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Islamic fighters quitting Somalia front
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
IED main killer of US forces	5 00:00 6 [2]
Unconfirmed: Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani dead ??	15 00:00 Anonymoose [7]
IED Team Receives Christmas Present	3 00:00 trailing wife [5]
Olmert Ordered: IDF May Not Fire at Kassam Rocket Terrorists	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
IDF: Hizbullah Tried To Attack UNIFIL	5 00:00 CrazyFool [11]
Fatal blast at airport in Pakistan	0 [9]
Ethiopian forces near Somali capital	10 00:00 twobyfour [5]
Court Upholds Saddam's Death Sentence	21 00:00 Frank G [5]
StrategyPage: The Limits of Combat Fatigue	12 00:00 Jackal [9]
Good Morning...	4 00:00 Jan and Opps [3]
Islamic fighters quitting Somalia front: witnesses	23 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [14]
Ethiopian Jets Bomb Baladogle Airport	4 00:00 Frank G [2]
Swiss envoy summoned on US arrest of 2 Iranians in Iraq	8 00:00 HammerHead [6]
Ethiopia presses military offensive into Somalia	10 00:00 Shipman [5]
Palestinian prisoner expelled from W. Bank to Gaza	5 00:00 Shipman [2]
Kassam lands in western Negev; none wounded	0 [4]
Car bomb kills nine civilians in Baghdad	0 [5]
Two mortars fired at IDF troops near Karni	1 00:00 PBMcL [3]
Security authorities detonate suspected car in capital area	3 00:00 Zenster [3]
Three Iraqis killed, 20 wounded in suicide attack in Baghdad	0 [5]
Five Taliban fighters killed, five arrested in Afghanistan	2 00:00 Lancasters Over Dresden [3]
Bomb blast at Fatah activist's home	1 00:00 Zenster [5]
Ethiopia making progress in Somalia fighting	1 00:00 pihkalbadger [3]
Somalia: War bulletin for December 25, 2006	6 00:00 pihkalbadger [5]
Islamic Courts to tighten security in Mogadishu	1 00:00 wxjames [3]
ICU lost key towns in Somalia	4 00:00 Manuel [2]
Israel seizes top Palestinian militant in W. Bank	1 00:00 Zenster [3]
Page 2: WoT Background
Specter sez Assad just wants Jaw-Jaw 'n Piece (of Golan)	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [8]
100 Sign Brandeis Petition To Invite Carter To Not Debate	8 00:00 Frank G [2]
WND: Hamas threatens attacks on U.S.	16 00:00 gromgoru [3]
British Newspaper: Mary was a 'Palestinian Refugee' in Bethlehem	9 00:00 newc [3]
Afghanistan Rejects Pakistan's Plan to Fence, Land Mine Border to Stem Militancy	2 00:00 Anonymoose [2]
StrategyPage Iraq: It's Not One War, But Several	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Debka: US Planning Major Purge Of Iranian Forces In Iraq	5 00:00 USN, Ret. [4]
Courts Side With NSA On Wiretaps	2 00:00 Verlaine [4]
Pakistan says it will fence, mine border with Afghanistan	2 00:00 Grunter [12]
Red Storm Rising	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [8]
Veiled British Muslim woman delivers alternative Xmas message	26 00:00 tipper [1]
Gedi says 8,000 foreign fighters with Islamists	4 00:00 Anonymoose [3]
Quetta a hub for Taliban, many say	3 00:00 Old Patriot [8]
Egypt Slams Iranian President	5 00:00 trailing wife [2]
Perv Strains Arm Patting Self on Back	1 00:00 Anonymoose [9]
Calls to "Free Nur" to attend Jeddah conference	1 00:00 49 Pan [8]
12,000 Iraqi police killed, says minister	3 00:00 Zhang Fei [4]
Bipartisan Effort To NOT Build Fence With Mexico	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [8]
Olmert says he would like to renew talks with Syria	1 00:00 PBMcL [3]
Aoun a polarizing figure in Lebanon	1 00:00 Shipman [7]
Iran's oil exports may disappear	11 00:00 bigjim-ky [9]
Mufti Juzo: Hezbollah using Mafia tactics in Lebanon	2 00:00 tu3031 [10]
Downtown Beirut business owners: 'This is not Hezbollah land'	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [5]
Bethlehem fears terror by Nativity gunmen	2 00:00 gromgoru [4]
Abbas declines Abdullah's offer of mediation	0 [3]
Israel files a complaint about Kassams in the UN	3 00:00 jds [3]
Arab League calls for Somalia peace dialogue	1 00:00 SpecOp35 [2]
Russia may write off Afghan debt in Feb.	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [4]
Israel agrees to remove some West Bank roadblocks	1 00:00 Penguin [3]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Hispanic groups call for moratorium on work raids	4 00:00 Rob Crawford [8]
7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Taiwan; 3-Foot High Tsunami Headed for Philippines	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
New Rural Sales Pitch: Work Outside D.C.'s Fallout Zone	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [8]
Breaking: Up to 500 killed in Lagos fuel blast	6 00:00 Chuck Darwin [1]
Parasite makes men dumb, women sexy	16 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
HotAir's Follow-up: Swift Meat Veterans For Justice	0 [2]
Yogi sez: I never claimed I can cure AIDS [just everything else]	0 [9]
Turkmenistan oppo group seeks probe of Deutsche Bank	0 [5]
Turkmen assembly meets to decide future	0 [3]
Cambodian Khmer Rouge tribunal to convene in 2007	3 00:00 DMFD [4]
Tamil rebels deny seizing Jordan ship	0 [3]
Uzbek rights campaigner released in amnesty	0 [3]
NEA sponsors soldiers writing about the war	2 00:00 Mike Kozlowski [3]
Page 4: Opinion
Order Your Hanging Saddam Keepsake NOW!	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [9]
Reporting Legend: My Memories Of Uri Dan	0 [6]
Hillary's new strategy: The Mom President	8 00:00 Frank G [3]
NY Sun Editorial: Basket Case	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [12]
WSJ-OJ: Give Sadr the Treatment	1 00:00 Zenster [4]
The Peace Party vs. the Power Party	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Doing Jobs Republicans Won't Do	1 00:00 SpecOp35 [4]
A new entitlement for illegals	5 00:00 Jackal [1]
Do Iraqis Have Free Will? (liberals think not)	2 00:00 .com [4]
Reacquainting ourselves with the unthinkable	16 00:00 3dc [3]
PSA: MSM Taqiyya IdentiKit	2 00:00 CrazyFool [4]
Keith Ellison's crowd: Allahu Akhbar	5 00:00 Sneaze Shaiting3550 [3]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Terror From the Deep! Giant squid emerges from ocean near Japan.	7 00:00 Uleash Thusing2871 [7]
Robot Deer Captures Poachers	6 00:00 Herb Tarlick [2]
24 Die as Fireworks Ignite Philippines Store Fire	5 00:00 Grunter [4]
Alaska Governor Gives A Criminal Pardon To A Company	1 00:00 Mark E. [4]
Locals get five-hour church bell ringing in Norway	2 00:00 Fred [3]
Saudis say 16 pilgrims hurt in Mecca hotel fire	10 00:00 tu3031 [5]

