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Baitullah launches parallel justice system for Mehsuds
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Blast at Azeri mosque kills at least 2	0 [5]
300,000 flee as jihadis attacked	4 00:00 Red Dawg [12]
Iran Claims to launch a sat.	13 00:00 Frank G [14]
Iran says its warplanes are capable of reaching Israel	24 00:00 Frank G [13]
Daily religious holidays continue to provide target rich environments for boomers	1 00:00 Glenmore [4]
Good morning	8 00:00 Old Patriot [2]
2 gunmen arrested while planting IED in Mosul	3 00:00 Old Patriot [3]
4 gunmen captured in eastern Mosul	2 00:00 Old Patriot [4]
4 wanted people arrested in Wassit	0 []
Jordanian gunman arrested in Mosul	4 00:00 Glenmore [4]
Ur blast resulted from sticky IED inside vehicle	4 00:00 Bobby [4]
Shia leader gunned down in Peshawar	0 [8]
Somali minibus attack toll rises	5 00:00 Pappy [7]
Police arrest 10 in July bombings in India	0 [8]
More than 90 insurgents killed in Afghanistan	4 00:00 Jolutch Mussolini7800 [4]
Indian troops bang 4 more Kashmiris	0 [7]
Twelve killed, 15 injured in fresh clashes between rival factions in Kurram Agency	0 [8]
Two Philippine marines killed by Abu Sayyaf gunmen	0 [3]
Bomb hits Afghan minister's convoy, one hurt	0 [1]
42 Somalis killed in two attacks	0 [2]
Nine militants killed in clashes in NW Pakistan	0 [8]
Sri Lankan jets pound rebel bunkers	0 [1]
Mass migration from Bajaur continues	0 [4]
Saudi national carrying fake Iraqi passport arrested in Wassit	0 [1]
Six killed in Iraq attack against Shia pilgrims	0 [3]
Two Iranians abducted in western Afghanistan	0 [1]
Page 2: WoT Background
Israel ready to provide security to Musharraf?	0 [5]
SIMI now the key player behind Indian terrorism	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [10]
BBC Spikes Dramatization of 7-7 Bombers	1 00:00 Bright Pebbles []
Marines inch closer to a formal transfer of security control to Iraqis in Anbar	9 00:00 Sherry [5]
Israel's Barak meets with Palestinian PM	0 [3]
Mubarak, Saudi monarch discuss regional issues	0 []
GCC chides Iran over facilities on Gulf island	2 00:00 Old Patriot [8]
Dead Hurriyat leader mourned in Kashmir rally	3 00:00 Old Patriot [5]
Barak slams push to cut defense budget for 2009	3 00:00 Old Patriot [1]
Iran denies allegations its banks fund nuclear activity, terror	2 00:00 JohnQC [9]
Musharraf an enemy of Islam: Zawahiri	7 00:00 3dc [5]
Shiites flood Karbala despite attacks	0 []
Saudi intelligence chief in Pakistan amid Musharraf crisis: official	1 00:00 3dc [9]
Bangladesh's JMB effectively crushed	0 [3]
Baitullah launches parallel justice system for Mehsuds	3 00:00 Frank G [18]
Baloch separatists call Balochistan an 'occupied land'	8 00:00 McZoid [8]
Page 3: Non-WoT
India to buy Israeli Spyder missile system	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [12]
Strategypage: Russia uses Chechnian Mercenaries in Georgia	0 [3]
Georgia conflict: How a flat tyre took the Caucasus to war	2 00:00 Darrell [1]
A (Mostly) Two-Sided Slide into War	0 [4]
India begins naval games with France, African countries	0 [6]
How Russian planned its invasion of Georgia	0 [1]
Germany (now) offers support for Georgia NATO bid	7 00:00 Red Dawg [1]
Merkel in Georgia: bi-polar diplomacy in action(s) to ensue	6 00:00 john frum [2]
WND: 20 Muslim nations ban US religious workers	6 00:00 Abu do you love [5]
Alternative to Saakashvili: Justice Party of Georgia	5 00:00 trailing wife [7]
Russian troops start to pull back	6 00:00 ArmyLife [2]
Ukraine to open defences to West	19 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
Georgia accuses Russia of cutting vital rail line	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1]
Abkhazia, S. Ossetia must remain part of Georgia: Bush	24 00:00 Sherese Jones6358 [6]
No timetable for Russian withdrawal: Lavrov	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
Head of World Congress of Russian Jewry accuses Georgia of genocide	7 00:00 McZoid []
Abkhaz rebels take Georgian villages	2 00:00 newc []
Ruling coalition gives Sunday deadline for Perv to quit	0 [7]
Georgians doing forced labor in South Ossetia	0 [1]
Tsvangirai says he'd accept Zimbabwe PM post	0 [2]
Huge support for Anwar's poll bid	6 00:00 Emily Litella [1]
Sadc summit opens in South Africa	0 [2]
Perv 'running out of time'	1 00:00 Frank G [7]
Turning 50 isn't what it used to be	9 00:00 Abu do you love [2]
Hundreds of protesters greet Mugabe at summit	1 00:00 regular joe [1]
Page 4: Opinion
Hindsight Isn't 20-20 When It Comes To Iraq	1 00:00 Bobby [3]
This is why they hate you	11 00:00 Darrell [8]
Targets of Indo-Israeli secret diplomacy	3 00:00 john frum [9]
The new cold war hots up	0 [5]
Do not feed the bear's paranoia	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
Why are we pretending we would fight for Georgia?	2 00:00 3dc [5]
The perfect wrong war	0 [1]
History returns	5 00:00 Anonymoose [2]
Bush bets that Pakistan will become South Korea, not Iran	12 00:00 Nimble Spemble [5]
Attacks show China-Uighur conflict deepening	2 00:00 JosephMendiola []
Obama: "That question is above my pay grade"	49 00:00 Sherese Jones6358 [4]
Political Cartoon of the Day: Obama and Russia	2 00:00 badanov [1]
John Bolton: After Russia's invasion of Georgia, what now for the West?	15 00:00 Besoeker [2]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
PoK man uses Scot teen as 'bride'	0 [7]
'Fire Department! You're Under Arrest For Cussing!'	2 00:00 Don Vito Snusort2682 [4]
Pakistani women burned by acid or fire rely on beauty of others	0 [6]
Scientists test 'Yeti hairs'	3 00:00 Red Dawg [5]
Turkish President Gul and Ahmadinejad apologize for traffic during visit	0 [1]
Surfing in Gaza nets a date with Hamas	1 00:00 SteveS [1]
Claims of Bigfoot corpse found in US leave experts unconvinced	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]

