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Syria replaces intelligence chief
Today's Headlines

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Page 1: WoT Operations
Splodey uses ambulance - Al-Jihadzeera video	4 00:00 Sobiesky [8]
10 cleared in Aussie bomb probe	0 [5]
Witness: Defendant Had Ties to Bin Laden	1 00:00 JerseyMike [6]
Former Translator at Guantanamo Is Sentenced to 20 Months	7 00:00 trailing wife [7]
Lebanese opposition declares independence uprising	14 00:00 Tholuck Angomotch9553 [13]
Saudi charity, 2 officers indicted in Oregon on fraud and tax charges	0 [5]
Afghanistan Disarms 80 Percent of Country's 50,000 Militiamen	1 00:00 Mac Suirtain [4]
Valentine's Day massacre triggered by cell phones	6 00:00 Dishman [4]
2 Abu Sayyaf jugged in Zamboanga	0 [5]
Update on the Ashura Eve violence	6 00:00 Phil Fraering [4]
Ansar al-Islam is the major recruiter for Iraqi jihadis	1 00:00 trailing wife [5]
2 Zarqawi lieutenants jugged	1 00:00 No novocaine [5]
Basayev's commander for central Chechnya killed	0 [2]
50 LeJ members arrested in Karachi	0 [3]
Thaksin sez car boom planned by kin of separatist leaders	0 [3]
Canucks spring al-Qaeda member on $40,500 bail	5 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Turning off the Television and Putting Away the Gun	3 00:00 Remoteman [4]
Police arrest suspect in Thai car bombing	0 [3]
Ansar al-Islam recruiting in Europe grows	1 00:00 BigEd [6]
Sunni suspects die in gun battle	0 [2]
Ashura begins, Blasts rock Baghdad Shia mosques	8 00:00 .com [4]
Weekly Piracy Report - 8 to 14 February 2005	4 00:00 Shipman [6]
Irish police raids net (IRA's) millions	0 [5]
Four killed in Thailand blast	0 [2]
Bomb threat against US embassy in Jakarta	0 [3]
Plutonium Missing From British Site	44 00:00 AzCat [3]
Somali bomb kills one in apparent anti-AU attack	0 [6]
Prime suspect in PM assassination bid arrested	0 [3]
Jaish threatens to disrupt bus service	6 00:00 Frank G [4]
Pakistan: Feud kills foreign fighters	2 00:00 Shipman [4]
FBI foiled plot to kill Pakistani diplomat	1 00:00 Liberalhawk [4]
Attackers hurl firebombs at NGO offices in Dhaka	1 00:00 Desert Blondie [7]
Page 2: WoT Background
No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy (Part 2)	0 [2]
No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy (Part 1)	0 [3]
For wannabe F-18 pilots -- complete with carrier landing...	2 00:00 Bomb-a-rama [3]
Syrian Leadership in Disarray?	4 00:00 2b [9]
Kurds Are Republicans. Who Would Have Guessed?	1 00:00 Robert Crawford [4]
Important Player in WoT Missing	0 [2]
Iranian Cleric Challenges Hardliners through Blog	3 00:00 AzCat [6]
Canadian, US forces announce joint exercise	5 00:00 Phil Fraering [10]
"Texan" arrested after saying he sought bin Laden bounty	5 00:00 Thraing Hupoluper1864 [7]
NPR Commentator Denounces "Support Our Troops" Stickers on Cars	38 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [21]
15 major terrorist attacks prevented in Europe since 9/11	0 [3]
Pakistan deploys commandos in preparation for Ashura	1 00:00 Seafarious [5]
Official sez al-Qaeda may enter the US through Mexico	5 00:00 Shipman [6]
Iran and the Nuclear Weapons Triggers	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [14]
Syria replaces intelligence chief	5 00:00 Jake-the-Peg [9]
U.S., China Agree on North Korea Nukes	10 00:00 Jame Retief [9]
Defence to top Japan, US talks	1 00:00 jackal [7]
Secular or Islamofascist Iraq?: Pretenders Profiled	25 00:00 trailing wife [7]
Leaving Kurdistan, like leaving a country	6 00:00 RWV [8]
Kurds win in 5 Iraqi provinces	2 00:00 Deacon Blues [2]
Use Kid Glove Response: Dutch Report on Van Gogh Jihad-Kushi	4 00:00 DAJ [2]
'America would back Israel attack on Iran'	54 00:00 OldSpook [9]
US spying on Iran nuclear sites from space -Iran	23 00:00 Phil Fraering [15]
Lahoud praises Hariri as Lebanese call for Syria to leave	7 00:00 3dc [12]
Khatami Pledges Support to Syria	8 00:00 Dishman [7]
Authorities request Swiss help in murder probe	6 00:00 SwissTex [11]
Al-Hariri family joins call for inquiry	0 [10]
Malaysia Still Quizzing Khan's Deputy for N-Proliferation	9 00:00 Zhang Fei [1]
Badawi urges US and Iran to resolve dispute diplomatically	7 00:00 Duh [4]
New Palestinian cabinet to be presented to parliament	1 00:00 gromgorru [5]
Kim's Birthday Celebration	13 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Darfur Foes Agree to Revive Peace Talks	0 [3]
Hizbul Mujahideen to reunite with splinter group	3 00:00 Shipman [4]
Terrorists exploiting Islam should be singled out	2 00:00 Roberta Flack [4]
Page 3: Non-WoT
County coroner seeks large shrink-wrap machine	1 00:00 Robert Crawford [4]
US President George W Bush has declared a major disaster in American Samoa	0 [3]
Canadian Health Care Continues To Collapse	2 00:00 john [4]
U.S., Central American Law Enforcement Unites Against Gangs	0 [4]
Pneumonic Plague Kills Scores in Congo Outbreak	4 00:00 phil_b [5]
Kyoto protest beaten back by inflamed petrol traders	3 00:00 Zhang Fei [4]
Russian scientists who invented hangover cure make pill that keeps you drunk	9 00:00 Dcreeper [7]
Saudi Aramco bidding on Venezuela's Citgo	1 00:00 trailing wife [7]
Related to Kyoto: Smart glass reacts to the weather, will reduce energy use	1 00:00 Desert Blondie []
Gorilla Foundation rocked by breast display lawsuit	6 00:00 DMFD [9]
Choicepoint to alert additional 110,000 of identity theft risk	1 00:00 Bomb-a-rama [6]
Life on Mars: Not So Fast	1 00:00 BigEd [1]
The Kyoto Protocol Launches! But Will it Matter?	3 00:00 2b [1]
Greek church charity sends wigs to tsunami victims	9 00:00 ANdrea [7]
Japan to Join U.S. Policy on Taiwan	6 00:00 RWV [2]
Report: Rude Ruud dodges a bullet	5 00:00 Anonymoose [7]
Geffen Unloads On Hillary: 'She Can't Win'	28 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Malaysia club raid sparks row	8 00:00 Anonymoose [9]
Science Fiction Authors Hoax Vanity Publisher (dumbass lit-snobs played for fools)	13 00:00 Atomic Conspiracy [7]
Page 4: Opinion
Capitalism and Human Nature	2 00:00 phd [4]
VDH: Unsung Victories	12 00:00 Phil Fraering [11]
Ralph Peters: Smart Intel Pick	6 00:00 OldSpook [6]
Why Labour Does Not Need the Jews (another nail in the Euro-coffin)	11 00:00 Bulldog [3]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Follow-up: Train crash caused for ex-wife's attention	4 00:00 trailing wife [5]
Strip Club Artfully Slips by Anti-Nudity Law	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
"Friends, Romans, Countrymen"----Human Ear found in street	16 00:00 State Versus Meadow Muffin case [7]

