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40 Taliban killed, 14 held in Afghanistan
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
WaPo gives two Islam Apologists some whining post- Teddy Bear incident	9 00:00 newc [8]
Three Wounded in Mortar Attack on IDF Base	0 [3]
Excuse of the Day- Iraqi insurgents regrouping, claims Sunni terrorist leader	2 00:00 Mercutio [5]
Two schools torched in southern Thailand	0 [3]
Blast kills 5 in Pakistani (islamic) school on Afghan border	2 00:00 Pappy [3]
Sri Lanka says 39 rebels, 6 troops killed in clashes	1 00:00 gromky [3]
Good morning.	5 00:00 SteveS [3]
Iron Reaper continues pursuit of al-Qaeda	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
Fatah-allied security forces seize Hamas leader in Jenin	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [3]
Palestinian security forces detain eight Hamas members in West Bank, Hamas says	0 [3]
Fatah members detained in Gaza for hanging Arafat posters, Fatah claims	1 00:00 Liberalhawk [3]
Gaza Strip fuel companies reject deliveries from Israel after further cuts in vital supplies	13 00:00 Red Dawg [3]
Iraqi troops kill 13 militants	4 00:00 KBK [3]
Six killed, 15 injured by stray shells	1 00:00 Glenmore [3]
Is Pak violating LoC truce pact?	3 00:00 john frum [3]
Blast damages train track	0 [3]
40 Taliban killed, 14 held in Afghanistan	1 00:00 gorb [8]
MNF-I reports first death in December	0 [4]
Suicide attack on NATO convoy results in dead boomer	0 [9]
Page 2: WoT Background
Judge: Prosecutors May Have Overreacted in Case Against Border Patrol Agents	3 00:00 SR-71 [8]
Reid: Surge Isn't Working	12 00:00 DMFD [7]
U.S. withdraws UN Annapolis resolution after Israel objects	6 00:00 trailing wife [6]
British teacher leaves Sudan after presidential pardon	3 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [4]
Honest guys, they were only homemade bottle rockets.	1 00:00 bruce [3]
Gates Makes Third Trip to Afghanistan	2 00:00 KBK [4]
B-2s At Sea	13 00:00 Eric Jablow [5]
Kept Secret Until After Annapolis: PA Police Murdered Zoldan	0 [3]
Canadian Judge Blasts U.S. Terror Policies	11 00:00 DepotGuy [3]
Rooters sez : Tarnished U.S. rights stance faces big test in Guantanamo case	4 00:00 mojo [4]
Israel releases 429 Palestinian captives	2 00:00 M. Murcek [3]
Ahmadinejad offers Gulf Arab states security pact	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [9]
Pakistan rejects Sharif's candidacy: officials	0 [4]
12 Bodies Unearthed in Iraq Mass Grave	0 [4]
British teacher in Sudan pardoned: adviser	5 00:00 Seafarious [3]
US Opens Flight School for Iraqi Pilots	5 00:00 Icerigger [4]
Paleo Census Called Off	3 00:00 Curly Howard: Census Taker [3]
US Envoy Heads to NKorea	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
US to hold Chemical Ali until Iraqi leaders agree	1 00:00 Procopius2k [3]
ROK presidential poll affects Japan's security	0 [3]
Ex-Iran Nuke Negotiator Acquitted of Espionage	0 [8]
Syrian envoy in Tehran to justify Annapolis attendance	0 [7]
Bayanouni : Syria is just an instrument in Iran's hand	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Fuel shortage shuts Gaza petrol stations	4 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [4]
Koreas agree on cross-border train	2 00:00 Frank G [3]
JUI-F decides to contest polls on separate symbol	0 [3]
Fazlullah says no objection to army checkposts	0 [3]
Olmert plays down peace deal chances by end of 2008	0 [4]
Sunnis end boycott	0 [3]
Hezbollah Hints at Support for Suleiman	0 [7]
Perv blindly following Washington's dictates: Uncle Fester	1 00:00 Icerigger [3]
Sarko decries 'yobocracy'	7 00:00 eltoroverde [4]
Top Bahraini legislator calls for depegging dinar from US dollar	2 00:00 lotp [7]
Sudan suspends dollar's dealing with Saudi Arabia, China	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [3]
Kabul slams Binny tape as ludicrous	2 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [3]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Manitoba Lt. Governor Confirms NA Trade Corridor That Is Not Being Built	3 00:00 phil_b [5]
The CAIR Bears	1 00:00 swksvolFF [3]
Russian Frigates For India Delayed	4 00:00 g(r)omgoru [5]
Russia sticks it to the Indian Phalcon purchase	2 00:00 USN,Ret. [3]
Supersonic Bombing Breakthrough	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
China raids blogger's home as political arrests double	1 00:00 Icerigger [3]
Thousands riot at Chinese military academy	6 00:00 gromky [3]
Carnegie Mellon gets $14.4 million to build robo-tank	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [3]
Clinton says she'll increase criticism of Democratic rivals	4 00:00 eLarson [3]
Journalist's murder in Kyrgyzstan sends a message	2 00:00 swksvolFF [3]
Kosovo compromise impossible, envoy says	4 00:00 rjschwarz [3]
Putin's Party Wins Russian Election	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [3]
Congo army launches attack on rebel stronghold	0 [4]
Hugo concedes defeat	14 00:00 DMFD [6]
Breitbart at 0129 EST: Chavez Loses Constitutional Vote	12 00:00 Eric Jablow [4]
French presence in Chad not aimed at rebels: minister	2 00:00 anonymous5089 [3]
Chvez supporters, opponents both claim early victory	1 00:00 3dc [3]
US Senator Rejects Chavez Allegations of Interference	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [3]
Norway Notes Raised Russian Submarine, Air Activity	4 00:00 Unerelet Dingle7050 [3]
Quake jolts Islamabad and NWFP	1 00:00 mojo [3]
Obama, Huckabee lead 2008 race in Iowa: poll	4 00:00 mhw [3]
Castro named assembly candidate despite illness	3 00:00 john frum [3]
Fraud claims in Russia poll	2 00:00 Procopius2k [3]
Chavez wins referendum: govt sources	1 00:00 rjschwarz [3]
Indonesia to sharply slash LNG exports to Japan	0 [4]
India to import 347 main battle tanks from Russia	25 00:00 mft [4]
UK protesters block road to nuclear station	3 00:00 g(r)omgoru [3]
Spanish policeman killed by Basques in southern France	0 [3]
Page 4: Opinion
the NYTimes almost gets it (on Islam)	4 00:00 PlanetDan [3]
"What happened?" - the Chavistas vow to regroup	3 00:00 crosspatch [3]
American Losses in Iraq	3 00:00 gorb [3]
UK "still selling Services short"	0 [5]
Spengler: Hirsi Ali, atheism and Islam	6 00:00 g(r)omgoru [3]
Delusions on Pakistan	2 00:00 DoDo [3]
Today in (Film) History: "If it's December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in New York?"	9 00:00 Glavigum B. Hayes3666 [5]
JFK and the Punitive Liberals	2 00:00 Mike [4]
WND : U.S. evangelist launches swine attack on Muslims	14 00:00 Eric Jablow [5]
Mark Steyn: 'No offense' is no defense	2 00:00 Red Dawg [4]
Book Review : The inside story of the Western mind	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [3]
Review of A Throne in Brussels: Britain, the Saxe-Coburgs and the Belgianisation of Europe	1 00:00 mojo [4]
Clear as Mud	0 [3]
CNN: Corrupt News Network	3 00:00 gromky [3]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
America is Becoming France	5 00:00 trailing wife [6]
Fla. Landscapers Uncover 30 Bombs	0 [4]
Map that named America is a puzzle for researchers	8 00:00 Pliny Pheath1680 [4]
Happy 60th birthday, Mr. Transistor!	2 00:00 Mullah Richard [3]
Hope is not even an option for the orphans of Robert Mugabes ruined land	2 00:00 mojo [3]
Disabled people say its a lifeline. The EU says its a leisure vehicle	3 00:00 tu3031 [3]
Mexican Drug Gangs Pushing Indians Out Of North Mexico	7 00:00 Anonymoose [5]
Military Fake Gets Probation	2 00:00 anonymous5089 [3]
Naples "miracle chair" draws childless couples	2 00:00 DMFD [4]
Don Imus Returning to the Air	2 00:00 mhw [3]
Cat saved from peanut butter jar	0 [4]
Policeman fights for Get Osama number plate	0 [3]
Crowds jubilant as football returns to Baghdad	5 00:00 eLarson [4]
Peterson denies asking truckers to take package	1 00:00 Alaska Paul [3]

