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Up to 15 tourists kidnapped in Egypt
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Terrorist crashes vehicle, injuring at least 16 in downtown Jerusalem, Shot Dead	2 00:00 USN,Ret. [4]
150 labourers kidnapped in Afghanistan	4 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [3]
Fedayeen of Islam claims Marriott bombing	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Up to 15 tourists kidnapped in Egypt - TV report (1st Lead)	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [8]
Top Afghan diplomat abducted in Pakistan ambush	0 [6]
Security alert at Brisbane Airport, 24 flights grounded	2 00:00 Rolf Harris [2]
Pakistani troops fire on intruding U.S. choppers	14 00:00 Pappy [9]
Four shot down across southern Thailand	4 00:00 Besoeker [2]
25 members of car bomb cells, financial network arrested	3 00:00 Red Dawg [3]
Good morning	5 00:00 Iblis [1]
Bombers among four held for India attack	0 [8]
UN offices looted	5 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [2]
Four suspected militants held	0 [8]
Grid station blown up in Swat	4 00:00 Halliburton - Asymmetrical Reply Division [7]
Bombings kill 3 policemen in Iraq	0 [2]
Twelve Afghan police killed in clashes with militiamen	0 [4]
Militants looting, killing people in Darra	0 [8]
Army unit mourns 2 allegedly shot by soldier	1 00:00 remoteman [2]
Pak announces reward of Rs one crore for any info into blast	0 [8]
Small Wars Journal: Sisyphus and Counterinsurgency	2 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [5]
U.S. military: Iraqis trained for assassination coming home	3 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [2]
Czech envoy to Pak killed in Marriott hotel blast	2 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [4]
al-Qaeda blamed for Pak hotel carnage	4 00:00 Milton Fandango [9]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pak army to take Ramadan off	0 [6]
IAEA urges Iran to come clean on alleged nuke warhead	0 [6]
Iraq's Mehdi Army at crossroads as U.S. scales down	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [2]
Palin on Ahmadinejad: 'He Must Be Stopped'	15 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [1]
Quality control issues continue to plague Gaza Tunnel Authority	2 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident []
Abu's whinge over ice cream	8 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [1]
US to return 'priceless' Iraqi artefacts	4 00:00 M. Murcek []
'Change of plans' saved Pakistan leaders from blast	4 00:00 ed [8]
Mehdi Army at crossroads as U.S. scales down	1 00:00 mojo [1]
Progress claimed in Thai negotiations	0 [2]
Tamil census ordered in Colombo	0 [1]
Iran vows to 'break hands' of invaders	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [7]
Fatah team in Egypt for national dialogue talks	0 [3]
Sri Lanka registers Tamils in capital	0 [1]
Nigerian militants declare ceasefire	0 []
Iraq, Saudi Arabia swap prisoners	1 00:00 Paul [1]
Fatah 'might use force against Hamas'	4 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident []
Gaza rights org condemns massacre of Dogmushes	0 [3]
Thai gov't, Muslim insurgents agree to settle conflict peacefully	2 00:00 gorb [2]
Ahmadinejad to outline nuclear activities in UN meeting	0 [7]
Pakistani PM: PM house target of suicide attack	0 [7]
Iran 'galloping toward a nuclear bomb,' military intelligence chief says	0 []
Threats against Iran not substantial	1 00:00 DLR [5]
Ethiopian troops postpone leaving Somalia	2 00:00 Besoeker [2]
Russia to equip Iran with 'game changer'?	77 00:00 Red Dawg [8]
French, German rallies demand Afghanistan pullout	4 00:00 anonymous5089 [2]
Tribesmen will counter Taliban activities in Dir	0 [3]
LT denies role in India blasts	0 [4]
'BB's assassination should be investigated'	0 [5]
British Airways suspends flights to Pakistan	0 [4]
All roads lead to Waziristan: Malik	1 00:00 JohnQC [4]
Pak blast: Bomber had two targets -- 'direct and optional'	1 00:00 gorb [4]
World leaders condemn 'disgraceful' suicide bombing in Pak	0 [4]
Iraq, Royal Dutch Shell to ink gas deal - Our blood, everyone elses gets oil	15 00:00 trailing wife [1]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Obama plays Social Security scare card in Florida	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [4]
Financial company tells SEC to take its stock off the list subject to a short-selling ban	17 00:00 rammer [4]
Russian navy ships head to Venezuela	13 00:00 Plastic Snoopy [1]
DOJ confirms probe into Palin hacking	0 [1]
Hard-Hitting McCain Ad Links Obama to Chicago Political Machine	1 00:00 Glinetle McGurque6029 [2]
Is Professional PR Firm Behind Palin Smear "Viral" Video?	16 00:00 Betty Grating2215 [3]
Democrats Begin to Set Own Bailout Terms	28 00:00 Zhang Fei [1]
83 Egyptians missing off coast of Greece	2 00:00 Redneck Jim []
Saudis first in line for space tourism	10 00:00 trailing wife [6]
Thousands of Germans protest anti-Islam meet	5 00:00 Woozle Elmeter 2700 [2]
Poll: Canada Conservatives' lead over Liberals widens	3 00:00 Chemist [3]
Chavez to buy Chicom fighter aircraft	10 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [1]
USS Nassau delivers critical help to Galveston	2 00:00 Betty Grating2215 [4]
Almost Armageddon	4 00:00 Zhang Fei [1]
Zionist circles linked to Islam-bashing DVDs targeting voters in key US states	7 00:00 Last Breath Farm Resident [1]
Brown sings own praises as critics call for his head at Labor Party confab	2 00:00 Betty Grating2215 [1]
Page 4: Opinion
Sullivan displaying his PDS	1 00:00 OldSpook [3]
How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis: Kevin Hassett	0 [4]
New Energy-Efficient Process Turns Sugar into Gasoline	3 00:00 rjschwarz [2]
God, Patriotism and Taxes	0 [1]
Deep secrets of campaign 2008	0 [2]
Cash for Trash	3 00:00 Procopius2k [4]
USA has bared its teeth	5 00:00 AlmostAnonymous5839 [6]
VDH: We have seen the enemy and he is us	1 00:00 Betty Grating2215 [2]
Roger Simon's open letter to American Jews	0 [1]
Lurid Moonbat Fantasy #61: the AIG bailout is a coup d'etat!	7 00:00 SteveS []
The Undefended City	5 00:00 JohnQC [1]
When the oil stops flowing	7 00:00 rjschwarz [1]
Default by the US government is no longer unthinkable	12 00:00 Spaish Flomble3461 [4]
A contest, but still Rudd's to lose	9 00:00 Besoeker [1]
Back in Iraq, Jarred by the Calm	2 00:00 Jack is Back! [1]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
~~Global Warming~~ ~~Climate Change~~ Climate Crisis Alert	5 00:00 rjschwarz [3]
California town changes its name to "Obama"	13 00:00 Red Dawg [2]
Japan gets new conservative PM	3 00:00 Betty Grating2215 []
Dust storm blankets Australian towns with mud rain, drops orange snow	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [2]
New Zealand granted vast seabed area	2 00:00 Procopius2k []
16 dead in jilted lover's tribal fight	0 [2]
Workers hope for prayer compromise at Grand Island plant	8 00:00 Darrell [1]
Digital matchmaking leads to marriage in Saudi	2 00:00 anonymous2u [5]
Moroccan tribes refuse to register marriages	2 00:00 AlmostAnonymous5839 [2]
3 churches attacked in Karnataka	0 [7]

