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Obama: 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by summer
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Cockle warming video	6 00:00 Dar [11132]
Few Marines in Afghanistan wake for Obama's speech	0 [11130]
Major Hasan and Holy War - former CIA officer Marc Gerecht	0 [11128]
Taliban vow to fight US troop surge in Afghanistan	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Chechen rebels claim Russian train bombing	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Top insurgent dies in tunnel collapse	8 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11127]
Russ train wreckage boobytrapped	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11131]
Good morning	4 00:00 Besoeker [11125]
Five terrorists killed in SWA, Swat Operation	0 [11130]
12 militants apprehended in Kurram: Col Tauseef	0 [11126]
Al-Aqsa Brigades: Hamas detained Gaza commander	0 [11125]
Hamas: PA security forces detained 4 supporters	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11127]
2 bahini mugs arrested in India	0 [11124]
Two Iranian Reformists granted asylum: Report	0 [11128]
Gitmo prisoner freed due to insufficient evidence	0 [11128]
French Troops 'Tried to Bribe' Taliban	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [11133]
Italy to try two Tunisians on terrorism charges	0 [11125]
ANP MPA killed in suicide attack	0 [11127]
Purbo Bangla commies kidnap, kill 3 in Kushtia	0 [11127]
Iran successfully tests Bushehr nuclear plant	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Four militants killed, six injured in Khyber Agency	1 00:00 liberalhawk [11130]
Obama: 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by summer	28 00:00 Pappy [11133]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran frees British yachtsmen	0 [11127]
Iran: If a man is a problem, no man, no problem	0 [11127]
Ears Gunshot Localization System	0 [11123]
Obama's focus on withdrawal could jeopardize Afghan mission	4 00:00 Glenmore [11131]
PM: Settlement freeze a one-time offer	7 00:00 Frank G [11126]
EU funding of Israeli Peacenics	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Islamic extremists pelt eggs at Muslim Baroness Warsi	3 00:00 AlanC [11126]
Pak Army to recruit youth from Swat, Malakand	1 00:00 M. Murcek [11123]
Qureshi urges US to stay in Afghanistan for 5 years	0 [11124]
Babar, Salam helped Huji execute plot	0 [11126]
Iran says no legal basis for IAEA resolution	0 [11132]
Israel vows more settlements after brief freeze	3 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
EU to give east Jerusalem to Palestinians: report	4 00:00 liberalhawk [11131]
Swiss minaret ban violates Muslim rights: Arabs	11 00:00 Lampedusa Gromolet6841 [11125]
Kidnapping proves lucrative for N African Qaeda	0 [11126]
Sarkozy says no to more troops for Afghanistan	2 00:00 halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division [11127]
Sri Lanka opens up war refugee camps	0 [11127]
UN rep Asma Jahangir warns Swiss over minaret ban	9 00:00 Pappy [11136]
Abu Hasana: UNRWA budget to hit zero by new year	2 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [11128]
President Ten Percent to give up powers within weeks	1 00:00 liberalhawk [11126]
Interpol moves to bring Rashed back	0 [11126]
US fears President Ten Percent's collapse	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11132]
N. Korea redenominates currency for 1st time in 17 years	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
"I loved President Bush," says Obama's Aunt Onyango	1 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11128]
Tiger Comments on Current Events	12 00:00 Dar [11130]
Radical New Discovery About Epilepsy	0 [11125]
Matthews Calls West Point, Site of Obama Speech 'The Enemy Camp,' 'Strange Venue'	15 00:00 Pappy [11129]
Climate change "fraud"	7 00:00 Dale [11133]
FBI awards non-competitive contract for Magfed 20mm rifles.	10 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
No Holds Barred: Thanksgiving in Zimbabwe	2 00:00 Rhodesiafever [11131]
Britain Becomes A Vassal State Of Brussels	9 00:00 AlanC [11126]
Professor at centre of climate change email row stands down temporarily	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [11129]
Henderson quits GM, Whitacre takes over	3 00:00 AllahHateMe [11128]
UAE economy solid despite debts: president	0 [11126]
Islamists protest condom use	3 00:00 Enver Crerens8778 [11127]
Mysterious shifting of Swiss case documents	0 [11125]
Sprint Received 8M Law Enforcement Requests for GPS Location Data in the Past Year	10 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
Obama is boon for teleprompter industry	1 00:00 Bobby [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
Afghanistan - This Will Not End Well	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
The warmist PR con job	0 [11129]
U.K. Cancer Death Rate is 38% Higher Than In U.S.	1 00:00 Rambler in Virginia [11128]
Afghanistan: 'Graveyard of empires'	2 00:00 tipper [11130]
Setting up our military to fail	0 [11130]
ObamaCare at Any Cost	3 00:00 DMFD [11124]
Barack Obama's new Afghan strategy is high risk and wildly optimistic	2 00:00 AlanC [11125]
Huckabee Passes Buck On Responsibility In Police Killings	1 00:00 Mike [11124]
Uninvited guests' charity faces financial scrutiny	0 [11126]
What Obama really said last night	0 [11126]
Background Rumor To The SEALs Court Martial	9 00:00 Super Hose [11134]
Searching in Vain for the Obama Magic	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [11129]
Triangulating Afghanistan	0 [11125]
Salahis Pentagon contact has interesting Baltimore legal office connection.	0 [11127]
IDF insubordination can save Israel	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11128]
Junk mortgages: It just gets worse	6 00:00 Old Patriot [11130]
Dick Cheney slams President Obama for projecting 'weakness'	1 00:00 SteveS [11130]
Bankers With Guns	6 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Number of Democrats Falls to Four-Year Low	6 00:00 Pappy [11128]
White House Dismisses 'Climategate' Because 'Most People' Believe in Global Warming	14 00:00 Procopius2k [11126]
Baltimore's Mayor Is Convicted	6 00:00 Enver Crerens8778 [11123]
Gate Crasher Puts Spotlight Obama Social Secretary	2 00:00 Free Radical [11130]
No Justice For Kenneth Gladney	2 00:00 DMFD [11127]
Pollster Says 'Throw the Bums Out' Sentiment Brewing for 2010	2 00:00 Dale [11126]
Meet Al Gore at Copenhagen, for $1,209	7 00:00 Old Patriot [11132]

