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Barzan and al-Bandar hanged; Barzan's head pops off
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Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
PA security foils Hamas assassinations	4 00:00 DarthVader [3]
Somali, Ethiopian troops search houses for gunmen who attacked convoy	3 00:00 Cyber Sarge [1]
Fatah says uncovers possible ~~deep-laid~~ plot against leaders	5 00:00 Shipman [1]
Dupe entry: 'The jihad now is against the Shias, not the Americans'	1 00:00 trailing wife [4]
Barzan's head popped off	53 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [4]
Deadly clashes in Mogadishu, govt silences broadcasters	5 00:00 USN, Ret. [1]
Fallujah Police Detain 47 Insurgents	1 00:00 doc [3]
Jihadis target railway bridges, kill soldier in southern Thailand	0 [1]
Egypt finds explosives cache in Sinai Peninsula	6 00:00 USN, Ret. [2]
546 militants in Chechnya surrender (since July)	1 00:00 RD [1]
Ibrahim and al-Bandar hanged	25 00:00 RD [5]
G'morning...	7 00:00 Shipman [2]
Gun shown by Palestinians not Gilad Shalit's	1 00:00 Frank G [1]
IDF nabs ten Chinese infiltrators in South	12 00:00 liberalhawk [2]
Dog killed in Beersheba grenade attack	7 00:00 RD [1]
IDF kills 2 armed Palestinians near Gaza border fence	2 00:00 Shipman [2]
11 killed in Sri Lanka violence	0 [1]
British soldier, 30 Taliban dead in battle	8 00:00 Frank G [2]
Weapons seized from rebel hideouts in Mogadishu	0 [1]
Pro-Taliban militants kill suspected Uzbek fighter	0 [6]
Ambush attack kills government soldier in Mogadishu	1 00:00 USN, Ret. [1]
Cop foils bombing bid	5 00:00 USN, Ret. [6]
2 women, child killed in blast	1 00:00 Old Patriot [4]
Yandarbayev's Bodyguard Surrenders	0 [5]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iran Wants Germany to Swap Assassin for Kidnapped German Tourist	3 00:00 SwissTex [13]
Update: Deported imam was rejected by 72 nations had nowhere to turn	7 00:00 USN, ret. [2]
Key legislators threaten funds for nuclear weapons overhaul	10 00:00 TZsenator [5]
Armor: Merkava Muddles and Miracles in Lebanon	1 00:00 Captain America [1]
Philippine Muslim rebels protests members' arrest	3 00:00 Rob Crawford [1]
Continued strife in south draws Thai Muslim minister's anger	3 00:00 Rob Crawford [1]
Bush Refuses to Cave in to Critics	8 00:00 Dave D. [2]
Iran and Venezuela plan anti-U.S. fund	7 00:00 DMFD [1]
Suspended sentences for Moroccan journalists for defaming Islam	1 00:00 USN, Ret. [2]
Islamic Jihad: Israelis flee Sdeort while terrorists comfortable in Gaza	1 00:00 anymouse [1]
Egypt to launch first spy satellite	9 00:00 IanFichten [1]
Turk PM asserts right to intervene in Iraq (again)	3 00:00 Mike N. [1]
Official Rejects Rumors about Iran-US Clash in Persian Gulf	10 00:00 Unoluse Cleting4009 [6]
Six prominent Muslim Brotherhood members arrested	0 [1]
Ahmadinejad: We'll talk to US, but not to Israel	6 00:00 xbalanke [5]
Sneh: We'll have to weigh freeing Barghouti	5 00:00 Unoluse Cleting4009 [1]
Halutz: Talk of Syria war is premature	0 [7]
IDF delighted with new head of UNIFIL	3 00:00 USN, Ret. [6]
Barak says Labor can't win with leftist platform	2 00:00 Besoeker [1]
Outspoken cleric an 'embarrassment': Australian PM	7 00:00 mcsegeek1 [2]
Iran's Larijani makes unexpected trip to Saudi Arabia	0 [5]
AU in Somalia to plan peace force	0 [3]
Somalia: Somaliland warns of regional war	2 00:00 Steve White [1]
Lebanon's parliament majority decries Hezbollah-led Protests	0 [8]
Nawaz retracts election boycott	0 [6]
Dublin imam takes on the fanatics	8 00:00 Omeaque Ulinetle3034 [5]
Hezbollah chief: Hariri probe political	1 00:00 Besoeker [8]
Jordan's king: Sunnis should have say in new Iraq	9 00:00 Captain America [2]
Rice arrives in West Bank	2 00:00 trailing wife [1]
Cheney Says Opponents Won't Stop New Strategy in Iraq	3 00:00 Shipman [1]
McCain: New Iraq Policy Must Succeed	4 00:00 Pappy [3]
Iraqi official seeks release of Iranians	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [5]
Pope: Migrants should heed host's values	7 00:00 RD [1]
Asian nations urge N. Korea sanctions	0 [1]
Iran Leader Courts Latin America Allies	0 [1]
Hillary arrives in Lahore	9 00:00 Bobby [7]
Arrested Iranians tied to group arming Iraqis: US	0 [1]
Page 3: Non-WoT
No redrawing of borders: Pranab to Pak leaders	0 [5]
Muslim students want a place to pray at Northwestern games	23 00:00 ed [3]
Saudis May Ban Letter 'X', Ampersands Threatened...	9 00:00 anonymous5089 [4]
Chavez to nationalize Venezuelan energy sector	7 00:00 Shipman [2]
US And Japan Agree To Develop Landmark Civil Nuclear Action Plan	2 00:00 DanNY [1]
From the Alternate History Dept: When Britain and France nearly married	11 00:00 Mike N. [1]
Jakarta bird flu hospital overwhelmed with patients	1 00:00 Shipman [2]
Turkey launches legislative plan to prep for EU	3 00:00 trailing wife [1]
Olmert had eyelid surgery upon return from China	4 00:00 USN, ret. [2]
Euro displaces dollar in bond markets	8 00:00 Procopius2k [1]
UN veto on Myanmar could embolden regime: analysts	0 [1]
Awami League to contest Bangladesh elections	0 [1]
Bangladeshi Leader Consolidates Power	0 [2]
Sarkozy annointed presidential candidate	1 00:00 DMFD [1]
Pakistan mixed marathon held despite opposition	0 [8]
Iran, Nicaragua leaders tour slums, share goals	1 00:00 anonymous5089 [2]
Albanian president confirms Feb 18 local poll	1 00:00 Sneaze Shaiting3550 [2]
Fidel Castros son says father is getting better	6 00:00 mcsegeek1 [1]
Page 4: Opinion
That Train wont be late - Sandmonkey	3 00:00 Rob Crawford [1]
Why Europe Abandoned Israel	2 00:00 Mike [2]
The End of Deterrence	0 [7]
How Australia confronts militant Islam	0 [2]
Open-Field Presidential Politics in 2008	1 00:00 Shipman [2]
Impressed by Bush's Determination	0 [1]
When Muslims Enslaved Americans	4 00:00 Sneaze Shaiting3550 [2]
Regardings Troops, Google Earth and NRO	3 00:00 SteveS [1]
Iraq war is 'unwinnable': New York Times	18 00:00 Frank G [2]
Does the Bush Plan for Baghdad Favor Shiites?	1 00:00 Bobby [1]
The Daily DUH! Report: Arabs twice as poor as Jews	3 00:00 Frozen Al [1]
The significance of certain Iranian imports to Iraq - from Belmont Club	2 00:00 Art [2]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Ahmadinejad kisser's wife demands rabbis grant her a divorce -- due to his misdeeds in Iran	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [4]
Berzerkly regulates nanotechnology - sort of	2 00:00 Frank G [2]
Smoke bans 'lead to illegal grog shops'	5 00:00 Marlborough Man [1]
Gene trail leads Scots and English 'back to Basque by same pool'	3 00:00 MacNails [1]
Divorce fears cloud 300th anniversary of England-Scotland union	8 00:00 Shipman [1]
Giant owl attacks drinkers	8 00:00 Shipman [1]
China detains 2 after body parts found in mail	1 00:00 Shipman [1]
First Kuwaiti royal gets death	4 00:00 Anonymoose [7]
Clerics reject ban on loudspeakers	2 00:00 Icerigger [5]

