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Sufi Mohammed survives Taliban kaboom attempt
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Israel strike kills 3 Gaza militants firing mortar	2 00:00 3dc [11130]
Suspected U.S. missile fired in NW Pakistan	9 00:00 Frank G [11129]
Haji and Muji run an errand, on foot again	3 00:00 Nimble Spemble [11129]
U.S. calls in airstrike in N. Iraq	2 00:00 Matt [11127]
Suicide car bomb kills US soldier, wounds 20	0 [11129]
Iraqi Anbar Sheik Offers Men To Go To Afghanistan to Fight Al Qaeda and the Talibun	20 00:00 Iblis [11128]
Good morning	3 00:00 Mike [11124]
Dozens killed in Sri Lanka fighting	1 00:00 gorb [11126]
Turkey forces kill 2 PKK insurgents	0 [11128]
Car bomb leaves 4 dead in Iraq	0 [11125]
One killed, six injured in Kurram Agency	0 [11128]
More Taliban to be released today	0 [11128]
Somali gunmen capture military base	0 [11130]
Four Pakistani policemen killed in militant ambush	0 [11126]
Overnight clashes injure 4 in Lebanon	0 [11126]
'Ain al-Helweh bomber was Saudi'	0 [11127]
Somali parliament head escapes death	0 [11126]
Peace deal with Swat militants scrapped	0 [11127]
Sufi Muhammad survives bombing	1 00:00 Old Patriot [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
F-22 decisions delayed until end of Bush term	10 00:00 Frank G [11130]
The tragic story of 1st Sgt. Jeff McKinney	6 00:00 SOG475 [11131]
Iran and Iraq agree to defence pact - Peace in our time	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11130]
EU Mulls Iran Bank Asset Freeze	3 00:00 3dc [11122]
Obama's Plan for Iraq: Prosecute War Criminals	7 00:00 AzCat [11127]
Repeated screwups result in non-fighter jock as Air Force Sec'y	28 00:00 JosephMendiola [11133]
With help, Sadr City market is regrouping	3 00:00 DarthVader [11126]
Chargesheet ready for impeachment of Musharraf	0 [11124]
Baitullah announces protection for officials	0 [11124]
'Fatah al-Islam not involved in bombing'	0 [11123]
'Hezbollah OKs diplomacy to free Shebaa'	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11125]
US think tank: Pakistan helped Taliban insurgents	4 00:00 OldSpook [11125]
'US faces severe consequences if Taliban havens not eliminated'	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Cities to turn into battlefields: Taliban	2 00:00 JohnQC [11124]
Kurram jirga agrees on ceasefire	0 [11125]
4 children killed in Chitral Ordnance explosion	0 [11127]
USN rescues 70 people stranded off Yemen	1 00:00 Chuck Simmins [11125]
Afghans demand withdrawal of NATO and US troops	8 00:00 mojo [11123]
Hariri party threatens to quit talks	0 [11128]
'Aoun seeking key post in cabinet'	0 [11124]
'3 FARC-held US hostages located'	1 00:00 JohnQC [11122]
ANP says Swat deal still intact	0 [11126]
Pagaro predicts martial law	0 [11126]
Govt to freeze Defence budget, says Gilani	0 [11124]
PPP accuses Musharraf of treason	1 00:00 liberalhawk [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Sudanese jetliner bursts into flames, killing 100	1 00:00 3dc [11129]
Obama Campaign Plans Fundraiser In China	3 00:00 Procopius2k [11130]
Ron Paul plans his own convention	3 00:00 JohnQC [11125]
Frances blunt warning over Irish No	18 00:00 SOG475 [11130]
Global Ice Age Alert: Sun Goes Longer Than Normal Without Producing Sunspots	7 00:00 Slineng Fillmore8499 [11128]
Sign NPT, Rudd tells India	3 00:00 Grunter [11126]
Obama sets up internet 'war room' to fight slurs	23 00:00 Besoeker [11126]
Obama calls McCain tax plans outrageous	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
NYT: States Take New Tack on Illegal Immigration	14 00:00 phil_b [11128]
W orders contractors to check legal status of employees	2 00:00 Abu Uluque [11123]
US reject challenge to military ban on gays	4 00:00 Abu Uluque [11125]
Sidelining of Christianity is 'common sense'	5 00:00 Nimble Spemble [11127]
Zimbabwe: Runoff Vote Will Be 'Dead on Arrival'	0 [11127]
Cleric: Iran economy mismanaged	1 00:00 OldSpook [11125]
Lawyers launch long march	2 00:00 RD [11127]
President's impeachment and trial not formally discussed by PPP: Babar	0 [11127]
B'desh court rules case against Hasina to continue in absentia	0 [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
Mexico â Failed State.. or .. Failed Policies?	9 00:00 Anonymoose [11128]
Top Ten Reasons Obama Won't Release His Birth Certificate	13 00:00 Slineng Fillmore8499 [11126]
Sadr's Special Groups - by Bill Roggio and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [11128]
Chavez's Abrupt About-Face on the FARC	4 00:00 JohnQC [11126]
Analysis: How Reform Jews almost got kicked out of UN	3 00:00 trailing wife [11126]
Hezbollah Exposed and Deconsecrated as Iran's Puppet in Lebanon Following May Uprising	6 00:00 trailing wife [11126]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Translating the faux-Latin tattoo on Elliot Spitzer's favorite callgirl	4 00:00 Slineng Fillmore8499 [11123]
Police nab man claiming to be either Christ or George Bush, he wasn't quite sure	6 00:00 BigEd [11125]
Can't Get Rid of Bush Fast Enough	4 00:00 DarthVader [11125]
Anheuser Busch on the block?	1 00:00 Angie Schultz [11124]
Franken wins endorsement for Senate in Minnesota	5 00:00 mojo [11128]
Study: 1 in 4 adults in NYC have herpes virus	8 00:00 Chaviter the Wicked aka Broadhead6 [11127]

    
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Who's in the News
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11	Taliban
6	Govt of Pakistan
5	Hezbollah
2	Islamic Courts
1	Global Jihad
1	Fatah al-Islam
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Jund al-Sham
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Govt of Iran
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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2008-06-10
Sufi Mohammed survives Taliban kaboom attempt

Mon 2008-06-09
Hero of Anbar Would Stir a Revolt in Afghanistan

Sun 2008-06-08
G8 energy chiefs meet as oil soars

Sat 2008-06-07
U.S. court upholds Qaeda conviction in Bush murder plot

Fri 2008-06-06
Guantanamo arraignment begins for five accused 9/11 plotters

Thu 2008-06-05
Iraq police arrest five Shias wanted for over 720 murders

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

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