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Somali leader taken to hospital
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Page 4: Opinion
Michael Yon : Infrastructure to MRAPs	0 [3]
The Politics of Intelligence	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [6]
Let's shift our troops from Iraq to Afghanistan	2 00:00 SteveS [4]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Israel challenges report on nukes	5 00:00 Geoffro [5]
Six dead in southern Thai restaurant bombing	4 00:00 swksvolFF [4]
Suicide Bomber Strikes Near Defense Secretary Gates	3 00:00 USN,Ret. [3]
Iraq group threatens to kill British hostage	3 00:00 Icerigger [3]
Suicide car bomb kills 6, wounds 20 in Diyala	0 [3]
Good Morning	10 00:00 moody blues [4]
Turkish military kills six Kurdish rebels	0 [3]
Coalition forces target foreign terrorist facilitators, media cells; two killed, 25 detained	2 00:00 Icerigger [4]
Coalition forces detain two suspected criminal element members	1 00:00 gorb [3]
Hamas-affiliated police in Gaza storm Al-Azhar University	4 00:00 Mike [6]
US Treasury moves against leader of militant group in Algeria	0 [4]
Fierce fighting in eastern Chad	0 [3]
Woman bomber kills herself	11 00:00 Alaska Paul [4]
Swat relief package soon	0 [3]
Professor gunned down in Bannu	0 [3]
FC man killed, another injured in Quetta attack	0 [5]
4 cops killed in Afghan ambush	0 [3]
Madrassa bombing suspect arrested	2 00:00 Icerigger [3]
Three Al-Qassam activists killed in Gaza Strip	0 [4]
Israeli forces arrest two Hamas members in Nablus; fail to arrest 'wanted' Hamas activist	1 00:00 Frank G [3]
Page 2: WoT Background
OLIVER STONE SEEKS TO FILM "AHMADINEJAD'S ADVENTURES"	13 00:00 ryuge [5]
Code Pink leader and fellow activist get busted in Pakistan	19 00:00 mrp [6]
Venezuela: Raid on Jewish Center Condemned	3 00:00 mjhlaw [3]
Religeon of Peace - "Death to women without a headscarf"	4 00:00 USN,Ret. [3]
Czech Republic: Deputies approve overseas deployments	1 00:00 trailing wife [3]
The Iranian Little (Submarine) Wonder	14 00:00 Thomas Woof [3]
Bush still a factor, Rove warns	0 [5]
Bush: Iran Still a Danger Despite Report	12 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [4]
NYSlimes: NIE Report: New Data, New Methods, New Conclusion	2 00:00 SteveS [6]
JPost: 'US [NIE] report should not deter world'	0 [4]
Gitmo Inmate Cuts Throat, but Survives	17 00:00 Frank G [3]
Iraq agrees to seek final UN extension for troops	1 00:00 mojo [3]
Innocent Tamils caught by Lankan police, freed	0 [3]
Hizbullah's Mohammed Raad: No to a Constitutional Amendment by Saniora Government	0 [5]
Spanish government resists clamour to outlaw Basque radicals	0 [5]
New trial for France's 'Guantanamo six'	1 00:00 Frozen Al [3]
Somali leader taken to hospital	0 [4]
Jamaat says 'final no' to elections	2 00:00 Icerigger [3]
Militants' threats shut video shops to give way to 'Islamic business'	3 00:00 Icerigger [4]
Iraq to hire 12,000 Sunni militia guards	0 [3]
French FM on his way to Lebanon to seal presidency deal	0 [3]
Hamas denies Israeli reports of Shalit's captors agreeing to Red Cross visit	2 00:00 Rambler [4]
60 wounded Palestinians demand passage through Rafah crossing	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [6]
Gas stations close as Israel continues Gaza Strip fuel cuts	9 00:00 JFM [4]
Uneasy in paradise	4 00:00 Red Dawg [4]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Area 51 Nowed Powered From Outer Space	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
Globocrat Paradise on Bali	1 00:00 Old Patriot [6]
Sarkozy wants to lift the arms embargo against China	1 00:00 Excalibur [3]
Team Hillary Hangs A Lantern On Their Problem	4 00:00 Procopius2k [3]
Greenland: All civil servants must speak Greenlandic - Danes unhappy	8 00:00 mrp [6]
Video: Tancredos new immigration ad has some balls	4 00:00 trailing wife [3]
US jet intercepts ballistic missile for first time: officials	18 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
EU troops hand over camp to Bosnian army	1 00:00 Excalibur [3]
Mugabe hails Zimbabwe 'new dawn'	7 00:00 Alaska Paul [4]
UN to join attack on Congo rebels	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [3]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Guardian: Astronauts test sex in space - but did the earth move?	1 00:00 Procopius2k [5]
Da Timez holdin' it down on the obituary tip, yo!	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [5]
Group sez China is showing 1.5 Million the door preparing for the Olympics	2 00:00 DoDo [6]
Video: cops follow doughnut truck in high-speed chase	2 00:00 USN,Ret. [3]
Girl, 7, shot 6 times saving mom	9 00:00 RWV [4]
LA cardinal was assaulted over Church abuse	4 00:00 Frank G [4]
Enviro group calls on Muslims to stop flying to Mecca for Hajj	21 00:00 Alaska Paul [6]
Soldier Charged in Sgt.'s Death in Iraq	2 00:00 SeaLawyer [3]
Tense Times as Teens Toke Toads	4 00:00 J. Thaddeus Toad [5]
Flatulence ban for club pensioner	10 00:00 Red Dawg [3]

