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Attack on Iraqi politician kills four
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Page 4: Opinion
Meet Caroline Cox, the jolly warrior	0 [1]
Ahmadinejad personifies new balance of power in Lebanon	2 00:00 Rob06 [4]
Jemaah Islamiya and the threat to regional security	0 []
Pakistani Author on the Ideological Pattern of Violence in Pakistan:	2 00:00 Paul D [6]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Somali gunnies kidnap British aid worker	0 [3]
Army Scandal - Possibly Hashish, Murder, War Crimes	7 00:00 trailing wife [6]
Bangkok bombing wave bewilders Thailand	0 [4]
Mayhem in Monterrey: 5 Bad Guys, 1 Marine Die	0 [3]
Sonora: Mexican Army, Federales Conduct Joint Operation	7 00:00 Thing From Snowy Mountain [4]
More Mexican Mayhem	1 00:00 Anonymoose [3]
Good morning	5 00:00 mojo [3]
Haqqani capo killed in joint force raid	0 [12]
'Terror' charges for Bahrain Shias	0 [4]
Grenade attack injures infant	0 [7]
Massacre clan member killed	0 []
3 on trial for hotel bombings	0 [3]
Vid of kidnapped prof released	2 00:00 g(r)omgoru [8]
Victims recall horror of '09 Texas base shooting	3 00:00 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1]
Religious scholar shot dead in Peshawar	3 00:00 Frank G [9]
Plot to kill PM foiled, 7 arrested	0 [6]
Seven, including four MQM men, killed in Karachi target killings	0 [7]
6 terrorists arrested for attacking ISI headquarters	0 [8]
Plea deal reached on Canadian Gitmo detainee	3 00:00 Frank G [3]
Attack on Iraqi politician kills four	0 [3]
Undieboomer appears in US court	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [1]
Page 2: WoT Background
Pastor Terry Jones to receive free car for not burning Korans	5 00:00 Mullah Richard [5]
Britain is losing its battle against Islamic extremists... says French MP who banned the burqa	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
Indonesia: Muslim Hard-Liners Attack Shadow Puppet Shows, with Rocks and Swords	2 00:00 lotp [3]
Prosecution in MP Wilder's trial asks for aquital	9 00:00 Redneck Jim [5]
YouTube: Mosque Argument Leads to 'View' Walk-off	18 00:00 Water Modem [4]
Ahmadinejad meets with Nasrallah at Iran embassy in Beirut	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [8]
'Pakistan plans to target militants in North Waziristan'	8 00:00 tu3031 [4]
Abyei vote in Sudan 'to be delayed'	3 00:00 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1]
Turks take Flotilla attack case to ICC	6 00:00 Water Modem [3]
Man nabbed over bomb threat	0 [7]
Euro terror plot still active	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [5]
Ahmadinejad on Israeli border: "Zionists mortal"	4 00:00 g(r)omgoru [2]
US should persuade Israel on settlements: Abbas	0 [2]
Lower-level Taliban reintegrating in Afghanistan in growing numbers --	3 00:00 Besoeker []
No role for Mullah Omar in future of Afghanistan -- US	1 00:00 Frank G []
US downplays chances of Taliban peace talks	2 00:00 American Delight []
No "apology" offered over cartoons: Denmark	0 [1]
'Declare independent Palestinian state'	8 00:00 lotp [5]
Page 3: Non-WoT
China phishes S Korea Defense documents	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
Meet Danielle And Jim Plus 9 Part 2	6 00:00 Bright Pebbles [3]
Niger's number two junta leader seized	0 [1]
Riot police storm Acropolis	3 00:00 mojo [3]
Britain to scrap 192 state bodies	7 00:00 Mullah Richard []
US home foreclosures hit record high	21 00:00 trailing wife [2]
Spain holds siesta contest	4 00:00 Water Modem [6]
First moustache group set up in Egypt	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
U.S. jobless claims, trade deficit on rise	4 00:00 Black Charlie Chinemble5313 [3]
Rwandan police arrest opposition leader	0 [3]
Gang busted in US healthcare fraud	3 00:00 NoMoreBS [2]
Page 6: Politix
Senate Democrat leader battling to save Nevada seat	3 00:00 Iblis []
'Most Americans angry at bad economy'	14 00:00 Procopius2k [4]

Britain

Meet Caroline Cox, the jolly warrior

No disrespect is intended by my selection of this image. I've waited a long time for an excuse to use it.

