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Holder to Appoint Special Prosecutor to Probe Terror Suspect Interrogations
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Holder to Appoint Special Prosecutor to Probe Terror Suspect Interrogations	3 00:00 whitecollar redneck [11133]
Night time attack - Taliweenie roast	0 [11130]
Headcam records Mountain Firefight	0 [11129]
Two Estonians killed in Afghanistan attack	1 00:00 trailing wife in Buffalo [11139]
General Petraeus to open intel training center at CENTCOM	14 00:00 badanov [11129]
Good morning	4 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [11127]
Three killed in suicide blast in Peshawar	0 [11130]
Violent start to Ramzan as four infiltrators killed in Kashmir	6 00:00 Hellfish [11130]
Panjgoor police foils terror bid: officials	0 [11123]
Tribal elder killed in ambush: officials	0 [11127]
Seven suspects along with suicide jackets arrested in Karachi	1 00:00 Frank G [11130]
Six cops killed in northern Afghanistan	0 [11125]
40 held, 12 surrender in Swat	0 [11127]
Egyptians who Overpowered Pirates Return Home	0 [11126]
Baghdad governor: Sunni MPs may be arrested for bombing	0 [11129]
15 pirates hurt in Sundarbans gunfight	0 [11131]
Taliban to choose chief in five days: Wali	1 00:00 anymouse [11129]
Over 100 rebels killed in Yemen	0 [11127]
Mehsud's father-in-law rubbed out by Taliban: Malik	5 00:00 Shesing Brown5960 [11130]
Page 2: WoT Background
Profile: Zulfiqar Mehsud . A BBC love story	0 [11129]
Teenage inmate leaves Guantanamo	0 [11130]
White House Sets Up Interrogation Unit Directly Under NSC	21 00:00 JosephMendiola [11138]
Justice Dept. Report: Reopen CIA Black and Decker Cases	7 00:00 newc [11129]
Hamas woos Gaza kids from UN camps	0 [11129]
Election Commission to Announce Preliminary Results in two Weeks (Video)	0 [11125]
Iran blames US, Israel for Iraq insecurity	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Iran allocates $20m to expose US 'rights violations'	5 00:00 anonymous5089 [11128]
No suicide bombers in Islamabad: Rehman Malik	0 [11128]
Researcher says he believes Swedish paper's organ report	4 00:00 rhodesiafever [11128]
Israel: New anti-missile defense system set for installation	1 00:00 Anonymoose [11128]
Fatah to free 200 Hamas prisoners for Ramadan	0 [11125]
Hezbollah members allege torture in Egypt jail	1 00:00 trailing wife in Buffalo [11131]
Afghan rivals accuse govt of rigging election	3 00:00 Mitch H. [11131]
'Merkel remarks part of psycho-war against Iran'	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11126]
In Iran, 90 people owe $8 billion to banks	1 00:00 rhodesiafever [11129]
Iraq war 'US campaign for oil'	11 00:00 Procopius2k [11135]
Govt takes on terror socially, politically	1 00:00 Excalibur [11125]
Govt seeks scrapping of 2 Huji mens bail	0 [11127]
Iran raps Argentina for meddling in internal affairs	0 [11125]
Lee Meets N.Korean Delegation	0 [11127]
Mullah Omer, Taliban council not in Balochistan	0 [11129]
Hakeemullah annnounced new leader - doubts linger	0 [11126]
Kim Jong Il, in message to S. Korea president, hopes for better ties	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11125]
Point. Click. Kill: Inside The Air Force's Frantic Unmanned Reinvention	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Newspaper admits no proof of organ theft	12 00:00 tipper [11136]
Page 3: Non-WoT
French 007 tells of great escape from Dubai wearing a wetsuit under a burka	6 00:00 49 Pan [11131]
Child molester stabbed to death in home invasion	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11131]
Saudi king orders release of 17 political prisoners	0 [11126]
Israel hits back over Swedish organ harvesting article	5 00:00 tipper [11128]
Malaysia frees woman scheduled for caning	1 00:00 Zhang Fei [11126]
Oddity - Vietnam Tourism	7 00:00 bman [11128]
Israel to sell Spyder missiles to India	0 [11130]
Honduras confines Venezuelan, Argentine diplomats to embasssies	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Lieberman to Alec Baldwin: 'Make my day'	3 00:00 SteveS [11128]
Honduras high court threatens Zelaya with arrest	1 00:00 Kim Jong Il [11126]
Page 4: Opinion
AQ Khan caught plagiarising for his column	3 00:00 trailing wife in Buffalo [11132]
The High Cost of Liberalism - Taxes too high? You ain't seen nothing yet.	0 [11129]
The intolerance of self-avowed liberals is on display	1 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11127]
Obama's Plan to Desecrate 9/11	3 00:00 HammerHead [11142]
Obama Overexposure	6 00:00 Sgt. Mom [11127]
Journalists Impotent in Health Care Debate	8 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11126]
The Battle for Yemens Unity	0 [11129]
Page 6: Politix
Leave our vending machines alone!	0 [11128]
Climate bill would outsource U.S. refining, energy security	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11134]
Even Panetta's proboscis can't stand left wing stench at WH	8 00:00 SteveS [11133]
Fidel Back From the Dead	4 00:00 Procopius2k [11128]
Pro-Gun Control State Senator Guns Down Armed Robber	9 00:00 Betty Whoger9126 [11125]
Obama island's Brazilian 'engine'	8 00:00 donk [11128]
Democrats' Colorado gold rush turns into a bust	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11129]
Peeved Obama Trumps Paterson's Race Card	1 00:00 tipper [11127]
End-of-life guidebook wreaks havoc in US	3 00:00 mom [11127]
New Mexico Roiled By Fresh Graft Case .	6 00:00 Procopius2k [11126]
The American Debate: Bashing Bush may not work this time	0 [11126]
Why the Post Office will never make money (and a lesson for health insurance)	0 [11126]
Gov. Paterson blindsided by S.I. Sen. Diane Savino: Lack of vision not race the issue	5 00:00 Zhang Fei [11126]
ACORN Ex-Official To Testify Against ACORN	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11126]
Reid Trails GOP Challenger By Double Digits in New Poll	7 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11129]
Hacks flock when Teddy calls	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [11132]

