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Tora Bora assault: Allies press air, ground attacks
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Odierno Highlights Operations Phantom Strike, Phantom Thunder	2 00:00 ed [11134]
U.S. captures 'high-priority' Iranian officer in Baghdad - Kill Three Aides	4 00:00 smn [11128]
U.S. forces attack Iraqi 'mosque' after soldier killed by RPG from mosque	17 00:00 Frank G [11136]
12 terrorists arrested after raids at Manipur legislator's homes	1 00:00 john frum [11129]
OxyMoron	1 00:00 tu3031 [11130]
Airstrikes and snipers kill 13 in Iraq	1 00:00 xbalanke [11128]
Former Lebanon terrorism suspect jailed for Sydney shooting	3 00:00 Natural Law [11129]
Indian Army to help train Thai troops	1 00:00 ed [11129]
Two shot, 18 rounded up in southern Thailand	3 00:00 Shuling Sinatra5599 [11130]
Good morning	5 00:00 Zenster [11133]
Zakaria Zubeidi's brother arrested in Jenin	0 [11129]
Iraqi Army, U.S. Special Forces detain seven suspected terrorists in western Ninewa Province	0 [11126]
Coalition Forces Kill Three, Detain Six, Capturing a High-Priority Special Groups Weapons Smuggler	3 00:00 bruce [11133]
Six terrorists killed, 5 suspects detained in coordinated operations	0 [11129]
U.S. Special Forces target terrorist ops in N. Iraq, detain 8	0 [11128]
Grenade attacks in capital Mogadishu case causality	0 [11131]
Somalia: Kaboom kills 3, wounds 18 in Afgoie town	0 [11128]
Somalia: Government soldier killed in friendly fire	0 [11128]
Syrian killed in Leb kaboom	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [11132]
Sudan arrests 20 extremists, seizes explosives	0 [11125]
Hamas detains Palestinian attorney general	1 00:00 Rambler [11133]
Tora Bora assault: Allies press air, ground attacks	8 00:00 Shieldwolf [11132]
15 killed in Waziristan	1 00:00 M. Murcek [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Dems who actually visit Iraq return with favorable reports!	1 00:00 newc [11128]
Al-Jazeera Interviews - USA Behind All Tragedies in Darfur; Feed on Human Blood	9 00:00 3dc [11126]
Professors on the Battlefield	2 00:00 3dc [11126]
Dughmosh clan surrender weapons to Hamas' Executive Force	0 [11131]
Bali bombers' prison sentences reduced	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [11131]
Outgoing CNO Mullen visits China	0 [11125]
US signs $30 billion defence pact with Israel	6 00:00 Red Dawg [11129]
Armed militias obstacle to Palestinian state	0 [11129]
UK peer blames Israel for extremism	4 00:00 3dc [11130]
JMB masterminds yet to be identified	2 00:00 3dc [11126]
Calls for UK military hospital amid overcrowding	0 [11125]
Negotiations under among Hawiye-says politician	0 [11131]
Tonga to send troops to Iraq	22 00:00 SteveS [11139]
Indonesia claims victory in war against terror	2 00:00 Zenster [11130]
North Korean nuclear talks resume	2 00:00 3dc [11130]
Netherlands to host Hariri tribunal	0 [11129]
Iraq's new political alliance, but no Sunnis	0 [11125]
Abu Salem sings under narco test	0 [11134]
Taliban's ~~beauty~~ training secrets	7 00:00 3dc [11133]
Pakistan gave Taliban military aid: US documents	3 00:00 3dc [11129]
Fatwa against 'friends of US, Jews'	7 00:00 mojo [11128]
US urging Musharraf to explore political deal with Opposition	0 [11128]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Physicians Derb Reference: Prescription for political troubles	0 [11129]
BBC's FM broadcasts off air in Russia	4 00:00 Muggsy [11139]
PM would get bullet in China for lying - Fernandes	0 [11131]
Marine helicopter crash over Arizona kills four	2 00:00 ed [11132]
Russia 'renewing bomber patrols'	10 00:00 BA [11133]
Malaysian Muslim party demands ban on Gwen Stefani	10 00:00 Zenster [11130]
Saudi Arabia: Migrant domestic staff killed by employers	2 00:00 SteveS [11129]
Hillary "feels good" in Nevada prostitution capital	12 00:00 McZoid [11131]
New row over 'misleading EU treaty'	3 00:00 Anonymoose [11130]
Indonesia's Intelligence Agency 'ordered killing'	0 [11127]
The Vatican, the US Democratic Party etc. making major Wikipedia Edits	3 00:00 newc [11126]
Fresh extortion case against ex-MP Shahidul	0 [11128]
Putin praises strength of 'Warsaw Pact 2'	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
Top Iran cleric criticises govt	2 00:00 Pheaper Sinatra3986 [11123]
MoD works on evacuation plan for 22,000 Britons in Zimbabwe	15 00:00 Mike N. [11131]
'Nepal Maoists targeting media freedom'	1 00:00 Pheaper Sinatra3986 [11130]
UK stock market rout as FTSE blue chips lose £60bn	5 00:00 Spoluting Lumumba5130 [11129]
Guardian: Biofuels switch a mistake, say researchers	12 00:00 BA [11130]
Chavez calls for end to term limits	9 00:00 Redneck Jim [11126]
Neighbours laud Mugabe at summit of African leaders	8 00:00 rhodesiafever [11130]
Mob killing: vendettas going international?	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
N Korea floods kill more than 220	6 00:00 Zenster [11130]
Gun battles in Nigeria oil city	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [11130]
President Musharraf indispensable for Pakistan, says Shaukat Aziz	0 [11128]
Peru quake kills more than 500	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11125]
I'll be elected before Oct 15 'at any cost': Musharraf	2 00:00 Steve [11128]
Page 4: Opinion
Hillary Campaign Strategy (via Freep)	1 00:00 Frank G [11126]
Up Creek With Padilla	2 00:00 mhw [11124]
The Burdens of General Petraeus	6 00:00 Parabellum [11131]
Gingrich sees model for GOP in Sarkozy	3 00:00 mcsegeek1 [11128]
Sonar Story Followup OpEd	2 00:00 Procopius2k [11127]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Pump and Save	0 [11127]
Survive Anything	0 [11124]
Today's Idiot	2 00:00 Iblis [11125]
Teen Virginity Tests	8 00:00 CrazyFool [11133]
And we thought Vick was brutal. Indian City council member says ship dogs to Korea!	5 00:00 Zenster [11125]
A Star with a Comet's Tail	0 [11127]
Cannibal tribe apologizes for eating Methodists	18 00:00 3dc [11125]

