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Libya: the rebels ready to defend Ajdabiya
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Dupe entry: UK Snipers in Afghanistan: 40 days, 75 Taliban Kills (including a Quigley)	0 [11127]
Iran 'using child soldiers' to suppress Tehran protests	1 00:00 CrazyFool [11128]
Saudi troops enter Bahrain	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Pakistan drone attacks 'kill three militants'	0 [11127]
Indian navy captures 61 Somali pirates	12 00:00 Frank G [11133]
Libyan rebels say Gaddafi forces fighting each other	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11127]
Ten wounded in Tikrit prison riot	0 [11124]
Big sale on pirated ships	5 00:00 Fi [11131]
8 wanted persons nabbed in Basra	0 [11127]
Gunmen shoot down army officer in Mosul	0 [11128]
Good morning	3 00:00 Scooter McGruder [11126]
Karachi violence kills 18	0 [11124]
IDF hunts door-to-door for Fogel family's killers	0 [11129]
Ten killed in Hangu firing	0 [11126]
Egypt rejects Gaddafi request for military help	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Oman sultan to cede some powers after protests	0 [11125]
Tunisia rejects 3 Islamist political parties	2 00:00 Angoting McGurque1187 [11124]
Settlers throw Molotov cocktails at cars in Nablus	2 00:00 Mikey Hunt [11128]
Army remains on high alert on Somali border	0 [11125]
Police fire on Yemeni protesters, 100 plus injured	0 [11125]
Oman sultan shifts lawmaking powers	0 [11124]
Dozens injured after a demonstration in Casablanca	3 00:00 Frank G [11124]
Bahrain's protesters block financial center; scores injured at university clashes	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Qadaffy's forces move towards Benghazi	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Libya: the rebels ready to defend Ajdabiya	1 00:00 Lord Garth [11127]
Yemen: U.S. calls for immediate cessation of violence	0 [11122]
US missile strikes kill seven in Pakistan	0 [11124]
Pirates shoot at fishermen, loot trawlers	0 [11128]
Palestinian detained with Molotov cocktails	0 [11127]
Forces kill four terrorists in Swat encounter	0 [11126]
Bomb kills four Afghans	0 [11123]
US drone misses target in South Waziristan	0 [11131]
Hundreds of Thousands Commemorate Cedar Revolution in Show of Force Against Hizbullah's Arms	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11123]
Outspoken Muslim cleric gunned down in Nigeria	2 00:00 swksvolFF [11131]
Thai soldier injured in bombing during police chief's visit	0 [11126]
2 Brit Snipers + 6 Weeks = 75 Dead Taliban	10 00:00 Herman Phusons1336 [11129]
More Mexican Mayhem	2 00:00 Procopius2k [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Hamas Praises Savage Attack on Jewish Settlers in Arabic, Denies Responsibility in English	0 [11129]
Former Minister of Iran's Revolutionary Guards: Kill the Americans!	2 00:00 Fi [11130]
Al Qaeda commander calls for Islamic rule in Libya	26 00:00 Fi [11132]
At Crossroads, Libya Rebels Vow to Stand or Die	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Glossy 'Jihad Cosmo' combines beauty tips with suicide bombing advice	2 00:00 JohnQC [11125]
South Sudan accuses north of planning genocide	0 [11128]
Mauritanian labour unions organise protests	0 [11129]
Afghan Senators Urge Delay of Security Transition	0 [11129]
Afghan Experts Say Nato Operations Should Continue	0 [11131]
Pakistan Military Support Terrorists, Smugglers	0 [11128]
Group denies involvement in settler attack	1 00:00 Frank G [11125]
Gaza govt: Settler attackers may not be Palestinian	1 00:00 mojo [11124]
Israeli TV: Settlement attack linked to Hamas	0 [11125]
CNN uses scare quotes to describe Itamar terror attack	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11124]
Crowley quits over Manning comments	3 00:00 ryuge [11133]
Rehman meets Altaf in London	0 [11127]
Nisar wants to send Nawaz back to Arabia: Babar	0 [11125]
Aoun: March 14 Luring Hizbullah to Use Weapons Against it	0 [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Gadaffi's private brothel discovered by rebels in Benghazi.	2 00:00 twobyfour [11127]
Union Rules	0 [11125]
Shuttle engineer dies in fall on NASA launch pad.	0 [11128]
Why is there no looting in Japan?	12 00:00 Fi [11132]
Augustus Owsley "Bear" Stanley the Third Dies In Car Crash	3 00:00 ryuge [11124]
Latest Japan developments	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
Swedish elk starve after long harsh winter	8 00:00 Rhodesiafever [11126]
Hell on Earth: I've seen 20 wars. But nothing prepared me for this	12 00:00 twobyfour [11127]
Thai Red Shirts rally on protest anniversary	0 [11124]
Ouattara back in Ivory Coast after Gbagbo forces kill eight	0 [11125]
More Ivorians flee clashes in north Abidjan	0 [11122]
10,000 protest new Turkish health care system	2 00:00 Angoting McGurque1187 [11128]
White snake that 'told man' to marry sister-in-law	3 00:00 swksvolFF [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Addressing Islam: The Muslim Brotherhood and Democracy	3 00:00 Fi [11128]
Military 'diversity': more DC silliness	2 00:00 Procopius2k [11131]
Parasites Devouring Their Host	15 00:00 USN,Ret [11127]
The embarrassing tenure of James Clapper	6 00:00 RandomJD [11123]
WaPo Fact Checker's take on King hearings	4 00:00 Mikey Hunt [11126]
Page 6: Politix
IBM Program to cut $ 900B in Medicare waste not needed sez Obama.	9 00:00 Anonymoose [11124]

