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Report: Supreme Ayatollah Khamenei is Supremely Stable
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Fresh clashes in Gaza kill one, Haniyeh urges calm	5 00:00 ed [8]
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Reported Dead	17 00:00 Ulolump Ebbomort5927 [12]
Somalis, Ethiopians engage Islamists	2 00:00 Anonymoose [3]
IDF Firefight in Ramallah Bags Two	1 00:00 Shipman [4]
U.S. doubts Iraqi leaders after taunting of Saddam	17 00:00 Verlaine [12]
Stennis To Join Eisenhower And Boxer In Gulf	17 00:00 wxjames [14]
3,500 Islamists Said Hiding in Somalia	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
Good morning	10 00:00 Nimble Spemble [6]
17 Taliban killed in Afghan-NATO operation	4 00:00 Omar Knot Hed [2]
Forces targeting Taliban leadership	4 00:00 Old Patriot [5]
Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti	1 00:00 Mahmood [10]
Police arrest 26 terrorists	3 00:00 Fred [8]
Gunmen shot at Kenyan helicopter	1 00:00 Glenmore [2]
Somalia: Government collects few guns	0 [2]
Foreigners advised to leave Gaza	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [3]
Militants held at railway station are brothers	0 [7]
76-year-old militant turns himself in	4 00:00 tu3031 [3]
Fatah: Hamas blocking ambulances	5 00:00 gorb [3]
Hamas in control in Gaza	4 00:00 Unique Battle [5]
Qassam lands north of Karni	1 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Beit Lahiya: Fatah member shot dead	3 00:00 Old Patriot [5]
Kenya Sends Troops to Somalia's Border	0 [2]
Page 2: WoT Background
New Postal Law Permits Federal Inspection Without Warrant	1 00:00 Frank G [7]
Muslim Cabbies in Trouble at Minneapolis Airport	18 00:00 Frank G [8]
Soldiers Aid Child Shot by Terrorists	1 00:00 gorb [7]
MARINES IN IRAQ SURPASS REENLISTMENT GOAL	8 00:00 trailing wife [3]
WND : Rocket-launching terrorists loyal to Abbas	1 00:00 DMFD [4]
Blinky says hasn't seen bin Laden for years	13 00:00 JosephMendiola [2]
Clinton authorized Sandy Bergler's access	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
Saddam as Victim	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
Blair arrested for Iraq invasion . . . in pop video	7 00:00 Silentbrick [2]
Recent Restoration Projects	1 00:00 SpecOp35 [2]
Weekly Piracy Report 23 December 2006 - 2 January 2007	0 [2]
Israel could do it alone	23 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [2]
Negroponte leaving post, go to State	18 00:00 Mike N. [3]
Iran top nuclear negotiator to visit China	1 00:00 gromgoru [8]
Hezbollah holds talks with Saudi king	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [5]
Jimmy Carter's Li'l Ol' Stink Tank	12 00:00 Killer Rabbit [6]
Wafaq seminaries defy govt orders on providing information	0 [6]
Two Albany mosque leaders request new trial	2 00:00 SpecOp35 [4]
Humiliated Eritrea blames U.S. for Somali War	9 00:00 Seafarious [2]
EU supports Somalia peacekeeping mission	2 00:00 Old Patriot [2]
Egypt: Police arrests 29 Islamists	0 [1]
Erdogan arrives in Lebanon	0 [7]
UN urges end to Sri Lanka fighting	3 00:00 tu3031 [2]
Iraq move may quash 'bipartisan' Congress	2 00:00 mojo [1]
Fatah leader: We wish al-Qaeda success	6 00:00 SpecOp35 [2]
Fatah: We will defend ourselves	1 00:00 gromgoru [3]
Poll: Most Israelis unsatisfied with Olmert's performance	1 00:00 Sneaze Shaiting3550 [2]
Saddam Co-Defendants Face Fate This Week	4 00:00 mcsegeek1 [3]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Women uneasy at night in Oslo	3 00:00 Capsu 78 [6]
Harriet Miers Resigns as White House Legal Counsel	3 00:00 Frank G [10]
Thai coup chief calls rumors of new coup 'inconceivable'	5 00:00 Bangkok Billy [7]
Barbarian breaches the Great Firewall of China	2 00:00 gromky [2]
Letter From France: Le Pen's tricky business	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [2]
Oil Prices Dip Below $57 a Barrel	2 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1]
Outrage In Oslo: American-Owned Hotel Refuses To Lodge Cubans	7 00:00 ed [3]
Blue Origin spacecraft makes first successful test flight	4 00:00 Mike [3]
Ban's Appointments Suggest He'll Follow Annan's Footsteps	3 00:00 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) [4]
Fiji feels the heavy hand of a dictator	3 00:00 Frank G [9]
No more night-clubbing for GIs in PI	12 00:00 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) [7]
McGovern (& family) voted for Ford in 1976	6 00:00 mcsegeek1 [3]
"Good Vibrations?" Vest could alert soldiers	8 00:00 mojo [1]
'Self igniting' Iran cars worry police	17 00:00 DarthVader [7]
Furore in Iran over 'Turkish dancing' accusations	11 00:00 SpecOp35 [5]
Survivors found after Indonesian jet crash kills 90	1 00:00 Adriane [4]
Protesters disrupt Dem press conference on lobbying reform	12 00:00 DMFD [2]
Nigeria: Militants receive money but keep hostages	5 00:00 tu3031 [2]
Poll boycott in Bangladesh	2 00:00 bigjim-ky [1]
Tens of Thousands Line Up to Pay Respects to Ford	1 00:00 Jackal [2]
Kollek to be laid to rest Thursday	0 [2]
Nork Foreign Minister Dies	1 00:00 Shipman [2]
Oil Prices Fall Below $59 a Barrel	3 00:00 SteveS [2]
Page 4: Opinion
America's Real Strategic Interests By Spengler in Asia Times	0 [4]
A Retrospective Study of the Unfolding of the Muhammad Cartoons Crisis and its Implications	1 00:00 mojo [4]
The Top 10 Stories and Non-Stories of 2006	0 [2]
John F'n Kerry: A crucial time for saving Lebanon's fragile democracy	4 00:00 Mike N. [8]
50,000 more US troops can save Iraq	9 00:00 ed [2]
To Win in Baghdad, Strike at Tehran	3 00:00 Mike N. [2]
John Podhoretz: SMART, but WRONG, why W 's firing Gen. Casey	12 00:00 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) [7]
Wood; Time to forgive and forget if Iraq is to rebuild	4 00:00 Spomort Greling4204 [2]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Robot Mother Gives Birth	4 00:00 USN, ret. [7]
Triumph, the insult comedy dog visit Quebec, insults phrancophones	0 [3]
VA Legislator Proposed Castle Law	20 00:00 Deacon Blues [6]
900 hay bales dropped to ~~Rosie~~ snowbound cows	3 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [4]
Archaeologist finds traces of "humanity's first war" in Syria	17 00:00 Whugum Hupinens8366 [2]
To offend the French, fondle a slice of cheese	13 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
British teen youngest to sail Atlantic solo	1 00:00 Danielle [2]
Coming soon to Canadian TV: "Little Mosque on the Prairie"	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1]
250 Million years ago the EARTH got VERY SICK - not the meteor's fault.	8 00:00 bombay [2]
Mixed Prairie Grasses May Be Better Biofuel Source	0 [2]
Geneticlly Engineered Yeast for Ethanol produced 50 percent more tolerates higher proof	15 00:00 phil_b [2]
Nature Not Humans or Global Warming To Blame For Long Lasting Australian Drought	5 00:00 DarthVader [3]
Love marriage costs man ears and nose	9 00:00 USN, ret. [11]
Couple burnt alive in front of children	2 00:00 rjschwarz [9]
Boy dies trying to imitate Saddam's hanging	4 00:00 Jan [8]
Fine Points of the Law	3 00:00 Jonathan [2]

