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Basra in govt hands
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Sadr: 'open war' threat only against US	6 00:00 OldSpook [11130]
A brief photo-essay on the subject of protest and counter-protest	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11129]
Navy-Contracted Vessel Fires Warning Shots on Iranian Boats	27 00:00 Harcourt Jush7795 [11131]
Terrorist kills two Israeli security guards near Tulkarem	3 00:00 liberalhawk [11130]
Palestinian rockets hit Israeli cemetery	6 00:00 Chinegum McGurque5166 [11127]
Six killed, two soldiers wounded in twin attacks in Thailand	0 [11124]
The men in black vanish and Basra comes to life - How can this be?	13 00:00 liberalhawk [11129]
Iraqi Security Forces clear Hyyaniyah, Basra	0 [11130]
Iraqi Police/Army video	1 00:00 Frank G [11129]
Iraqi Police show up just before and just after US patrol is ambushed	1 00:00 reload [11125]
2004 Video: Blackwater Najaf incident - Extended version	3 00:00 JohnQC [11126]
Good morning....	12 00:00 Fred [11124]
Malakand militants seek amnesty from NWFP govt	0 [11126]
'US spy' shot dead near Miranshah	3 00:00 tu3031 [11125]
Terror suspects win UK legal battle	3 00:00 Frank G [11128]
Talibs deny kidnapping two foreigners	0 [11126]
Seized Spanish trawler sails out to the ocean: Somalia witnesses	3 00:00 Alaska Paul in Chefornak, AK [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Accused terrorist secured Canadian visa	0 [11130]
Caches of shiny new date-stamped weapons found, sent with love from Iran	1 00:00 Thating Stalin3056 [11130]
NASA get going on Nano-Sats	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Zawahiri's complaint	7 00:00 eltoroverde [11130]
7/7 bomber's farewell video shown	4 00:00 WTF [11125]
IAEA head rebukes US and Israel over Syrian N-plant	12 00:00 DK70 [11134]
U.S. Navy Reviving Fleet for Latin America, Caribbean	12 00:00 Pappy [11126]
Bahrain signs security deal with NATO	3 00:00 Old Patriot [11126]
Afghan violence could worsen in 2008: US general	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
US arms sales to OPEC at risk over oil	5 00:00 Old Patriot [11132]
Martyrdom would solve Iran's economic woes: Ahmadinejad	13 00:00 OldSpook [11127]
Infiltration at Pak-Afghan border still on: US	0 [11126]
Kabul wary of peace deal with militants	0 [11128]
Govt, Army hail truce offer by Baitullah	1 00:00 tu3031 [11125]
US shows evidence of alleged Syria-N. Korea nuke collaboration	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Al-Sadr shift: away from politics and favoring fight	10 00:00 Pappy [11127]
UN halts Gaza food aid over fuel cutoff; Israel blames Hamas	7 00:00 RD [11134]
Hamas says willing to accept 6-month truce	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Democrat Fratricide: Olbermann calls for a superdelegate to snuff Hillary (maybe)	7 00:00 Frank G [11129]
Obama Delegate Admits the Obvious: 'Bitter' Was Indeed a Big Deal	13 00:00 Mike [11131]
Team Obama: "No fair! No fair! You're being mean to us!"	9 00:00 Frank G [11129]
New Iron Curtain may be draped over Russian Internet	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [11130]
Lebanese prison riot ends peacefully	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [11127]
Illegal Alien Crackdown Will Cost Employers	13 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11132]
Greenpeace founder now backs nuclear power	21 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
China says arms bound for Zimbabwe to be recalled	4 00:00 gorb [11131]
Europe, UN to help Jordan clear landmines	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [11129]
Myanmar stifling media freedom: RWB	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [11125]
Turkmen leader restores calendar names	2 00:00 USN,Ret. [11127]
Obama to Appear on 'Fox News Sunday'	6 00:00 Frank G [11136]
U.S. envoy says Mugabe lost	3 00:00 Alaska Paul in Chefornak, AK [11132]
North Carolina Republicans pull anti-Obama ad	5 00:00 Frank G [11132]
Scrap treaty with India: Prachanda	1 00:00 Menhadden Snogum6713 [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Why the press is turning on Obama	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11128]
The Left's moral-equivalent-of-war-mongering	13 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11126]
I grew up; Obama didn't	0 [11127]
'It's Almost Like They Formed An Axis or Something'	1 00:00 twobyfour [11129]
Gates' grand slam: Petraeus moves up	8 00:00 smn [11128]
Obama's Real Bill Ayers Problem	1 00:00 Bobby [11125]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
School administrators go ape over "Banana Boys" prank, make monkeys of themselves	7 00:00 Glenmore [11134]
"If I see immigration officers," he said, "it's like I see the devil."	1 00:00 Frank G [11132]
DNA Record: Humans almost died out 60K years ago	9 00:00 twobyfour [11130]
Happy ANZAC Day to our friends Down Under	5 00:00 OldSpook [11127]
Today in History: baseball's greatest play	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
N.Y. Orders Large Web Retailers To Charge Tax	14 00:00 OldSpook [11130]

    
                23:33 Mike

                        23:33 Frank G

                        23:26 OldSpook

                        23:22 smn

                        23:10 smn

                        23:01 Harcourt Jush7795

                        22:57 Frank G

                        22:56 twobyfour

                        22:54 smn

                        22:42 RD

                        22:38 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        22:15 Darrell

                        22:10 DK70

                        22:09 Alaska Paul in Chefornak, AK

                        21:58 OldSpook

                        21:57 Alaska Paul in Chefornak, AK

                        21:55 Pappy

                        21:55 Alistaire Sleasing2074

                        21:54 OldSpook

                        21:54 Glenmore

                        21:52 Alaska Paul in Chefornak, AK

                        21:49 JosephMendiola

                        21:45 bombay

                        21:44 no mo uro

Who's in the News
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5	Taliban
4	Mahdi Army
2	Hamas
2	Govt of Iran
2	Iraqi Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in Britain
1	TNSM
1	Islamic Jihad
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Aqsa Martyrs
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2008-04-25
Basra in govt hands

Thu 2008-04-24
Baitullah orders Talibs not to attack Pak forces

Wed 2008-04-23
Petraeus to Head Central Command

Tue 2008-04-22
Paks free Sufi Muhammad

Mon 2008-04-21
Pak government halts operation in Tribal Areas

Sun 2008-04-20
Tater threatens 'open war' on Iraq government

Sat 2008-04-19
UK police arrest terror suspect, conduct controlled boom

Fri 2008-04-18
Nimroz mosque kaboom kills two dozen

Thu 2008-04-17
Boomer kills 50 at Iraq funeral

Wed 2008-04-16
60 die in AQI car booms

Tue 2008-04-15
Indonesia Jugs Two JI Big Turbans

Mon 2008-04-14
Tunisia jugs 19 for al Qaeda links

Sun 2008-04-13
More than 200 dead as battle rages in Baghdad

Sat 2008-04-12
Iraq military thumps Sadr City

Fri 2008-04-11
Gunnies Off Senior Sadr Aide in Najaf

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