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Osama bin Laden sleeps widda fishes
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Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Osama bin Laden, done in by a double tap to the left side of his face	3 00:00 Skidmark [11131]
Bin Laden Dead: Video animation of terrorist leader's final moments	4 00:00 gorb [11134]
Final Bin Laden Tape Expected: Sent Out Just Before His Death	0 [11127]
More on bin Laden - as of 3 pm ET	0 [11126]
More on bin Laden - as of 3 pm ET	0 [11125]
One unwary phone call led US to bin Laden	9 00:00 gorb [11135]
More on bin Laden - as of 3 pm ET	0 [11131]
More on bin Laden - as of 3 pm ET	0 [11124]
More on the firefight: Osama used wife as human shield	0 [11127]
More on bin Laden - as of 3 pm ET	0 [11130]
White House: Osama bin Laden Used Wife As Human Shield	5 00:00 de Medici3489 [11126]
Q: SEAL Team 6 partied with Osama for 40+ minutes. Where was the Pak military all this time?	12 00:00 Unating and Company3195 [11126]
Taiwanese Animators Report on Bin Laden's Death - Hilarity Ensues	0 [11129]
Video: Bloody aftermath inside Osama bin Laden's compound	3 00:00 Zebulon Thranter9685 [11128]
In Pakistan, an embarrassed silence on bin Laden	9 00:00 RandomJD [11136]
Abbottabad	3 00:00 DK70 the Scantily Clad7177 [11127]
Video: OBL Dead - Inside the killsite..	6 00:00 crosspatch [11125]
Pak IT guy liveblogs Bin Laden raid...and doesn't know it	4 00:00 gorb [11134]
Osama bin Laden dead: killed yards from Pakistan's 'Sandhurst'	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11136]
Osama's Killing Major Embarrassment for Pak Army	10 00:00 RandomJD [11139]
Well, someone's not happy about it...	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
And Credit For The Kill Goes To SEAL TEAM 6	21 00:00 Skidmark [11125]
Timeline of the mission to kill Osama	4 00:00 RandomJD [11125]
How the US tracked couriers to elaborate bin Laden compound	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Osama buried at sea	37 00:00 gorb [11128]
Pakistan Military thread discussing Abottabad helicopter crash	8 00:00 The Other Beldar [11127]
Osama Bin Laden dead: full text of POTUS speech	8 00:00 JonC [11127]
Bin Laden dead: Pak the new enemy?	0 [11126]
Zawahri likely to succeed bin Laden - Rooters	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [11134]
Pakiwakiland claiming their operation killed Osama and they gave his body to US.	5 00:00 SteveS [11126]
Binny's Body Bagged in Pak-land firefight	11 00:00 trailing wife [11126]
Dubya, Bill pass on congrats on Osama op	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11125]
Osama dead, sez US (followup from late last night)	33 00:00 Iblis [11126]
UN's international staff leave Tripoli - When the going gets tough....	1 00:00 de Medici3489 [11126]
President to announce that Bin Laden is dead dead dead	1 00:00 European Conservative [11127]
Osama bin Laden dead	120 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11133]
Good morning	35 00:00 anon1 [11126]
Gaddafi forces bombard Misratah	0 [11125]
Mexico police find secret home arsenal	0 [11126]
Mass Arrests in Daraa, Douma	1 00:00 gr(o)mgoru [11127]
Syrian Troops Redeploy at Northern Border	0 [11126]
London Expels Libyan Envoy after British, Italian Missions Torched	0 [11126]
NATO supplies attacked in Pindi Gheb, four policemen killed	0 [11127]
11 vehicles torched as MQM mourns leader's killing	0 [11129]
11 Afghans killed in renewed Taliban offensive	0 [11127]
25 terrorists killed, hideouts destroyed in gunship attacks	2 00:00 de Medici3489 [11128]
Syrian protesters plan week 'to break the siege'	1 00:00 de Medici3489 [11127]
UK cannot verify Saif's demise	1 00:00 Lonzo Elmereting7633 [11129]
11 U.S. soldiers killed in April	0 [11126]
Syrians hang an effigy of Assad in front of their embassy in Amman	1 00:00 gr(o)mgoru [11126]
Somali pirates hijack chemical tanker ship	4 00:00 Pollyandrew [11125]
Syrians protest from rooftops after army action	1 00:00 de Medici3489 [11128]
Taliban Prisoners Escaped Through Gate, Not Tunnel: Govt	1 00:00 trailing wife [11132]
Malaysia arrests two Iranians in latest drug haul	0 [11131]
Afghan officers fired after jailbreak	0 [11127]
GCC Chief to Return to Yemen to Renew Mediation	0 [11131]
Yemenis stage fresh protests	0 [11127]
Saleh backtracks, cancels ceremony	0 [11127]
Three explosions hit Libya's capital	0 [11123]
Page 2: WoT Background
Reaction from the lunatic fringe	1 00:00 tu3031 [11125]
Hundreds join Quetta rally to honour bin Laden	3 00:00 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division [11126]
White House Officials Debate Releasing Photographs of Bin Ladens Corpse	10 00:00 Skidmark [11128]
Heat on Pakistan as bin Laden killed near capital	7 00:00 Glenmore [11128]
Hamas condemns killing of "holy warrior" bin Laden	2 00:00 tu3031 [11126]
This must be the 21st century: Pakistani IT consultant liveblogs the raid on Twitter	0 [11127]
BBC's Osama obituary	3 00:00 Alaska Paul [11126]
Bin Laden's death: Hillary Clinton nearly blew the whistle on ISI safehouse	2 00:00 crosspatch [11129]
jihadist begin to respond	3 00:00 anon1 [11127]
Terrorists find sanctuary in Pakistan: India (Osama location proves it)	1 00:00 Angeretle Snore6772 [11126]
Relatives fearful over Bahrain trials	0 [11125]
Russia says has 'serious doubts' West not targeting Kadhafi	1 00:00 gr(o)mgoru [11128]
Iran pres. vows to fight global arrogance	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11126]
Doubt cast on Gaddafi son death claim	0 [11128]
Iran's president backs down on political challenge	0 [11129]
ROK Military Promises More Effective Defense Strategy	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11125]
Charities unjustly associated with terrorism: IIROSA chief	0 [11128]
Iraqi lawmakers approve $400M payment to Americans	0 [11127]
'Pakistan still safe haven for militants'	4 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Milk Police: Feds Sting Amish Farmer Selling Raw (Unpasteurized) Milk	0 [11126]
Black Box From Air France Jet Found On Seabed	5 00:00 KBK [11127]
Italian women 'forced to choose' job or kids	0 [11127]
How the Feds Hide Inflation	0 [11129]
Maldives police break up opposition protest	0 [11124]
UN rights boss criticises Uganda protest crackdown	1 00:00 anon1 [11130]
Carjacking on rise as police 'facilitate' gangsters	0 [11131]
Man who killed father beheaded in Saudi Arabia	1 00:00 anon1 [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Bin Laden Between The Eyes	1 00:00 Skidmark [11135]
Fearing Assad Collapse, Hezbollah Planning To Move Heavy Missiles To Lebanon	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Video: the Attack on Osama, Taiwan news animated version	2 00:00 jack salami [11128]
Iran TV- Israeli warplanes massing at U.S. airbase in Iraq to strike Iran	3 00:00 Mullah Richard [11128]
Jennifer Rubin: what we learn from whacking Binny	13 00:00 Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division [11125]
Did Gaddafi Exaggerate NATO Attack?	2 00:00 Glenmore [11128]
Dictators and their fortune	0 [11127]
Page 6: Politix
The Master of Bad Timing	2 00:00 Zebulon Thranter9685 [11124]

