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Little resistance on day 2 of US-Afghan offensive
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Anne Applebaum unhurt after her car explodes	5 00:00 Super Hose [11128]
Somalia: Killing Doctors in the Name of God	2 00:00 Super Hose [11127]
Arrests in Philippine Province Under Martial Law	0 [11126]
Good morning	1 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [11127]
Four Palestinians added to FBI wanted list	5 00:00 lotp [11127]
Dozens of militants attack Pakistan army checkpoint	0 [11125]
Orakzai, South Waziristan clashes kill 13 militants	0 [11127]
Hamas: PA forces arrest 3 party members	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Blast in Peshawar kills at least three	0 [11127]
Little resistance on day 2 of US-Afghan offensive	6 00:00 Pappy [11130]
Houthis officially take on Saudi forces	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Egyptian security forces raid tunnel and storehouses in Rafah	2 00:00 Frank G [11125]
Kashmiri separatist leader fighting for his life	0 [11128]
Two Darfur peacekeepers killed in second attack	0 [11126]
Six arrested for links to Parade Lane mosque attack	0 [11129]
Baitullah's right-hand man among 6 held in Hangu	0 [11124]
Page 2: WoT Background
Meet uber-dhimmi	1 00:00 Frank G [11127]
Obama Improves on Bush's Surge!	3 00:00 ed [11130]
English Defence League protest leads to clashes with police in Nottingham	2 00:00 Rhodesiafever [11128]
Student kills prof	9 00:00 KBK [11125]
Hotline to the jihad	0 [11128]
No good US intelligence on Osama bin Laden for years, says Robert Gates	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [11131]
Details emerge on Obama's surge decision	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
Iran opposition prepares for new demonstrations	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11125]
Israeli MP sees Shalit deal with Hamas in weeks	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [11125]
Iran condemns terrorist attack on Rawalpindi mosque	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Hamas will not surrender to siege of Gaza	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
Israel must respond to demands of Hamas: Egyptian FM	6 00:00 Rhodesiafever [11130]
Most French against troop surge in Afghanistan	13 00:00 Rhodesiafever [11126]
Larijani sees ulterior motives behind West N-hype	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
US seeks Russia-China support for Iran sanctions	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11124]
US Has No Intention of Afghanistan Exit in 2011	2 00:00 Pappy [11125]
'Acts of cowardice will not deter our anti-terror resolve'	0 [11126]
Six BDR courts to run 50 trials	0 [11127]
Ulfa chief remanded	0 [11125]
Prisoners association condemns Israeli detention center	1 00:00 Uncle Phester [11127]
U.N. panel on N. Korea sanctions to inspect ports in Japan, S. Korea	3 00:00 CrazyFool [11129]
Somalia seeks a dose of Obamas Afghan vision	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Drone attacks in Balochistan can't be opposed: Magsi	0 [11125]
Jordan sends troops to cover Saudi ass in fight with Houthis	2 00:00 Besoeker [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
King of Pop's creepy portraits revealed	11 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11126]
Saudis rain on summit's parade	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11125]
How Chile Got Rich	4 00:00 newc [11127]
Off with their big, empty heads	4 00:00 KBK [11136]
Harvard In Deep Financial Trouble	7 00:00 3dc [11126]
Google expands tracking to logged out users	3 00:00 KBK [11130]
Tempers Flare In Climate Change Flap	2 00:00 CrazyFool [11122]
ZOMG!!! Google Offers its own DNS SERVER!!!1!	8 00:00 KBK [11125]
Charles Johnson was against MMCC before he was for it.	8 00:00 KBK [11125]
'I don't want to have to kill this man, but i'll kill him graveyard dead ma'am'	8 00:00 notascrename [11129]
Researcher: NASA hiding climate data	1 00:00 newc [11122]
Consumer group claims Zhu Zhu Pets unsafe	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11123]
'Men sought to kill woman for adultery in Spain'	2 00:00 gorb [11122]
Stare at boobs for 10mins a day to live an additional 5yrs!	24 00:00 KBK [11131]
DARPA balloon hunt tests internet accuracy	3 00:00 Eric Jablow [11124]
Palin pokes fun at herself at journalists' dinner	12 00:00 CrazyFool [11134]
London climate change march draws 20,000 falling sky cultists	7 00:00 Besoeker [11122]
Six more US banks fail	6 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11123]
Kangaroo smuggler arrested	0 [11125]
Episcopalians Force Schism With Anglicans By Choosing Lesbian Bishop	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
1975: "Prepare for the Ice Age!"	2 00:00 darrylq [11124]
Air Force Changing Tattoo Policy	2 00:00 newc [11122]
It's Got to Suck to be a Climavangelist!	2 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11122]
Bam: Man in the muddle	1 00:00 eltoroverde [11124]
Were Russian security services behind the leak of 'Climategate' emails?	7 00:00 KBK [11131]
Sudan despot embraces 'climate justice' in Copenhagen	0 [11125]
Al-Qaida Kills Eight Times More Muslims Than Non-Muslims	4 00:00 ed [11124]
View From West Point: We Are Not The Enemy	2 00:00 Besoeker [11123]
The Zero-Sacrifice Presidency	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11122]
Sceptics in Wonderland	3 00:00 CrazyFool [11126]
U.S. No Longer the Great Job Creation Machine	4 00:00 Super Hose [11131]
Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and a New Round	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11126]
Minarets as bayonets	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Page 6: Politix
Democrats consider new presidential nominating process	8 00:00 KBK [11130]
Justice thwarts Black Panther subpoenas	0 [11122]
Dr Kelly WAS murdered and there has to be a new inquest, say six top doctors	1 00:00 Free Radical [11125]
Obama social secretary let 1st priority slip	1 00:00 newc [11124]
Mayor Daley's Budget Eats 75% of a 75 Year rainy Day fund in One Year	2 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11129]
Gordon Brown snubbed by soldiers' 'curtain' protest	8 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11128]
More on the Baucus honey nominated to be US attorney	6 00:00 Frank G [11129]

    
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                        22:54 CrazyFool

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                        22:31 JosephMendiola

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                        22:27 Super Hose

                        22:25 KBK

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                        22:22 JosephMendiola

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                        22:18 JosephMendiola

                        22:07 KBK

                        22:07 notascrename

                        22:05 Super Hose

                        22:04 Bright Pebbles

Who's in the News
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5	Hamas
4	TTP
4	Govt of Iran
3	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Sudan
1	al-Qaeda
1	Islamic Courts
1	Taliban
1	Global Jihad

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2009-12-06
Little resistance on day 2 of US-Afghan offensive

Sat 2009-12-05
Attack temporarily shuts Herat airport

Fri 2009-12-04
Russian Police find car packed with explosives near train station

Thu 2009-12-03
14 dead in suicide bomber attack in Somalia

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

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