    
                15:15 wxjames

                        23:46 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)

                        23:32 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)

                        23:30 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)

                        23:23 SteveS

                        23:22 Verlaine

                        23:20 ed

                        23:16 Mike N.

                        23:13 USN, ret.

                        23:11 USN, ret.

                        23:11 SteveS

                        23:06 ed

                        23:02 mrp

                        23:01 JosephMendiola

                        23:01 USN, ret.

                        23:00 Frank G

                        22:54 USN, ret.

                        22:52 Killer Rabbit

                        22:49 Frank G

                        22:49 USN, ret.

                        22:47 Frank G

                        22:46 Frank G

                        22:45 ed

                        22:45 Frank G

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2007-01-04
Report: Supreme Ayatollah Khamenei is Supremely Stable

Wed 2007-01-03
Iran Funding Both Shiite And Sunni Jihadists In Iraq

Tue 2007-01-02
Islamists decamp from Kismayu

Mon 2007-01-01
Baathists pledge loyalty to Izzat Ibrahim

Sun 2006-12-31
Aethiops and Somalis moving on Kismayo

Sat 2006-12-30
Saddam hanged

Fri 2006-12-29
Daffy Janjalani presumed dead

Thu 2006-12-28
Islamic Courts Hang It Up

Wed 2006-12-27
Up to 1,000 Somalis dead in Ethiopia offensive

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!

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