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60 killed in triple bombing in Basra
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Chihuahua: Mexican Federal Police Detachment Withdraws -- UPDATED	2 00:00 SteveS [7]
Anti-War Activists Rally in Support of Soldier Accused of Leaking Documents	9 00:00 CrazyFool [8]
More on the ten-person medical team shot in Afghanistan	3 00:00 miscellaneous [7]
'It's taken a year to move 20 Clicks'	3 00:00 Jack is Back! [5]
Three gunned down in southern Thailand	0 [7]
Good morning	3 00:00 Parabellum [7]
10 hurt in attack on Ahmadiyyas	0 [4]
Eight Taliban Killed in Afghan Violence	0 [4]
Wheel barrow bomb Kills 4 Afghan Policemen, 1 Civilian	0 [4]
Four policemen killed by insurgents in Baghdad	0 [7]
US embassy in Saudi receives attack threat	5 00:00 tu3031 [6]
Qaeda in Yemen claims 2 attacks in oil producing area	0 [8]
Beirut charges 3rd telecom worker of espionage	0 [8]
Northern Irish republicans target security forces - 2nd time this week	4 00:00 Shipman [4]
Pair held over Uganda bombing	0 [6]
Chihuahua: Mexican Federal Agents in 3 Ambushes; 1 Dead	0 [5]
2 border guards killed in clash with drug smugglers	0 [8]
Nigerian police kill three as mob storms station	1 00:00 Swanimote [4]
Gaza power plant shuts down citing lack of fuel	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [4]
The Mayor of Baghlia killed near his home by an armed group	0 [4]
Hezb-e-Islami killed 2 Afghans and 8 foreigners	2 00:00 miscellaneous [5]
60 killed in triple bombing in Basra	0 [10]
Four more shot dead, 14 injured in Karachi	0 [4]
More Mexican Mayhem	1 00:00 Glenmore [4]
Page 2: WoT Background
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's English-Language Magazine	0 [12]
Al Shabaab's First "News" Video: An Effort to Recruit Westerners and Expel Peacekeepers	1 00:00 chris [7]
Lebanese Christian Leader Takes on Hezbollah	2 00:00 miscellaneous [12]
Geo blocked over news of shoe hurling at Zardari	2 00:00 miscellaneous [4]
South Africa irked US in war on terror	2 00:00 Besoeker [5]
Indonesian police seize jihad VCDs from terror suspect	0 [4]
Update on Mexican Federal Agent Mutiny -- Four Relieved	2 00:00 badanov [3]
Quintana Roo: Cancun Discharges More Than 300 Cops	1 00:00 Free Radical [4]
Presidency delaying execution of terrorists	2 00:00 Besoeker [4]
Abbas aide: Religion of intl border troops irrelevant	3 00:00 SteveS [3]
Turkish group may send new mission to Gaza	5 00:00 miscellaneous [3]
Colombia accuses Chavez of "crimes against humanity"	2 00:00 JohnQC [3]
Hamas accuses Israel of Eilat rockets	2 00:00 miscellaneous [3]
Fla. mom says Shukrijumah is not a high-ranking al Qaeda terrorist, but a kind boy	9 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Lebanon building up army after Israel clash	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [10]
Lebanon in shock after ex-general's arrest on spy charges	2 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [9]
Spies could have manipulated Hariri's death's evidence:Hezbollah	2 00:00 chris [8]
Karzai: Foreigners Shouldnt Go Against Afghan National Sovereignty	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [4]
'If attacked, Iran will annihilate US'	8 00:00 rwv [8]
US seeks to drag Iran into Afghan war	5 00:00 JohnQC [7]
Ahmadinejad: 9/11 death toll was exaggerated	1 00:00 JohnQC [9]
Bloomberg to mosque foes: Shut up already!	28 00:00 OldSpook [7]
Ahmadinejad aide angers Iran conservatives	0 [7]
Zardari: Pakistan Cannot Track Insurgents	5 00:00 Clyde Ulamp8999 [3]
French official calls to restrain polygamy	0 [3]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Cops: Man charged after referring to Conn. rampage	4 00:00 Charles [3]
Barry's Health Care reform taxes coming our way.	0 [4]
Birmingham man proud of throwing shoes at Pak president	2 00:00 tu3031 [7]
Across Texas, 60,000 babies of noncitizens get U.S. birthright	1 00:00 Besoeker [3]
Malaysia tribes 'forced to convert'	1 00:00 Goodluck [4]
Pakistan needs billions to recover from floods	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [5]
Again, government as the enemy of the public interest and the friend of established business	2 00:00 Bright Pebbles [4]
Friday night fight: 70 brawl at DC transit station	9 00:00 Dale [3]
WaPo circulation down 10%	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [3]
Iran stoning woman says charges are fake	0 [10]
Haia set to issue guidelines for practice of faith healing	2 00:00 Pappy [11]
India lends Bangladesh one billion dollars as ties warm	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [5]
Page 4: Opinion
China: What Goes Around, Comes Around	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
Kass: Let Them Eat Cake!	16 00:00 OldSpook [9]
Further Travels Of Imam Feisal	0 [5]
When it Comes to Free & Reduced Mortgages, it Took Me Like 5 Years to Pay for My Honeymoon	0 [4]
Jihad of the word erupts in Denmark yet again	0 [4]
''Radical State: How Jihad Is Winning Over Democracy in the West.''	4 00:00 HammerHead [3]
Islamic Group theorist: al-Qaeda ideology in state of decline	1 00:00 Phosing Big Foot3926 [4]
Page 6: Politix
The Obama presidency increasingly resembles a modern-day Ancient Rï¿½gime:	15 00:00 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) [6]
Aretha sez, "Sorry, Charlie"	5 00:00 tu3031 [8]
Michelle Obama meets Spain's king	11 00:00 Asymmetrical Triangulation [7]
With Wife and Daughters Away, Obama Has His Boys Over	17 00:00 Hellfish [4]

