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500 illegal Iranian pilgrims arrested in Basra
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Iraq News Briefs	0 [11124]
Cuenta de Cadaveres Colombianos	0 [11123]
Dahlan's Death Squads Bring a Bit of Iraq to Gaza Strip	4 00:00 gromgorru [11132]
Informant says he set self on fire as a ploy	7 00:00 Alaska Paul in Hooper Bay, AK [11127]
Son of REFORGER Goes to Iraq	12 00:00 Zpaz [11127]
The Other Battle for Iraq	5 00:00 mojo [11130]
Iraqi insurgents said trained in Syria	8 00:00 phil_b [11124]
Tales From The Bangladesh Police Log	8 00:00 Phil Fraering [11127]
More on the would-be Bush assassin	3 00:00 Tom [11127]
More on the al-Qaeda plot to kill Bush	16 00:00 BA [11133]
Al-Qaeda confirms death of Abu Omar al-Kuwaiti (Abu Dzeit)	2 00:00 Fred [11130]
Colombia Soldiers Kill Eight Rebels	0 [11124]
Weekly Piracy Report - 15 to 21 February 2005	2 00:00 Xbalanke [11128]
Alleged terror plot trial to open in The Netherlands	0 [11126]
Prosecutors argue Indonesia's Bashir knew of bombs	0 [11125]
Fatah activist jugged for life times five	0 [11126]
Islamic Jihad activist to be well-aged in jug	0 [11126]
500 illegal Iranian pilgrims arrested in Basra	1 00:00 BigEd [11134]
Clerk slain, but not robbed	7 00:00 Frank G [11125]
Chechens kill 9 Russian soldiers	0 [11128]
Taliban activist held in Balochistan	0 [11123]
Power pylon blown up, rockets fired	0 [11124]
Page 2: WoT Background
'America stands with you,' Bush tells troops during visit to Wiesbaden	0 [11125]
Bloomberg Steps On It	1 00:00 The Doctor [11129]
Rush Limbaugh In Afghanistan (xscript)	0 [11126]
Disturbing article on the AKP and Saudi funding	0 [11129]
Iraqi TV: Confession of Syrian Officer training insurgents	1 00:00 Matt [11127]
Ammunition dump blows in Sudan,	0 [11126]
Canada Sez, "We Don't Need No Steenking US Missile Defense System"	19 00:00 Mrs. Davis [11128]
Forensics at New York's Ground Zero Ends	5 00:00 trailing wife [11132]
Religious Left Calls for Disvestment in Israel	14 00:00 gromgorru [11134]
Green Money, Islamist Politics in Turkey (long)	2 00:00 2b [11131]
Humvee Accident Forges Bond Between Iraqi, American Soldiers	12 00:00 anon [11133]
Chirac 'Snubs' Dubya; Speaks French At Dinner	29 00:00 98Zulu [11132]
Hoaxer targets army wife with false death call	11 00:00 Silentbrick [11130]
Misuari denies ordering attack	0 [11125]
A Cold War approach to the war on terrorism	3 00:00 Zhang Fei [11129]
KCNA nuggets on Kim's birthday festivities	8 00:00 Shipman [11128]
Theft of Russian nuclear materials has occurred	0 [11129]
Russia vows 3 Chechens for every soldier killed	2 00:00 badanov [11134]
12 Australians wanted over Hariri's murder	3 00:00 BigEd [11122]
Israeli General: Israel must be ready to strike Iran	2 00:00 BigEd [11129]
Unsubstantiated rape allegations against US troops in Iraq	9 00:00 Mrs. Davis [11128]
Iraq & the PFLP: Why aren't we seeing these? - Dan Darling	0 [11128]
Wally urges Hizbullah to join calls for independence	0 [11125]
Iran Considering to Join SAARC, Says Kharrazi	0 [11124]
Debka: Lebanon Is on the Brink	10 00:00 Sgt.D.T. [11127]
OIC Asks Thailand to End Violence Against Muslims	4 00:00 Glereger Cligum6229 [11133]
Indonesian jails may be too soft on militants	0 [11125]
'Abbas has failed against militants'	0 [11122]
Qorei Bows to Reformist Pressure	1 00:00 trailing wife [11128]
Israel warns Hezbollah over Gaza pullout	0 [11125]
Shia list selects al-Jafari as Iraqi PM	0 [11127]
A Baghdad Bellwether	15 00:00 Seafarious [11126]
Zappy denies move for bi-lateral meeting with Bush	2 00:00 Doc8404 [11124]
First Lady Laura Bush visits airbase in Germany	0 [11125]
Chirac argues for gesture to Iran in nuke talks	26 00:00 JFM [11128]
Egypt names new envoy to Israel	1 00:00 gromgorru [11127]
Riyadh Seeks Apology From Budapest	6 00:00 .com [11124]
Egypt holding 2,400 without charge since Taba bombings	6 00:00 BigEd [11129]
McCain Calls for Permanent Afghan Bases	1 00:00 Jackal [11127]
Victims can pardon rapists, says Bugti	4 00:00 Chuck Simmins [11125]
'Don't Rush to Accuse Syria'	5 00:00 BigEd [11123]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Cruel Truths: Showing of Chris Rock Video to NAACP Leaders	0 [11124]
First Iraqi Oil Contracts Awarded: Turkey and Canada. Sorry Ireland.	0 [11128]
Ward Churchill: "Menosabe"	7 00:00 Tibor [11130]
FBI Issues Warning About Computer Virus	0 [11125]
Official: Bird Flu Pandemic Is Imminent	9 00:00 HV [11131]
Authorities Kill Tiger That Had Been Roaming Simi Valley	8 00:00 Andrea Jackson [11127]
Anchors Away!	2 00:00 trailing wife [11126]
~~Honker~~ ~~Boob~~ Breast size determines personality	9 00:00 .com [11130]
Kerry Still Running	18 00:00 Andrea Jackson [11130]
When Good Cats Go Bad	38 00:00 Sobiesky [11132]
China Faces Threat of the U.S. in Three Directions	6 00:00 Zhang Fei [11125]
Congo plague outbreak spreads	6 00:00 jackal [11130]
60 years ago today: Iwo Jima flag-raising on Mt Suribachi	4 00:00 Shipman [11127]
4 Journalists Flee Bob-Land	1 00:00 Ogeretla 2005 [11126]
Ivory Coast Resolution Circulating at U.N.	3 00:00 half [11123]
Montenegro Proposes Split From Serbia	2 00:00 Cyber Sarge [11127]
Red Ken rules out apology over Nazi slur	1 00:00 Sock Puppet of Doom [11124]
Aziz expects progress on gas pipeline	0 [11123]
Khamenei visits Bam in disguise	3 00:00 11A5S [11123]
Iran Earthquake Death Toll Surpasses 400	0 [11127]
U.N. Investigates Rape Claims in Haiti	5 00:00 half [11127]
UAE-Saudi tensions emerge over border row, trade links with US	3 00:00 BigEd [11129]
4 Journalists Flee Zimbabwe After Raids	0 [11123]
Algerian women's rights gets support	0 [11124]
Man beheads 8-year-old niece during exorcism	10 00:00 Deacon Blues [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
DT: Freedom? Why Europe's not bothered	5 00:00 2b [11133]

