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Hezbollah foiled US-planned coup. Really.
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Video proof Marines attack fluffy bunnies in Afghanistan	2 00:00 Anonymoose [3]
Parading of fighters' bodies taunts Mahdi Army - Like bagged deer on the hoods	16 00:00 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 [6]
Roggio: Operations continue in Sadr City	4 00:00 Mitch H. [2]
Hezbollah wages war on Druze in Mount Lebanon	19 00:00 JosephMendiola [12]
Good Morning	5 00:00 JohnQC [2]
Sudan cuts ties with Chad	0 [3]
Hamas man departs gene pool near Gaza fence	1 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Insurgents Ambush Somali Interior Minister, 4 Soldiers Killed	0 [3]
Ethiopians remove Somali governor	0 [3]
Oil trader kidnapped by militants in Karachi	0 [3]
7 militants arrested in Dara Adam Khel	0 [3]
Fighting in Mount Lebanon	7 00:00 Mitch H. [9]
Turkey-PKK clashes claim 22 lives	0 [3]
Ethiopians kill 3 Somalis, injure 5	0 [3]
Hezbollah forces not to enter Jumblatt's house	0 [7]
Last of the Darfur rebels leaves Khartoum	0 [3]
Tripoli tense despite calm in Beirut	1 00:00 liberalhawk [8]
Hillbilly rebels kill 11 railway workers in Assam	0 [3]
Hezbollah battles Druze east of Beirut, 5 dead	3 00:00 liberalhawk [7]
Nine bodies of Taliban arrive in Wana	2 00:00 USN, Ret. [2]
Key al Qaeda member killed in Afghanistan	1 00:00 JohnQC [2]
Page 2: WoT Background
Three police officers injured in explosion near Gaza City	1 00:00 AlanC [2]
Chavez calls Merkel a political descendant of Hitler	4 00:00 Mitch H. [2]
Yemen court reduces prison sentence for US embassy gunman	1 00:00 Fred [5]
Air Combat by Remote Control	11 00:00 Pappy [3]
Chavez tried to arm FARC via Belarus	10 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [3]
Gaza Strip: Olmert grimaces, sez 'calm' to be imposed by force	2 00:00 Old Patriot [1]
Rare Somalia talks make slow start, U.N. hopeful	0 [2]
Geagea slams army over Beirut incidents	0 [6]
Iran refuses to stop enriching uranium	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
Israel to resume Gaza fuel shipments	2 00:00 DK70 [3]
Shell pulls out of Iran gas deal	3 00:00 Steve White [5]
Siniora: 'Even Israel didn't act like Hizbullah'	2 00:00 SteveS [6]
Obama adviser who met with Hamas resigns	5 00:00 Excalibur [2]
Violence eases in Sadr City after truce	1 00:00 eltoroverde [1]
Arab foreign ministers appeal for Lebanon ceasefire	1 00:00 Mitch H. [4]
Arab League divided over Lebanon	1 00:00 Mitch H. [6]
Hezbollah foiled US-planned coup. Really.	6 00:00 sinse [9]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Democrat Fratricide: Hillary = George Wallace!	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
Nepali Gurhkas may soon not be a part of the Indian Army	7 00:00 Slats Spirt5225 [1]
Obama's Inability to Hire Good Help Rears Its Head Again	3 00:00 gorb [2]
SCSU student leaves training at Technical High School	3 00:00 RWV [2]
President calls Jenna's wedding 'spectacular'	0 [2]
Hillary's membership in secret right-wing evangelical cabal revealed! (again)	3 00:00 Mitch H. [2]
Denmark: Parliament OK's use of cluster bombs	7 00:00 RWV [4]
Young Saudis, Vexed and Entranced by Loves Rules	5 00:00 gorb [4]
Breaking: Mag 7.8 Quake hits Sichuan, China	38 00:00 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6 [4]
Burma cyclone: now aid workers warn of refugee crisis	4 00:00 Procopius2k [2]
Burma toll 'could reach 1 million if disease set in'	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
Zim opposition seeks peacekeepers for run-off	0 [1]
Zimbabwe Likely to Delay Presidential Run-Off	3 00:00 gorb [1]
PML-N to leave cabinet but not coalition	0 [1]
Talansky 'emphatically denies' claims that he bribed Olmert	1 00:00 gorb [1]
Face it, Democrats: Barack Obama's got a growing problem with whites	21 00:00 Mitch H. [2]
Election Monitors: Pro-Europeans Winning 'Convincingly' in Serbia	0 [2]
Dodd: Obama, Clinton ticket not likely	2 00:00 Excalibur [2]
Breck Boy: Clinton Now A Stronger Candidate	3 00:00 Crolusing tse Tung2778 [2]
Clinton Will Stay in Race, Spokesman Wolfson Says	7 00:00 rjschwarz [1]
Page 4: Opinion
U.S. Desperately Needs More Domestic Oil	1 00:00 OldSpook [2]
Why West Virginia's Results Are Worth Watching	2 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [1]
President Apostate?	11 00:00 tipper [5]
Does he feel lucky, punk?	14 00:00 twobyfour [5]
The Region: As Lebanon turns into Gaza	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
Somalia: Place Humanity Above Political Differences	1 00:00 McZoid [2]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Why Muslim women dont study more	2 00:00 john frum []
Hillary's message to the superdelegates (SNL skit)	0 [3]
Playboy posts quarterly loss, shares drop	7 00:00 DK70 [4]
Today's Idiots part Deux	2 00:00 charger [4]
Pagan Prisoners in Britain Granted Right to Carry Magic Wands	9 00:00 Deacon Blues [1]
Today's Idiots: Clowns on Parade (Code Pink)	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1]
Germany: Frustrated grillers use petrol to start fire - barbecue cars	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
Don't Take A BB Gun To A Shotgun Fight At A Donut Shop	15 00:00 Deacon Blues [3]
Popping in for a jug or two	4 00:00 Deacon Blues [2]
Rapist murderer had right to be housed in UK	1 00:00 Besoeker [1]
Mississippi's Tort Reform Triumph	6 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [2]

