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Thirty Taliban killed in joint strikes
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Sadr backs off for awhile	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [8]
Senators make emergency landing in Afghanistan	26 00:00 JosephMendiola [9]
Kuwait Embassy in Beirut receives Anonymous Threat	0 [6]
Japan resumes refueling mission	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [2]
Thirty Taliban killed in joint strikes	2 00:00 gorb [7]
Violence continues in southern Thailand as parliament debates whether it's "terrorism"	1 00:00 swksvolFF [3]
Navy got it!	76 00:00 Glenmore [18]
Three US soldiers, 8 Iraqi troops killed in attacks	1 00:00 Glenmore [7]
Good morning...	3 00:00 M. Murcek [5]
Man arrested at Tampa airport with box cutter in hollowed book	15 00:00 Seafarious [2]
Suicide bomber kills 6, wounds 18 in Muqdadiyah market	0 [3]
MND-B Soldiers capture suspected 'Prince of Princes'	1 00:00 RD [2]
Taliban kidnap two Afghan officials	0 []
Iraqi official, two bodguards injured in roadside explosion	0 [5]
2 Shiite MPs accused of being Hezbollah Kuwait founders	0 [13]
Afghan troops detain 11 suspected Taliban militants	0 [2]
69 suspects held in Swat	1 00:00 crosspatch [5]
Scores killed as Sri Lanka battles to take rebel territory	1 00:00 sinse [1]
El Al guards handcuff man after he approaches cockpit	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [2]
One British soldier killed, one wounded in Afghanistan	1 00:00 Spike Jons6096 [1]
'Thousands of Darfur refugees trapped by government offensive'	0 [10]
Page 2: WoT Background
Tater expected to tell his Tots to continue to Chill Out	3 00:00 lotp [2]
Finland: Honour-related violence increases	7 00:00 Redneck Jim [3]
Muslim school 'that taught pupils from race hate textbooks made photocopies after order to shred	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [4]
'Behead' wife still on (UK) benefits	9 00:00 tu3031 [3]
French cannot protect Hirsi Ali in US	5 00:00 Redneck Jim [3]
Group Claims Iran Speeding Up Nuke Plans	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [7]
PA won't follow Kosovo model, all agree	2 00:00 mhw [3]
Abbas aide: Let's declare independence	5 00:00 Rambler in California [1]
Saudi Warnings Mark Lebanon Jitters	1 00:00 Spiny Gl 2511 [11]
Al Qaeda in Northern Africa Has Become Pipeline for New Iraq Recruits	2 00:00 trailing wife []
Iraqi security forces are al-Qaeda's 'enemy No. 1'	2 00:00 Excalibur [1]
Lebanon Mps: Syria must have mistaken Akkar for Golan	0 [5]
Qandil : 'Saudi Arabia conspiring against Lebanon'	0 [5]
Iraq Moves To Halt Use of The Disabled In Bombings	4 00:00 Redneck Jim []
New Sindh govt expected in first week of March: Zamin	0 [2]
Parliament to decide future of Musharraf, says Zardari	0 [4]
Govt presses Swiss court case against Zardari	0 [5]
Zardari wants original 1973 Constitution restored	0 [5]
MMA will sit on Opp benches: Fazl	0 [4]
'Government has broken terrorist's backbone'	0 [4]
Iran urges UN to condemn Israel for threatening use of force	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [8]
Gillerman outraged at Iran's comments	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [4]
'Talks being held on Jerusalem'	0 [1]
Saudi journalist lambasts Nasrallah	1 00:00 Flineger Pelosi7275 [7]
Supporters of Muslim cleric protest UK visa refusal	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [4]
Egypt: 70 Muslim Brotherhood members arrested in continued crackdown	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1]
'Lal Masjid raid was major reason for PML-Q defeat'	1 00:00 Glenmore [7]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Politico: January yields debt for HRC, cash for Obama	4 00:00 USN, Ret. [3]
Denmark: New air traffic control system full of errors	3 00:00 SteveS [8]
Protesters break into U.S. embassy in Serbia	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [12]
La Nina	4 00:00 phil_b [4]
China really, really unhappy about sat test. Really.	22 00:00 JosephMendiola [19]
Biggest brain drain from UK in 50 years	14 00:00 regular joe [8]
Lights Off for Global Warming	15 00:00 Redneck Jim [3]
Air Force Pilot Dead After Likely Mid-Air Collision	2 00:00 xbalanke [2]
Homosexual activity cause of earthquake, Shas MK says	12 00:00 Woozle Gloluck8954 [2]
UK appoints first ambassador to Kosovo	0 [4]
NATO closes roads between Kosovo and Serbia	3 00:00 Nimble Spemble [4]
Obama Defends Wife on Matter of Pride	9 00:00 tu3031 [2]
Teamsters Union Endorses Obama	6 00:00 USN,Ret. [2]
Kenyan Opposition Warns of More Protests	0 []
Ex-Rwandan official arrested for genocide	0 [1]
Michelle Obama Clarifies `proud' Remark	14 00:00 GK [1]
Armenian PM wins presidential poll	0 [3]
Three dead, 25 hurt in Indonesia quake	4 00:00 CrazyFool [2]
Iran ayatollah says freedom lacking in country	0 [5]
Turkey approves return of confiscated property to Jewish, Christian minorities	4 00:00 Redneck Jim [2]
Obama wins primary in Hawaii, 10th straight victory over Clinton	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
Page 4: Opinion
WSJ: a Shot in the Light	0 []
RIAA Video - Music Piracy, Terrorism and Illegal Drugs	4 00:00 DMFD [7]
The Man on the White Stallion: Al Gore is inevitable.	18 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
More demands from Islam...	1 00:00 Cheadderhead [2]
Kashmir's Jamaat-e-Islami is beginning to undo its two decades-old hijacking by the jihadist agenda.	0 [6]
It's time to end the war on poverty	9 00:00 Broadhead6 [6]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
A Strange Little Company	8 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [7]
Teen Uses Vehicle To Save Granddad From Bull	2 00:00 bigjim-ky []
Dane to promote 'world democracy' waving a white flag in Kabul	5 00:00 bigjim-ky [1]
Frogzilla!	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
Military Plane With Iraqi Markings Lands In Venus (Florida)	5 00:00 SteveS [6]
I'm Barack Obama's cousin says Raila Odinga	5 00:00 Winnin B. Hard [4]
Jordan admits expelling foreign Christians for 'illegal' preaching	1 00:00 bigjim-ky [1]
Shas MK says homosexuals caused last earthquake	7 00:00 crosspatch [2]