    
                23:50 USN,Ret

                        23:49 Fi

                        23:36 gorb

                        23:20 Fi

                        23:16 Herman Phusons1336

                        23:15 Fi

                        23:14 twobyfour

                        23:10 Frank G

                        23:05 twobyfour

                        23:00 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:58 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:56 Fi

                        22:55 twobyfour

                        22:53 trailing wife

                        22:52 Fi

                        22:51 CincinnatusChili

                        22:46 Fi

                        22:44 Zhang Fei

                        22:38 Zhang Fei

                        22:37 Procopius2k

                        22:36 Beldar Chaimble2180

                        22:16 Procopius2k

                        22:11 Fi

                        22:11 trailing wife

Who's in the News
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3	Hamas
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hezbollah
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	TTP
1	Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
1	Taliban
1	al-Shabaab
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Pirates

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2011-03-14
Libya: the rebels ready to defend Ajdabiya

Sun 2011-03-13
Libyan troops 'force rebels out of Brega'

Sat 2011-03-12
5 family members murdered by terrorist in Itamar settlement

Fri 2011-03-11
Rebel forces retreat from Ras Lanuf

Thu 2011-03-10
Libya no-fly zone a UN decision, "not US": Clinton

Wed 2011-03-09
OIC rejects military action on Libya

Tue 2011-03-08
Gaddafi sends negotiators to Benghazi

Mon 2011-03-07
National Libyan Council to seek recognition

Sun 2011-03-06
Gaddafi forces fight to seize Zawiyah, dozens killed

Sat 2011-03-05
Qadaffy forces try, fail to retake Zawiyah

Fri 2011-03-04
Libyan rebels push west

Thu 2011-03-03
Gaddafi strikes at Brega, rebels eye foreign help

Wed 2011-03-02
National Libyan Council outlines strategy

Tue 2011-03-01
Yemen Opposition Rejects Plan for Govt of National Unity

Mon 2011-02-28
Defiant Gaddafi confined to Tripoli

Sun 2011-02-27
Ex-minister forms interim govt. in Libya

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