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US-Iraq Negotiating Status Of Forces Agreement
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Accidental weapons truck explosion kills 18 in Baghdad, wounds 75	4 00:00 George Smiley [11127]
Terror cell tries to kidnap IAF officers	2 00:00 Steve White [11128]
Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?	3 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [11128]
Deadly blasts hit Pakistan video shops	7 00:00 wxjames [11131]
Four killed in Thai south	0 [11124]
US nets 2 al-Qaida suspects, Shiite leader in Iraq	1 00:00 BigEd [11126]
Good morning	1 00:00 Mike [11130]
25 killed, injured in acts of violence until Tuesday afternoon	2 00:00 RD [11131]
Roadside blast kills 4 in Kurram	0 [11125]
Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza wounds three militants	1 00:00 BigEd [11127]
Turkey sends troops to border with Iraq	0 [11127]
Police impose curfew in eastern Sri Lankan town	0 [11126]
Hamas claims responsibility for wounding Israeli soldier in Gaza	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11125]
Norway court acquits 3 defendants accused of plotting attacks against Israeli, U.S. embassies	7 00:00 Sninert Black9312 [11129]
Four Canadians wounded in separate Taliban attacks	0 [11127]
British 'bomb plot' accused admits planning airport explosion	1 00:00 Excalibur [11130]
Blast kills five from one family	0 [11126]
One U.S. soldier dies, 16 wanted men arrested until Tuesday night	0 [11127]
3 members of al-Qaeda killed in clashes east of Baaquba	0 [11129]
3 Iraqi officers wounded by IED in Tikrit	1 00:00 trailing wife [11124]
16 persons arrested in Muthanna	0 [11126]
3 members of al-Qaeda killed in clashes east of Baaquba	0 [11130]
US judge quashes convictions of 3 charity leaders accused of pro-jihad actions	6 00:00 Sninert Black9312 [11131]
Eight killed in Kurram Agency blast	1 00:00 ed [11128]
Page 2: WoT Background
"Triangle of Death" Before and After - Quagmire dried up	2 00:00 gorb [11128]
Reaction mixed to terror acquittal	0 [11127]
Saudis launch Islamic unity drive	3 00:00 Anonymoose [11131]
US-Iraq Negotiating Status Of Forces Agreement	1 00:00 USN, Ret. [11129]
Cindy Sheehan: where is she now?	12 00:00 Icerigger [11126]
Indonesia cracks down on hardliners	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Iraq by the numbers: key figures since the war began in 2003	2 00:00 Matt [11126]
Olmert: World must understand cost of nuclear Iran outweighs business benefits	12 00:00 RD [11128]
'We'll accept truce for removing siege'	4 00:00 mojo [11126]
No talks with terrorists: Malik	1 00:00 trailing wife [11127]
'Taliban may have carried out embassy blast over caricatures'	1 00:00 doc [11132]
Hamas expands cabinet to strengthen hold in Gaza	0 [11124]
Gen. David McKiernan takes over NATO command in Afghanistan	0 [11126]
Former screen siren Bardot convicted in race case	4 00:00 mojo [11129]
U.S. suspends talks with Sudan over oil town row	0 [11125]
Barak: Hezbollah setting up fortified positions along border	0 [11123]
Denmark: Al-Qaeda 'likely' behind embassy attack	1 00:00 Excalibur [11127]
FM: Blast outside Danish embassy damages Pakistan's image	1 00:00 Woozle Elmeter 2700 [11133]
Occupation has cost Israel dear, says report	4 00:00 George Smiley [11128]
US tightens entry rules for Europe, Japan travellers	1 00:00 trailing wife [11125]
Iraq says likely to miss deadline for US pact	0 [11126]
German authorities sitting out fight against Somali pirates	6 00:00 Pappy [11129]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Clintons complain the Media treated them like Republicans	8 00:00 George Smiley [11125]
MS XP Gets A Stay Of Execution To 2010	13 00:00 Frank G [11135]
She's not quitting	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [11135]
Clooney wishes UN happy birthday	3 00:00 Procopius2k [11127]
Two contracted Border Patrol workers accused of releasing illegal immigrants - for a fee	3 00:00 Abu Uluque [11124]
Shell to lay off 2,500 workers in Nigeria	3 00:00 George Smiley [11123]
Strong quake hits eastern Indonesia	4 00:00 trailing wife [11124]
Mugabe blames West for Zimbabwe's economic problems	2 00:00 Frank G [11125]
UN: 1 million in Myanmar aren't getting basic aid	5 00:00 Rambler in California [11125]
'Carbon Belch Day' promotes un-green actions	2 00:00 Bright Pebbles [11125]
Gershon: I Did Not Have Sexual Relations ...	7 00:00 mojo [11129]
Newspaper vice president shot dead in Venezuela	0 [11129]
Clinton tells colleagues she is open to joining Obama on Democratic ticket	5 00:00 Besoeker [11130]
Cardinal George Temporarily Removes Rev. Pfleger as Pastor	4 00:00 OldSpook [11125]
Damac unveils Dh55b project in Kurdistan	0 [11128]
Global warming "lull" only temporary, German researchers caution	20 00:00 wxjames [11129]
Congo gov't forces Belgian consulates to close	0 [11130]
Page 4: Opinion
Thought-crime in Europe	8 00:00 tipper [11124]
Lileks: a report from "these strange, CHUD-infested outlands"	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Another Kennedy School of Gov't 'prof': Why Islam lies at the heart of Iraq's civil war	6 00:00 JosephMendiola [11127]
Perpetuating the al-Qaeda-Iraq Myth	6 00:00 rjschwarz [11127]
The Tide Turns Against Al Qaeda	4 00:00 AlanC [11126]
Al Qaeda in Iraq's Totalitarian Governance	1 00:00 Spot [11125]
The paradox of Muslim weakness	11 00:00 g(r)omgoru [11123]
The Needle on the Horsepuckey Detector Went Off The Scale	2 00:00 Bobby [11125]
My Old Party	6 00:00 Besoeker [11128]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Outcry after French court rules on virginity	6 00:00 Procopius2k [11124]
Shatner Not Invited To Takei's Wedding	7 00:00 rjschwarz [11133]
Dutch man injures posterior in mooning accident	2 00:00 Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 [11125]
Woman with 36MMM Boobs day job - Recycle Technician	3 00:00 Yosemite Sam [11131]
World's biggest boob ban - 36MMM	12 00:00 GolfBravoUSMC [11131]
Today in History: Midway, 1942	13 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Today in History: Tiananmen Square	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Secret Ways to Boost Your Social Security	9 00:00 Besoeker [11127]
Layoffs at nuke lab stir fears of a brain drain	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [11132]
Couple trying to elope electrocuted	0 [11124]

