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Pakistain: Political leaders in hiding as hundreds arrested
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Jihadist trainee IED planting class gone bad.	9 00:00 tu3031 [11135]
All-Female Marine Team Conducts First Mission in Afghanistan	4 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Amsterdam police foil terror attack on shopping mall	1 00:00 mojo [11129]
US missile death toll rises to 18	11 00:00 Anonymoose [11133]
Thailand: The war you've never heard of ~~unless you read Rantburg~~	6 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
Good morning	8 00:00 JohnQC [11125]
Bomb threat suspects arrested in Amsterdam	2 00:00 Paul2 [11130]
Former Karbala local council member turns himself in to authorities	1 00:00 Whineter Sproing9941 [11129]
Sunni figure assassinated in Basra	0 [11128]
Iraq: Iranian artillery kills child	0 [11131]
Israeli airforce bombs 'smuggling tunnels'	0 [11127]
MSF to leave Darfur after kidnappings	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Bomb blast kills former Somali official	1 00:00 Whineter Sproing9941 [11128]
Uganda army kills 16 rebels in DRC	0 [11127]
France sentences Algerian terrorist for second time	0 [11132]
Bomb explodes in Iran mosque	7 00:00 Whineter Sproing9941 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Home Office Ban Hezbollah Spokesperson from UK	0 [11126]
Report: U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Drone Flying Over Iraq	0 [11129]
Human Rights Council: Canada Silencing Critics of Muslim antisemitism	0 [11127]
ISM Corrie Brigade suffers another casualty	2 00:00 ed [11134]
Department of Justice Withdraws Enemy Combatant Definition for Guantanamo Detainees	8 00:00 Old Patriot [11128]
Sy Hersh has Gone 'round the Bend	5 00:00 Glenmore [11132]
Pakistan complains of 'alienation' from US drone strikes	4 00:00 rabid whitetail [11127]
Ayatollah Intrigue: Al-Sistani plotting regime change in Iran	13 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11130]
Canadians defy law to help terror suspect fly home	4 00:00 rabid whitetail [11124]
Afghan villagers uprooted, then recruited	1 00:00 .5MT [11132]
Unrepentant Canadian gets 10 years for UK bomb plot	1 00:00 Parabellum [11130]
U.S. Arranging to Send Prisoners to Saudi Arabia	1 00:00 tu3031 [11128]
Choudary 'proud' to be most reviled man in Britain	6 00:00 ed [11128]
Muslim protester who works as baggage handler at Luton Airport has security pass suspended	6 00:00 Whineter Sproing9941 [11127]
Obama extends US sanctions against Iran	0 [11127]
Japan orders ships on Somalia anti-piracy mission	0 [11131]
U.N. chief concerned about N. Korea's moves to launch satellite	3 00:00 gorb [11129]
1st stage of N. Korea rocket to fall in Sea of Japan: Yonhap	4 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
Hungry Somalis protest for food, water	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
'Criminalize the defamation of Islam'	12 00:00 Whineter Sproing9941 [11129]
Hamas condemns rocket fire on Israel	5 00:00 logi_cal [11129]
JMB hand found in BDR carnage	2 00:00 tu3031 [11126]
Iraqi press syndicate appeals to Talabani, Maliki to release Zaydi	4 00:00 tu3031 [11126]
Iran: Regional leaders unite in fight against terrorism	1 00:00 Whineter Sproing9941 [11130]
Talks to free Shalit may yield results, says Hamas source	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11129]
Galloway secretly meets with Haniyeh	2 00:00 tu3031 [11128]
'Peace most likely with Syria, not PA'	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
N. Korean election replaces 43.5% of delegates in parliament	1 00:00 rabid whitetail [11123]
Japan to seek U.N. Security Council meeting if N. Korea fires missile	3 00:00 Richard of Oregon [11129]
Hamas wants to choose premier, majority of seats in unity cabinet	2 00:00 Richard of Oregon [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Saudi Woman, 75, Sentenced to 40 Lashings	1 00:00 Whineter Sproing9941 [11125]
Urgent Global Warming Alert: Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Activity lowest in 30-years	0 [11126]
House for sale for $1.50. Some commuting necessary...	4 00:00 Besoeker [11128]
UN head calls US a 'deadbeat'	10 00:00 swksvolFF [11127]
China Condemns U.S. Warship Deployment as Tensions Mount	7 00:00 Old Patriot [11130]
Wen Voices Concern Over China's U.S. Treasurys	8 00:00 ed [11127]
Woman Injured in Power Tool Sex Toy Encounter	14 00:00 logi_cal [11126]
French workers release Sony boss	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11125]
4-day school week gains momentum amid recession	11 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Good News is No News(papers)	9 00:00 Cheaderhead [11125]
Messican drug lord makes Forbes' richest list	4 00:00 Whineter Sproing9941 [11126]
No deal signed in Likud, Israel Beiteinu talks	0 [11131]
Madoff pleads guilty to all 11 charges	2 00:00 ed [11126]
Nawaz asks govt to show restraint	0 [11127]
US for strong democratic institutions in Pakistan: Patterson	2 00:00 tu3031 [11127]
Pakistain: Political leaders in hiding as hundreds arrested	2 00:00 M. Murcek [11131]
Oil prices fall despite OPEC warning	2 00:00 Frank G [11128]
Motion to impeach Thai PM	0 [11128]
France set to rejoin NATO's military command - Sarkozy	4 00:00 mojo [11132]
Page 4: Opinion
Recession-Proof Diversity	1 00:00 trailing wife [11132]
Pell believes West now scared of criticising Islam	2 00:00 Broadhead6 [11131]
There's No Pill for This Kind of Depression	6 00:00 Frank G [11131]
What Have We Done?	13 00:00 Old Patriot [11134]
Scientist's New Missile Defense: Killer Drones	4 00:00 ed [11125]
Can We Defeat the Taliban?	8 00:00 CrazyFool [11128]
Verify - but never trust - Saudi 'educational' materials	3 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
Morally Unserious in the Extreme	3 00:00 Verlaine [11128]
Obama: Economic crisis 'not as bad as we think'	4 00:00 flash91 [11129]
We must be mad to give £90m to these fanatics - and I should know, I used to be one	3 00:00 Nimble Spemble [11130]
Michigan: Blueprint to crisis	3 00:00 rwv [11129]
U.S. Deadbeats?	2 00:00 Pliny Thrang1732 [11125]
Shari'a making inroads in the West	4 00:00 ed [11132]
Page 6: Politix
Ninja blogs!	2 00:00 Mitch H. [11130]
Waters Helped Bank Whose Stock She Once Owned	3 00:00 Shavins Big Foot8769 [11131]
Assemblyman charged with graft	4 00:00 tu3031 [11126]
Poll: Corzine losing ground to Christie in governor's race	1 00:00 NCMike [11127]
Third Top Treasury Pick Withdraws From Consideration	4 00:00 ed [11134]
Blame the 'Lobby'	5 00:00 Mike [11130]
Maxine Waters' ties to bank questioned	1 00:00 Mitch H. [11126]
Coleman's case shrinks to 1,360 ballots	0 [11126]
Obama nominates S.F. lawyer for Justice post	2 00:00 tu3031 [11128]
Kundra takes leave	2 00:00 eltoroverde [11133]
Geithner gets tough questions from Senate panel	0 [11127]
Obama tech aide takes leave	5 00:00 eltoroverde [11130]
Senators slam plan for wounded vets to use private insurance	18 00:00 49 Pan [11131]

