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Mass kiddy abduction by Talibs in Pakistan
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Afghanistan
12 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
Troops killed 12 Taliban linked to a battle with US troops earlier this month, officials said, while Afghan presidential hopeful Abdullah Abdullah said he will revise Afghanistan's constitution to install a prime minister and boost the powers of parliament if he wins elections in August.

Afghan and US forces late on Saturday raided a group of Taliban said to have gathered to plan an attack in Afghanistan's southwestern province of Farah, Farah Deputy Governor Mohammad Younus Rasoli said. "Afghan soldiers and US Special Forces surrounded them to arrest them. The Taliban fought back but all of the 12, including their commander, were killed," Rasoli said.

The Afghan government said 140 civilians, many of them children, were killed in the US airstrikes. The US military acknowledged that 20 to 30 civilians might have died in the fighting along with 60 to 65 Taliban. A spokesman for the Afghan military in western Afghanistan, Basir Khan Ghori, said the targeted group was involved in the battle in Bala Buluk. Government figures for those killed and wounded in the Bala Buluk strikes makes it one of the deadliest incidents for civilians since international troops invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to remove the Taliban for sheltering Al Qaeda. Rasoli said troops would continue operating to secure the area ahead of the August 20 elections.

Meanwhile, in Bala Buluk, the Taliban attacked a police post and killed six policemen, Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, spokesman for the western police told AFP. Two others were missing and there were also Taliban casualties but authorities did not have a figure, Ahmadi said.

Meanwhile, Abdullah, who was running against President Hamid Karzai in next month's elections, said the political system was ripe for a complete overhaul. His position as clear frontrunner before the August 20 vote was further boosted on Sunday when two key opposition groups pledged to back him. The current system concentrated power in the office of the president, and because parliament was relatively weak, there were few avenues to challenge corrupt or incompetent officials, he told Reuters in an interview.

"The highly centralised system is not accountable to the people ... so what we are opting and hoping for is to change the constitution and go for a parliamentary system," Abdullah said. Asked if this meant he would endorse the creation of a prime minister if he won the presidency, Abdullah said, "Yes...a prime ministerial system."

"The people are stuck with governors who are being moved from one province to another when they fail and then to the next and finally if there are no more excuses to keep them as governors, they will be promoted as minister-advisers," he added. US authorities have urged Karzai to create a new executive post to help improve day-to-day governance in Afghanistan, but the president "has made no decision on it", his chief spokesman Humayoun Hamidzada said earlier this month.

Defections have left the opposition in disarray as the election, once seen as wide-open, approaches. US criticism of Karzai's government also appears to have been muted and Karzai was now clearly ahead. But Abdullah, who was the Afghan foreign minister from 2001 to 2004, and was running on an independent ticket, dismissed rumours that he would also pull out of the race to endorse Karzai.
Posted by: Fred || 06/01/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336068 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Bangladesh
Five more soldiers make confession
Five more soldiers of Bangladesh Rifles made their confessional statements to the chief metropolitan magistrate’s court in Dhaka on Sunday in connection with the February 25-26 carnage at the BDR headquarters at Pilkhana in the city. The criminal investigation department of police, assigned to investigate the case filed with New Market police station, produced the five soldiers before five separate metropolitan magistrate’s courts in the afternoon. After recording their statements, the courts sent the soldiers to Dhaka Central Jail at about 8:30pm, court sources said.
They'll have their cardiac arrests and cirrhosis recorded very soon now ...
Police also produced 65 soldiers in court on Sunday afternoon after the end of their five-day remand on the previous day. The court sent them to the jail as police did not seek further remand for them.

Two more soldiers, deputy assistant director Touhidul Islam and Habibur Rahman, were produced before the court of metropolitan magistrate Mominul Hasan on Sunday afternoon after the end of their eight-day remand on the previous day in connection with arms recovery case filed with Sabujbagh police station. Police sought further five-day remand for them but the court granted three days for interrogation.

