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25 killed in attack on Mosul funeral
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Page 4: Opinion
Yemeni counter-opinion on "Nothing New in Baghdad" piece	1 00:00 Liberalhawk [11130]
Page 1: WoT Operations
U.S. searches for pilots of two missing jets	1 00:00 Sherry [11132]
As the cookie crumbles	75 00:00 .commissioner [11131]
Afghan Voter Registration Begins	0 [11127]
Minor changes to comments...	92 00:00 Fred as himself [11133]
Soldier's Rescue Man Blackmailed Into Suicide Bombing	5 00:00 plainslow [11125]
Pakistan Arrests Alleged Taliban Fighter	1 00:00 Chuck Simmins [11124]
US Attack on NK Needs Consensus From South Korea	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [11131]
Explosion of Hidden Arms Cache Kills 28, Injures More Than 70 in Afghan Village	11 00:00 Thraing Hupoluper1864 [11129]
Spain could be European base for US special forces	90 00:00 Gromons Gloper2496 [11135]
25 killed in funeral bombing	5 00:00 mojo [11126]
Aussie PM won't negotiate with terrorists on hostage release	0 [11128]
Three rockets hit Waziristan	1 00:00 .com [11127]
Militants attack Mufti's relative	0 [11126]
U.S. Frees 85 Afghans From Military Jails	6 00:00 Phil Fraering [11128]
Machh grid station, rail track, attacked	0 [11126]
25 killed in attack on Mosul funeral	1 00:00 Sock Puppet 0â Doom [11135]
US Spy Drone Crashes in Mindanao, Philippine Rebels Say	0 [11130]
Kurdish Group Claims Bloody Explosion at Turk Resort	0 [11126]
226 Arrested After Cairo Attacks	10 00:00 juche large [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Why is the U.S. Navy Leasing a Swedish Submarine?	0 [11129]
Polio Detected in Indonesia, Indicating It Crossed an Ocean	0 [11130]
Arming of pilots hits turbulence	3 00:00 Raj [11129]
Minutemen Part 2: California this August	6 00:00 Frank G [11127]
8-month-old survives suicide bomber attack	4 00:00 .com [11128]
Now the Italian Media Has Ticked Me Off!! Reveals Iraq Details	5 00:00 VAMark [11138]
Senators aim to break code of silence on UN scandal	6 00:00 phil_b [11127]
Neo-Nazi speakers in Boca Raton? Well, THAT'S appropriate.	0 [11129]
The Swedish Threat	6 00:00 Steve White [11130]
Israel's Sharansky Resigns in Protest	7 00:00 Liberalhawk [11132]
Jihad at Manchester Community College	3 00:00 Glenmore [11128]
Flemish firm mired in Iran nuclear scandal	2 00:00 Alaska Paul [11129]
Terror risk lurks on U.S. farms	4 00:00 Shipman [11126]
Anti-Ahmadiyya moves engineered by Jamaat and 'foreign hand'	1 00:00 mhw [11124]
Fresh threat to besiege Ahmadiyya complex	0 [11127]
Radical Islamic Group Growing in Asia	0 [11129]
US sez HuJIB is an al-Qaeda group	0 [11127]
More on Qatar paying off al-Qaeda through Learned Elders of Islam	5 00:00 Spoluck Snineck8032 [11127]
The Odyssey of an al-Qaeda operative	0 [11126]
Iran plans defense of nuclear program	2 00:00 RWV [11132]
Thailand goes after cell phone terrorists	2 00:00 phil_b [11125]
South Korea downplays Norks' missile test. Wotta surprise.	7 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
A look at the man responsible for the Egyptian attacks	0 [11127]
Hizb-ut-Tahrir on the rise in Central Asia, Zarqawi and KSM ex-members	0 [11133]
Blair may overhaul British nuclear deterrent system	11 00:00 Iblis [11129]
Link to 'uncensored' version of Italian hostage shooting incident	9 00:00 thibaud (aka lex) [11126]
Nepal govt lifts Commie leader's house arrest	0 [11127]
Koizumi hails Pak efforts in war on terror	0 [11128]
German company suspected of giving arms tech to Iran	6 00:00 ed [11129]
Galloway says Blair will be forced to resign	8 00:00 Liberalhawk [11129]
Talks to end Yemen rebellion to resume soon	0 [11127]
Kuwait MPs propose law to combat religious extremism	0 [11125]
Two tonnes of hashish seized	0 [11127]
Lebanon Commies want Syrians back	0 [11131]
U.K. Opposition in Freefall As Vote Nears	7 00:00 Bulldog [11126]
Khamenei: Iran Won't Abandon Nuke Program	1 00:00 .com [11126]
MMA exploited religion column issue, says Rashid	0 [11126]
25 injured in Sukkur jail clash	3 00:00 Seafarious [11130]
Preaching jihad in Punjab University seen as administration's failure	0 [11127]
Former Sudan Foes Celebrate New Constitution Process	0 [11126]
New Airport Sparks Iran-British Diplomatic Row	8 00:00 tu3031 [11129]
Fears About Tory Platform Driving UK Muslims Toward Blair	0 [11124]
Erdogan Offers to Mediate for Peace in the Middle East	10 00:00 thibaud (aka lex) [11131]
WAMY Holding Cultural Forum for Taif Women	0 [11129]
Diplomatic Tiff With Hungary Ends, Saudi Envoy Set to Return	0 [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
France vs. US: Economic Espionage Worth $100s of Billions	0 [11128]
American Who Wants Other Americans To Die	0 [11124]
Avian flu virus may be evolving, experts say	0 [11127]
Moonbats, Russian Style	0 [11128]
South Korean TV Show Invents Friendly Rivalry with North	6 00:00 eLarson [11132]
NYT: Evil Republican Chairman Exerts Pressure On PBS	3 00:00 eLarson [11125]
Mercury-Laden Clouds Threaten Utah	7 00:00 Old Patriot [11128]
Kilroy was here	4 00:00 mom [11125]
Vote Blair, Get Brown?	4 00:00 .com [11123]
14 dead in Ivory Coast clash	0 [11124]
Woman's Relatives Beat Up Youth Who Saved Her From Abductors	7 00:00 mhw [11133]

