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Turkey's military confirms ground incursion; claims heavy PKK losses
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
UP police unearth plot to assassinate Mayawati	3 00:00 Glung McGurque2454 [11127]
Coalition Forces Capture (YET ANOTHER) Special Groups Leader	0 [11127]
Blinky taunts NATO	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
One dead, two wounded in two terrorist attacks in southern Thailand	2 00:00 ryuge [11126]
Video: Targeted killing of senior Islamic Jihadist	13 00:00 Icerigger [11125]
Bomb destroys Corsican tax office	5 00:00 Ptah [11127]
Good morning..	6 00:00 Pappy [11127]
Sri Lanka: Military says rebels bombed train	0 [11128]
Turkey's military confirms ground incursion; claims heavy PKK losses	2 00:00 Whomong Guelph4611 [11129]
Gaza: IAF kills two Hamas gunmen	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Israeli raid kills Hamas policeman	5 00:00 Frank G [11126]
Suspected militants kidnap four govt officials in Pakistan	0 [11123]
Four Iraqis killed in car bombing in Baghdad	0 [11125]
Tight security for Eid Al-Adha in Baghdad, 712 insurgents killed in 10 months	0 [11127]
Suicide bomber kills 11 in cafe in Diyala	3 00:00 Glenmore [11124]
Tigers overrun Lanka army outpost	0 [11128]
Lebanon sentences two over Germany bomb plot	0 [11129]
Peace jirga reaches Kurram Agency	0 [11126]
1 killed, 5 injured in Parachinar	0 [11124]
Bajaur militants will remain 'impartial' in polls	0 [11125]
Blasts damage shrine	0 [11125]
2 children killed in Waziristan gunbattle	0 [11125]
Qaeda said to be pursuing N-weapon	4 00:00 mhw [11127]
Four soldiers go missing	2 00:00 Frank G [11130]
Forces foil suicide plot, seize explosives	1 00:00 trailing wife [11126]
Rauf's guards remanded in police custody	2 00:00 USN,Ret. [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Another Dem defects on Iraq	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Dueling Eid messages in Afghanistan	9 00:00 USN,Ret. [11128]
UN Extends US-Led Force in Iraq	3 00:00 Rambler [11123]
Polish Cabinet Wants Iraq Pullout Oct 31	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Senate OKs $70B for Iraq, Afghanistan	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Iraq needs foreign troops support for the next 10 years'	6 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11125]
Olmert: Israel will continue to hunt down terrorist leaders	8 00:00 Old Patriot [11127]
Jumblatt urges quick elections , says void encourages terror	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11129]
Welch: Hezbollah-led opposition is putting Lebanon in danger	1 00:00 Penguin [11125]
New York Times in Iraq: "Blackwater shot our dog"	14 00:00 DarthVader [11127]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Stanford Invents 10x Battery	5 00:00 Gromort Trotsky5960 [11134]
Conservative wins SKorea presidency by landslide	1 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
Monkeys named Boxer and Feinstein match Duke students in math test	3 00:00 usmc6743 [11126]
India installs antennas for planned moon mission	0 [11131]
Ron Paul's latest silly statement	21 00:00 Frank G [11126]
Zuma's supporters celebrate win over Mbeki	3 00:00 Grunter [11133]
Drug gunnies shoot down Santa Claus over Rio de Janeiro	2 00:00 swksvolFF [11126]
Bush Orders Cuts in Nuclear Stockpile	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11123]
Swiss political system in turmoil after party split	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
Synagogue memorial in Berlin defaced	1 00:00 Besoeker [11126]
Colombian rebels say they will hand over hostages to Chavez	0 [11128]
McCain outflanks Giuliani in N.H.	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
Ukraine's Orange leader Tymoshenko wins PM post	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Zuma defeats Mbeki in ANC leadership vote: party official	4 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11129]
Polls open in SKorea election, conservative seen ahead	0 [11128]
Reid rejects notion that GOP is winning Hill battles	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
This is about two weeks early, isn't it?	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Clinton backer stirs the pot by referring to Obama's 'Muslim' roots	15 00:00 rjschwarz [11137]
India to supply warship spares to Vietnam	2 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11132]
Page 4: Opinion
Congressman Accuses US Troops Of 'Ethnic Cleansing'	7 00:00 Broadhead6 [11134]
Year of global cooling	17 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
The true objective of "tolerant" intolerance	0 [11129]
Ask the Ambassador - Saudi softball edition	1 00:00 Excalibur [11127]
"There Are Only Two Kinds of People in Al-Qaeda The Ignorant and Those Who Seek Worldly Gain"	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11124]
Mark Steyn is Not Alone by Jack Engelhard	8 00:00 rjschwarz [11134]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
India to build prototype thorium reactor	0 [11128]
Chinese Get Chance To Complain - Crash Website	0 [11128]
Judge Sides With Man Fired for Posting 'Dilbert' Comic in Office	6 00:00 Alaska Paul [11128]
Mother kept baby's body for 50 years	6 00:00 rjschwarz [11131]
Weirdest work stories of the year	4 00:00 3dc [11129]
The most persuasive argument for gun control I've ever seen	6 00:00 Broadhead6 [11129]
Britney's sister is pregnant at 16	8 00:00 Broadhead6 [11131]
This Crap Must Stop!	28 00:00 JohnQC [11129]
Mild quake jolts Pakistan	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Police say woman groped Santa	15 00:00 JosephMendiola [11134]

    
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                        22:56 CrazyFool

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                        22:48 DarthVader

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Who's in the News
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10	Taliban
7	Iraqi Insurgency
2	Hezbollah
2	Hamas
2	al-Qaeda
2	Islamic Jihad
1	Global Jihad
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Mahdi Army
1	Takfir wal-Hijra

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2007-12-19
Turkey's military confirms ground incursion; claims heavy PKK losses

Tue 2007-12-18
Turkish Army Sends Soldiers Into Iraq

Mon 2007-12-17
Paks form team to rearrest Rashid Rauf

Sun 2007-12-16
Kabul cop shoppe boomed, 5 dead

Sat 2007-12-15
Mehsud to head Taliban Movement of Pakistan

Fri 2007-12-14
Khamenei appoints Qassem as Hezbollah military commander

Thu 2007-12-13
Leb car boom murders top general

Wed 2007-12-12
Qaeda in North Africa claims Algiers blasts

Tue 2007-12-11
Taliban abandons Musa Qala

Mon 2007-12-10
al-Abssi is in Syria and Fatah al-Isalm is in Gaza

Sun 2007-12-09
Fierce battle rages for Taliban stronghold

Sat 2007-12-08
Berri postpones Lebanon presidential election to Tuesday

Fri 2007-12-07
Pak troops capture Mullah Fazlullah's base

Thu 2007-12-06
Suicide attack on army bus in Kabul kills 16

Wed 2007-12-05
Somali leader taken to hospital

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