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Karzai survives another assassination attempt
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Afghan president safe after fleeing gunfire at Kabul event	6 00:00 doc [11132]
101st Airlift into Mosul - Video	6 00:00 DarthVader [11125]
Iraq army claims in full sway of Basra - Bogged down, Quagmire	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Taliban IOD submission	0 [11129]
US military reports relative lull in Baghdad's Sadr City	4 00:00 Pappy [11131]
US Marines deploying in Afghanistan for first time in years	3 00:00 anymouse [11127]
Good morning	1 00:00 Excalibur [11126]
Syria confirms head of Hamas students wing killed in car accident	11 00:00 sinse [11129]
Back-to-back suicide bomb attacks kill 3 in northern Iraq	0 [11123]
Troops nab two infiltrators from Gaza	0 [11128]
15 Taliban killed in air strike	1 00:00 anymouse [11132]
Two injured in blast at MI Office	0 [11127]
'New clashes in Sadr City kill eight'	0 [11127]
Turkish planes target Kurds in Northern Iraq	0 [11128]
Three killed as villagers clash with Taliban	0 [11125]
Census official, police among 24 killed in Afghan unrest	0 [11126]
Gas pipeline blown up in Sui	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran demands Russian nuclear shipment	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Her crime was to fall in love. She paid with her life	12 00:00 gorb [11132]
Australian university urged to hand back Saudi cash	4 00:00 Abu Uluque [11126]
PBS 10-Part "Carrier" (Mel Gibson Documentary) Starts Tonight	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Mosque seige anniversary triggers troop alert in Thailand	0 [11128]
Geneva Convention May Be Applied Selectively	7 00:00 rjschwarz [11129]
Iraqi lawmaker accuses U.S. forces of using prohibited weapons in Sadr City attacks	14 00:00 Old Patriot [11128]
Iraq's Sunni vice president wants return to government	0 [11125]
Spanish Fishing Boat Crew Freed	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [11127]
Norks build Thunderbirds runway for war	21 00:00 JosephMendiola [11135]
Guantánamo drives prisoners insane, lawyers say	20 00:00 Abu Uluque [11130]
Syrian ambassador says US photos of alleged nuke reactor were fabricated	3 00:00 Eohippus Omaish3321 [11125]
Iranian conservatives consolidate parliament control in run-off elections	6 00:00 Frank G [11134]
Berri sets May 13 as date to try elect Leb president	0 [11122]
Hamas urges Abbas to declare failure	2 00:00 Frank G [11127]
Iraq oil pipeline fire put out	0 [11130]
Egypt must calm situation in Mideast -- Meshaal	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11129]
Taliban group chooses new name	4 00:00 anonymous5089 [11129]
Morocco training female clerics to promote moderate Islam	4 00:00 trailing wife [11126]
Army confirms peace deal with Mehsud	0 [11126]
Ahmadinejad due for 4-hour tour tomorrow	2 00:00 Eohippus Omaish3321 [11126]
'US to pursue Osama in Pakistan if it has evidence'	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11131]
Foreigners in Tribal Areas spreading terror: Perv	0 [11124]
Qaeda sanctuaries in Pakistan are real threat: Karzai	0 [11123]
Page 3: Non-WoT
IAF gets Boeing Super Hornets proposal	1 00:00 USN,Ret. [11126]
Pakistan Government to increase software exports from $50 million to $5 billion by 2010	2 00:00 Lemuel Phath3861 [11129]
NYT: McCain Used Wife's Jet For Little Cost !!1!1!	7 00:00 Glolung McCoy7404 [11133]
Democrat mayor calls on city to don sackcloth and ashes to repent for crime wave	4 00:00 crosspatch [11127]
BBC: Despite widespread gun ownership, America is a peaceful place	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Slap	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [11129]
Top Ten Ideas for McCain	7 00:00 Old Patriot [11126]
Campaign Combat Fatigue Dogs Dems	6 00:00 Anonymoose [11130]
Bush tweaks candidates at correspondents' dinner	0 [11127]
Saudi blogger freed after 4 months jail	0 [11128]
Chinese rail link to Nepal via Tibet	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11135]
Bob's party fails to win back parliament in Zim recount	4 00:00 Snigum Tojo5201 [11127]
Clinton challenges Obama to debate without moderator	29 00:00 Vincent McMahon [11133]
North Korean defectors vow to disrupt Olympic torch relay in the South	1 00:00 sinse [11126]
Iran judiciary chief slams Ahmadinejad 'slogans'	0 [11127]
Nawaz reprimands ministers for attending dinner where Musharraf was present	0 [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
New Movie About Abu Ghraib Is Ponderous, Pretentious	0 [11129]
Yes, Barack Obama, We Are Bitter	19 00:00 Gomez Chavith6752 [11133]
Destroy Iran's nukes to save our cities	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11125]
Jordan set for a headlong collision	0 [11125]
Muslim Rebel Sisters: At Odds With Islam and Each Other	0 [11126]
Valid reasons for a military take-over in Nepal	2 00:00 Steve White [11129]
Obama Calls Bloggers Liars for Accurately Reporting His Words	4 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [11126]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
David Bellavia For Congress	3 00:00 Frank G [11126]
Telephonic conversations between Fazal-ur-Rehman, Altaf Hussain	0 [11130]
Video: Ultimate Marine	0 [11124]
Cindy Sheehan files to take on Pelosi	12 00:00 Harcourt Jush7795 [11128]
PML-N MNA, supporters 'beat Food Dept official'	0 [11125]
Nine from one family shot dead	3 00:00 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11128]

    
                23:41 USN,Ret.

                        23:26 Pappy

                        23:08 Abu Uluque

                        23:03 Abu Uluque

                        23:01 JosephMendiola

                        22:56 JosephMendiola

                        22:51 JosephMendiola

                        22:46 JosephMendiola

                        22:33 JosephMendiola

                        22:04 gorb

                        22:03 Gomez Chavith6752

                        21:44 JosephMendiola

                        21:42 Vincent  McMahon

                        21:37 JosephMendiola

                        21:32 DarthVader

                        21:28 Chinegum McGurque5166

                        21:27 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:23 Sgt. Mom

                        21:18 Chinegum McGurque5166

                        21:14 Nimble Spemble

                        21:01 Pappy

                        20:58 Jan

                        20:57 JosephMendiola

                        20:54 Frank G

Who's in the News
45	[untagged]
7	Taliban
4	Hamas
3	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Global Jihad
2	Govt of Syria
1	al-Qaeda
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Mahdi Army
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2008-04-27
Karzai survives another assassination attempt

Sat 2008-04-26
Tater loses nerve, tells fighters to observe truce

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

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