    
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                        23:30 JosephMendiola

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                        23:14 49 Pan

                        23:10 JosephMendiola

                        23:07 trailing wife in Buffalo

                        23:05 JosephMendiola

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                        22:57 JosephMendiola

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                        22:48 HammerHead

                        22:48 JosephMendiola

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                        22:46 texhooey

                        22:36 badanov

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                        22:11 Frank G

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3	Taliban
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	HUJI
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Pirates
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Hamas
1	Hezbollah

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2009-08-24
Holder to Appoint Special Prosecutor to Probe Terror Suspect Interrogations

Sun 2009-08-23
Hakimullah Mehsud appointed Baitullah's successor

Sat 2009-08-22
Karzai, Abdullah declare victory in Afghan vote

Fri 2009-08-21
Lockerbie bomber home in Libya amid US anger

Thu 2009-08-20
Maulvi Faqir claims TTP leadership, Muslim Khan replaces Omer

Wed 2009-08-19
Khatami, Karroubi join Mousavi's Green movement

Tue 2009-08-18
Maulvi Omar nabbed

Mon 2009-08-17
Maulvi Nazir one with the ages

Sun 2009-08-16
Iran chooses hardliner to head judiciary. Wotta surprise.

Sat 2009-08-15
Eight killed, 80 injured in Hamas, radicals clashes

Fri 2009-08-14
Missing cargo ship found near Cape Verde

Thu 2009-08-13
Seven Pak preachers gunned down in Puntland mosque

Wed 2009-08-12
Georgia Man Guilty In Terrorism Trial

Tue 2009-08-11
Kuwait arrests al-Qaida linked group

Mon 2009-08-10
Tests say Noordin Mohammad Top's not the dead guy

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