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Pak Talibs agree to release abducted soldiers?
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iran threatens missile attacks on US targets	13 00:00 newc [11139]
Dutch Honor American Hero	1 00:00 Richard Aubrey [11135]
Greenspan: Ouster Of Saddam Crucial For Oil Security but not Bush war motive	8 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11132]
Michael Yon: Hunting Al-Qaida, Part 2 of 3	5 00:00 Pappy [11130]
Blackwater license being revoked in Iraq	14 00:00 ed [11132]
Philippine officials: terrorists may be using kites	12 00:00 ed [11128]
Iraqi security adviser expects U.S. combat role to decline	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11131]
Official: Militants loyal to al Qaeda attack Shiite villages	0 [11124]
Canadian Lutheran Arrest Linked to Austrian Terror Suspects	7 00:00 Canuckistan sniper [11126]
Good morning.	6 00:00 hiutopor [11132]
Key al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist captured	1 00:00 MB [11129]
Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces detain two key extremist militant leaders	0 [11132]
Eight terrorists killed, seven suspects detained	0 [11129]
Premature explodulation as Iraqi Army thwarts suicide bomber	0 [11131]
Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces in Diwaniyah Engage Extremist Insurgents, Kill Two	0 [11125]
Insurgent rocket attack kills 2 eastern Baghdad residents, wounds 2 others	0 [11128]
Palestinian gunmen open fire at troops at Nablus checkpoint	0 [11129]
Turkish Troops kill 1 Kurdish rebel, capture 2 others injured	0 [11133]
IDF prevents terrorist from infiltrating Shavei Shomron in the West Bank	0 [11130]
Iranian weapons intercepted in Afghanistan	10 00:00 Crusader [11133]
First time out: Afghan commandos capture Taliban operative	2 00:00 Glenmore [11130]
Four shops destroyed in Swat	2 00:00 Old Patriot [11127]
3 security personnel injured, 2 Taliban killed in gunbattle	0 [11129]
Government troops ambushed in south Mog	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [11128]
Somalia: 2 top army officials slain	0 [11132]
Page 2: WoT Background
The Overlawyered War	4 00:00 ed [11134]
Fewer Foreigners Crossing Into Iraq From Syria to Fight	5 00:00 RWV [11132]
Framing the War on Terror	1 00:00 ed [11142]
Meanwhile, in Bizarro world...	7 00:00 Don Corleone [11128]
Norway: Taxi drivers linked to Pakistani gangs	5 00:00 ed [11136]
Iran: Access to Google blocked	1 00:00 Excalibur [11127]
Three US companies helping Islamic Jihad	0 [11127]
Israel fears terror attack at sea	3 00:00 gromgoru [11129]
Terror must be normal part of life: al-Qaeda	11 00:00 rjschwarz [11125]
US Quietly Promulgates New Anti-Nuclear Proliferation Pact	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
US to give Jordan $78 million to combat terrorism, take in refugees	6 00:00 gromgoru [11130]
Egypt bans Muslim Brotherhood's annual Ramadan event	1 00:00 Duh [11126]
Insurgent spokesman says Iraq is currently occupied by Iran and US	4 00:00 JohnQC [11127]
IDF demands uncut al-Dura tape	10 00:00 ryuge [11130]
Hariri: If you want dialogue, don't just say it, do it	0 [11126]
Aoun is the only presidential candidate of pro-Syrian opposition	0 [11128]
Lebanon releases picture of Fatah al-Islam spokesman	3 00:00 Besoeker [11127]
Sadr group says no plans to unseat Maliki	3 00:00 smn [11125]
Qaeda taking over regional groups: report	1 00:00 trailing wife [11129]
Swedish media rallies around cartoonist	10 00:00 smn [11132]
'Zawahiri replaces Bin Laden as Al Qaeda chief'	10 00:00 smn [11130]
Second targeted Karachi lawyer dies in hospital	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [11127]
Pak Talibs agree to release abducted soldiers?	2 00:00 Zenster [11134]
Gates rejects Greenspan's claim war is about oil, effectively calling him senile, Troofer moron	5 00:00 Jack is Back! [11127]
World should 'prepare for the worst' over Iran: France	15 00:00 trailing wife [11126]
