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Twenty killed, 239 wounded in Sadr City clashes in 24 hrs
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
24 terrorists killed in Baghdad	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11126]
Areas of Baghdad fall to militias as Iraqi Army falters in Basra	8 00:00 Snakes Flearong1859 [11126]
Seven killed in attack on Pakistani ambulance	0 [11125]
ISF Chases Hillah Guerillas Into Mosque	14 00:00 Pappy [11125]
Good morning	2 00:00 Mike [11125]
Sindh, Punjab Police search for 'explosive' trucks	0 [11125]
Bridge blown up in Swat	0 [11125]
Abu kidnap suspect arrested	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [11127]
Two Sri Lanka police killed escorting Japanese	0 [11125]
Comorian rebel leader in Mayotte-govt official	0 [11127]
Somali Islamists seize key town of Jowhar	2 00:00 Pappy [11128]
Battles in Iraq's Basra as government cracks down	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11123]
Taliban-led insurgency leaves 3 dozen dead, injured	0 [11125]
Canada court to hear Guantanamo detainee's case	6 00:00 swksvolFF [11125]
Indonesia prosecutor seeks life imprisonment for alleged terror leaders	0 [11126]
Qari Saifullah released. detained	0 [11125]
Pak-Afghan bus hijacked: Elders negotiate hostages' release	0 [11126]
MNF arrests leader accused of smuggling weapons from Iran	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Armed groups in Basra begin handing in weapons	3 00:00 sinse [11125]
Sadr City braces for fresh street battles	2 00:00 M. Murcek [11123]
US gunships kill 30 Iraqi militants in Babylon	11 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
Twenty killed, 239 wounded in Sadr City clashes in 24 hrs	5 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11128]
Armed clashes resume in Sadr City	0 [11123]
Car bomb in Afghan market kills 8	0 [11123]
Page 2: WoT Background
Link to Geert Wilders' "Fitna"	6 00:00 www [11128]
Jim McDermott's Wiki War	0 [11123]
How Britain's plan to pacify south was hijacked	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11125]
After A Nuclear 9/11	7 00:00 Skidmark [11124]
Colombia says it found uranium linked to FARC	3 00:00 Alaska Paul [11128]
Customs intercept fibreglass knives	8 00:00 Alaska Paul [11125]
Taliban foot soldiers deeply ignorant of ~~Canada~~ the world	28 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Afghanistan: Army Reaches 70,000 Mark, As Taliban Vows New Offensive	10 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11126]
McCain Asserts Iraq Withdrawal Could Mean Civil War	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
McCain Backs `League of Democracies' to Defend Values	5 00:00 mhw [11125]
Syria defiant on Lebanon despite Arab summit	0 [11126]
Janjaweed leader says he got his orders from Khartoum	0 [11125]
Olmert threatens "painful" measures against Hamas	3 00:00 RD [11124]
Cell phone shutdown angers Afghans	17 00:00 Afgan Billy [11125]
MNF accuse Iran of supporting gunmen in Basra city	2 00:00 mhw [11125]
Fatah says Hamas must cede Gaza before talks	0 [11125]
Pakistain's brutal beneficiaries betray their refuge	6 00:00 RD [11127]
Egypt to send legal affairs minister to Arab summit	0 [11126]
Really, really dreaded spring offensive on the way this time. Really.	3 00:00 sinse [11124]
Fighting may soon affect Iraq oilfield work	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [11126]
Saddam paid for Congresscritter visit in run up to war	9 00:00 Redneck Jim [11131]
Officials: Hezbollah Smuggles Drugs Into Israel	0 [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Russia to US: Scrap Missile Defense	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11123]
MoveOn Responds to the Clinton Donor Letter	7 00:00 Mike [11127]
"My gift is my song and this one's for you" -- Elton John to do fundraiser for Hillary	4 00:00 swksvolFF [11125]
Another governor gone bad	5 00:00 swksvolFF [11132]
Clinton donors "warn" Dem leaders	11 00:00 rjschwarz [11123]
Chelsea Clinton Bristles at Lewinsky Question	28 00:00 RD [11126]
Pledged delegates up for grabs, Clinton says	7 00:00 Pappy [11124]
B.O. camp: Clinton trying to 'distract attention'	4 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
McCain outlines his foreign policy goals in L.A. speech	14 00:00 Broadhead6 [11127]
Lebanon bans cartoon Persepolis	0 [11125]
EU offers platform to Dalai Lama	0 [11125]
Brown: forget plane, HRH must fly commercial in the future	2 00:00 USN, Ret. [11126]
Tibet crackdown leave 135 dead, 1,000 injured	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [11125]
UK marriages at lowest rate in 144 yrs of recordkeeping	8 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11129]
Page 4: Opinion
Hollynoid - Hollyweird's Return of the Paranoid Style	6 00:00 swksvolFF [11128]
The Messiah and The Promised Land	1 00:00 AlanC [11128]
Jinnah's New Republic	0 [11126]
The Democratic Party's "campaign-worker body-count"	2 00:00 eltoroverde [11128]
VDH: the speech Obama should have given	1 00:00 Broadhead6 [11127]
Punishing Hamas has backfired	9 00:00 Bulldog [11125]
The Anti-Churchill	4 00:00 rjschwarz [11125]
Roger Cohen: Imaginary snipers, real challenges	5 00:00 Pancho Elmeck8414 [11129]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
British car firms welcome Tata takeover of Jaguar and Land Rover	0 [11125]
Plane hits jackal at Bangalore airport	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11123]
Eight healthy reasons to drink beer	1 00:00 Glenmore [11124]
World's oldest recording of sound (1860) played back	0 [11124]
The most entertaining trial transcript ever	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11124]
Freeze!	3 00:00 Scooter McGruder [11124]
Indiana Booksellers Must Pay Fee And Register With The State	3 00:00 Old Patriot [11126]
Herb Peterson, inventor of the Egg McMuffin	7 00:00 Hawungraaay [11128]
Video: Create a beer tax, Get banned from all Pubs!	1 00:00 Procopius2k [11125]
Richard Widmark	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Interstate Closed due to Multiple Shootings	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11126]
More Ho's for client #9	22 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11126]
L.A. Firefighter Killed in Manhole Explosion Near LAX	5 00:00 Frank G [11127]
Principal Stops Veterans' talk- Including Medal of Honor Nominee	6 00:00 Redneck Jim [11124]
Memorial to slain soldier is vandalized	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11125]
9-year-old married to landlord's son in 'vani'	1 00:00 Vanc [11125]
The moon is out in Yonkers	0 [11126]
Pastor admits stealing IDs from flock	1 00:00 Broadhead6 [11126]
UK schools must take quota of problem kids	8 00:00 Darrell [11128]

