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Major Joint Offensive South of Baghdad, 8,000 troops
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Major Joint Offensive South of Baghdad, 8,000 troops	1 00:00 Brett [11133]
Michael Yon: the saga of the "General Lee"	13 00:00 Zenster [11128]
Explosion Outside British Embassy in Santiago, Chile	5 00:00 Jihad Trousers [11134]
24 Iranian Prisoners Escape From Iraq Prison	6 00:00 mhw [11126]
Lebanon: UN troops targeted in blast	2 00:00 gromgoru [11131]
Suicide bomb blasts shake Kirkuk	0 [11131]
US Troops Find Iranian Rockets Aimed At Iraq Base	6 00:00 Sherry [11130]
Failed UK car bombs suspect claims innocence	0 [11127]
Iran TV Shows Detained Iranian-Americans	0 [11128]
Fresh attacks in Pakistan, 40 killed	2 00:00 anymouse [11130]
Lebanons army advances into camp, military toll 100	3 00:00 trailing wife [11130]
Terrorists block roads in southern Thai province	0 [11128]
Hamas Goes 'on Trial' in Texas in Case Over Muslim Charity	12 00:00 ex-lib [11132]
Good morning...	6 00:00 gorb [11130]
Hamas claims Erez Crossing mortar attack	0 [11130]
Car bomb in central Baghdad square kills 10	3 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11125]
Islamist Militants fire 5 Katyusha rockets in north Lebanon	1 00:00 Bobby [11131]
Jund el-Sham activist killed in s. Lebanon as battles rage in north	0 [11129]
Four shot dead after heavy Sri Lanka fighting	0 [11128]
Seventeen killed in Afghan violence	0 [11125]
Mortar explodes as Somalia peace talks adjourn	0 [11129]
Algerian army foils Qaeda attack, kills 4	0 [11127]
Aussies grant Haneef bail	2 00:00 Skunky Glins5285 [11128]
2 UK bomb suspects freed without charge	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [11133]
Four terror suspects arrested, mosque attack foiled	0 [11130]
Militant violence kills 40 in Pakistan on Sunday	0 [11131]
45 dead and 108 injured in suicide bombings in Swat and DI Khan: Religious extremists carry out revenge attacks	3 00:00 RD [11131]
Karzai pardons 'suicide bomb' boy	9 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11131]
Page 2: WoT Background
Iranians want Democracy - let's find a way to get rid of the bosses	0 [11126]
Democrats Vow All-Night Session on Iraq	2 00:00 Frank G [11131]
Video - Sheehan To Go To Iraq	7 00:00 Jihad Trousers [11136]
Nobel Peace Prize winner apologizes for Kill Bush remarks	5 00:00 DarthVader [11128]
Iraqis and Afghans welcome their new overlord: The Reaper!	2 00:00 Mike [11129]
Nork Demands UN Human Rights Investigation of Japan For Selling Nork Spy Properties	1 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11127]
Pakistan: Navy to take charge of force in Gulf	2 00:00 M. Murcek [11128]
Pakistan not right place for suicide attacks: Fazl	2 00:00 Zenster [11127]
Palestinian Authority denies accusations against Qatar, Syria, Iran	0 [11126]
Syrian Times : Lebanese government illegitimate, sez Lahoud	0 [11131]
Libya to decide fate of foreign medics in HIV case	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [11128]
'Saudi Arabia is the biggest source of foreign jihadis in Iraq'	14 00:00 RD [11133]
Ankara uneasy about (supposed) US-registered weapons in PKK hands	1 00:00 mojo [11126]
Islamic Jihad Turns Down Amnesty Plan	0 [11130]
"I'm Wheelchair-Bound, and the Terrorists Can Go Free?!"	15 00:00 Zenster [11138]
IAEA Says Bribery is Working in North Korea	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [11132]
Hey, Kiddies, it's Nahoul the bee from Hamas TV	13 00:00 Angie Schultz [11137]
Haneef visa cancelled, waiting transfer to Immigration Detention	1 00:00 Icerigger [11129]
Fears grow over "Mega Mosque"	15 00:00 Zenster [11137]
Foreign Secretary insists US will remain Britain's main ally	5 00:00 jds [11133]
Violence ebbing. Wealth returning. Can this be Iraq?	10 00:00 BA [11137]
Aide: Iraqi PM's Comments Misconstrued	0 [11128]
Dupe headline: 'Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran	4 00:00 Jack is Back! [11132]
Egypts intel chief flies to Washington for talks	5 00:00 trailing wife [11133]
Durrani urges politicians to fight extremists	0 [11127]
Sharia can't be enforced through suicide attacks: MMA	3 00:00 Zenster [11131]
Russia's trademark gun turns 60 amid rumblings of profits lost	6 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Afghan war responsible for extremism: Akram	1 00:00 Jack is Back! [11129]
Attacks 'natural' reaction: Durrani	0 [11127]
Nawaz asks Qazi to reconsider decision to resign	0 [11128]
Musharraf should be tried for Lal Masjid 'massacre': Qazi	0 [11135]
Iraq and Saudi Arabia agree to monitor fatwas	0 [11129]
'Predator buzzed over Lal Masjid'	9 00:00 BA [11131]
US backs Musharraf against Taliban	4 00:00 gromgoru [11133]
Musharraf calls meeting today	0 [11129]
Diplomatic clash looms with US over BAE arms sale investigation	2 00:00 Jack is Back! [11129]
Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran	7 00:00 trailing wife [11131]
UK police defend longer terror limit	3 00:00 Grumenk Philalzabod0723 [11133]
Manila terror law draws criticism	4 00:00 CrazyFool [11131]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Indian forces get foothold in Central Asia	0 [11130]
John Edwards Vows To End All Bad Things By 2011	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [11129]
Army's Land Warrior System Increases Soldiers' Combat Capabilities	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11138]
China blames foreign media for food health scares	7 00:00 John Frum [11129]
Russia''s rejection to Kosovo plan due to "Western provocations" - diplomat	0 [11129]
Biofuels Good for Global Warming, Bad for Poor	4 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11126]
~~Attention Shoppers~~ - Mugabe's price cuts set to rebound	3 00:00 Skunky Glins5285 [11131]
Quake Hits Japan, Injuring at Least 150	4 00:00 Penguin [11126]
Shimon Peres becomes the ninth president of Israel	0 [11130]
Iran to intensify drive against un-Islamic dress	7 00:00 Zenster [11131]
Former Paraguay bishop wins backing for presidential bid	0 [11130]
Tremors hit Peshawar, Swat	0 [11130]
Typhoon hits Japanese coast, 3 dead	13 00:00 Frank G [11136]
EU firms 'being used to supply arms to Burma'	0 [11129]
Bin Laden's son angry at publicity over marriage	4 00:00 tu3031 [11129]
Erdogan confident of victory in Turkish election	0 [11129]
UN warns it cannot afford to feed the world	18 00:00 Zenster [11137]
Czech castration raises worries	3 00:00 Rambler [11134]
66 in Spain arrested for child porn - 48 million images found	2 00:00 Asymmetrical T [11130]
Street protests 'paralyse' Peru	6 00:00 USN, Ret. [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Why Wot	6 00:00 RD [11133]
Arab Columnist: Let's Accept the Truth of Our Own Defeats	10 00:00 gromgoru [11131]
Big North American Union Meeting In August	12 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [11130]
'Jihad will destroy us if we don't act now'	1 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [11126]
Deport All Muslims, Including Myself	12 00:00 Zenster [11131]
Keith Ellison and the "Reichstag"	6 00:00 Zenster [11134]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Dangerous Made-In-China Products: 2007 Timeline	1 00:00 gorb [11126]
Worms Fall from the Sky in Jennings	7 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
Woman told she is too sexy for German bus	16 00:00 gorb [11131]
Colombian cat house reject explodes bomb	3 00:00 WTF [11129]
Work Accident in Northern Virginia?	12 00:00 OIF3 Guy [11131]
Dutch Courage	8 00:00 Zenster [11128]
Plague rats being used to supply restaurants	9 00:00 RD [11128]
Street gang emerges from Kurdish community in Nashville	1 00:00 McZoid [11132]
Barn owls unite Israelis, Jordanians	1 00:00 Mike [11127]
Saudis prepare to behead teenage maid	6 00:00 Frank G [11131]
Our First Cellulosic Ethanol Plant!!! Range Fuels - Georgia	14 00:00 RD [11134]
Pan Am games open, let the posturing and riots begin	2 00:00 eLarson [11130]