    
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                        23:15 Halliburton - Idiot Suppression Division

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                        22:49 Barak YoMama

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                        22:41 Another Darrell

                        22:36 eLarson

                        22:30 Red Dawg

                        22:16 Frank G

                        22:07 Pappy

                        21:58 Seafarious

                        21:54 Frank G

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                        21:44 Abu do you love

                        21:40 JosephMendiola

                        21:28 Deacon Blues

                        21:27 Red Dawg

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                        21:15 Don Vito Snusort2682

Who's in the News
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5	TTP
3	Taliban
3	Govt of Iran
3	Govt of Pakistan
3	al-Qaeda in Iraq
3	Iraqi Insurgency
3	Islamic State of Iraq
2	Islamic Courts
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
1	Palestinian Authority
1	SIMI
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2008-08-17
Baitullah launches parallel justice system for Mehsuds

Sat 2008-08-16
36 militants killed in Afghanistan

Fri 2008-08-15
Gunships Blast Pakistani Madrassa; Faqir Mohammad rumored titzup

Thu 2008-08-14
Feds: Siddique wanted to poison Worst President Ever

Wed 2008-08-13
Russian troops roll into strategic Georgian city

Tue 2008-08-12
Israel 'proposes West Bank deal'

Mon 2008-08-11
Taliban take control of Khar suburbs as Zardari, Nawaz, Fazl jockey for presidency

Sun 2008-08-10
Iraq car bomb kills 21

Sat 2008-08-09
US tourist dies in Beijing attack

Fri 2008-08-08
Russia invades Georgia

Thu 2008-08-07
Paleo hard boy Jihad Jaraa survives ''assassination attempt'' in Ireland

Wed 2008-08-06
Bin Laden's Driver Guilty

Tue 2008-08-05
Philippine Supremes halt MILF autonomy deal

Mon 2008-08-04
16 officers killed,16 wounded in an attack in Xinjiang

Sun 2008-08-03
''Assad's right hand man'' assassinated in Syria

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