The unintentional baroness definitely follows the tradition of British eccentrics wandering the world.

            Posted by: ryuge  ||
            10/15/2010            10:23   ||
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India-Pakistan

Pakistani Author on the Ideological Pattern of Violence in Pakistan:

            Posted by: tipper  ||
            10/15/2010            07:33   ||
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#1 Careful, we don't want to get harridans Whoopi and Joy going again.

                Posted by: gorb    ||
                10/15/2010 10:26                Comments ||
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#2 Its about time the majority Paks fightback against the saudi funded Orcs!

                Posted by: Paul D    ||
                10/15/2010 15:30                Comments ||
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Southeast Asia

Jemaah Islamiya and the threat to regional security

            Posted by: ryuge  ||
            10/15/2010            10:03   ||
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Ahmadinejad personifies new balance of power in Lebanon

And the flip side to this coin.

            Posted by: ryuge  ||
            10/15/2010            10:12   ||
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#1 The plan is coming together.
Hassan Nasrallah in the Late 1980s: Lebanon Should Become Part of the Greater Islamic Republic Ruled by Leader of Iran, Who Should Appoint All Islamic Rulers

                Posted by: tipper    ||
                10/15/2010 14:28                Comments ||
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#2 http://www.nonstick.com/characters/beaky.html

Everytime I see this guy, I think of beaky. Tell me they're not related. The voice is an apt representation too.

                Posted by: Rob06    ||
                10/15/2010 15:14                Comments ||
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                23:52 trailing wife

                        23:47 Redneck Jim

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                        23:33 JosephMendiola

                        23:32 trailing wife

                        23:12 lotp

                        23:11 lotp

                        22:47 Mullah Richard

                        22:27 JosephMendiola

                        22:20 JosephMendiola

                        22:12 JosephMendiola

                        22:10 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        22:07 JosephMendiola

                        22:07 Private Eye

                        22:04 JosephMendiola

                        21:53 JosephMendiola

                        21:45 Punky Thavish9434

                        21:40 JosephMendiola

                        21:35 JosephMendiola

                        20:55 Water Modem

                        20:33 Water Modem

                        20:24 Water Modem

                        20:23 Procopius2k

                        20:05 Frank G

Who's in the News
32	[untagged]
4	Taliban
3	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
3	TTP
3	al-Qaeda
2	Global Jihad
2	Govt of Iran
1	Hamas
1	Jemaah Islamiyah
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	Palestinian Authority
1	PLO
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Govt of Sudan

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2010-10-15
Attack on Iraqi politician kills four

Thu 2010-10-14
Four drone strikes kill 11 in N Waziristan

Wed 2010-10-13
Tamaulipas: 10 Die in Gang Firefight

Tue 2010-10-12
15 killed in clashes in Mogadishu

Mon 2010-10-11
Dronezap waxes eight in North Wazoo

Sun 2010-10-10
Bangla: Lashkar's explosives expert captured

Sat 2010-10-09
Norks confirm Sonny Jong Un's succession

Fri 2010-10-08
Zapee ID'd as Mohammed Usman

Thu 2010-10-07
US apologizes for attack on Pakistani soldiers

Wed 2010-10-06
Qari Ziauddin ID'd as a Zap-ee

Tue 2010-10-05
French police arrest 11 people with suspected Islamic extremists links

Mon 2010-10-04
Six killed as NATO oil tankers ambushed in Islamabad

Sun 2010-10-03
Drone strikes kill 18 in North Waziristan

Sat 2010-10-02
US drone strike kills six in Pakistan

Fri 2010-10-01
Imagine that: Dozens of NATO oil tankers attacked in Pakistan

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