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Somali Islamist head rejects UN-sponsored pact
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
500 insurgents surrendered their weapons - Must be a typo: Harry Reid	3 00:00 Gullible Traveler [7]
Haji and Muji move to the Burbs	2 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Tech note...	22 00:00 Fred [3]
Nato airstrike kills 11 Pakistani soldiers in 'cowardly and unprovoked attack'	23 00:00 tu3031 [9]
Accordion Lady alert: Rumors abound	16 00:00 mhw [2]
Thai terrorists kill cop, burn body in front of wife	2 00:00 ryuge [2]
Hizbullah chief assassinated after warning Syria's Assad of coup plot	4 00:00 Mr. Magoo [3]
Good morning	3 00:00 gorb [2]
Suspected U.S. missile fired in NW Pakistan	10 00:00 mojo [6]
Sudanese soldiers and rebels clash in Darfur	0 [2]
Bomb blast injures 12 in Russia's Chechnya	2 00:00 Abu Uluque [3]
Al-Qaeda suspect being deported	0 [5]
2 civilians killed by gunmen in Mosul	0 [2]
Security forces arrest 30 wanted suspects, seize weapons in Baghdad	1 00:00 trailing wife [2]
Salman Bek mayor escapes assassination attempt in Kirkuk	0 [2]
U.S. army discovers 4 bodies in Ninewa	1 00:00 Jack Murtha [5]
Army forces arrest al-Qaeda-linked group commander in Kirkuk	0 [1]
55 wanted men, 10 suspects arrested in Thi-Qar	0 [2]
4 wounded in attack on provincial council member	0 [2]
Six soldiers arrested in Karbala	0 [4]
Spanish police arrests 8 Algerians suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda	0 [2]
Two Palestinians killed in Rafah underground tunnel system	1 00:00 Ptah [2]
Three killed in Kurram attack	0 [6]
Bomb blast in Miranshah injures two	0 [4]
Blast damages Internet café	0 [5]
Head of Saddam tribe blown up by car bomb	0 [1]
No CIA base in FATA: Musharraf spokesman	0 [6]
Dozens feared dead in Afghan border clash	5 00:00 Gullible Traveler [5]
20 killed in Algeria bus station blast	0 [2]
Yemen court condemns Shia rebel to death	0 [5]
AQI Leaders, Others, Captured In Baghdad	2 00:00 Nimble Spemble [2]
Page 2: WoT Background
Saudy for Lightworker	0 [1]
Chicoms Crack Confidential Congressional Computers	4 00:00 Iblis [2]
Pope Benedict XVI sets up anti-terrorist squad	4 00:00 OldSpook [5]
Israel rules out Gaza invasion now to seek truce	6 00:00 DK70 the scantily clad [1]
The Best General in the Iraqi Army? - Did Time just paint a target on him?	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [2]
Dems pound McCain for new Iraq quote	2 00:00 Steve White [1]
President Bush regrets his legacy as man who wanted war	7 00:00 rjschwarz [1]
Two RN destroyers unable to fire their missiles - because they've been removed to save cash	19 00:00 FOTSGreg [1]
Shaker al-Abssi slams Lebanon's Sunni leaders, Hezbollah chief	3 00:00 OldSpook [2]
Pak govt does flip-flop, says truce with Taliban intact	0 [3]
UK to extradite Iranian arms dealer to US by June 11	2 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [1]
14 suspects face justice for crushing Saddam-era Sadr City uprising	0 [1]
Mahdi Akef not competent to lead Muslim Brotherhood Group	0 []
World Bank grants $40 million to Palestinian Authority	9 00:00 Chinegum McGurque5166 []
'Militants from Pakistan most likely authors of future US attack'	5 00:00 g(r)omgoru [2]
Somali Islamist head rejects UN-sponsored pact	0 [4]
Indian Govt hints at doubling defence expenditure	7 00:00 Nimble Spemble [5]
Pakistan 'cuts' defence budget, wants India to follow suit	0 [6]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Iran unveils homemade Super Weapon - Octa-Spray-n-Pray	5 00:00 Clereling Lumplump3369 [3]
Strickland crossed off Obama's "VP prospects" list	0 [1]
Muslims fined for refusing male doctor at childbirth	4 00:00 M. Murcek [1]
Clinton loyalists update their "enemies list"	3 00:00 Shieldwolf [1]
The Barack Obama cover scandal	6 00:00 Chaviter the Wicked aka Broadhead6 [1]
Report on U.N. Program Assails Whistle-Blower	1 00:00 Spot []
Turkish PM keen to visit Iraq: envoy	0 []
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai rejects unity government	1 00:00 DK70 the scantily clad [1]
OPEC chief appeals for calm over oil	15 00:00 badanov [2]
Kenyan minister, asst minister dead in plane crash	1 00:00 Menhadden Snogum6713 [1]
High fuel prices spark protests in Asia and Europe	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut []
Libya's Qadaffy calls EU plan an insult	8 00:00 rjschwarz [2]
Defying U.S., EU mulls ending Cuban sanctions	0 []
U.S. Senate blocks debate on energy tax measures	8 00:00 DMFD [1]
Democratic Congressman Won't Endorse Obama	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
COFEE with your browser, sir?	7 00:00 trailing wife []
West risks obsession with Islam, warns Vatican	6 00:00 OldSpook [2]
Page 4: Opinion
Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes?	0 [6]
WND : Barack Obama's pyrrhic victory	4 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1]
"Is Obama an enlightened being?"	5 00:00 3dc [1]
George Soros Executive Vetting Obama's VP List	4 00:00 ed []
Thomas Sowell on BHO: Cocky Ignorance	4 00:00 AzCat [1]
Obama Campaign Spending Out of Control - Going Broke Fast	17 00:00 Threse Ghibelline5495 [3]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
PETA treats its interns like pieces of meat	0 [1]
Woman dressed as bumble bee gives birth - and she didn't even know she was pregnant	0 [4]
BREAKING: Jim Johnson Thrown Under the Bus By Obama	12 00:00 Sherry [2]
Threat of Aids pandemic among heterosexuals over	7 00:00 Slolugum Tojo8008 [3]
French First Lady's '30 lovers'	5 00:00 Nimble Spemble [2]
Estate owners sue Greenpeace for prediction	1 00:00 OldSpook [2]
BILL CLINTON'S SECRET MISTRESS REVEALED!	7 00:00 Eric Jablow [3]
Denver UFO activist asks Barack Obama to back UFO plan	13 00:00 DMFD [3]
New school policies weighed amid flap over Islam assembly	3 00:00 charger [2]
29 killed in Sudanese airliner blaze	0 [2]
Hops 'guru' Francis Lloyd Rigby dies at 89 in Yakima	3 00:00 tipper [1]
Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness	9 00:00 Rolling Stones []
100 dead in Sudan plane inferno	1 00:00 Scooter McGruder [2]
IJT activists attack SAC camp at Nasser Bagh	0 [5]
Oral sex blamed for throat cancer rise	12 00:00 Bubba Clinton [1]
Rupert Everett Apologizes To UK Troops For Calling Them "Wimps"	5 00:00 tu3031 []

