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18 Orakzai tribes form Lashkar against Taliban
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
The Mosul Offensive - Map - Where al-Qaeda In Iraq Still Exists	0 [6]
Gen. Hertling speaks about Mosul	0 [5]
Probe Says Israel Didn't Win Lebanon War	0 [4]
Iran sees nuclear power this time next year	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Terrorists kill four in southern Thailand	0 [7]
Rantburg Global Incident vacation planning tool.	4 00:00 eLarson [7]
Gazans Spend Play Money In Egypt	4 00:00 tu3031 [4]
Terrorist Money Man Grabbed in Mosul	3 00:00 sinse [4]
Good morning....	12 00:00 gorb [5]
Fifteen Iraqis wounded in suicide bombing in Mosul	0 [7]
Lebanon army arrests 23 suspects in Sunday riots	0 [8]
Sheikh Salah charged with incitement	2 00:00 ed [3]
Car bomb blast outside Algerian police station kills 3	0 [6]
Pakistan: Missile strike kills 12 near Afghan border	2 00:00 ed [8]
Boom bitch strikes checkpoint in Baghdad, killing 2 women	0 [5]
Fazl unhurt as grenade lobbed at his house	1 00:00 M. Murcek [5]
Kohat Tunnel to be opened soon, says ISPR	0 [6]
18 Orakzai tribes form Lashkar against Taliban	11 00:00 Redneck Jim [10]
Two rockets fired on Peshawar	0 [7]
Sri Lankan troops take rebel territory, 69 dead	0 [4]
Paks say they've identified Bhutto's killer	5 00:00 Frank G [5]
Militants rocket Frontier Corps camp in N. Wazoo, Miranshah	0 [4]
Shootout in Karachi: 5 Jundullah gunnies, 2 coppers killed	0 [6]
Page 2: WoT Background
Tehran Times: Brattleboro to vote on arresting Bush, Cheney	7 00:00 Alaska Paul [6]
Bosnian envoy rejects Serb claim of right to secede	1 00:00 Penguin [6]
In Iraq fear still grips Diyala's people	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [8]
New commander's Baghdad strategy: 'preserve gains'	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
Ahmadinejad tells West: Accept Israel's 'imminent collapse'	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [9]
US Military funds Madrassas in Afghanistan	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [3]
US homes in on militants in Pakistan	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
President Bush asserts authority to bypass defense act	16 00:00 g(r)omgoru [9]
Supreme Court upholds sanctions against Gaza Strip	0 [4]
NATO Requests German Troops for Combat Role in Afghanistan	1 00:00 ed [7]
No word on US aid worker kidnapped in Afghan	1 00:00 GK [5]
Wally: Iranian and Syrian dictators should be toppled	2 00:00 Ptah [7]
Saleh in Spain for talks on anti-terrorism cooperation	1 00:00 ed [9]
Kassem threatens to kidnap more Israeli troops	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [8]
Abbas, Hamas Due in Cairo for Talks on Gaza Border	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [3]
White House, London, NY my targets: Mehsud	20 00:00 KBK [12]
Camera-shy Baitullah is 'law' in Waziristan	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
Court takes up appeals filed by convicts in Musharraf attack case	0 [1]
Study: Afghanistan could fail as a state	8 00:00 Old Patriot [8]
Yemen's prez to seek release of Arab TV reporter jailed in Spain	0 [9]
Japan extends Golan Heights peacekeeping mission	1 00:00 Excalibur [6]
Egypt FM sends telegrams to his counterparts explaining events in Gaza	1 00:00 M. Murcek [3]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Hillary Receives Much-Sought Maxine Waters Endorsement	1 00:00 tu3031 [5]
London bombings started rogue trader's 'spiral' of deceit	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [11]
Oh, goody! Just what we need! Nader '08!	13 00:00 Redneck Jim [12]
Memory loss fixed with Pacemaker for the brain - Sign me up	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [5]
"There seems to be a vast . . . left-wing conspiracy . . ."	1 00:00 DarthVader [3]
Hair today, gone tomorrow: MSNBC reports Edwards dropping out	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