    
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                        23:56 gromgorru

                        23:47 gromgorru

                        23:43 98Zulu

                        23:40 .com

                        23:40 anon

                        23:17 Analog Roam

                        23:03 anon

                        22:57 2b

                        22:53 HV

                        22:52 Silentbrick

                        22:51 Tibor

                        22:38 Ptah

                        22:34 2b

                        22:22 The Doctor

                        22:13 Mike

                        22:08 jackal

                        21:54 Fred

                        21:43 Red Lief

                        21:43 Andrea Jackson

                        21:42 too true

                        21:39 Andrea Jackson

                        21:38 Sobiesky

                        21:37 Mrs. Davis

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2005-02-23
500 illegal Iranian pilgrims arrested in Basra

Tue 2005-02-22
Syria to withdraw from Lebanon. No, they're not.

Mon 2005-02-21
Zarq propagandist is toes up

Sun 2005-02-20
Bakri talks of No 10 suicide attacks

Sat 2005-02-19
Lebanon opposition demands "intifada for independence"

Fri 2005-02-18
Syria replaces intelligence chief

Thu 2005-02-17
Iran and Syria Form United Front

Wed 2005-02-16
Plane fires missile near Iranian Busheir plant

Tue 2005-02-15
U.S. Withdraws Ambassador From Syria

Mon 2005-02-14
Hariri boomed in Beirut

Sun 2005-02-13
Algerian Islamic Party Supports Amnesty to End Rebel Violence

Sat 2005-02-12
Car Bomb Kills 17 Outside Iraqi Hospital

Fri 2005-02-11
Iraqis seize 16 trucks filled with Iranian weapons

Thu 2005-02-10
North Korea acknowledges it has nuclear weapons

Wed 2005-02-09
Suicide Bomber Kills 21 in Crowd in Iraq

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