Police, meanwhile, produced another person, Abdul Hamid, a retired BDR solider, before the same court with a plea to show him arrested in connection with BDR rebellion and sought a 10-day remand for him. After hearing, the court granted five days remand for Abdul Hamid.

A total of 1,419 people, most of them soldiers, have so far been arrested in connection with the BDR rebellion at Pilkhana headquarters and 114 of them, including three civilians, have so far made their confessional statements to the court. A total of 150 people are now on remand under the custody of CID police in Dhaka.

Outside the capital, a total of 1,723 soldiers have so far been arrested in 30 districts for their suspected involvement in the rebellion at their respective battalions and sector headquarters.
Posted by: Steve White || 06/01/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336067 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Graphic is spot on, methinks.
Posted by: Zorba || 06/01/2009 11:42 Comments || Top||

#2  I think it's missing the battery and the jumper cables.
Posted by: Kofi Claitle6576 || 06/01/2009 16:51 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Officials: mass abduction by Taliban in Pakistan
Taliban militants ambushed a convoy of vehicles carrying at least 400 students, staff and relatives from a boys' school Monday, taking dozens — possibly hundreds — captive in northwestern Pakistan, officials said.

Police were negotiating for the captives' release following the brazen abduction — part of a string of militant actions in Pakistan's tribal belt that the army believes is partly aimed at distracting the military from its offensive against the Taliban in the Swat Valley. The militants were said to be armed with rockets, grenades and automatic weapons.

Details were still emerging early Tuesday about what exactly happened in North Waziristan. Originally as many as 500 people were believed to have been abducted, but about 200 students were later found to be safe.

Students made up the majority of the group. Cadet colleges in Pakistan are usually run by retired military officers and educate teenagers. They also typically provide room and board.
Couldn't wait for martyrdom, I guess. What was that surah? Oh yes, "And there shall wait on them young boys of their own, as fair as virgin pearls."
Posted by: ed || 06/01/2009 18:04 || Comments || Link || [336086 views] Top|| File under:


Pakistan vows to wipe out Jundullah after Iranian warning
TEHRAN: The interior ministry of Pakistan aims to wipe out Jundullah terrorist group, an organisation that has claimed responsibility for an attack on a mosque in southeastern Iran, reports the Fars News Agency (FNA).

Pakistan’s interior ministry has presented all its information on Jundullah to the country’s intelligence services which include the ISI, MI and FIA. The ministry has also urged for the identification of group members and the immediate arrest of the ringleader Abdulmalek Rigi, according to FNA.

The report goes on to say Islamabad has ordered the group be disbanded and wiped out. The chief of the Iranian armed forces, General Hassan Firouzabadi, said Iran had located the base of the group and informed the Pakistani government of Abdulmalek Rigi’s position.

According to media reports, the group’s spokesman Abdoulrauf Rigi contacted the Pakistan office of al-Arabiya television network to report a bombing in a mosque in the Sisatn-Baluchestan province last week to claim responsibility for the attack.

The bomb blast occurred in the Iranian city of Zahedan while mourners participated in a ceremony marking the death of the daughter of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

Iranian authorities have arrested and executed three men involved in the bombing. The trio was executed in Zahedan city.

So far Jundullah has claimed responsibility for a dozen terrorist operations in Iran, however according to the FNA, they have managed to escape punishment by crossing into Pakistan.
Tehran has warned Islamabad that it has the power and military means to trace and hunt down terrorist groups in Pakistan if such activity is not stopped by Pakistan.
Tehran has warned Islamabad that it has the power and military means to trace and hunt down terrorist groups in Pakistan if such activity is not stopped by Pakistan.