    
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Who's in the News
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10	Iraqi Insurgency
4	Islamic Courts
3	al-Qaeda
3	Taliban
2	IRGC
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Global Jihad
2	Hamas
2	Jemaah Islamiyah
2	Thai Insurgency
1	al-Tawhid
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh
1	Janjaweed
1	TNSM
1	Lashkar e-Taiba
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Aqsa Martyrs
1	Govt of Syria
1	Govt of Iran

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2007-08-17
Tora Bora assault: Allies press air, ground attacks

Thu 2007-08-16
Jury finds Padilla, 2 co-defendents, guilty

Wed 2007-08-15
At least 175 dead in Iraq bomb attack

Tue 2007-08-14
Police arrests dormant cell of Fatah al-Islam in s. Lebanon

Mon 2007-08-13
Lebanese army rejects siege surrender offer

Sun 2007-08-12
Taliban: 2 sick S. Korean hostages to be freed

Sat 2007-08-11
Philippines military kills 58 militants

Fri 2007-08-10
Saudi police detain 135

Thu 2007-08-09
2,760 non-Iraqi detainees in Iraqi jails, 800 Iranians

Wed 2007-08-08
11 polio workers abducted in Khar, campaign halted

Tue 2007-08-07
Suicide bomber kills 30 in Iraq, including 12 children

Mon 2007-08-06
Benazir willing to join Musharraf in govt

Sun 2007-08-05
Explosives + ME men near Naval Station in SC, FBI on scene

Sat 2007-08-04
Afghan airstrikes kill 100 Taliban

Fri 2007-08-03
Algerians zap Islamic mastermind

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