    
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                        22:52 Old Patriot

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                        22:06 Barbara Skolaut

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                        21:58 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:38 Anonymoose

                        21:28 Warthog

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Who's in the News
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5	Hamas
3	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	al-Shabaab
2	Global Jihad
1	Mahdi Army
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2009-03-13
Pakistain: Political leaders in hiding as hundreds arrested

Thu 2009-03-12
Taliban Hideout dronezapped

Wed 2009-03-11
Boomer near Sri Lanka mosque kills 15

Tue 2009-03-10
33 dead as Iraq tribal leaders attacked

Mon 2009-03-09
Iraq suicide bomber kills 30, wounds 57

Sun 2009-03-08
Palestinian PM submits resignation making way for unity govt

Sat 2009-03-07
US taps Delhi on Lanka foray: Marines to evacuate civilians

Fri 2009-03-06
Marwan to be 'freed' as part of Shalit deal

Thu 2009-03-05
ICC issues arrest warrant for Sudan's president-for-life

Wed 2009-03-04
Lanka troops in last Tamil Tiger Towne

Tue 2009-03-03
Lanka cricketers shot up in Lahore

Mon 2009-03-02
Hariri tribunal gets underway in The Hague

Sun 2009-03-01
Mighty Pak Army claims famous victory in Bajaur

Sat 2009-02-28
Bangla sepoy mutiny: Mass grave horror stuns nation

Fri 2009-02-27
Paleofactions agree to form unity govt

Thu 2009-02-26
Bangla: At least 50 feared dead in sepoy mutiny

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