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Feds: Siddique wanted to poison Worst President Ever
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Insurgencys Scars Line Afghanistans Main Road	2 00:00 Glenmore [11132]
US and Poland agree missile defense shield deal	10 00:00 Slats Glans2659 [11126]
Islamist forum member proposes poisoning Euro water supplies	59 00:00 McZoid [11133]
Two killed, 21 wounded in southern Thai attacks	0 [11127]
Jumblatt deserts Lebanons pro-Western camp, signs pact with pro-Iranian Hizballah	12 00:00 McZoid [11128]
Good morning	5 00:00 Frozen Al [11125]
Al-Qaeda 'warning' for Mauritania	0 [11126]
Palestinian youth carrying two pipe bombs detained at Hawara Crossing	3 00:00 Old Patriot [11128]
Yemen: French-Algerian hostage freed	0 [11127]
Sudanese army attacks rebels in North Darfur	2 00:00 McZoid [11124]
Philippine troops retake villages from Moro fighters	1 00:00 crosspatch [11130]
The Emerging Russia's Terrorism Issues	4 00:00 McZoid [11128]
7 wanted people arrested in Basra	0 [11127]
Iraqi army forces nab 3 gunmen, seize explosives cache in Ninewa	0 [11124]
Casualty toll from Ninewa car bomb rise to 9	0 [11126]
Tribal festivities claim 26 more lives in Pak tribal region	1 00:00 McZoid [11125]
Suicide attack on police kills nine, injures 35 in Lahore	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [11125]
Taliban attack forces, former minister's home	0 [11128]
16 killed in latest Lanka clashes	0 [11126]
Haji Namdar beyond all cares and woe	1 00:00 tu3031 [11128]
Pakistan: "US" Missiles Kill 20 Militants	7 00:00 Seafarious [11124]
Feds: Siddique wanted to poison Worst President Ever	7 00:00 Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields [11134]
Page 2: WoT Background
Musharraf Is Expected to Resign in Next Few Days	5 00:00 McZoid [11129]
Houston tests response to IEDs on roads, oil 7&chem terminals	13 00:00 lotp [11125]
Iranian interior minister fakes Oxford degree	6 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11124]
Iranian Small Subs	10 00:00 USN, Ret. [11129]
JI calls for Musharraf trial	0 [11123]
NWFP Assembly condemns NATO	3 00:00 trailing wife [11125]
Al-Qaeda Said to Use Regional Strife to Tighten Grip in Pakistan	0 [11123]
Report: Iran warns against surprise attack	10 00:00 KBK [11134]
Lebanese president starts groundbreaking visit to Syria	1 00:00 tu3031 [11128]
Arab League, Egypt denounce blast in N Lebanon	0 [11127]
AU concerned about differences within Somali gov't	1 00:00 tu3031 [11128]
Taliban win a fight - and settle scores	5 00:00 gorb [11127]
800 terror cells in India, says Narayanan	0 [11124]
Bulldozer attacker buried in Jerusalem	3 00:00 Anonymoose [11126]
Saleh informs Sultan of Al-Qaeda plots uncovered in Yemen	2 00:00 Pappy [11124]
UN asked to intervene to end Kashmir crisis	2 00:00 rjschwarz [11124]
Lebanon and Syria agree to establish full diplomatic ties	3 00:00 tu3031 [11128]
Musharraf: its state terrorism	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
US warns Russia on Georgia but readies concessions	6 00:00 ArmyLife [11135]
You're, Like, Totally Racist	2 00:00 Spike Speaque2226 [11128]
Very Graphic - Video of death of Dutch reporter in Gori	0 [11128]
Georgia standoff 'may last weeks'	1 00:00 ArmyLife [11133]
US troops donate more to Obama	4 00:00 ArmyLife [11134]
Obama tickets come with a catch	7 00:00 Spike Speaque2226 [11130]
Video: Russian soldiers robbing a bank in Gori.	12 00:00 ArmyLife [11133]
Ukraine: Yuschenko Cancels Agreement Of Cooperation In Use Of Radar Systems	4 00:00 ArmyLife [11136]
Rice to ask Saakashvili to sign Sarkozy brokered cease-fire plan	0 [11128]
Chi Com's lie about age of Gymnasts - What, how can this be?	11 00:00 Mad Eye Flalet9204 [11131]
Hillary's name to be placed in nomination	8 00:00 Besoeker [11131]
StrategyPage: Russia Takes A Beating Over Georgia	3 00:00 Richard Aubrey [11132]
Communist Party - USA: Offically supports Obama.	10 00:00 ArmyLife [11133]
Rejuvenated Georgian President Cites U.S. Ties as "Turning Point" in Conflict	3 00:00 Spike Speaque2226 [11126]
Arms drawn in tense Georgian stand-off	1 00:00 supergalitz [11127]
Video: C17 aid	0 [11126]
Greenland. 5908765678th Most Holy Place in Islam	12 00:00 Rob Crawford [11125]
Abkhazian separatist fighters grab land in Georgia	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [11123]
Peace Plan Offers Russia a Rationale to Advance	2 00:00 supergalitz [11129]
Heavy damage in Tskhinvali, mostly at gov't center	0 [11126]
McCain: US must reevaluate relations with Russia	8 00:00 rjschwarz [11125]
Russia: Forget Georgian territorial integrity	1 00:00 rjschwarz [11126]
Russians begin handover of Gori to Georgian Police	3 00:00 john frum [11128]
No Military Option? Ask the Ukrainians	3 00:00 rjschwarz [11126]
Sarkozy's Georgia gamble pays off	5 00:00 trailing wife [11124]
Jovial Russians mount deep incursion into Georgia	5 00:00 rjschwarz [11125]
Karima Adebibe as the new Laura Croft	7 00:00 USN, Ret. [11125]
Sindh Assembly votes against Musharraf	0 [11124]
Perv links quitting to failsafe indemnity	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [11126]
Sex, Lies and Videotape: Tabloids Persist on Edwards Story	7 00:00 Knuckles Flump9514 [11128]
Looting reignites Russia-Georgia tensions	3 00:00 Plastic Snoopy [11129]
U.S. Driving Continues to Decrease	18 00:00 bigjim-ky [11130]
Israel and U.S. send humanitarian aid to war-torn Georgia	1 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Ahmadinejad: West must quit support of dying Israeli regime	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [11127]
Rice warns Russia of int'l isolation	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [11127]
Russia denounces U.S. statement on Russia-Georgia conflict	0 [11125]
Democrats Soften Edges on Abortion	12 00:00 Grenter, Protector of the Geats [11124]
Russia compares conflict to US response to 9/11	1 00:00 JohnQC [11128]
Russia Saved Abkhazia from Georgian Invasion sez General	2 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
Musharraf should resign, says US senator	0 [11128]
Report: Zimbabwe inter-party talks suspended indefinitely	0 [11124]
US interfering in Pakistan affairs: Nawaz	1 00:00 anymouse [11126]
EU court blocks extradition of hacker to US	2 00:00 Old Patriot [11129]
Bush: Georgia must remain undivided	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Colin Powell to endorse Obama at the Dem convention?	6 00:00 Besoeker [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
South Ossetia: The perfect wrong war	0 [11130]
Vladimir Putin's mastery checkmates the West	5 00:00 Halliburton - Asymmetrical Reply Division [11132]
Indian Government & BJP Play into the Hands of Jihadi Terrorists	0 [11127]
VDH: Brave Old World In a world without America, the strong do as they will, and the weak suffer	0 [11126]
A CZAR IS BORN: BAD VLAD WINS WAR, DUPES WEST & PROVES HE'S GENIUS	19 00:00 MoreScotch4Me [11129]
Georgia crisis 'should prompt Swedish military rethink'	4 00:00 Spike Uniter [11129]
Farewell Musharraf, Farewell Pakistan?	0 [11125]
How to Stop Putin	7 00:00 bigjim-ky [11125]
Abject surrender	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [11130]
Russosphere rising	7 00:00 ed [11125]
Why Russias response to Georgia was right	11 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Impeachment -- an imperative	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [11130]
Hamas tightens grip on Gaza	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [11130]
Stop "crossfire" deaths	2 00:00 Rob Crawford [11124]
Bush team bungled big time on Georgia fiasco	41 00:00 Hupusong Hatfield aka Broadhead6 [11134]
The real meaning of freedom	4 00:00 tu3031 [11130]
Georgians trust in God: in Saakashvili, not so much	21 00:00 liberalhawk [11127]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Dubai: The U.S.'s Back Door To Iran	3 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [11127]
Sweet Home Alabama...England?	4 00:00 .5MT [11122]
This Year's Bulwer-Lytton Bad Writing Contest Winner	2 00:00 tu3031 [11124]
Bigfoot in Appalachia	2 00:00 .5MT [11124]
Bigfoot body 'found and put in freezer'	19 00:00 Plastic Snoopy [11125]
AL leader gunned down in Dhaka	0 [11123]
Video: Janos Baranyai - OUCH!!	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [11124]
Police: Arkansas Democratic chair dies in shooting	4 00:00 Grenter, Protector of the Geats [11127]

