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Talibs destroy bridges in preparation for Arghandab battle
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Abu Qatada: Terror chief "U" next to be released on bail	0 [11125]
Afghanistan: Taliban fighters prepare for fresh assault	0 [11127]
Captured, 3,012 rifles, 449 EFPs & IEDs, 1,268 mortar rounds, 606 RPGs	8 00:00 JohnQC [11137]
Dozens die as battle rages in Afghanistan	3 00:00 liberalhawk [11130]
ISOF Grabs Special Groupie Leader	1 00:00 trailing wife [11129]
Taliban capture US helicopter parts	18 00:00 JohnQC [11131]
Canadian police detonate explosives found on railroad tracks	6 00:00 Jineng Grundy1527 [11126]
Good morning	2 00:00 tu3031 [11130]
Vehicle laden with Iranian-made bombs seized in Wassit	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Police forces arrest a kidnapper, border guard in Karbala	0 [11124]
Gunman captured south of Kirkuk	0 [11123]
8 wanted people arrested, drugs seized in Basra	0 [11129]
4 Huji cadres jailed for 20yrs for keeping explosives	0 [11129]
Local Taliban commander's house blown up	2 00:00 liberalhawk [11125]
Four gunned down in Hangu shootout	0 [11127]
Taliban warn women to wear burqas in Kohat	5 00:00 RD [11127]
14 terror suspects arrested, explosives seized	0 [11126]
'Six bombers arrested during long march'	0 [11130]
Potential suicide bomber given 'safe exit'	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11127]
Talibs destroy bridges in Afghanistan	0 [11132]
Residents flee as Taliban brace for Afghan offensive	9 00:00 RD [11132]
Fresh Sectarian Clashes Erupt in Leb's Bekaa Valley	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11130]
Car boom at Baghdad market kills 51	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11124]
Britain's 'lyrical terrorist' wins court appeal	4 00:00 swksvolFF [11128]
Yemen busts al-Qaeda cell plotting attacks on foreign interests	0 [11126]
Suspect was in 'al-Qaeda' video	0 [11126]
LeT operative got Rs 10K from Pak to buy SIM cards	0 [11130]
Israel-Hamas truce announced	1 00:00 liberalhawk [11127]
Three dead as rival gunmen clash in Bekaa villages	0 [11133]
Iraqi fighters surrender in Maysan	1 00:00 liberalhawk [11130]
British paras sent to hunt down escaped Taliban prisoners	10 00:00 JohnQC [11126]
Eight arrested for spying on behalf of Iran	0 [11126]
Page 2: WoT Background
Kurdish and Iraqi forces squable over Kirkuk oil field	0 [11128]
Army force beats, insults 15 journalists in Baghdad, AAAAHHH!	4 00:00 RD [11126]
SOCOM over Denver	15 00:00 Frank G [11127]
"Condoleezza Rice Is A Black Scorpion With A Cobra's Head" : Hamas MoC	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
Air Force to increase use of flying drones	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Former detainees suffer trauma from U.S. custody - AAAAAAHHH!	5 00:00 Old Patriot [11126]
Anti-War "Activist" in Court, Accused of Spying for Saddam Hussein	0 [11126]
Customs Minister Wants to Ban Import of Neckties	4 00:00 tu3031 [11128]
Saudis 'expect worst' from al-Qaeda's evolving tactics	6 00:00 JohnQC [11131]
Italian police arrest 28 Tamils on terror charges	0 [11124]
Der Spiegel: Intelligence Agencies Undermine Nuclear Smuggling Trial	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
asia times audio: Plans afoot to kill Bush and Karzai	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11125]
Bout, Monzer, DEA & FARC	6 00:00 Bangkok Billy [11129]
Iran urges France to hand over fugitive ex-president	0 [11125]
Khadr defence team forced to cram before facing new judge	1 00:00 Supreme Court [11126]
Taliban sever contact with NWFP govt over slow peace deal progress	1 00:00 3dc [11127]
Iran's Ahmadinejad says oil price artificial	3 00:00 AzCat [11127]
Israeli sources: Deal with Hezbollah likely next week	0 [11128]
Israeli-Hamas Truce Set to Begin Thursday	5 00:00 tu3031 [11125]
Chad Rebels Move; Government Accuses Sudan and Peacekeepers	0 [11125]
Yemen expelled 16,000 foreign al-Qaeda suspects: vice president	1 00:00 phil_b [11126]
Taliban vows to fight US-led NATO forces with renewed zeal	4 00:00 Maggie Crans7788 [11126]
Gaza militants back Israel-Hamas truce - Warty Nose	0 [11127]
Iraqi government prohibits dealing with the Iranian MKO	0 [11126]
UK judge releases Abu Qatada from jail	2 00:00 Frank G [11127]
Yet another UK leak	3 00:00 crosspatch [11125]
Syria lacks skills, fuel for nuclear facility: IAEA	4 00:00 swksvolFF [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
AP to negotiate with non-existent 'Media Bloggers Association' - Nobody's Buying It	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11126]
Hillary wasn't lying about Snipers Video Evidence	0 [11129]
Obamas National Security Whos Who of Incompetance	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Dupe entry: Gores personal electricity consumption up 10%,	3 00:00 AzCat [11125]
Score tied: EADS 1, BOEING 1 USAF is in penalty box	5 00:00 OldSpook [11129]
Muslims barred from picture at Obama event	3 00:00 Besoeker [11131]
Royal Bank of Scotland issues global stock and credit crash alert	11 00:00 Procopius2k [11127]
Obama's Plans for Your New Taxes	11 00:00 Deacon Blues [11127]
Small Wars Journal: France's Livre Blanc	1 00:00 phil_b [11125]
Japan appoints first space development minister: officials	3 00:00 Frank G [11129]
Australia mulls more Zimbabwe sanctions if Mugabe wins	2 00:00 Besoeker [11130]
Senior United Nations Official Meets Zim Bob	2 00:00 Spot [11126]
McCain wants to lift ban on offshore drilling	17 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Amy Has Further Tests After Fainting	17 00:00 RD [11126]
Columbian warlord pleads guilty to drug smuggling	0 [11126]
Cuba to abandon wage equality	7 00:00 Abu Uluque [11127]
Page 4: Opinion
Gift For Your Favorite Moonbat	0 [11128]
Australian Crackpot Says MMGW Causes Earthquakes	2 00:00 crazyhorse [11129]
Asia Times: The murder of US manufacturing	2 00:00 Frank G [11127]
Thank you Justice Kennedy	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
The Taliban's most effective weapon: the press release	2 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11123]
Democracy in Decline	18 00:00 Nimble Spemble [11124]
SMART POWER Exaggerating America's decline	5 00:00 Biff Wellington [11131]
Cyprus: The Time Has Come By Antonia Dimou Athens, Greece	0 [11125]
'Once Upon a Country': An Interview With Sari Nusseibeh	1 00:00 GorbsDawg [11127]
Bush made the world a safer place	2 00:00 Nero Thomose7193 [11129]
America: dubious ally or outright enemy?	7 00:00 rammer [11125]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Famed Hummel figurines get the axe	4 00:00 Procopius2k [11130]
Rotten Tomatoes Caused by Climate Change?	11 00:00 crazyhorse [11131]
Today's Idiot & Darwin Candidate	6 00:00 USN, Ret. [11126]
Real ID Dead In Arizona	9 00:00 Frank G [11127]
Today in History: Waterloo, 1815	4 00:00 OldSpook [11125]
Skyscrapers Fluorish With Petro-Cash	6 00:00 trailing wife [11123]
Eco-Follies: Iceland cops shoot polar bear that tries to eat journalists	17 00:00 wxjames [11127]
we come from space dust?	2 00:00 Anonymoose [11123]
Rockwell Collins Controls And Lands Wing-Damaged UAV	8 00:00 3dc [11126]
3 people arrested for breaking into priest's house	1 00:00 OldSpook [11126]
Village re-elects dead mayor	8 00:00 Rambler in California [11125]