    
                23:31 Atomic Conspiracy

                        23:25 Phil Fraering

                        23:20 Sobiesky

                        23:19 DMFD

                        23:14 Phil Fraering

                        23:09 DMFD

                        23:08 JosephMendiola

                        23:06 Phil Fraering

                        23:05 Atomic Conspiracy

                        23:04 Phil Fraering

                        22:56 2b

                        22:54 trailing wife

                        22:53 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:49 CrazyFool

                        22:46 Eris

                        22:41 trailing wife

                        22:41 SwissTex

                        22:40 Jame Retief

                        22:39 trailing wife

                        22:33 JosephMendiola

                        22:20 badanov

                        22:20 trailing wife

                        22:19 SwissTex

                        22:14 Frank G

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2005-02-18
Syria replaces intelligence chief

Thu 2005-02-17
Iran and Syria Form United Front

Wed 2005-02-16
Plane fires missile near Iranian Busheir plant

Tue 2005-02-15
U.S. Withdraws Ambassador From Syria

Mon 2005-02-14
Hariri boomed in Beirut

Sun 2005-02-13
Algerian Islamic Party Supports Amnesty to End Rebel Violence

Sat 2005-02-12
Car Bomb Kills 17 Outside Iraqi Hospital

Fri 2005-02-11
Iraqis seize 16 trucks filled with Iranian weapons

Thu 2005-02-10
North Korea acknowledges it has nuclear weapons

Wed 2005-02-09
Suicide Bomber Kills 21 in Crowd in Iraq

Tue 2005-02-08
Israel, Palestinians call truce

Mon 2005-02-07
Fatah calls for ceasefire

Sun 2005-02-06
Algeria takes out GSPC bombmaking unit

Sat 2005-02-05
Kuwait hunts key suspects after surge of violence

Fri 2005-02-04
Iraqi citizens ice 5 terrs

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