Since the attack, Iran has closed down its border with Pakistan.
Posted by: john frum || 06/01/2009 11:34 || Comments || Link || [336075 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Holy Shi'ite, Batman!
Posted by: mojo || 06/01/2009 12:23 Comments || Top||

#2  hey this could get interesting
Posted by: funky skunk || 06/01/2009 13:05 Comments || Top||

#3  I guess it's not the words, but who is saying them. India said just about the same thing, with no result except insulting demands for more and more proof of their allegations.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/01/2009 19:06 Comments || Top||


27 Taliban killed in Swat, Waziristan
Security forces said on Sunday that they had entered Kalam after securing Mingora, as 27 militants were killed in different clashes in Swat and South Waziristan.

The Army said one officer, Lt Haider Nazir, and eight soldiers lost their lives and six other were injured in different clashes with the Taliban.

"The security forces entered Kalam on Sunday and are conducting a search operation," the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, adding that the nazim of Kalam along with other notables of the area welcomed the security forces and assured their full support in the operation against the Taliban.

Also on Sunday, Taliban attacked a security forces check post at Spinkai Raghazai in South Waziristan. The forces repulsed the attack, and killed 15 Taliban. Three soldiers died, six were injured and four went missing in the clash.

On Saturday night, the military killed 10 militants at Warza in South Waziristan. An army convoy was reportedly moving to Teyarza fort and spotted two improvised explosive devices (IED), which the soldiers removed.

"While recovering a third IED, the convoy was fired upon from a compound at [a nearby] village. They (the army jawans) reacted promptly and killed 10 [Taliban]. Lt Haider Nazir fought valiantly, chased the Taliban to the compound and killed three of them, before [being killed] along with three other soldiers," the ISPR said.

Meanwhile, security forces destroyed a training facility in Shangla, killing a number of Taliban.

Separately, the Army continued its relief activities for the people displaced from the troubled areas, dispatching 25 tonnes of rations for 40,000 people in Mingora.
Posted by: Fred || 06/01/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336065 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Admin officer killed in attack on Hangu Army Public School
[Geo News] Hangu militants attacking the Army Public School killed the Admin officer, while three persons including two policemen were abducted. Sources said that militants in large number Sunday morning barged into the Army Public School located in Hangu and tried to kidnap the staff over there, while on resistance, the militants shot dead Admin officer, Gharib Gul and kidnapped Head constable, Shakirullah, Sepoy Bilal and Table man, Sohail, who were taken to unknown place. Earlier, the militants had also kidnapped three persons including one officer from Hangu Agriculture office, while one wounded official had fled from the custody of the militants. Traffic on the Hangu Highway remains badly hit since last three years because of the militants occupying the Highway.
Posted by: Fred || 06/01/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336069 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Military seeks 'hardcore' Taliban
Pakistan Army says it is preparing to flush out 'hardcore' Taliban from Swat valley after regaining control of Mingora. "We are going after the leadership and we are going to take care of all the militants in the valley," spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas told the BBC. Abbas said essential services were being restored to the city, home to 300,000 people before the operation. Doctors had arrived to re-open the main hospital, gas had been restored and mobile generators would help restore the water system, he said. He suggested that it would still take at least two weeks to restore the electricity network. Eventually, local defence committees would be set up to stop Taliban returning. Troops now have Charbagh in their sights. Helicopters are said to be dropping leaflets advising residents to leave. Soldiers continue to patrol Mingora's largely deserted streets and check houses for booby-traps.
Posted by: Fred || 06/01/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336069 views] Top|| File under: TTP

#1  stop dropping leaflets and drop in unannounced
Posted by: funky skunk || 06/01/2009 10:32 Comments || Top||


Taliban recruiting teeny boomers
Videos made by the Taliban in Swat show teenage boys being groomed as suicide bombers.

According to Sunday Telegraph, fighters went from house to house in May demanding a man or boy from each family. The recruits were encouraged to volunteer for suicide missions.

A Taliban spokesman has said the recent suicide attacks in Lahore and Peshawar were revenge for the army's assault in the NWFP.