    
                23:45 CrazyFool

                        23:45 JosephMendiola

                        23:32 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)

                        23:08 Old Patriot

                        22:58 Asymmetrical Triangulation

                        22:43 Pappy

                        22:28 tu3031

                        22:21 JosephMendiola

                        22:17 tu3031

                        22:02 OldSpook

                        21:55 rwv

                        21:54 Asymmetrical Triangulation

                        21:51 rwv

                        21:44 rwv

                        21:44 OldSpook

                        21:41 Pappy

                        21:35 Pappy

                        21:32 Uncle Phester

                        21:25 JosephMendiola

                        21:19 Spaviling Scourge of the Algonquins

                        21:19 Thing From Snowy Mountain

                        21:09 OldSpook

                        21:06 JosephMendiola

                        21:01 OldSpook

Who's in the News
43	[untagged]
5	Govt of Iran
3	Hamas
2	Global Jihad
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	al-Qaeda
2	al-Qaeda in Arabia
2	Hezbollah
2	Islamic State of Iraq
2	Taliban
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Hizb-i-Islami-Hekmatyar
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Jemaah Islamiyah
1	Commies
1	al-Shabaab
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2010-08-08
60 killed in triple bombing in Basra

Sat 2010-08-07
10 Medical Aid Workers Murdered Near Kabul

Fri 2010-08-06
Tamaulipas: Car Bomb Explodes at State Police HQ

Thu 2010-08-05
Chief of Frontier Constabulary rubbed out in suicide attack

Wed 2010-08-04
Hezbollah accuses Israel of killing Rafik Hariri

Tue 2010-08-03
Two Lebanese soldiers killed in clash with IDF on northern border

Mon 2010-08-02
Five rockets slam into Israeli resort

Sun 2010-08-01
Assad wants Hariri tribunal closed

Sat 2010-07-31
Three Kenyans charged over Kampala bomb attacks

Fri 2010-07-30
20 Bad Guys Die in Gun Battle in Sonora

Thu 2010-07-29
Federal judge guts Arizona immigration law

Wed 2010-07-28
Houthis capture 200 Yemeni soldiers: Official

Tue 2010-07-27
Afghan Forces Re-capture Barg-e-Matal District

Mon 2010-07-26
Taliban Capture Barg-e-Matal District in Nooristan

Sun 2010-07-25
N Korea declares 'sacred war' on US, South

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