Gates Urges Veto of Troop-Rest Measure	15 00:00 ed [11133]
Bush: More U.S. Troops in Support Roles	3 00:00 Procopius2k [11130]
Page 3: Non-WoT
UK guarantees all of Northern Rock bank's deposits	0 [11129]
Hugo threatens private schools	4 00:00 DMFD [11129]
US officials deny visas for British pop stars	0 [11127]
Russian Fuel Ready for Iran	1 00:00 mojo [11125]
Saudi Arabia: Women demand right to drive	9 00:00 trailing wife [11126]
Iran 'slams' French nuclear war warning	5 00:00 Anonymoose [11129]
Clinton to offer health care plan - some details	8 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11124]
Bush to nominate retired federal judge Michael Mukasey as new A-G	2 00:00 RWV [11125]
German cardinal sparks fury with 'Nazi art term'	9 00:00 SR-71 [11140]
Jamaat-e-Islami leader joins PPP-S	1 00:00 tu3031 [11127]
Nawaz meets Saudi king	1 00:00 Paul [11124]
Africa Floods Bring Death, Devastation	9 00:00 jds [11131]
Greek Conservatives Head for Victory	9 00:00 E Brown [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
New details (and lingering questions) on that Israeli raid in Syria	1 00:00 Rob Crawford [11132]
Judge Mukasey writes on the Patriot Act	1 00:00 Bobby [11128]
Over 9,000 Served - Served Up, that is	1 00:00 Glenmore [11126]
Rod Dreher: What the Muslim Brotherhood means for the U.S. (good read)	1 00:00 Zenster [11126]
Don't look for either party to have a brokered convention next year.	1 00:00 Anonymoose [11128]
Where is American Muslims Self-Criticism?	3 00:00 Zenster [11134]
Escalation in the Positions of Iranian President Ahmadinejad	0 [11128]
More crushing of dissent on the "~~nut~~ netroots" Left	3 00:00 tu3031 [11131]
Israeli Overflight Mystery Deepens	7 00:00 SteveS [11131]
Defeat Made in Washington	3 00:00 Glenmore [11124]
Mark Steyn: Looking for love in all the wrong places	10 00:00 Zenster [11128]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Britney Hired a Hit Man to Kill Cletus	2 00:00 tu3031 [11128]
Police Officer Shot...."COPS" is it by a Muslim?	9 00:00 Clavitch Hapsburg2795 [11131]
Hsu Cast Wide Net For Clinton Donors	1 00:00 tu3031 [11127]
WaPo Explains Opus Ban	14 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11124]
Terror in Sai Kung park. Not just another snake and dog story.	0 [11126]
Ancient records help test climate change	6 00:00 ed [11133]
OJ Simpson arrested in Las Vegas robbery	10 00:00 smn [11127]
Chicago cabbies being ticketed while they pray	25 00:00 KBK [11137]
Pensacola NAS OCS to close	3 00:00 Pappy [11130]

    
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Who's in the News
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9	Iraqi Insurgency
4	Global Jihad
4	al-Qaeda
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Iran
3	PLO
2	Islamic Courts
2	Hezbollah
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Mahdi Army
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Islamic Army in Iraq

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2007-09-17
Pak Talibs agree to release abducted soldiers?

Sun 2007-09-16
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Sat 2007-09-15
Sudan offers truce in Darfur

Fri 2007-09-14
Majority OKs Berri's initiative to resolve Lebanon crisis

Thu 2007-09-13
Pakistan 115th most peaceful country

Wed 2007-09-12
Suicide bomber kills 16 in Pakistan

Tue 2007-09-11
Six Years: Never forgive, never forget, never "understand"!

Mon 2007-09-10
Petraeus reports

Sun 2007-09-09
Germans hunt 49 in 'Fritz the Taliban' terror plot

Sat 2007-09-08
Binny: "Convert or die, infidels!"

Fri 2007-09-07
Tarzan Dogmush murdered

Thu 2007-09-06
Germany foils massive terrorist campaign

Wed 2007-09-05
Bomb blasts kill 25 in Rawalpindi cantonment

Tue 2007-09-04
Danish police arrest 8 in terror plot

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Afghans bang 120 resurgent Talibs

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