    
                23:50 JosephMendiola

                        23:47 JosephMendiola

                        23:37 JosephMendiola

                        23:34 Zhang Fei

                        23:21 JosephMendiola

                        23:04 tkat

                        22:28 Glenmore

                        22:23 JosephMendiola

                        22:11 JosephMendiola

                        22:03 John fn Kerry

                        21:59 SteveS

                        21:50 Abdominal Snowman

                        21:37 regular joe

                        21:35 Alaska Paul

                        21:34 JosephMendiola

                        21:31 Seafarious

                        21:30 SteveS

                        21:28 SteveS

                        21:25 JosephMendiola

                        21:18 Theresa Heinz Kerry

                        21:14 DMFD

                        21:11 Darrell

                        21:10 John fn Kerry

                        21:06  sinse

Who's in the News
48	[untagged]
5	Govt of Pakistan
4	Hezbollah
4	al-Qaeda in Iraq
3	Taliban
3	Palestinian Authority
3	Govt of Iran
2	Iraqi Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in Britain
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Takfir wal-Hijra
1	Thai Insurgency
1	TNSM
1	Global Jihad
1	United Jihad Council
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2008-02-21
Thirty Taliban killed in joint strikes

Wed 2008-02-20
Mullahs lose NWFP control after five years

Tue 2008-02-19
Dulmatin titzup in Tawi-Tawi?

Mon 2008-02-18
Explosion rocks West Texas oil refinery

Sun 2008-02-17
Somali president unhurt in mortar attack on residence

Sat 2008-02-16
Islamic Jihad commander kabooms himself, family, neighbors

Fri 2008-02-15
Multiple explosions at TX pipelines near Mexican border

Thu 2008-02-14
Muslim group 'planned mass murder'

Wed 2008-02-13
Mugniyeh rots

Tue 2008-02-12
Mansour Dadullah in custody in Pak

Mon 2008-02-11
UN offices attacked in Mogadishu

Sun 2008-02-10
UK Oil Rig Evacuated After Bomb Alert

Sat 2008-02-09
Sudan planes, militia attack Darfur towns-witnesses

Fri 2008-02-08
Israel may target Hamas heads

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