    
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                        23:29 Old Patriot

                        23:20 Super Hose

                        22:58 Procopius2k

                        22:49 Pappy

                        22:38 trailing wife

                        22:29 trailing wife

                        22:29     Dale

                        22:18 Pappy

                        22:01 Pappy

                        21:58 Rhodesiafever

                        21:54 Pappy

                        21:49 Pappy

                        21:41 Rhodesiafever

                        21:14 Redneck Jim

                        21:10 Old Patriot

                        21:00 Old Patriot

                        20:51 Redneck Jim

                        20:49 Redneck Jim

                        20:35 JosephMendiola

                        20:25 JosephMendiola

                        20:22 Redneck Jim

                        20:20 JosephMendiola

                        20:19 Dar

Who's in the News
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4	Govt of Pakistan
3	TTP
3	Govt of Iran
2	Global Jihad
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	Taliban
2	Commies
1	Hamas
1	HUJI
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
1	al-Aqsa Martyrs
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2009-12-02
Obama: 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan by summer

Tue 2009-12-01
At least 61 militants killed in Khyber tribal region

Mon 2009-11-30
Air strike kills 30 Taliban in Khost

Sun 2009-11-29
Russia train disaster was terrorist attack

Sat 2009-11-28
IAEA votes to censure Iran

Fri 2009-11-27
Lebanon gives Hezbollah right to use arms against Israel

Thu 2009-11-26
Afghan police commander jailed for having 40 tonnes of hashish

Wed 2009-11-25
Belgian pleads guilty in US jet parts sale to Iran

Tue 2009-11-24
20 turbans toe-tagged in Hangu

Mon 2009-11-23
Gunships hit targets in Kurram Agency

Sun 2009-11-22
Jordanian commandos join war on Houthis

Sat 2009-11-21
Nasrallah reelected Hezbollah chief for sixth term

Fri 2009-11-20
Eight bad boyz dronezapped in N.Wazoo

Thu 2009-11-19
Pak Talibs say they're in tactical retreat

Wed 2009-11-18
Mullah Fazlullah escapes to Afghanistan, vows dire revenge

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