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Mohammad Ahmed Almansoor Drone-zapped in North Wazoo
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good news! The rebels have chem weapons too!	10 23:55 JosephMendiola [1776]
Mohammad Ahmed Almansoor Drone-zapped in North Wazoo	0 [1764]
Italy Thwarts Weapons Smuggling At Port Of Naples	0 [1730]
Raid rescues U.S. citizen kidnapped by Afghan Taliba	4 19:06 tipper [1736]
Armed men raid defense outpost in southern Thailand	0 [1738]
Good Morning	0 [1743]
Egypt's army will not allow violence, says armed forces spokesperson	0 [1744]
Egypt's president in 'national dialogue,' opposition attendance feeble	0 [1747]
Ex-MP accuses Muslim Brotherhood of assaulting him	0 [1743]
Egypt nabs terror suspect linked to Benghazi attack	0 [1743]
Syria troops battle rebels around Damascus	0 [1733]
Karachi police arrests 54 'suspects'	0 [1743]
Nine gunned down Surge in killings across Karachi	0 [1740]
HuT activists escape police raid	0 [1733]
26 judges get death threat	0 [1736]
Yemeni general killed in 'Qaeda' ambush	0 [1743]
Anger in Sudan after student protesters found dead in canal	0 [1735]
Morsi Prepares Plan to Impose Martial Law	2 18:07 AlanC [1737]
Syrian army seals off Damascus following attacks	3 05:11 Shipman [1741]
A Major Benghazi Terror Bust Directly Tied To Al Qaeda.	4 17:52 Bill Clinton [1736]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hugo Chavez names successor as cancer returns	2 19:30 Bright Pebbles [1745]
U.S. housewife who became 'Jihad Jane' converted to Islam for a 'sense of belonging'	23 21:58 trailing wife [1747]
'West Bank on verge of intifada'	6 18:28 gorb [1740]
Hamas displays united front at Gaza rally	0 [1734]
Mexican naval law advances	0 [1729]
Imran Farooq murder case: MQM's London office raided, reports BBC	0 [1730]
Pakistan rejects Karzai's blame over attack on spymaster	0 [1735]
Foreign service communiqué sounds alarm bell for Morsi	0 [1740]
New constitutional declaration to be issued within hours: Egypt PM	0 [1738]
Feted in Gaza, Hamas leader to attend "victory rally"	0 [1738]
Iran warships dock in Sudan	0 [1731]
Hamas's Meshaal rejects any 'concession over Palestine'	0 [1732]
Court releases frozen assets of Egypt ex-military minister Shafiq	0 [1729]
Malians threaten to go it alone against Al Qaeda	2 14:02 Frank G [1728]
Syria warns 'terror groups' may use chemical arms	1 03:15 Besoeker [1735]
Attack on Afghan spy chief planned in Quetta: Karzai	0 [1734]
Syrian rebels get new leadership in bid to unite, increase coordination	4 12:32 SteveS [1742]
Malala Yousafzai visited by Pakistan president	0 [1734]
PHC issues notices to officials: Teenage bomber's handler is missing	0 [1738]
Tail-up Jamaat bids to steer BNP	0 [1730]
Saudi official: Gulf cannot 'tolerate' unrest	0 [1734]
'We won't allow revolution to be stolen again': Brotherhood #2	0 [1737]
Morsi's decree cancelled, constitution vote to go forward	0 [1734]
ROK, U.S. Boost Alert Level Ahead of Rocket Launch	1 23:42 JosephMendiola [1746]
Pudgy Beefs Up Security Amid Fear of Unrest	1 23:51 JosephMendiola [1758]
Al-Masry Al-Youm Reports On Brotherhood Torture Chambers	0 [1733]
Indian, other foreign firms still active in Iran's energy sector	0 [1730]
Iran condemns US for subcritical nuclear test	2 00:08 JosephMendiola [1756]
US to supply two Patriot batteries to Turkey	4 03:57 g(r)omgoru [1738]
$623 million worth of cars imported to Iran in eight months	4 11:37 JohnQC [1735]
Iran's Fighting 515th Photoshopping Brigade caught again	1 23:10 JosephMendiola [1757]
Jordanian King Carries U.S. Assurances To Abbas: Official	1 10:30 USN,Ret. [1734]
Act Of War: Background On The Attempted Murder Of Maulvi Nazir	0 [1734]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Doha round moves towards not so perfect conclusion	0 [1728]
Hudson Bay - 30 day time lapse of ice growth	5 17:28 Alaska Paul [1731]
Another Cancer Surgery for Chavez	7 23:36 RandomJD [1756]
Days of manipulating elections are over: PM Ashraf	0 [1732]
Eight police injured as N.Ireland flag riots spread	1 08:11 Besoeker [1741]
Tunisians Islamists protest against graft, Ben Ali cronies	0 [1742]
UN climate package passed in Doha	0 [1733]
Floodwaters in Jacobabad may hit next crop	0 [1735]
Sorry, US - Says Gangnam singer Psy over anti-America protest	8 17:10 Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division [1738]
It's Time To Stick It To the Blue States	1 22:33 Vernal Bonaparte4876 [1755]
Kurds reduce oil supplies for non-payment of Baghdad's debts	0 [1731]
Page 4: Opinion
Interlocutors of Indonesian Islam	0 [1737]
Muslim conflicts	0 [1735]
Low interest rate hijacks US banks	4 19:33 Bright Pebbles [1757]
Illegal transmissions	1 17:11 Eric Jablow [1741]
How close did Israel just come to its own Cuban missile crisis?	4 10:58 trailing wife [1739]
Clinton Excludes Israel Again from Counterterror Summit	7 13:28 Pappy [1738]
Evolution: The American Dream And The Pakistani Denial	2 22:06 Angie Schultz [1751]
Nuggets From The Urdu Press	2 16:00 trailing wife [1749]
Page 6: Politix
Barack Obama (Biography - On the Lighter Side)	10 21:41 SteveS [1761]
An Illinois Christmas greeting	1 11:44 JohnQC [1734]
Poor Sweet Baby James 'really suffered under Cheney/Bush'	16 22:41 tipper [1751]

    
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6	Govt of Pakistan
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2	Govt of Syria
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	Ansar Dine
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Palestinian Authority
1	TTP
1	Taliban
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2012-12-09
Mohammad Ahmed Almansoor Drone-zapped in North Wazoo

Sat 2012-12-08
Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti Drone-zapped During Breakfast

Fri 2012-12-07
6 dead, 450 injured in clashes at Egypt's presidential palace

Thu 2012-12-06
Two Dead as Egypt Islamists Overrun Opposition Tents

Wed 2012-12-05
Hundreds of thousands besiege Egypt's presidential palace to protest draft constitution

Tue 2012-12-04
Syria FM Spokesman 'Defects' from Regime, Leaves Syria

Mon 2012-12-03
Car bomb in Syria's Homs kills 15: State media

Sun 2012-12-02
Mullah Nazir orders out Mehsud Taliban fighters

Sat 2012-12-01
Egypt assembly approves new draft constitution

Fri 2012-11-30
Damascus fighting cuts off airport, Emirates suspends flights

Thu 2012-11-29
Bomb injures top Talibunny Mullah Nazir

Wed 2012-11-28
Packed Tahrir Square defiant as deadlock prevails

Tue 2012-11-27
30 Inmates Escape as Gunmen Attack Nigerian Police Unit

Mon 2012-11-26
Syrian Rebels Claim Capture of Helicopter Base Near Damascus

Sun 2012-11-25
Thousands of anti-Morsi protesters spend the night in Egypt's Tahrir square

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