    
                23:49 phil_b

                        23:11 mft

                        22:49 newc

                        22:45 SR-71

                        22:43 JosephMendiola

                        22:34 DMFD

                        22:29 JosephMendiola

                        22:22 DMFD

                        22:10 DMFD

                        22:09 trailing wife

                        22:00 trailing wife

                        21:53 g(r)omgoru

                        21:44 trailing wife

                        21:40 g(r)omgoru

                        21:37 Pliny Pheath1680

                        21:26 Eric Jablow

                        21:17 Whiskey Mike

                        21:15 Glavigum B. Hayes3666

                        21:15 trailing wife

                        21:13 Eric Jablow

                        21:02 Eric Jablow

                        21:00 Canuckistan sniper

                        20:57 Red Dawg

                        20:52 Procopius2k

Who's in the News
91	[untagged]
5	Hamas
2	Iraqi Insurgency
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Hezbollah
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	TNSM
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Syria

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Mon 2007-12-03
40 Taliban killed, 14 held in Afghanistan

Sun 2007-12-02
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Sat 2007-12-01
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Fri 2007-11-30
Perv Sworn In as Civilian President

Thu 2007-11-29
Perv finally quits army

Wed 2007-11-28
Sistani tells Shiites to protect Sunni brothers

Tue 2007-11-27
Perv to bid farewell to troops

Mon 2007-11-26
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Sharifs reach deal with Perv

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Thu 2007-11-22
Iraqi Security Forces detain 81 suspected extremists

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