Films obtained by The Sunday Telegraph show boys of 14 or 15 recording farewell messages before climbing into vehicles filled with explosives.

Suicide bombings have increased dramatically in Pakistan since the Taliban took control of Swat in 2007.

In one film, Arshad Ali, 15, from Swat, who attacked a polling station last year, says: "Some hypocrites say that we are doing this for money -- or because of brainwashing -- but we are told by Allah to target these pagans."

Other films show "trials" and beheadings of alleged spies and captured policemen, whippings of criminals, the aftermath of attacks by guerrillas, and scenes of young jihadis training in camps.
Posted by: Fred || 06/01/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336068 views] Top|| File under: TTP

#1  how touching...

Kids today.... they blow up so fast...

(sorry - someone had to say it)
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/01/2009 17:26 Comments || Top||


Mehsud's aide arrested in Mianwali
A close aide of Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud was arrested from the suburbs of Mianwali on Sunday. According to sources, the elite force and police conducted a joint operation in Bengi Khel area of Mianwali and arrested wanted Taliban Asmatullah. He was arrested on information given by Abdullah Ghazi who was arrested on May 26. In another search operation, police arrested 39 suspected Taliban including Afghan nationals.
Posted by: Fred || 06/01/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336071 views] Top|| File under: TTP


Two Taliban commanders surrender
Two Taliban commanders handed themselves over to political authorities on Sunday, while the dead body of a kidnapped khasadar force official was recovered. Sources told Daily Times that two Taliban leaders Muhammad Noor and Meena Jan surrendered to political authorities in Jamrud area of Khyber Agency. Official sources said that the two were shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation. The sources said one of the arrested commanders is the brother of Khasadar force (Jamrud) line officer Gulla Jan.
Posted by: Fred || 06/01/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336061 views] Top|| File under: TTP

#1  don't guess they liked that fight till the last drop of blood part
Posted by: funky skunk || 06/01/2009 10:33 Comments || Top||


Six suicide bombers leave DI Khan
Three explosives-laden vehicles and six suicide bombers have left Dera Ismail Khan to carry out terror attacks in Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan, a private TV channel reported on Sunday. Quoting intelligence source, the channel said the would-be assailants could target clerics of certain religious sects, security forces and important buildings and installations in the cities. Authorities have been directed to beef up security across Punjab, the channel said.
Posted by: Fred || 06/01/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336070 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in Pakistan


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Abbasniks ambuscade Hamas hidey hole, kill top field commander
Six people were killed on Sunday when forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas raided a Hamas hideout, just days after he promised in Washington to fulfil his security commitments.

The violence erupted when police encircled a house in the West Bank town of Qalqilya where a top Hamas field commander, Mohammad Samman, and his deputy Mohammad Yasin, had taken refuge, witnesses and security officials said. Both Hamas men and the homeowner died in the shootout, along with three policemen. Dozens of bullet holes in walls and furniture in the home attested to the ferocity of the fighting.

It was the bloodiest internal Palestinian clash in the occupied West Bank since the Western-backed Abbas launched a security drive and revived peace talks with Israel in 2007 after breaking with Hamas over its takeover of the Gaza Strip.

Samman and Yasin had ignored calls to surrender, witnesses said. Palestinian security forces spokesman Adnan Damiri said police had tried to negotiate a peaceful end to the standoff.

"Thousands of shots were fired at the security forces," Damiri said, adding that large quantities of explosives were discovered in the Hamas hideout.

