head judiciary. Wotta surprise.

Sat 2009-08-15
Eight killed, 80 injured in Hamas, radicals clashes

Fri 2009-08-14
Missing cargo ship found near Cape Verde

Thu 2009-08-13
Seven Pak preachers gunned down in Puntland mosque

Wed 2009-08-12
Georgia Man Guilty In Terrorism Trial

Tue 2009-08-11
Kuwait arrests al-Qaida linked group

Mon 2009-08-10
Tests say Noordin Mohammad Top's not the dead guy

Sun 2009-08-09
Surprise! Abbas reelected Fatah chief

Sat 2009-08-08
Noordin Mohammad Top reported titzup

Fri 2009-08-07
Fat Lady sings for Baitullah

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