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Alamoudi gets 23 years
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Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
cuple force to become siblings	4 00:00 BigEd [11124]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Islamic Army in Iraq threatens Italian nationals: website	5 00:00 2b [11129]
Indonesia's nightspots ordered to close for Ramadan	1 00:00 .com [11135]
D. C. Muslim activist sentenced to 23 years	2 00:00 2b [11136]
Germany Nabs Suspected al-Qaida Financier	0 [11130]
Bashir charged over Marriott	0 [11129]
Platoon Mutiny Alleged In Iraq	5 00:00 Jame Retief [11129]
Capt. Hook to face charges in Britain	7 00:00 .com [11131]
13YO Beslan survivor wouldn't abandon 8YO sister	4 00:00 Mike [11130]
U.S. Probes if GIs Refused Iraq Mission	9 00:00 JP [11133]
Syria Shells Iraq	6 00:00 Old Fogey [11130]
Police link discovered bombs to terrorists	1 00:00 Quarterdeck [11131]
Bashir faces death penalty	1 00:00 Frank G [11130]
Jundallah member jugged	0 [11127]
Fox reports:Fallujah	2 00:00 smokeysinse [11128]
U.S. Forces Arrest Chief Falluja Negotiator	5 00:00 Shipman [11133]
Marines begin raids on Fallujah	16 00:00 lex [11130]
Five terrorists, civilian killed in overnight IAF Gaza raids	6 00:00 borgboy [11126]
Jihad Bombers kill 10 in Baghdad 'safe' zone	3 00:00 Dave [11132]
Doctor: Iraqi May Have Been Fatally Wounded	6 00:00 BH [11132]
Suspected N.Koreans enter S.Korean China mission	5 00:00 Shipman [11127]
$30M Of Smack Seized From Sadr	11 00:00 Mark Espinola [11130]
Thai troops fight terror pillion-style	1 00:00 .com [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
KRS-One sez America needs to die	10 00:00 tu3031 [11126]
The making of the terror myth	10 00:00 phil_b [11134]
Iran Wants Guarantee of No 'Regime Change'-Diplomats (lol)	4 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11135]
Russia, Iran finish up nuclear plant (Thanks a lot, Putin!)	3 00:00 Anonymous6361 [11131]
Poland Re-Ups for Bush	0 [11124]
90,000 Muslims attend Ramadan prayers on Temple Mt.	3 00:00 Not the Mossad [11131]
Russia, Iran finish up nuclear plant	0 [11126]
Saddam bankrolled Palestinian terrorists	1 00:00 Shipman [11133]
Russia calls for return of weapons inspectors to Iraq	13 00:00 Jarhead [11135]
Nuke equipment removed by professionals in Iraq: diplomats	23 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11135]
Kerry's Iran scandal	1 00:00 2b [11129]
PA Minister: Lebanese Refugee Camps Are Worse Than Gaza	9 00:00 Mark Espinola [11129]
Police Fear Temple Mount Disaster	13 00:00 Shipman [11127]
Iran 'in control of terrorism in Israel'	5 00:00 Mark Espinola [11138]
Sam the builder makes inroads into Osama land	9 00:00 Alaska Paul [11138]
Saudis Blame U.S. and Its Role in Iraq for Rise of Terror	13 00:00 Alaska Paul [11129]
Surreal Metaphor From Assad	2 00:00 Bomb-a-rama [11129]
Spain slams US ambassador	18 00:00 Alaska Paul [11134]
Drunk Passenger Picks Wrong Flight to be "Idiot'	5 00:00 BigEd [11132]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Rare photos tell you more about Russian president	4 00:00 JerseyMike [11126]
Interview with Col. Bud Day	4 00:00 RWV [11135]
Flu shot seekers get dose of reality	0 [11134]
Spain justifies calls for new EU line on Cuba	1 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11131]
Energy Costs Hit Family Budgets Hard	3 00:00 Mark Espinola [11130]
CD Tries to Show Shatner's No 'Has Been'	5 00:00 2b [11136]
The NY Sun Notices Guardian Letter Campaign	7 00:00 2b [11133]
Dueling Documentaries: ABC to air documentary on Kerry in Vietnam	0 [11127]
Polish newlyweds paid to procreate	2 00:00 borgboy [11128]
ABC Political Dir. Mark Halperin's Daddy Head of Soros Policy Ctr.	2 00:00 3dc [11127]
Another American Ally Survives LLL Attack	0 [11130]
Butt out Brits, (Clark County) voters say	6 00:00 Frank G [11133]
Cargo haulers struggling to keep up with production increase	0 [11128]
Vandals target GOP signs in York	1 00:00 BigEd [11128]
ABC Nightline Interview Vietcong	5 00:00 Cyber Sarge [11129]
Anything To Get Elected [Krauthammer Bitch-Slaps KEdwards]	1 00:00 BigEd [11132]
Bank teller laughs off armed would-be robber	2 00:00 eLarson [11125]
Deal close in Nazi `gold train' case	0 [11131]
Norway royal bloodline 'British'	6 00:00 mojo [11133]
team america debuts today-movie review with spoilers	11 00:00 Jarhead [11137]
Collapse of Australian democracy turns the refugee tide [Parody. I think.]	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11134]
WTF? Teresa's cure for Arthritis: Gin and White Raisins?	38 00:00 meeps [11125]
Blair hoses down Catholicism talk	1 00:00 Mrs. Davis [11128]
German job goes to lowest bidder	1 00:00 Shipman [11127]
Sex, Politics, Religion, and Egypt	0 [11131]
Would-be Iranian organ donor goes to hospital to commit suicide	1 00:00 The Lord God [11128]
Iran's 'vampire of the desert' faces death penalty after murdering 17 children in brickwork slum	0 [11129]
More on Fraudulent Registrations from the Washington Times	5 00:00 SR71 [11133]
Upgrade for Commando Subs to LCS	2 00:00 Shipman [11128]
Scratch Japan from "Foreign Leaders for Kerry" list	9 00:00 SteveS [11132]
2 New SwiftVet Ads Up	7 00:00 CrazyFool [11130]
Protesters Form Pyramid, Children Scream In Terror	13 00:00 Shipman [11132]
Select few 'can identify liars'	4 00:00 2b [11126]
Possible South Park Episode Where Kenny Converts to Islam	8 00:00 Charles [11129]
Sheesh! Jet crashes in my back yard.	3 00:00 Dar [11128]
Zapatero accused of rejecting religion	22 00:00 OldSpook [11127]
Japan Shaken by Strong Offshore Earthquake	0 [11122]
Taiwan Struck by Magnitude 7 Quake, Worst Since 1999	0 [11133]
Nuke reports are mistaken: Taiwan officials	1 00:00 Shipman [11136]
Tsvangirai to know his fate today	3 00:00 The Lord God [11132]
2004 Election: Voter Fraud Roundup	2 00:00 Shipman [11126]
News from Clark County Ohio	28 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11128]
Kerry Insults Italian Military	25 00:00 jackal [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
Blogs: much ado about very little	5 00:00 Liberalhawk [11130]
A clash of meanings (Post Modernism Interpretation)	1 00:00 Anonymous6361 [11127]
Politicize This!	8 00:00 Charles [11132]
P.J. O'Rourke: Putting Words in the President's Mouth	5 00:00 phil_b [11134]
VDH: The Therapeutic Choice	6 00:00 .com [11127]
Steyn: The Man in the Muddle	8 00:00 ed [11134]
WSJ: The Myth of 'Squandered Sympathy'	9 00:00 jules 2 [11132]