    
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                        23:57 JosephMendiola

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                        22:36 Dunno

                        22:33 Old Patriot

                        22:33 JosephMendiola

                        22:30 Barbara Skolaut

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                        22:24 Old Patriot

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                        22:10 twobyfour

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2006-12-26
Islamic fighters quitting Somalia front

Mon 2006-12-25
Ethiopia launches offensive against Somalia's Islamic movement

Sun 2006-12-24
UN Security Council approves Iran sanctions

Sat 2006-12-23
Somali provisional govt, Islamic courts do battle

Fri 2006-12-22
War is on in Somalia!

Thu 2006-12-21
Turkmenbashi croaks; World one megalomaniac lighter

Wed 2006-12-20
Yet another Hamas-Fatah ceasefire

Tue 2006-12-19
James Ujaama nabbed in Belize

Mon 2006-12-18
Palestinian Clashes Kill 2; Presidential Compound Hit

Sun 2006-12-17
Abbas Calls for Early Palestinian Vote

Sat 2006-12-16
Street clashes spread in Gaza

Fri 2006-12-15
Paleos shoot up Haniyeh convoy

Thu 2006-12-14
Brammertz finds 'significant links' in Lebanon killings

Wed 2006-12-13
Arab League seeks end to Leb crisis

Tue 2006-12-12
Hamas gunnies kill three little sons of Abbas aide in Gaza

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