After the raid, Hamas threatened to call off Egyptian-sponsored reconciliation talks with Fatah that had been scheduled to resume in Cairo in July. Fawzhi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip said: "We in Hamas have come closer than ever to taking a decision to suspend our participation in the dialogue." A spokesman for Hamas's armed wing accused the Abbas-aligned forces of being "loyal to the Zionists" and alleged he was directly responsible for "the crime and its consequences."
Tedious drivel about the politix of it all at the link...
Posted by: || 06/01/2009 00:00 || Comments || Link || [336066 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Abbas has a very good brain in his head. Siding with Israel, he will bring peace and prosperity to his people. Siding with Hezbollah will continue to bring death, destruction and horrible poverty to his people. I hope Palestinians learn soon what Abbas is trying to do for them.
Posted by: Annon || 06/01/2009 2:26 Comments || Top||

#2  Let the celebrations begin---I hope for revenge TM.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/01/2009 3:28 Comments || Top||

#3  Fatah followers in Gaza would be advised to stay out of sight this week.
Posted by: lord garth || 06/01/2009 8:04 Comments || Top||

#4  And wear their steel-toed shoes 24/7, and stay away from rooftops.
Posted by: Seafarious || 06/01/2009 8:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Is this in any way different from a mob hit?
Posted by: Anonymoose || 06/01/2009 10:31 Comments || Top||

#6  The mob generally makes do with one or two hitters, and doesn't take out ads in the papers.
Posted by: mojo || 06/01/2009 12:25 Comments || Top||

#7  Is this in any way different from a mob hit?

That kind of depends on the occupational duties of a "Hamas field commander". If his duties include assassinations and terror attacks, I would argue that this killing falls under the category of "pest control", not "mob hit".
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 06/01/2009 14:30 Comments || Top||

#8  Besides, mobsters don't ask their targets to surrender - many victims don't know they're even being targeted up until the final seconds of their lives.
Posted by: Zhang Fei || 06/01/2009 14:32 Comments || Top||

#9  I love the smell of Red On Red in the Morning. It smells like ... Victory.
Posted by: Kofi Flomotch5556 || 06/01/2009 16:18 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Shooting at Little Rock Army Recruiting Station
Very strange. Motive not yet known.
Moved to WOT Operations due to the charges now lodged: terror.

Little Rock - One person is in custody, and two others have been transported to a local hospital in serious condition following a double-shooting in west Little Rock Monday morning.

Authorities say the incident occurred around 10:00 a.m. at the U.S. Army Navy Career Center inside the Ashley Square Shopping Center at 9112 North Rodney Parham Road. According to Lt. Terry Hastings with the Little Rock Police Department, two recruiting officers standing outside the office were hit when the unidentified suspect drove up in a black SUV and began shooting.

The suspect led police on a brief pursuit towards downtown Little Rock before being taken into custody in the area of the Interstate 30/630 interchange.

According to the Little Rock Fire Department, a bomb squad is currently on the scene, checking out a suspicious package inside the suspect's vehicle.
Posted by: Glenmore || 06/01/2009 12:58 || Comments || Link || [336067 views] Top|| File under:

#1  One dead, one wounded.
Posted by: Pappy || 06/01/2009 17:22 Comments || Top||

#2  I guess we need to move this up to War on Terror - Operations, Home Front.
Little Rock Police say Abulhakin Muhammad, also known as Carlos Bledsoe, will be charged with capital murder and 15 counts of terroristic acts after a shooting at an Army/Navy recruitment center on Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock.

Little Rock Police Chief Stuart Thomas says Muhammad, originally of Memphis, targeted military personnel.
Posted by: Glenmore || 06/01/2009 19:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Jihad and treason, pure and simple. Best go over Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad's mosque buddies with an anal probe.
Posted by: ed || 06/01/2009 19:59 Comments || Top||

#4  I'm sure that's already started, ed.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/01/2009 20:31 Comments || Top||

#5  No worries! Millions of taxpayer dollars will be spent on the conviction of this piece of garbage in order that the Attorney General can direct that the charges be dropped.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/01/2009 20:50 Comments || Top||

#6  it should be tried in Military Court
Posted by: 746 || 06/01/2009 22:35 Comments || Top||


Good Monday morning ...
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#1  Happy Birthday: June 1st