    
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Who's in the News
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9	Mahdi Army
6	Taliban
3	Hamas
2	Govt of Syria
2	al-Qaeda
1	Islamic Courts
1	Jemaah Islamiyah
1	TNSM
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Global Jihad
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	IRGC

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2008-03-27
Twenty killed, 239 wounded in Sadr City clashes in 24 hrs

Wed 2008-03-26
Maliki overseeing Basra operation

Tue 2008-03-25
Tater urges 'civil revolt' as battles erupt in Basra

Mon 2008-03-24
Ayman urges attacks on Israel, U.S.

Sun 2008-03-23
Rocket, mortar strikes on Baghdad Green Zone

Sat 2008-03-22
Fatah, Jund al-Sham fight it out in Ein el-Hellhole

Fri 2008-03-21
Iraqi troops clash with Shiite hard boyz

Thu 2008-03-20
Binny accuses Pope of leading a crusade

Wed 2008-03-19
US Marines start deploying in southern Afghanistan

Tue 2008-03-18
Pak parliament sworn in

Mon 2008-03-17
37 killed, over 50 hurt in Karbala kaboom

Sun 2008-03-16
Drone missiles kill 20 in S. Wazoo

Sat 2008-03-15
Hamas sez they hit Israeli heli

Fri 2008-03-14
Coalition strike on Haqqani compound

Thu 2008-03-13
Jordan frees al-Maqdessi

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