India-Pakistan

cuple force to become siblings

A happily married couple in Haryana has been told to regard each other as brother and sister by a council of similar caste villages which decreed their marriage was unacceptable on social grounds. In Sunday's bizarre ruling in Asanda, Jhajjar, near Delhi, a Rathee khap panchayat ordered Rampal and Sonia, who is three-months pregnant, to terminate their marriage of one-and-a-half years. The panchayat, comprising elders from three villages, said there was "bhaichara" (brotherhood) between members of Rampal's gotra Dahiya (a sub-caste in the Jat community) and Sonia's Rathee gotra. The unwritten social code in the state forbids them from marrying each other, the elders ruled. The "sin" could be undone only if they accepted each other as siblings. That Sonia was happily married to Rampal and was even carrying his child had no effect on the elders, who said they delayed the decision because of "confusion" over Sonia's gotra.

[Channeling Fred]: Ohfergawdsake.

            Posted by: muck4doo  ||
            10/15/2004            20:32   ||
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#1 Get a second opinion. Or a fourth village.

                Posted by: mojo    ||
                10/15/2004 0:35                Comments ||
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#2 no get an axe and go looking for these elders.

                Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom    ||
                10/15/2004 1:04                Comments ||
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#3 Why not two tickets to some place on the globe that don't play those games? I can think of a handful of countries just off the top of my head, where village elders don't go interfering like this, busting up families over 'caste' issues.

                Posted by: Ben    ||
                10/15/2004 5:29                Comments ||
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#4 What is it? One of the village elders has the "hots" for the girl?

                Posted by: BigEd    ||
                10/15/2004 12:48                Comments ||
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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2004-10-15
Alamoudi gets 23 years

Thu 2004-10-14
Caliph of Cologne Charged With Treason

Wed 2004-10-13
Soddies bang three Bad Guyz

Tue 2004-10-12
Caliph of Cologne extradited to Turkey

Mon 2004-10-11
Security HQ and militiamen attacked in NW Iran

Sun 2004-10-10
Libya Arrests 17 Alleged al-Qaida Members

Sat 2004-10-09
Afghanistan: Boom-free election

Fri 2004-10-08
al-Qaeda behind Taba booms

Thu 2004-10-07
39 Sunnis toes up in Multan festivities

Wed 2004-10-06
Boom misses Masood's brother

Tue 2004-10-05
Sadr City targeted by US forces

Mon 2004-10-04
ETA head snagged in La Belle France

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Arafat calls on world to end Israeli campaign in Gaza

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109 Terrs Killed in Samarra Offensive

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