    
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                        22:43 Richard Aubrey

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                        22:06 JosephMendiola

                        22:04 chris

Who's in the News
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3	Taliban
3	Govt of Syria
2	TTP
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Narcos
1	al-Qaeda
1	Iraqi Baath Party
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2011-05-02
Osama bin Laden sleeps widda fishes

Sun 2011-05-01
Osama bin Laden dead

Sat 2011-04-30
Saif al-Arab Gadhafi Reported Titzup

Fri 2011-04-29
Blast kills 14 in Marrakesh; suicide bomber suspected

Thu 2011-04-28
Some Syrian military units appear to be fighting each other.

Wed 2011-04-27
Yemen's Ruling Party and Opposition To Sign Deal in Riyadh soon

Tue 2011-04-26
NATO air strike pounds Gaddafi compound

Mon 2011-04-25
470 inmates escape Kandahar jug

Sun 2011-04-24
US carries out first drone strike in Libya

Sat 2011-04-23
Yemen's president agrees to step down

Fri 2011-04-22
Obama Authorizes Use of Drone Airstrikes in Libya...

Thu 2011-04-21
Nigeria: Over 200 dead in the post-election riots

Wed 2011-04-20
Syria government approves lifting state of emergency

Tue 2011-04-19
Suicide Bomber Attacks Afghan Ministry of Defence

Mon 2011-04-18
Five Hurt as Regime Agents Disperse Rallies in South Syria

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