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Yemeni counter-opinion on "Nothing New in Baghdad" piece

Edited for brevity.
By Amin Al-Sharabi

When I read Abdul-Qawi Dhahan's opinion piece entitled "Nothing new in Baghdad" last week, I couldn't control my laughter. His article compares the Iraq of today to the Iraq of Abassayid times, Saddam Hussein, that old ousted dictator, to Al-Moatasim the great Caliph, and the Muslim ruling system to the unseated Baathist regime.

He also compared the Tatar Mogul army to the US Marines and 3rd Infantry Division headed by the retiring Gen. Tommy Franks.

I think that the writer would have been better off comparing the Baathist regime to the Pashas who, like Saddam, eliminated anyone they suspected of being an enemy. Saddam's regime was the worst Iraq has ever known. If he had even been compared to the Tatars who destroyed everything in their way, it wouldn't have seemed strange. They were all enemies of Iraq. Saddam Hussein was a leader who used chemical weapons against his own nation, just because he was in a bad mood.

I am surprised how writers from other Arab states have dared to speak for the Iraqi people, arguing that Iraqis didn't want the US to interfere in their affairs. Imagine you are about to be beheaded while your own brothers just watch and say to those who are come to your rescue, "Don't interfere in the internal affairs of my brother."

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2005-05-02
25 killed in attack on Mosul funeral

Sun 2005-05-01
Mass Grave With 1,500 Bodies Found in Iraq

Sat 2005-04-30
Fahd clinically dead?

Fri 2005-04-29
Sgt. Hasan Akbar sentenced to death

Thu 2005-04-28
Lebanon Sets May Polls After Syrian Departure

Wed 2005-04-27
Iraq completes Cabinet proposal

Tue 2005-04-26
Al-Timimi Convicted

Mon 2005-04-25
Perv proposes dividing Kashmir into 7 parts

Sun 2005-04-24
Egypt arrests 28 Brotherhood members

Sat 2005-04-23
Al-Aqsa Martyrs back on warpath

Fri 2005-04-22
Four killed in Mecca gun battle

Thu 2005-04-21
Allawi escapes assassination attempt

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