Afghanistan

Let's shift our troops from Iraq to Afghanistan

            Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC  ||
            12/05/2007            11:40   ||
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#1 I thought that was already happening, with the Marines moving to a theater where there are still bad guys to kill and their toys to break, now that the pacification of Iraq is in the final stage.

                Posted by: trailing wife    ||
                12/05/2007 15:22                Comments ||
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#2 It is easier to lead a parade if you can get in front of it. Otherwise, all you can do is chase behind yelling "Quackmire! Quackmire!" and we are seeing how well that worked out.

                Posted by: SteveS    ||
                12/05/2007 16:03                Comments ||
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Home Front: WoT

The Politics of Intelligence

            Posted by: tu3031  ||
            12/05/2007            12:04   ||
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#1 "politics" + "intelligence" = oxymoron.

(With the emphasis on the MORON.)

                Posted by: Barbara Skolaut    ||
                12/05/2007 22:09                Comments ||
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Iraq

Michael Yon : Infrastructure to MRAPs

            Posted by: anonymous5089  ||
            12/05/2007            12:54   ||
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                23:56 JosephMendiola

                        23:46 JosephMendiola

                        22:21 Old Patriot

                        22:20 mrp

                        22:16 Mike N.

                        22:11 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:09 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:09 Alaska Paul

                        22:07 Alaska Paul

                        21:37 Alaska Paul

                        21:35 Alaska Paul

                        21:35 mrp

                        21:33 Alaska Paul

                        21:30 Geoffro

                        21:29 Mike

                        21:23 Procopius2k

                        21:22 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:18 DMFD

                        20:56 Barbara Skolaut

                        20:47 Barbara Skolaut

                        20:45 DoDo

                        20:43 J. Thaddeus Toad

                        20:38 ryuge

                        20:37 Eric Jablow

Who's in the News
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7	Taliban
6	Hamas
3	al-Qaeda in Iraq
2	Hezbollah
2	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Global Jihad
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	TNSM
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Mahdi Army
1	al-Qaeda
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Govt of Iran

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2007-12-05
Somali leader taken to hospital

Tue 2007-12-04
Abu Maysara Positively Deader Than a Rock

Mon 2007-12-03
40 Taliban killed, 14 held in Afghanistan

Sun 2007-12-02
Walkout in Iraq parliament over Sunni leader raid

Sat 2007-12-01
Binny: Euroleaders 'like living under shadow of White House'

Fri 2007-11-30
Perv Sworn In as Civilian President

Thu 2007-11-29
Perv finally quits army

Wed 2007-11-28
Sistani tells Shiites to protect Sunni brothers

Tue 2007-11-27
Perv to bid farewell to troops

Mon 2007-11-26
Nawaz returns, vows to contest elections

Sun 2007-11-25
Sharifs reach deal with Perv

Sat 2007-11-24
Tanks deployed in Beirut to prevent possible violence

Fri 2007-11-23
Lahoud stepping down at midnight

Thu 2007-11-22
Iraqi Security Forces detain 81 suspected extremists

Wed 2007-11-21
Berri postpones Lebanon presidential vote for fourth time

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