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Pak Talibs quit peace talks
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Marines Battle Insurgents During Major Operation in Taliban Territory in Afghanistan	14 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
US troops kill 28 Mahdi fighters during Sadr City ambush - Roggio LWJ	6 00:00 Sock Puppet of Texas [11134]
When outsourcing meets failure to fund	6 00:00 Frank G [11132]
Dead Suicide Bomber's burning car tries to take revenge - Video, excellent	14 00:00 Frank G [11131]
Good morning	5 00:00 trailing wife [11129]
Huji man Suman remanded for link to Ramna Batamul blast	2 00:00 Old Patriot [11124]
10 grenades found in Ctg	0 [11126]
Ex-army man regularly made donations to Huji while in service	0 [11127]
Top militant killed in IHK	1 00:00 john frum [11126]
Militants behead 'spy' policeman in Waziristan	0 [11125]
Blast cuts Quetta train link with rest of country	0 [11127]
Maulana Aziz gets bails in four cases	0 [11131]
Indonesian court sentences Islamic militant to 8 years in jail	0 [11129]
Somalia pirates jailed for life	4 00:00 Abu Uluque [11126]
Commando Jason Marks dies in Taliban battle	1 00:00 ptah [11125]
Funding charges for Spain's al Qaeda chief	0 [11128]
A good place for MSM journalists: Walking amid 2,000 al Qaeda suspects	3 00:00 George Smiley [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran May Ask For Russian Troops To Defend Itself Against US	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Abandon ship! Leftist pundits belatedly denouncing Wright	8 00:00 tu3031 [11125]
Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al: Our Proposal for Tahdiah ('Calm') is Tactical	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11124]
DNC runs ad showing US soldiers being blown up	7 00:00 Sninert Black9312 [11129]
Afghan intel: President was warned of assassination plot	0 [11126]
USAF outlines how it will fulfil ambitious alternative fuels plan	10 00:00 Redneck Jim [11136]
Uighurs Struggle In A World Reshaped By Chinese Influx	3 00:00 George Smiley [11128]
Hayden: Syrian site could have produced fuel for 2 weapons	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
Iran To Train Sri Lankan Intelligence & Army Officers	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Misuari to Tour Muslim Areas for Peace	0 [11124]
10 North Koreans killed in raid on Syrian facility	0 [11127]
Loyalists praise Saddam with birthday songs	4 00:00 George Smiley [11126]
Iraqi factions agree to renounce violence	0 [11126]
Is an Iranian general pulling the strings in Iraq?	4 00:00 Mitch H. [11125]
Mohmand Taliban give govt three days to remove checkposts	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [11127]
25 foreign terror suspects still operate in Philippines	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Somalia piracy resolution introduced at U.N.	3 00:00 mojo [11124]
Worst President Ever: Israel rejected Hamas truce offer	5 00:00 George Smiley [11126]
Barak: Hamas responsible for civilian deaths in Gaza	3 00:00 Frank G [11125]
Pakistani Taliban quits peace talks with gov't	0 [11128]
CBS' Butler says he isn't sure who kidnapped him in Iraq	12 00:00 Redneck Jim [11131]
Iraq: small fry thrive as Al-Qaeda big fish flee	6 00:00 Sock Puppet of Texas [11131]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Cries of 'Duce! Duce!' salute Rome's new mayor	1 00:00 Chinegum McGurque5166 [11128]
General Limbaugh orders "operational pause" in Operation Chaos	3 00:00 tu3031 [11137]
Judge says former SLA member must remain in prison	3 00:00 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 [11127]
Chinese Danes shed tears for the Olympics	1 00:00 Rambler in California [11125]
Obama finally gets around to denouncing Jeremiah Wright	12 00:00 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 [11128]
WND : Obama 'money man' bailed out by 'Israel apartheid' activist	5 00:00 George Smiley [11128]
China sentences 17 for alleged involvement in Tibet riots	0 [11124]
The ultimate "Sister Souljah" setup?	18 00:00 Frank G [11124]
Obama: Judge my words, not Wright's	32 00:00 Frank G [11132]
Make sure next govt won't allow hartal	0 [11125]
Tehran bans newspaper	0 [11128]
Obama's lead over Clinton in national poll shrinks to zero	18 00:00 James Carville [11130]