    
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                        23:31 rammer

                        23:29 crazyhorse

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                        23:10 Nero Thomose7193

                        23:05 Old Patriot

                        22:53 JohnQC

                        22:48 JohnQC

                        22:38 Frank G

                        22:36 JohnQC

                        22:35 Frank G

                        22:28 JohnQC

                        22:23 Abdominal Snowman

                        22:18 RD

                        22:15 Biff Wellington

                        22:00 Procopius2k

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                        21:54 OldSpook

                        21:44 JohnQC

                        21:44 Nimble Spemble

                        21:40 OldSpook

                        21:38 AlmostAnonymous5839

                        21:10 Besoeker

                        21:05 Besoeker

Who's in the News
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12	Taliban
3	Hamas
2	al-Qaeda in Yemen
2	Hezbollah
2	Iraqi Insurgency
2	al-Qaeda in Britain
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	HUJI
1	Mahdi Army
1	IRGC
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Ansar as-Sunnah

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2008-06-18
Talibs destroy bridges in preparation for Arghandab battle

Tue 2008-06-17
Muntaz Dogmush deader than a rock

Mon 2008-06-16
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Sun 2008-06-15
Karzai threatens to send troops across Pak border

Sat 2008-06-14
Hamas: Enormous kaboom in Beit Lahiya preparation for quality attack

Fri 2008-06-13
Talibs Attack Kandahar Kalaboose With Car Boom, Free Inmates

Thu 2008-06-12
Pakistain, US differ over border airstrike

Wed 2008-06-11
Somali Islamist head rejects UN-sponsored pact

Tue 2008-06-10
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Mon 2008-06-09
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Sun 2008-06-08
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Sat 2008-06-07
U.S. court upholds Qaeda conviction in Bush murder plot

Fri 2008-06-06
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