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Kaboom misses Iraqi first lady
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Hezbollah training Iraqi fighters: report	0 [11125]
Troops mass as attack on Mosul looms	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Today's Yon: In Iraq, a storm before the calm	10 00:00 Verlaine [11134]
Bombing, arson and sabotage in southern Thailand	0 [11135]
Good morning	9 00:00 Frank G [11131]
IDF halts deliveries at Karni, Nahal Oz	6 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [11126]
TTP institutes two-month 'beard deadline'	1 00:00 gorb [11132]
Militants torch girls' school	1 00:00 Excalibur [11128]
'Pakistan-based Qaeda behind Karzai attack bid'	3 00:00 Pappy [11135]
FC pulls out of Quetta, Gwadar	0 [11129]
Two arrested over Karzai attack	0 [11127]
Iraqi first lady survives bombing	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11134]
Car bomb targeting U.S patrol kills nine Iraqi civilians	2 00:00 sinse [11127]
Gaza militants fire rockets into Israeli border town	2 00:00 Woozle Elmeter 2700 [11125]
Gunmen kill Iraqi woman journalist in Mosul	0 [11128]
Clashes in Sri Lankas north claim 43	1 00:00 sinse [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran: No talks until U.S. stops Iraq attacks	6 00:00 Verlaine [11132]
'No Regrets' -- Bill Ayers stomps on a US flag	22 00:00 tipper [11135]
Basra incidents "turning point" in Iraq's political chessboard, analysts reckon	1 00:00 Anonymoose [11128]
Iraq says no hard evidence of Iran support for militia	3 00:00 Procopius2k [11127]
Troubles continue to plague Gaza Tunnel Authority	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
'Lost' NHS equipment sparks dirty bomb fear	2 00:00 Nimble Spemble [11133]
Feds prepare for disasters, attacks	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11134]
Syrian Threat Needs Attention, Australian Group Says	0 [11130]
State Dept: Terrorists continue to seek WMD	3 00:00 lotp [11125]
Iran vows not to halt its nuclear program despite pressure	1 00:00 Hupoluck Sproing4696 [11136]
Defense focuses on informant in Toledo terror trial	0 [11130]
video: pakistani jihad againsed China! (Memri)	7 00:00 Abu Uluque [11124]
Hezbollah arms stockpile bigger, deadlier	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11129]
U.S. drawing up plans to strike Iranian backed terrs	3 00:00 Pappy [11131]
Khyber Agency jirga warns 'criminals' to mend ways	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [11132]
Some Pakistanis think beardless men are not Muslims	3 00:00 Frank G [11131]
'Troops will stay in Tribal Areas'	0 [11129]
Eritrea: Country Undermined Basis of UN Peacekeeping Mission's Mandate	0 [11131]
EU threatens Muslim food supply	16 00:00 RWV [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Volcano Smog Killing vegetation in Hawaii	5 00:00 Anonymoose [11128]
Ohio Dems tossing scandal-scarred AG under the bus	3 00:00 DMFD [11137]
Cyclone death toll nears 4,000 in Myanmar	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
USS Independence, LCS 2 looks like Imperial Star Destroyer from Star Wars	5 00:00 Anonymoose [11125]
Reading Dreams From My Father	1 00:00 rjschwarz [11127]
Pope Benedict discusses Islam relations with Anglican head	3 00:00 twobyfour [11132]
Sungri claims solar energy for 5c/kwh in 15 months	5 00:00 SteveS [11128]
Barack Obama's Goldmine	1 00:00 Bobby [11128]
Iran's annual inflation rises to 24.2 percent	5 00:00 DarthVader [11133]
Attackers sabotage oil installation in Nigeria	0 [11129]
Ivory Coast rebels start to disarm	0 [11131]
Abkhazia Claims Shootdown of 2 Georgian Spy Drones	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
I can recover after election debacle: Brown	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Health warning in China as fears grow over child virus	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Zimbabwe run-off vote may face year delay	0 [11130]
Tsvangirai To Contest In Run-off (if it ever happens)	0 [11129]
Olmert coalition party splits	1 00:00 Sninert Black9312 [11127]
Obama: Hilde sounds like Dubya on Iran	12 00:00 smn [11131]
Bolivia's richest region votes on autonomy drive	5 00:00 Frank G [11131]
Page 4: Opinion
Video - Robert Spencer discusses uproar over Fitna video - good	0 [11130]
War of the Rockets	1 00:00 Scooter McGruder [11127]
Good read : Democrats Platform for Revolution	0 [11126]
Stephen King Makes John Kerry's Mistake	6 00:00 CrazyFool [11127]
Newsweek - The Fall of America by Fareed Zakaria	4 00:00 Steve White [11129]
Pyongyang moonshine	1 00:00 Steve White [11129]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Lurid Moonbat Fantasy #52: Bush killed Deborah Palfrey! (Democrat Underground video blogger)	0 [11126]
Moonbat Fratricide: Hillary killed racehorse Eight Bells! says PETA	2 00:00 Deacon Blues [11133]
Enviros think differently in Denver	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Ohio AG mixed metaphor alert (humor)	0 [11129]
Greetings from Guantanamo Bay	4 00:00 McZoid [11136]
"Grenade" belt buckle shuts down Tromsø Airport	0 [11127]
Cool photo of erupting Chilean volcano	7 00:00 Mullah Richard [11127]
Today in History: ¡Viva Cinco de Mayo!	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
1981: China Drops 'Jobs For All' Policy	9 00:00 SteveS [11129]
PETA wants Eight Belles jockey suspended after filly's death	15 00:00 Frank G [11133]
Move over Adam Corolla: Illinois man orders custom beer-can coffin	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
Suspect charged in Philadelphia cop killing	4 00:00 xbalanke [11131]
At least 351 killed in Myanmar cyclone	0 [11126]