    
                23:59 JosephMendiola

                        23:57 Zenster

                        23:54 JosephMendiola

                        23:27 Zenster

                        23:26 ex-lib

                        23:22 Zenster

                        23:22 ex-lib

                        23:16 Jihad Trousers

                        23:14 gromgoru

                        23:04 Zenster

                        23:02 Jihad Trousers

                        23:01 Zenster

                        22:55 Zenster

                        22:53 Frank G

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                        22:46 RD

                        22:41 RD

                        22:37 whatadeal

                        22:31 Jihad Trousers

                        22:19 Angie Schultz

                        22:17 RD

                        22:11 RD

                        22:07 jds

                        22:02 RD

Who's in the News
53	[untagged]
7	Taliban
6	Iraqi Insurgency
6	Global Jihad
4	Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
4	al-Tawhid
3	Hamas
3	Fatah al-Islam
3	Govt of Iran
3	TNSM
2	Islamic Courts
1	Mahdi Army
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Fatah
1	Govt of Syria
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	IRGC
1	ISI
1	Jund al-Shams

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Two weeks of WOT

Mon 2007-07-16
Major Joint Offensive South of Baghdad, 8,000 troops

Sun 2007-07-15
N Korea closes nuclear facilities

Sat 2007-07-14
Thai army detains 342 Muslims in southern raids

Fri 2007-07-13
Hek urges Islamist revolt in Pakistain

Thu 2007-07-12
Iraq: 200 boom belts found in Syrian truck

Wed 2007-07-11
Ghazi dead, crisis over, aftermath begins

Tue 2007-07-10
Paks assault Lal Masjid

Mon 2007-07-09
Israeli cabinet okays Fatah prisoner release

Sun 2007-07-08
Pak arrests Talibigs

Sat 2007-07-07
100 Murdered in Turkmen Village of Amer Li

Fri 2007-07-06
Failed assasination attempt at Musharraf

Thu 2007-07-05
1200 surrender at Lal Masjid
Abul Aziz Ghazi nabbed sneaking out in burka

Wed 2007-07-04
12 dead as Lal Masjid students provoke gunfight

Tue 2007-07-03
UK bomb plot suspect 'arrested in Brisbane'

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Algerian security forces bang Ali Abu Dahdah

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