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First of 30,000 new troops arriving in Afghanistan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Michael Yon: The battle for kandahar	1 00:00 Frank G [1746]
First of 30,000 new troops arriving in Afghanistan	1 00:00 gorb [1798]
Terror monitor: Tape of captured US soldier due	0 [1744]
Maoists take over Kathmandu	2 00:00 3dc [1736]
Good morning	0 [1745]
36 Taliban killed in FATA operations	0 [1740]
Two Nato tankers torched near Quetta	9 00:00 Injun Omereth5262 [1763]
3 Thais with explosives held	0 [1744]
1 dead in Manila blast	0 [1747]
Algeria security offensive nets al-Qaeda extortion ring suspects	1 00:00 American Delight [1764]
US jets continue raids in north Yemen	6 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1744]
Four blasts rock Baghdad's Green Zone	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1739]
8 Dead, 40 Wounded in Kabul Suicide Blast	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1741]
10 dead in Philippine clash	0 [1739]
US court sentences two for conspiring to support attacks	0 [1747]
Page 2: WoT Background
Study: Muslims Feel They're Being Shut Out of European Society	5 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1771]
Face of Defense: Vietnam Vet Serves in Iraq	2 00:00 OldSpook [1747]
Five Flawed Assumptions of Obama's Afghan Surge	14 00:00 phil_b [1780]
Rattled by Iran, Arab Regimes Draw Closer (to American Military)	0 [1739]
Lockerbie bomber goes missing from home and hospital	3 00:00 mojo [1747]
Al-Ikeada Abu	3 00:00 trailing wife [1740]
Praying behind imams who endorse terror declared haram	5 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1744]
Mumbai terror suspect had Bollywood, temple in sights	0 [1738]
Moroccan takfirist leader condemns attacks on foreigners	3 00:00 Frank G [1741]
Iran: Clinton's remarks infringe int'l norms	2 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1748]
Leader warns Israel of heavy blow in any war on Gaza	4 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1745]
Lebanon must halt arms that threaten Israel: US	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1740]
Abbas to demand UN recognition of 1967 borders	8 00:00 trailing wife [1749]
Gulf states launch joint military force for security	1 00:00 gorb [1738]
Muslim youth need manners: French minister	6 00:00 mojo [1737]
Hamas says it will join Iran if Israel attacks	3 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1766]
Iraq: Foreign hands behind Baghdad blasts	0 [1739]
Iftikhar rules out talks with extremists	0 [1741]
Weapons linked to Viktor Bout	1 00:00 3dc [1735]
Taliban want talks with govt: Malik	1 00:00 Angleton9 [1735]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Now it's the global warming WATER VAPOR danger!! (NASA - sigh)	5 00:00 crosspatch [1767]
House approves $290 billion increase in debt limit	2 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1776]
787 Dreamliner has sleeping quarters for crew, - Mile High Club?	4 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1771]
White Christmas by the Drifters (1954)	0 [1743]
Video of crossing a "bridge" in Siberia....	1 00:00 AlanC [1749]
Illegal Aliens Hired To Work On Secure AFB	0 [1737]
Macho - Man Strangles Rabid Bobcat	18 00:00 USN, Ret. [1765]
Burial at Sea	7 00:00 USN, Ret. [1769]
Japan needs more time for decision on US base	5 00:00 SteveS [1736]
Rare pancreas surgery helps Airman	0 [1744]
Millions of Bush administration e-mails recovered	1 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1748]
Airbus A400M Needs States Help to Continue	1 00:00 gorb [1734]
Boeing 787 takes flight	1 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [1747]
Evangelist Oral Roberts dies in Calif. at age 91	3 00:00 Injun Omereth5262 [1774]
Page 4: Opinion
UK NHS maternity services.... not so good.	1 00:00 Injun Omereth5262 [1763]
Congressional Candidate Lieutenant Colonel Allen West	8 00:00 trailing wife [1739]
Forced surrender in 1971	15 00:00 trailing wife [1771]
Petraeus Zinger Wounds Air Force Egos	20 00:00 Uncle Phester [1738]
Woman sues debt collector over husband's death	9 00:00 Cyber Sarge [1754]
Page 6: Politix
Speaker Pelosi to shield vulnerable members from controversial votes	4 00:00 DMFD [1776]
Health care overhaul bill slowed by read-a-thon	3 00:00 Eric Jablow [1739]
Glenn Beck Targets CWA Bill	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1742]
Gore Wants to Move Up Next Climate Summit, Finish Legally Binding Treaty by July 2010	5 00:00 Jack Unising7046 [1736]
Climate conference president Hedegaard resigns	7 00:00 Uncle Phester [1771]
Chuck Schumer shows his (lack of) good manners	6 00:00 BigEd [1738]
New poll shows Gillibrand down 13 points in primary	1 00:00 Besoeker [1734]
Monica Conyers' sentence pushed to March from Jan.	4 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [1736]
Copenhagen Collapse	5 00:00 Uncle Phester [1734]
WH Threatens To Close Offutt AB Unless Ben Nelson Votes For Obamacare	6 00:00 Glenmore [1739]
Copenhagen climate summit: Al Gore condemned over Arctic ice melting prediction	9 00:00 Butch Shaish6298 [1764]
Report: John Edwards bought Charlotte home for former mistress Rielle Hunter	3 00:00 Frank G [1738]
Kerry fundraising letter: Defeat Sarah Palin and Tea Parties	7 00:00 Frank G [1735]
Progressives launch ad campaign against Emanuel on public option	6 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1739]

    
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                        23:57 USN, Ret.

                        23:51 Cornsilk Blondie

                        23:44 USN, Ret.

                        23:40 Cornsilk Blondie

                        23:34 Injun Omereth5262

                        23:33 Injun Omereth5262

                        23:32 Injun Omereth5262

                        23:28 gorb

                        23:19 gorb

                        23:07  abu do you love

                        23:02 DMFD

                        22:35 crosspatch

                        22:30 American Delight

                        22:23 Alaska Paul

                        22:20 Injun Omereth5262

                        22:18 Alaska Paul

                        21:06 phil_b

                        20:48 phil_b

                        20:39 Butch Shaish6298

                        20:37 phil_b

                        20:32 Iblis

                        20:25 Uncle Phester

Who's in the News
52	[untagged]
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Iran
2	TTP
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Takfir wal-Hijra
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Commies
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2009-12-16
First of 30,000 new troops arriving in Afghanistan

Tue 2009-12-15
Suicide kaboom outside Punjab chief minister's house kills 33

Mon 2009-12-14
Pax wax at least 22 turbans in Kurram

Sun 2009-12-13
Blackwater behind Pakabooms: Ex-ISI chief

Sat 2009-12-12
Hariri government wins Lebanon parliament vote

Fri 2009-12-11
Houthis stop Saudi offensive. Saudis stop Houthis offensive

Thu 2009-12-10
Clashes on the Streets of Khartoum

Wed 2009-12-09
Baghdad bomb attacks kill 127, wound 450

Tue 2009-12-08
Peshawar blast kills 10, injures 45

Mon 2009-12-07
Explosions rock market in Lahore

Sun 2009-12-06
Little resistance on day 2 of US-Afghan offensive

Sat 2009-12-05
Attack temporarily shuts Herat airport

Fri 2009-12-04
Russian Police find car packed with explosives near train station

Thu 2009-12-03
14 dead in suicide bomber attack in Somalia

Wed 2009-12-02
Obama: 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by summer

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