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Orcs strike Iraqi wedding convoy, kill at least 35, wound 65
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Ex-Gitmo inmate in Iraq suicide bombing	5 00:00 Chief [11128]
Soldier who smothered grenade to get Medal of Honor	5 00:00 JohnQC [11125]
The Gaza version of "double dipping"	2 00:00 Abu Uluque [11129]
Basra failure continues - IA can't find storage for all the captured weapons	8 00:00 Unique Battle [11128]
Stalag 13 and Col. Klink - Not! Camp Bucca Prison Camp Success Story	0 [11127]
Tories claim victory for Boris Johnson	0 [11132]
Yemeni mosque bomb kills six, wounds 35	3 00:00 twobyfour [11127]
Three killed, nine wounded in southern Thailand	0 [11128]
Barrier errected in Sadr City acts like flypaper - Mahdi Army paper	11 00:00 James Samuel [11128]
Large amount of weapons found in Shiite mosque in Baghdad - Say it isn't so	4 00:00 Rambler in California [11127]
Iraqi Police forces defuse 12 roadside bombs, seize weapons in Basra	4 00:00 McZoid [11128]
Good morning	15 00:00 Mike [11125]
73 killed as Sri Lanka army takes rebel base	1 00:00 gromky [11123]
Three small bomb explosions rock Spain	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Blast in Baghdad kills nine	0 [11131]
Suicide bombers strike Iraqi wedding convoy, kill at least 35, wound 65	0 [11129]
Turkish planes bomb Iraqi Kurds	0 [11125]
Eight Afghan civilians killed by double mine blasts	0 [11124]
Cop shot dead in Quetta	0 [11127]
Suspected foreign suicide bomber arrested in Karachi	0 [11127]
35 policemen killed during Swat unrest	0 [11125]
Somali rebels defiant after al Qaeda chief killed	3 00:00 Old Patriot [11126]
Tanker carrying oil for NATO forces explodes	0 [11124]
Suicide bomber targets 'vice and virtue' organisation chief	7 00:00 tu3031 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
400-ton reply to terror: India will airlift 5 power transformers to Kabul	1 00:00 trailing wife [11123]
Muslims Ransack Thai School Over Exam Question	10 00:00 Nimble Spemble [11126]
A Silver Star and a Transfer	8 00:00 JohnQC [11125]
Jailed former professor ends hunger strike in Va. jail	6 00:00 JohnQC [11122]
Iraqi delegation in Iran to discuss Mullah supported militias	2 00:00 mhw [11122]
Afghan ban on soap operas recalls bad old Taliban days	8 00:00 Old Patriot [11127]
What I learned at 'Anti-jihad U'	0 [11127]
Al-Jizz cameraman freed from Guantanamo	4 00:00 Anonymoose [11125]
US receptive to Palestinian funding needs	7 00:00 SteveS [11129]
Petraeus backs Iraqi govt talks with Sadr	2 00:00 Pappy [11124]
Pakistan coalition leaders agree on reinstating judges	0 [11122]
Dire Revenge™ threatened for slain Somali Qaeda chief	4 00:00 mojo [11124]
ANP, PkSF slam IJT for 'attacking students'	1 00:00 imoyaro [11123]
'New govt clashing with army over peace deals'	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [11124]
Local Taliban crossing border to fight NATO	8 00:00 mojo [11122]
Hamas: Jews planned Holocaust	0 [11126]
Egypt Says 12 Palestinian Factions Agree to Truce With Israel	7 00:00 Frank G [11124]
Taliban warn newspapers against pics of women	6 00:00 tu3031 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Zimbabwe announces poll results - Tsvangirai 47.9% vs Mugabe 43.2%	1 00:00 Rambler in California [11127]
Ohio AG admits to affair with staffer, cans two top aides	10 00:00 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 [11128]
Doctored YouTube video takes shot at Clinton aide	0 [11124]
Coast Guard intercepts Drug Sub - Cool Video at Link	6 00:00 Shieldwolf [11131]
First production sized switchgrass crop for fuel to be planted in OK	5 00:00 trailing wife [11123]
Red Ken Out	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11127]
Illegal alien protests down for May Day	4 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [11127]
Dems appear on Fox; "progressive" bloggers stamp tiny feet in impotent rage	11 00:00 DMFD [11132]
3 Countries Vie for U.N. Rights Council Seats	2 00:00 SteveS [11124]
Northwestern rescinds honorary degree offer to Rev. Wright	6 00:00 tu3031 [11122]
Bush unveils new Burma sanctions	3 00:00 Alaska Paul [11125]
Zimbabwe Arms Ship Waits Off Luanda, Say Unionists	13 00:00 Alaska Paul [11127]
Obama May Levy $15 Billion Tax on Oil Company Profit	17 00:00 anonymous2u [11131]
DNC chairman under Bill Clinton: Unite behind Obama	3 00:00 tu3031 [11125]
Verification of Long Delayed Zimbabwe Presidential Results Begins	0 [11123]
Babwa Wawas: I had affair with U.S. senator	17 00:00 regular joe [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
Moonbat Fratricide: Hillary's "frigidity" to blame for Iraq war and global warming	7 00:00 Silentbrick [11128]
The "Race" Speech, Revisited	6 00:00 trailing wife [11129]
Sweden: 'It's as if we immigrants stink of rotten fish'	2 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
Bin Laden can't touch China: satire from Chinese people	8 00:00 Frank G [11127]
Hussein's Terrorism Links	4 00:00 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 [11129]
The Road to Damascus	4 00:00 Abu Uluque [11125]
Sweden should look to US for welfare solutions	2 00:00 Anonymoose [11126]
Start Drilling	3 00:00 tu3031 [11125]
Chinese fantasy newspaper: China tests nuke on San Fran, UN moves to Beijing	12 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [11122]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Video: Surfing With A Great White Shark	2 00:00 RD [11128]
Video: New Danish Speeding Control (NSFW)	3 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [11131]
Knife Amnesty in UK	12 00:00 Anonymoose [11125]
De Beers stumbles into a treasure trove while looking for diamonds.	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11123]
Today's feel-good story	1 00:00 gorb [11125]
Lurid Moonbat Fantasy #51: Jeremiah Wright is being paid to take down Obama!	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [11124]
Save animals by ... eating them	15 00:00 JospehMendiola [11124]
Saddam signed my 'Most Wanted' ace	9 00:00 Jan [11126]
Cops suspended for beating eunuchs	4 00:00 Gabby Cussworth [11125]
Employer of Illegals sent to slammer	4 00:00 tu3031 [11125]

    
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                        23:24 SteveS

                        23:17 anonymous2u

                        23:12 SteveS

                        22:58 Jan

                        22:42 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707

                        22:32 RD

                        22:28 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707

                        22:14 Glenmore

                        22:10 Shieldwolf

                        21:55 Frank G

                        21:54 Old Patriot

                        21:50 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:46 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:39 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6

                        21:37 DMFD

                        21:32 JosephMendiola

                        21:31 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6

                        21:30 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6

                        21:28 regular joe

                        21:27 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6

                        21:20 JosephMendiola

Who's in the News
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5	Mahdi Army
4	Taliban
2	Islamic Courts
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Hamas
2	al-Qaeda
1	TNSM
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Thai Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2008-05-02
Orcs strike Iraqi wedding convoy, kill at least 35, wound 65

Thu 2008-05-01
Paks deny Karzai murder plot hatched in Pakistain

Wed 2008-04-30
Hamas steals Gaza fuel

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

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