    
                23:58 tipper

                        23:39 gorb

                        23:34 Anonymoose

                        23:19 CrazyFool

                        23:07 smn

                        22:57 Silentbrick

                        22:55 Verlaine

                        22:52 smn

                        22:51 Verlaine

                        22:48 Frank G

                        22:47 McZoid

                        22:35 McZoid

                        22:13 mojo

                        22:01 JosephMendiola

                        21:57 mojo

                        21:53 JosephMendiola

                        21:52 DMFD

                        21:47 DMFD

                        21:45 JosephMendiola

                        21:40 Deacon Blues

                        21:39 JosephMendiola

                        21:37 RWV

                        21:34 Shieldwolf

                        21:31 RWV

Who's in the News
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3	Taliban
3	Iraqi Insurgency
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hamas
2	al-Qaeda
2	Global Jihad
1	Mahdi Army
1	Govt of Iran
1	Thai Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2008-05-05
Kaboom misses Iraqi first lady

Sun 2008-05-04
24 killed, 26 injured in Iraqi violence

Sat 2008-05-03
Marines chase Talibs through Helmand poppy fields

Fri 2008-05-02
Orcs strike Iraqi wedding convoy, kill at least 35, wound 65

Thu 2008-05-01
Paks deny Karzai murder plot hatched in Pakistain

Wed 2008-04-30
Hamas steals Gaza fuel

Tue 2008-04-29
Pak Talibs quit peace talks

Mon 2008-04-28
U.S. Marines join Brits fighting Taliban in Helmand

Sun 2008-04-27
Karzai survives another assassination attempt

Sat 2008-04-26
Tater loses nerve, tells fighters to observe truce

Fri 2008-04-25
Basra in govt hands

Thu 2008-04-24
Baitullah orders Talibs not to attack Pak forces

Wed 2008-04-23
Petraeus to Head Central Command

Tue 2008-04-22
Paks free Sufi Muhammad

Mon 2008-04-21
Pak government halts operation in Tribal Areas

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