    
                23:53 ArmyLife

                        23:50 ArmyLife

                        23:45 KBK

                        23:37 MoreScotch4Me

                        23:34 ArmyLife

                        23:23 MoreScotch4Me

                        23:08 badanov

                        23:05 Richard Aubrey

                        22:54 ArmyLife

                        22:39 ArmyLife

                        22:38 ArmyLife

                        22:36 ArmyLife

                        22:33 ArmyLife

                        22:30 DanNY

                        22:23 Spike Uniter

                        22:21 ArmyLife

                        22:20 Besoeker

                        22:13 Glenmore

                        22:11 Procopius2k

                        22:08 Mad Eye Flalet9204

                        21:49 Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields

                        21:45 Abdominal Snowman

                        21:38 Hupusong Hatfield aka Broadhead6

                        21:35 Spike Speaque2226

Who's in the News
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7	Govt of Pakistan
5	TTP
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Syria
2	Global Jihad
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas
1	ISI
1	Islamic State of Iraq
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Mahdi Army
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2008-08-14
Feds: Siddique wanted to poison Worst President Ever

Wed 2008-08-13
Russian troops roll into strategic Georgian city

Tue 2008-08-12
Israel 'proposes West Bank deal'

Mon 2008-08-11
Taliban take control of Khar suburbs as Zardari, Nawaz, Fazl jockey for presidency

Sun 2008-08-10
Iraq car bomb kills 21

Sat 2008-08-09
US tourist dies in Beijing attack

Fri 2008-08-08
Russia invades Georgia

Thu 2008-08-07
Paleo hard boy Jihad Jaraa survives ''assassination attempt'' in Ireland

Wed 2008-08-06
Bin Laden's Driver Guilty

Tue 2008-08-05
Philippine Supremes halt MILF autonomy deal

Mon 2008-08-04
16 officers killed,16 wounded in an attack in Xinjiang

Sun 2008-08-03
''Assad's right hand man'' assassinated in Syria

Sat 2008-08-02
Taliban deny al-Qaida No. 2 hit by missile

Fri 2008-08-01
189 arrested, curfew lifted in Diyala

Thu 2008-07-31
Qaeda big turban in Afghanistan killed in US airstrike

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