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Turkmenbashi croaks; World one megalomaniac lighter
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Page 1: WoT Operations
Chavez demands apology from U.S.	16 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11136]
Lebanon seizes explosives from pro-Syrian group	0 [11129]
Mexican indicted on drug kingpin charges	0 [11132]
Good... ummm... afternoon	7 00:00 Broadhead6 [11125]
Taliban Terror Intensified	4 00:00 RD [11127]
1115 New Police Recruits in Al Anbar	3 00:00 Mullah Richard [11129]
Plan: Iraq To Execute Security Ops In Baghdad w/o MNF Approval	8 00:00 Frank G [11127]
Errant Paleo Rocket injures 3 Gaza Tots	17 00:00 remoteman [11128]
Indo SC Clears Bashir - Frees Him From Jail	9 00:00 Frank G [11126]
U.S. forces say seize a top al Qaeda leader in Iraq	4 00:00 Jackal [11125]
Canadians launch major offensive	13 00:00 Frank G [11133]
Immigration to Sweden reaches new record	6 00:00 xbalanke [11125]
Buddhists targeted by jihadis in southernThailand	3 00:00 Old Patriot [11128]
Pendleton Marines Face Iraq Murder Charges on Thursday	9 00:00 wxjames [11124]
Top British Army aide accused of spying for Iran	14 00:00 .com [11129]
Gaza terrs fire rockets into Israel	1 00:00 gromgoru [11128]
A Sanford candidacy?	10 00:00 Fred G Sanford the G is for Gone [11125]
Blast injures 7 in Quetta	0 [11125]
NATO claims killing 50 Taliban	2 00:00 Lancasters Over Dresden [11129]
Israeli forces kill two militants	0 [11127]
Saudi Arabia frees 11 former Guantanamo detainees	6 00:00 Lancasters Over Dresden [11125]
Three Palestinians injured, four SUVs burned in violence in Gaza	8 00:00 Shieldwolf [11127]
Five Iraqis killed, injured in separate attacks in Mosul	0 [11125]
Afghan forces kidnap 10 in violation of Pakistani territories	4 00:00 Elmereter Hupash6222 [11126]
Mahdi Army leader arrested -- US Army	6 00:00 Zenster [11125]
Second bombing kills, injures 16	0 [11128]
Bombing in Kirkuk injures seven policemen	0 [11125]
NY Court convicts Sikh Separatist	2 00:00 HammerHead [11132]
Page 2: WoT Background
Syria builds 'death trap' villages along border in preparation for war	10 00:00 Sneaze Shaiting3550 [11134]
Mexican Soldiers Freelancing for Drug Cartels on US Soil	18 00:00 Mick Dundee [11133]
How Sandy Burglar Stashed Classified Information	11 00:00 Frank G [11125]
US Air Force loses out in Iraq war	3 00:00 Shieldwolf [11128]
Cleric weighs 1-month cease-fire in Iraq	3 00:00 FOTSGreg [11125]
Shiite Clerics' Rivalry Deepens In Fragile Iraq: Tater Alert	4 00:00 Frank G [11123]
Sweden to rein in generous welfare	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [11124]
Oz: Koran abused in Bible payback	13 00:00 Whiskettes4Hilali [11126]
Keep Saddam in U.S. Custody, Ramsey Clark Pleads	8 00:00 Verlaine [11125]
Lebanon's Mufti Attacks Iran's Grand Ayatollah	10 00:00 Deacon Blues [11125]
StrategyPage: Why Most Iraqis Feel Safe	1 00:00 Anonymoose [11127]
VA lawmaker expresses concern over Muslim immigration, CAIR seethes	15 00:00 Broadhead6 [11123]
Iran admits oil projects suffering	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [11125]
Hollywood and the Spread of Anti-Americanism	17 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Iran President Facing Revival of Students Ire	1 00:00 Angoter Slailet7696 [11128]
Yellowcake galore: Iran claims 1,400 uranium mines	4 00:00 Seafarious [11123]
Hamas has no accounts at any of its branches: Arab Bank	4 00:00 mojo [11125]
US open in support of Syrian oppn groups	2 00:00 gromgoru [11122]
Bush: Iranians can do better than Ahmadinejad	2 00:00 xbalanke [11124]
General Abizaid plans to retire in 2007	0 [11125]
Webb slams Bush's actions in Iraq war	16 00:00 Frank G [11133]
Highlights of U.N. draft resolution on Iran	1 00:00 tu3031 [11125]
Biometric ID cards for foreigners in UK	8 00:00 USN, Ret. [11123]
US in long struggle against radicals: Bush	2 00:00 Shipman [11125]
Zawahri vows to continue attacks	2 00:00 Brett [11124]
SHC asks govt to explain why 'militant' handed over to US	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11125]
'French troops saw Osama twice'	8 00:00 Jackal [11127]
Afghanistan frees 10 Pakistanis held for illegal entry	0 [11127]
Tribal areas should be brought under system of laws: Benazir	5 00:00 remoteman [11125]
Pakistan wants end to criticism from Afghanistan	3 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [11128]
Britain, Israel, US to 'vanish like the pharaohs': Ahmadinejad	9 00:00 Lancasters Over Dresden [11126]
Bush 'brainwashed' Blair on Iraq pullout	5 00:00 Ptah [11130]
China says 'new consensus' reached at North Korea talks	2 00:00 tu3031 [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
North Korea talks collapse	1 00:00 Whiskey Mike [11125]
FBI releases Jan-Jun 06 crime statistics (Do we have an exit strategy?)	1 00:00 Elmolurt Hupush8011 [11125]
Economic Growth Slows to 2 Percent Pace	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11138]
Mini-mosque to be built in Ben Gurion airport	14 00:00 remoteman [11123]
Turkmenbashi turns toes-up, Turkmenistan in turmoil	9 00:00 Frank G [11138]
Mutant Hybrid Mexican Marijuana Impossible to Kill With Pesticides	13 00:00 Shieldwolf [11126]
Study: Psilocybin relieves OCD symptoms	12 00:00 FOTSGreg [11125]
Zimbabwe Leader: Dissent to Be Crushed	10 00:00 Farmin B. Hard [11123]
Wilson Freaked By Libby Subpeona	11 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11132]
Jimmy Carter to release Sunday school CDs	4 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11125]
Pink and PETA take on Aussie wool industry	8 00:00 USN, Ret. [11125]
Lewinsky graduates from London School of Economics	12 00:00 Deacon Blues [11124]
Only one JI MNA refuses NA perks	1 00:00 Ebbolump Glomotle9608 [11124]
Ahmadinejad allies defeated	8 00:00 .com [11124]
Page 4: Opinion
Twas the Night Before 2007	0 [11126]
Carter's Arab financiers	0 [11127]
An Account 98 at CitiGroup to launder Saudi Jihad money?	7 00:00 Shieldwolf [11124]
Follow-up: Bergergate, &c.	5 00:00 DepotGuy [11128]
Blood Will be On His Hands	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11134]
Bill Clinton and the Decline of the Military	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Britain To Ident All Non-Nationals	2 00:00 Glenmore [11125]
Downhill slide for Hillary?	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Alan Dershowitz: Why won't Carter debate his book?	7 00:00 gorb [11125]
Ann Coulter: Frank Rich Declares Iraq 'Box Office Poison!'	2 00:00 Ptah [11127]
Taranto Followup: Maybe He Was Just Lost	3 00:00 Grineling Uleans6114 [11124]
For Iraqis, A Promise Is in Peril	3 00:00 Broadhead6 [11124]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Ferrets — why do they hate us?	3 00:00 Frank G [11132]
Miss Nevada Stripped Of Title For Racy Photos	8 00:00 .com [11132]
Armed Robber O' The Day	8 00:00 Mick Dundee [11128]
SF Strippers pitch in tips to bring Christmas joy to children in need	12 00:00 Deacon Blues [11127]
Not the best translation, but you get the gist	7 00:00 twobyfour [11125]
Want to live longer? Toss back a few cocktails	7 00:00 .com [11127]
Magnitude-3.7 quake rattles San Francisco Bay area	15 00:00 Capsu 78 [11128]
Britney is Most Annoying Person of 2006	17 00:00 CrazyFool [11127]
A Virgin Birth this Christmas Season - No Really!	7 00:00 Frank G [11134]