    
                23:42 anonymous5089

                        23:22 Barbara Skolaut

                        23:19 Daryl Fatwa

                        23:10 Art

                        23:10 USN, ret.

                        23:03 ed

                        23:02 USN, ret.

                        22:47 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:45 Lancasters Over Dresden

                        22:44 Lancasters Over Dresden

                        22:43 Lancasters Over Dresden

                        22:41 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:38 Lancasters Over Dresden

                        22:32 Daryl Fatwa

                        22:30 Omeaque Ulinetle3034

                        22:28 SwissTex

                        22:25 Gratle Slainter7968

                        22:19 CrazyFool

                        22:19 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        22:16 RD

                        22:14 Eric Jablow

                        22:13 Scully

                        22:11 TZsenator

                        22:09 Eric Jablow

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2007-01-15
Barzan and al-Bandar hanged; Barzan's head pops off

Sun 2007-01-14
Somalia: Lawmakers impose martial law

Sat 2007-01-13
Last Somali Islamist base falls

Fri 2007-01-12
Two US aircraft carrier groups plus Patriot missile bn planned for ME

Thu 2007-01-11
US Warships picking up Al-Q hardboyz at sea

Wed 2007-01-10
Troop Surge Already Under Way

Tue 2007-01-09
Major battle on Haifa street in Baghdad

Mon 2007-01-08
US Gunship Hits Al-Qaeda In Somalia

Sun 2007-01-07
Iraqi Papers Sunday: Iranian Coup Plot Foiled?

Sat 2007-01-06
Top Dems Oppose More Troops in Iraq

Fri 2007-01-05
White House Postponing Loss of Iraq, Biden Says

Thu 2007-01-04
Report: Supreme Ayatollah Khamenei is Supremely Stable

Wed 2007-01-03
Iran Funding Both Shiite And Sunni Jihadists In Iraq

Tue 2007-01-02
Islamists decamp from Kismayu

Mon 2007-01-01
Baathists pledge loyalty to Izzat Ibrahim

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