    
                23:35 Iblis

                        23:26 Slolugum Tojo8008

                        23:10 FOTSGreg

                        22:59 tu3031

                        22:51 DMFD

                        22:49 Chinegum McGurque5166

                        22:32 Gullible Traveler

                        22:28 Gullible Traveler

                        22:27 ed

                        22:18 Chaviter the Wicked aka Broadhead6

                        22:12 Gullible Traveler

                        22:03 Harcourt Jush7795

                        21:50 badanov

                        21:44 Threse Ghibelline5495

                        21:40 Clereling Lumplump3369

                        21:36 Skunky Glins 5***

                        21:24 Eric Jablow

                        21:23 Fred

                        21:07 Frank G

                        20:53 Jack Murtha

                        20:46 OldSpook

                        20:41 JosephMendiola

                        20:29 Nimble Spemble

                        20:25 phil_b

Who's in the News
60	[untagged]
7	Iraqi Insurgency
4	Taliban
2	al-Qaeda in North Africa
2	al-Qaeda
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	Govt of Iran
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Hamas
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Islamic Courts
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Mahdi Army
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Iraqi Baath Party
1	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2008-06-11
Somali Islamist head rejects UN-sponsored pact

Tue 2008-06-10
Sufi Mohammed survives Taliban kaboom attempt

Mon 2008-06-09
Hero of Anbar Would Stir a Revolt in Afghanistan

Sun 2008-06-08
G8 energy chiefs meet as oil soars

Sat 2008-06-07
U.S. court upholds Qaeda conviction in Bush murder plot

Fri 2008-06-06
Guantanamo arraignment begins for five accused 9/11 plotters

Thu 2008-06-05
Iraq police arrest five Shias wanted for over 720 murders

Wed 2008-06-04
US-Iraq Negotiating Status Of Forces Agreement

Tue 2008-06-03
Norway, Sweden close Islamabad embassies in wake of Danish kaboom

Mon 2008-06-02
Darul-Uloom Deoband issues fatwa against terror

Sun 2008-06-01
Australia ends combat operations in Iraq

Sat 2008-05-31
100 Talibs killed in Farah

Fri 2008-05-30
Suicide bomber kills 16, injures 18 near Mosul

Thu 2008-05-29
Lebanese president reappoints prime minister

Wed 2008-05-28
Yemen reports crushing Zaidi rebels near capital

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