    
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                        23:49 General_Comment

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                        23:40 General_Comment

                        23:35 Cornsilk Blondie

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                        23:31 General_Comment

                        23:29 Betty Grating2215

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                        23:23 General_Comment

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                        23:16 rammer

                        23:15 Red Dawg

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                        23:00 Zhang Fei

                        22:56 JosephMendiola

                        22:44 Spaish Flomble3461

                        22:41 rjschwarz

                        22:38 rjschwarz

                        22:36 Milton Fandango

                        22:36 rjschwarz

                        22:35 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:33 Pappy

Who's in the News
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10	TTP
5	Govt of Iran
4	Govt of Pakistan
2	Hamas
2	Taliban
2	Indian Mujahideen
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	al-Qaeda
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Islamic Courts
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Thai Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2008-09-22
Up to 15 tourists kidnapped in Egypt

Sun 2008-09-21
2 Delhi blasts suspects banged

Sat 2008-09-20
Islamabad Marriott kaboomed

Fri 2008-09-19
300 child hostages freed in NWFP

Thu 2008-09-18
25 arrested over embassy attack in Yemen

Wed 2008-09-17
Odierno takes over as US commander in Iraq

Tue 2008-09-16
Twelve Mauritanian troops dead in attack blamed on Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing

Mon 2008-09-15
Pak Troops open fire at US military helicopters

Sun 2008-09-14
Pakistan order to kill US invaders

Sat 2008-09-13
30 dead, 90 injured as five blasts hit Indian capital

Fri 2008-09-12
Kimmie recovering from brain surgery

Thu 2008-09-11
Seven years. Never forgive, never forget, never ''understand.''

Wed 2008-09-10
Head of al-Qaeda in Pakistain dead in Haqqani raid

Tue 2008-09-09
Car boom attempt on Chalabi

Mon 2008-09-08
Drones hit Haqqani compound

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