    
                23:54 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6

                        23:42 Muggsy Gling

                        23:39 Snash Oppressor of the Mohammatans aka Broadhead6

                        23:38 tipper

                        23:27 JosephMendiola

                        23:27 JosephMendiola

                        23:20 JosephMendiola

                        23:18 RWV

                        22:59 JosephMendiola

                        22:42 twobyfour

                        22:36 Globular Cluster

                        22:34 twobyfour

                        22:32 JosephMendiola

                        22:29 Pappy

                        22:26 JosephMendiola

                        22:25 Pappy

                        22:25 twobyfour

                        22:18 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:18 Skidmark

                        22:16 DMFD

                        22:12 Albert Thusong6840

                        22:12 DK70

                        22:08 JosephMendiola

                        21:54 DK70

Who's in the News
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11	Hezbollah
4	Hamas
3	Taliban
3	Islamic Courts
3	Mahdi Army
2	Govt of Iran
2	Govt of Sudan
1	Global Jihad
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2008-05-12
Hezbollah foiled US-planned coup. Really.

Sun 2008-05-11
Army sides with Nasrallah against Leb govt

Sat 2008-05-10
Leb coup d'etat: Hezbollah seizes control of west Beirut

Fri 2008-05-09
Hezbollah seizes large parts of Beirut

Thu 2008-05-08
Hezbollah at war with Leb

Wed 2008-05-07
Hezbollah telecom network shut down

Tue 2008-05-06
3500 U.S. troops surge home

Mon 2008-05-05
Kaboom misses Iraqi first lady

Sun 2008-05-04
24 killed, 26 injured in Iraqi violence

Sat 2008-05-03
Marines chase Talibs through Helmand poppy fields

Fri 2008-05-02
Orcs strike Iraqi wedding convoy, kill at least 35, wound 65

Thu 2008-05-01
Paks deny Karzai murder plot hatched in Pakistain

Wed 2008-04-30
Hamas steals Gaza fuel

Tue 2008-04-29
Pak Talibs quit peace talks

Mon 2008-04-28
U.S. Marines join Brits fighting Taliban in Helmand

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