Chinese dumplings sicken 10 Japanese	1 00:00 WTF [5]
Iraq halts oil shipments to South Korea	0 [3]
Romney Blasts Government Incomptence/Incompetants (pick one!)	0 [5]
Carter Stays Neutral in Race, But Praises Obama's Oratory	5 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [4]
President Bush Starts Major Fight With Congress	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
India seeks bidders for new chopper deal	2 00:00 swksvolFF [5]
McCain wins Florida primary	52 00:00 Broadhead6 [6]
U.S. Northern Command chief: Spy satellite could hit US	16 00:00 Frank G [5]
House passes stimulus package	3 00:00 Ptah [3]
Machete-wielding youths hunt Kikuyus in Kenya	13 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
Clinton and Obama ignore each other at president's speech	4 00:00 Frank G [1]
Clerics role lauded	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [3]
EU wrings hands over Kenya situation	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
Page 4: Opinion
Why newspapers are dying, Reason #246	2 00:00 crosspatch [2]
Tet Offensive 40th Anniversary Today - Surprised no mention of it today	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [8]
Vaya Con Dios, John Edwards (and Elizabeth, too)	0 [3]
Retired veterans: a key demographic	3 00:00 Broadhead6 [10]
Bill Roggio: Stirring the Hate?	0 [5]
Will Gaza Conquer Egypt?	4 00:00 rjschwarz [2]
The absurdity of Lebanon's opposition	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Berkeley council tells Marines to leave	13 00:00 Broadhead6 [10]
Minneapolis City Council bans elephant rides	8 00:00 DMFD [10]
Slaughterhouse accused of "waterboarding" cows	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [9]
Artificial letters added to life's alphabet - Scripps Research Institute	2 00:00 gorb [7]
Global Warming Alert: Patio heaters cause Global Warming	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
Green Beret Court Martialed	3 00:00 Rambler [3]
Vending machines dispense pot in LA	6 00:00 Redneck Jim [10]
Russia's most famous female bodyguard killed	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
Damaged Cable Cuts Internet in Mideast	8 00:00 gorb [11]
Danish Nat'l Library to house Mohammed cartoons for posterity	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [9]
Jerusalem blanketed with heavy snow	7 00:00 Silentbrick [4]
US Asst Sec for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer, "yep, it's ethnic cleaning."	0 [6]
Cluster idiots of the day submission	6 00:00 tu3031 [4]
Venezuela standoff ends, gunmen nabbed after fleeing in ambulance	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [2]
Swedish court awards damages to Muslim women denied entry to pool	5 00:00 DMFD [11]
British doctor kidnapped for ransom from Bhara Kahu	0 [5]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Taliban
3	al-Qaeda in Iraq
3	Hezbollah
2	Hamas
2	al-Qaeda
2	Global Jihad
1	Govt of Syria
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Thai Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2008-01-30
18 Orakzai tribes form Lashkar against Taliban

Tue 2008-01-29
Egypt starts to rebuild Gaza border fences

Mon 2008-01-28
9 killed, dozens injured during Hezbollah-led riots in Leb

Sun 2008-01-27
Gazooks foil attempt to seal Rafah: day 4

Sat 2008-01-26
Mullah Omar sacks Baitullah for fighting against Pak Army

Fri 2008-01-25
Beirut bomb kills top anti-terror investigator

Thu 2008-01-24
Mosul kaboom kills 15, wounds 132

Wed 2008-01-23
Gunnies blow Rafah wall, thousands of Paleos flood into Egypt

Tue 2008-01-22
Musharraf: Pakistan isn't hunting Osama

Mon 2008-01-21
Darkness falls on Gaza

Sun 2008-01-20
Spain arrests 14 over possible Barcelona attack

Sat 2008-01-19
Nasiriyah mosque raid ends two days of slaughter

Fri 2008-01-18
Tennyboomer kills 9 Pakistani Shi'ites

Thu 2008-01-17
Army 'flees second Pakistan fort'

Wed 2008-01-16
Four arrested after Kabul hotel attack

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