    
                23:58 Barbara Skolaut

                        23:57 .com

                        23:55 Barbara Skolaut

                        23:38 Capsu 78

                        23:32 Mick Dundee

                        23:10 RD

                        23:08 Skidmark

                        23:03 Frank G

                        22:58 Frank G

                        22:57 JosephMendiola

                        22:57 Mick Dundee

                        22:55 Frank G

                        22:55 steven

                        22:46 JosephMendiola

                        22:45 Frank G

                        22:40 Sneaze Shaiting3550

                        22:40 JosephMendiola

                        22:37 JosephMendiola

                        22:33 Frank G

                        22:31 Frank G

                        22:30 M  Twain

                        22:28 Sligum Whunter9034

                        22:25 Frank G

                        22:22 Frank G

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2006-12-21
Turkmenbashi croaks; World one megalomaniac lighter

Wed 2006-12-20
Yet another Hamas-Fatah ceasefire

Tue 2006-12-19
James Ujaama nabbed in Belize

Mon 2006-12-18
Palestinian Clashes Kill 2; Presidential Compound Hit

Sun 2006-12-17
Abbas Calls for Early Palestinian Vote

Sat 2006-12-16
Street clashes spread in Gaza

Fri 2006-12-15
Paleos shoot up Haniyeh convoy

Thu 2006-12-14
Brammertz finds 'significant links' in Lebanon killings

Wed 2006-12-13
Arab League seeks end to Leb crisis

Tue 2006-12-12
Hamas gunnies kill three little sons of Abbas aide in Gaza

Mon 2006-12-11
Talabani lashes out at 'dangerous' Baker report

Sun 2006-12-10
Lahoud refuses to endorse Hariri tribunal accord

Sat 2006-12-09
Chicago jihad boy nabbed in grenade plot

Fri 2006-12-08
Olmert vows to ~~do nothing~~ ''show restraint'' in face of Kassams

Thu 2006-12-07
Soddy forces, gunnies shoot it out

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