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'Pakistan Taliban' behind Times Square bomb plot
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Man detained with 'worrying' circuit at Karachi airport, Pakistan	5 00:00 KBK [1768]
Iran equips fighter jets with new electronic warfare systems	11 00:00 ed [1768]
Police arrest 4 Hizb-ut-Tawhid members	2 00:00 Paul D [1746]
Al Qaeda dad wins right to stay in UK because his kids are 'settled'	4 00:00 lotp [1750]
'Pakistan Taliban' behind Times Square bomb plot	5 00:00 JohnQC [1789]
Thai officers identify terrorist road kill	0 [1749]
Pak sets free most terrorists held for failed NY plot	2 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1740]
'US drone' missile strike hits north-west Pakistan	0 [1735]
Good morning	1 00:00 WolfDog [1739]
Pirates capture German tanker with 22 crew	7 00:00 Pappy [1735]
Yemen court questions US Al-Qaeda suspect	0 [1746]
3 tunnels uncovered on Egypt-Gaza border	4 00:00 Besoeker [1743]
Troops kill at least eight suspected militants in Orakzai	0 [1747]
FBI seek access to Shahzad's father	0 [1741]
Faisal Shahzad's Money Mystery	8 00:00 Zhang Fei [1773]
6 injured, 4 missing in Rafah tunnel collapse	2 00:00 Gabby [1742]
Investigators seek money courier in NY bomb plot	0 [1748]
CRPF commandant suspended for supplying ammo to Maoists	0 [1733]
More Mexican Mayhem	8 00:00 badanov [1741]
Page 2: WoT Background
KBR to Get No-Bid Army Work as U.S. Alleges Kickbacks (Update1)	2 00:00 Pappy [1741]
US cannot afford another Afghanistan or Iraq, warns Defence Secretary	6 00:00 ed [1761]
Shin Bet deports Spain's most famous clown upon arrival in Israel	9 00:00 SteveS [1759]
Muslims and Westerners: Psychological Differences	0 [1731]
US warns Pakistan over Times Square bomb attempt	4 00:00 Annon [1739]
Pentagon asking Congress to hold back on generous increases in troop pay	4 00:00 Alaska Paul [1739]
North Waziristan's terrorist soup	1 00:00 Paul D [1738]
Iran's UN dinner fails to break nuclear deadlock	3 00:00 lotp [1746]
Taliban threaten anti-West offensive	0 [1739]
Israel hijacked Middle East peace	6 00:00 Pappy [1735]
Shahzad a 'lone wolf': Petraeus	16 00:00 49 Pan [1756]
Pak Taliban expanding alliances: report	0 [1738]
Iran belongs to world's 'nuclear club,' cleric says	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Kim says N Korea for disarmament	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [1727]
George Galloway fails to win re-election	4 00:00 Seafarious [1742]
Severe consequences if US attacked: Clinton	7 00:00 Uncle Phester [1740]
Shahzad May Have Received Online Education in Jihad	5 00:00 abu do you love [1754]
Page 3: Non-WoT
EU Pulls Out Nuclear Option: Proposed 500 Billion Euro Bail Out Package Is Largest In History	1 00:00 linker [1738]
Tea Party Takes Over Maine GOP - Adopts New Platform - RINOs Snivel	4 00:00 49 Pan [1766]
Angela Merkel's coalition loses majority in upper house	4 00:00 Anonymoose [1751]
Putin Disinvites Biden, Prince Chuck From WWII Ceremony	17 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1763]
Venezuela annual inflation rate hits 30 percent	4 00:00 borgboy [1740]
Proof of Concept Exploit Bypasses AV Programs	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1734]
Member of home invasion team killed	2 00:00 JohnQC [1741]
The Chinese, Up To Their Eyebrows In Inscrutable	0 [1737]
Vid - UCLA Professor Calls for Mexican Revolt in the U.S.	12 00:00 Cheaderhead [1730]
UK protesters slam electoral system	12 00:00 Bulldog [1735]
FDIC shuts banks in Fla., Minn., Ariz., Calif.	0 [1746]
Sweden: Left Party retains call for six-hour workday	4 00:00 lotp [1743]
Qatar royal family buys UK Harrods store	0 [1740]
IMF Tells Greece To Privatize Health Care	6 00:00 lex [1727]
Page 4: Opinion
White flight? Suburbs lose young whites to cities	1 00:00 gromky [1734]
Pak being set up' but civil-military leadership remains silent	1 00:00 Paul D [1738]
Cameron's first stupid mistake	4 00:00 ed [1771]
"Mark Steyn, human rights activist."	2 00:00 Steve White [1733]
The Memoirs of a German Jihadist	0 [1740]
Is Brazil Developing the Bomb?	5 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1747]
U.S. Debt Shock May Hit In 2018, Maybe As Soon As 2013: Moody's	12 00:00 ed [1759]
Here's Why In A Few Hours This No-Name German Election Will Decide Europe's Future	2 00:00 tipper [1740]
Pakistan a breeding ground for Islamism	5 00:00 lotp [1758]
Steyn: Response To The Taliban Bomber Shows Sick Heart Of A Civilization	1 00:00 gorb [1738]
Metra boss Phil Pagano's suicide a repeating pageant for Illinois	5 00:00 gromky [1754]
Page 6: Politix
Repealed 33 years ago, homeowners get bills now	5 00:00 Fred [1745]
May Could Be the Cruelest Month for Senate Incumbents	8 00:00 JohnQC [1739]
Stunning 2006 Barney Frank VIDEO Surfaces: Banks Forced to Report Too Much	5 00:00 JohnQC [1731]
63 Democratic House Seats In Play For Republicans	5 00:00 lotp [1738]
Jimmy Carter hits the campaign trail with grandson	6 00:00 Besoeker [1726]
Christie ban on unions' political donations struck down	1 00:00 JohnQC [1738]

    
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                        22:44  abu do you love

                        22:39 ed

                        22:27 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        22:26 lotp

                        22:25 Pappy

                        22:20 lex

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                        22:13 SteveS

                        22:08 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        22:07 trailing wife

                        22:03 Thing From Snowy Mountain

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                        22:01 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        21:58 KBK

                        21:58 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:57 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        21:51 Zhang Fei

                        21:39 lotp

                        21:34 lotp

Who's in the News
51	[untagged]
3	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hamas
2	TTP
1	Commies
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Pirates

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2010-05-09
'Pakistan Taliban' behind Times Square bomb plot

Sat 2010-05-08
Uighur big turban reported titzup in Pak

Fri 2010-05-07
Mullah Atiqullah captured in Afghanistan

Thu 2010-05-06
Death sentence for Kasab

Wed 2010-05-05
Iraqi Troops Arrest Head of Qaeda-Linked Ansar al-Islam

Tue 2010-05-04
Pakistani-American Arrested in Times Square Plot

Mon 2010-05-03
Somali rebels seize pirate haven of Haradhere

Sun 2010-05-02
Pakistani Taliban claim credit for failed NYC Times Square car bombing

Sat 2010-05-01
Explosions inside a Somali mosque kill at least 30

Fri 2010-04-30
Two New York men charged with trying to help al Qaeda

Thu 2010-04-29
Hakimullah Mehsud no longer dead

Wed 2010-04-28
Egypt court convicts 26 men of links to Hezbollah

Tue 2010-04-27
French cops seize five jihad suspects

Mon 2010-04-26
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Nabbed?

Sun 2010-04-25
AQI confirms death of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri

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