Microsoft denies mass hack caused by software fault	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [11125]
Wright Says Criticism Is Attack on Black Church	10 00:00 trailing wife [11131]
Dem rivals stump in Ind. GOP areas	0 [11126]
Zim opposition unites, urges Mugabe to step down	2 00:00 Pappy [11123]
WH opposes Democrats' ~~attempt to buy votes~~ mortgage relief bill	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
VDH: "Can we disown him? Yes, we can!"	2 00:00 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 [11122]
Are Sadr and al-Qaeda Teaming Up in Iraq?	0 [11123]
Friends of Terror in Peru(Soros)	4 00:00 Steve White [11125]
High Incarceration Rate Of Blacks Is Function Of Crime, Not Racism	22 00:00 KBK [11124]
James Lileks vs. Jeremiah Wright	0 [11128]
Did Wright's latest remarks sink Obama?	9 00:00 Harcourt Jush7795 [11127]
Fake Steve Explains the Wonderful World of Journalism	3 00:00 Silentbrick [11125]
COUNTER VIEW: Don't engage with terrorists	0 [11125]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Italy: Mozzarella safe again, govt says	0 [11126]
American Vet of Iraq in Mexico Prison on Weapons Charges	1 00:00 AlmostAnonymous5839 [11128]
Detectives Chase 'Smiley Face' Murder Mystery	1 00:00 Frank G [11130]
Colossal Squid Examined	13 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Roger Waters' pig endorses Obama, floats away	12 00:00 George Smiley [11127]
Metric football star threatens transvestites in his motel room	0 [11127]
Behold, the Truth-to-Power Hatchback	3 00:00 Muggsy Gling [11124]
Moonbat Fratricide: feminist author's book published with RACIST illustrations	6 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
Corps Finds New Use for Newspapers	2 00:00 USN,Ret. [11128]
Chilean mayor to offer free Viagra to older men - hard up for votes	6 00:00 MarkZ [11125]
Center-right solidifies gains in Italy	0 [11125]
Today's Idiots	8 00:00 George Smiley [11128]
Tribal Union of Journalists president pays hefty fine to holy man	1 00:00 charger [11125]
Beaches reopen in S California after fatal shark attack	1 00:00 mojo [11127]
27th Frankfurt tattoo convention	0 [11127]
19 killed in Ukrainian helicopter crash into Black Sea	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11125]
Cops arrest bride and groom for hillbilly honeymoon festivities	4 00:00 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 [11127]
Kids! Kids! The hippies are back!	16 00:00 DMFD [11135]
Today's Loser	4 00:00 Darrell [11126]

    
                23:59 JosephMendiola

                        23:55 gorb

                        23:46 Redneck Jim

                        23:45 Chinegum McGurque5166

                        23:36 JosephMendiola

                        23:29 tu3031

                        23:28 JosephMendiola

                        23:15 Frank G

                        23:12 Rush Limbaugh

                        23:12 trailing wife

                        23:12 Redneck Jim

                        23:09 Frank G

                        23:09 Sock Puppet of Texas

                        23:07 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6

                        23:06 Redneck Jim

                        23:06 James Carville

                        23:03 Sock Puppet of Texas

                        23:02 Cromert

                        23:01 Redneck Jim

                        22:51 DMFD

                        22:49 trailing wife

                        22:47 trailing wife

                        22:45 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6

                        22:44 trailing wife

Who's in the News
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6	Taliban
2	Jemaah Islamiyah
2	Hamas
2	HUJI
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Iraqi Baath Party
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Mahdi Army
1	MNLF
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hizbul Mujaheddin

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2008-04-29
Pak Talibs quit peace talks

Mon 2008-04-28
U.S. Marines join Brits fighting Taliban in Helmand

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
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