Brigham Young - died 1877 (76) "President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"

Nelson Riddle - died 1985 (64) "Bandleader, arranger and orchestrator"

Joan Caulfield - died 1991 (69)"Gams"

Andy Griffith -83 "No Time for Sergeants" (Now)

Marilyn Monroe - died 1962 (36) "Nekkid as an egg"

Pat Boone - 75 "For Barbara & TW" (Now)

Morgan Freeman - 72 "Street Smart - Driving Miss Daisy - The Shawshank Redemption - Million Dollar Baby" (Now)

***NSFW***
Teri Polo - 40 "Meet the Fockers" (Now)

On this day in history: June 1st.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance.
1812 – U.S. President James Madison asks the Congress to declare war on the United Kingdom.
1813 – James Lawrence, the mortally-wounded commander of the USS Chesapeake, cries out "Don't give up the ship!"
1831 – James Clark Ross discovers the North Magnetic Pole.
1869 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his electric voting machine.
1890 – The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
1918 – World War I Western Front: U.S. Marine Corps Battle for Belleau Wood.
1925 – Lou Gehrig plays the first game in his streak of 2,130 consecutive games; it was the longest such streak until broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1995.
1939 – Maiden flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger (D-OPZE) fighter aeroplane.
1943 – British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation the downing was an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
1958 – Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement to lead France by decree for six months.
1962 – Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
1967 – The groundbreaking Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album by The Beatles is released.
1979 – The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
1980 – Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 06/01/2009 2:53 Comments || Top||

#2  [Dumbass was here]
Posted by: [Muttwit] || 06/01/2009 3:47 Comments || Top||


#4  red sea
Posted by: lankanvin || 06/01/2009 6:52 Comments || Top||

#5  MARILYN: Never-Published Photos of a young innocent MM

She would have been 83 today, but instead she will remain 36 forever.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 06/01/2009 10:07 Comments || Top||

#6  red sea
Posted by: Some lame spammer || 06/01/2009 11:11 Comments || Top||

#7  Aw jeez, Marilyn. Why?
Posted by: Joe DiMaggio || 06/01/2009 11:41 Comments || Top||

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Anna Nicole Smith - 38

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Posted by: Seafarious || 06/01/2009 12:31 Comments || Top||

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#12  My, my - the spambot trolls are out in force tonight, aren't they?

And it's not even a full moon....
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 06/01/2009 21:09 Comments || Top||

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Posted by: European Conservative || 06/01/2009 21:34 Comments || Top||

#14  I thought I'd done so, European Conservative, but clearly I didn't do it right; I'm still climbing the moderator learning curve, it seems. I put a call for help to the experienced moderators, so no doubt someone will fix the spam annoyance soon.
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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2009-06-01
  Mass kiddy abduction by Talibs in Pakistan
Sun 2009-05-31
  Former director of National Security Intel was owned by ISI
Sat 2009-05-30
  Mighty Pak Army clears Piochar valley
Fri 2009-05-29
  Pakistan: Suspects arrested for ´plotting attack against spy agency´
Thu 2009-05-28
  7 killed in attack on Somali presidential palace
Wed 2009-05-27
  Taliban strike ISI headquarters in Lahore, 35 killed, 250 wounded
Tue 2009-05-26
  SKor military bolsters defense readiness
Mon 2009-05-25
  N. Korea appears to have conducted second nuclear test
Sun 2009-05-24
  Pak security forces enter Mingora
Sat 2009-05-23
  Car boom kills 10, injures 75 in Peshawar
Fri 2009-05-22
  Thousands flee tense Wazoo
Thu 2009-05-21
  Iran tests long range missile
Wed 2009-05-20
  Army takes Sultanwas, kills 81; Mullah Fazlullah maybe titzup
Tue 2009-05-19
  Prabhakaran dead as a rock!!!!!
Mon 2009-05-18
  Norks to nullify Kaesong agreements

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