    
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                        22:45 JosephMendiola

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                        22:00 JosephMendiola

                        21:55 JosephMendiola

                        21:52 Besoeker

                        21:51 Yosemite Sam

                        21:50 JosephMendiola

                        21:47 Besoeker

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                        21:34 JosephMendiola

                        21:21 JosephMendiola

                        21:16 GolfBravoUSMC

                        21:13 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:10 Barbara Skolaut

                        20:51 Rambler in California

                        20:26 George Smiley

                        20:19 wxjames

                        20:16 George Smiley

                        20:14 Anonymoose

                        20:06 wxjames

                        20:03 George Smiley

Who's in the News
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4	Taliban
4	al-Qaeda in Iraq
4	Global Jihad
4	Iraqi Insurgency
3	Hamas
2	Govt of Pakistan
1	Hezbollah
1	Govt of Iran
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	al-Qaeda in Europe
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Thai Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2008-06-04
US-Iraq Negotiating Status Of Forces Agreement

Tue 2008-06-03
Norway, Sweden close Islamabad embassies in wake of Danish kaboom

Mon 2008-06-02
Darul-Uloom Deoband issues fatwa against terror

Sun 2008-06-01
Australia ends combat operations in Iraq

Sat 2008-05-31
100 Talibs killed in Farah

Fri 2008-05-30
Suicide bomber kills 16, injures 18 near Mosul

Thu 2008-05-29
Lebanese president reappoints prime minister

Wed 2008-05-28
Yemen reports crushing Zaidi rebels near capital

Tue 2008-05-27
Leb: 9 wounded in gunfight between pro-gov't, opposition supporters

Mon 2008-05-26
Lebanon Elects Suleiman President as Hezbollah Gains

Sun 2008-05-25
Iraq says Qaeda cleared from Mosul

Sat 2008-05-24
Second man arrested after Brit blast

Fri 2008-05-23
AQI Moneybags Poobah captured by Iraqi Security Forces

Thu 2008-05-22
Hezbollah Wins Veto After Talks End Lebanon Stalemate

Wed 2008-05-21
Egyptian official: Israel has accepted Gaza cease-fire

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