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Pak commandos dropped into Taliban stronghold
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Militant Group Denies Abu Omar al-Baghdadi Is in Iraqi Custody - Elvis spotted in Tikrit	2 00:00 rabid whitetail [6]
Pakistan commandos dropped into Taliban stronghold	9 00:00 trailing wife [12]
US files murder charges in Iraq soldier shooting	11 00:00 tipover [4]
ANP says Dir cleared of Taliban, Taliban fleeing after shaving beards	18 00:00 JosephMendiola [12]
Good morning	3 00:00 AlmostAnonymous5839 [5]
2 killed in Rangamati gunfight	1 00:00 tu3031 [3]
200 sepoys held in 7 dists	1 00:00 tu3031 [3]
Roxana Saberi freed by Iranian appeal court verdict	3 00:00 Pappy [7]
40 suicide bombers enter into various areas from Bonair	1 00:00 trailing wife [5]
Sahel military operation suspended to facilitate hostage negotiations	0 [5]
20 rebels die in Philippine clash	0 [3]
Libya reports prison suicide of top Qaeda man	7 00:00 Kofi Claitle6576 [2]
Suicide attack kills 10 in Darra	0 [7]
Car kaboom in Coptic quarter of Cairo	3 00:00 anonymous5089 [3]
700 Taliban killed so far, says Malik	7 00:00 Frank G [12]
US Army: soldier killed by IEP in Basra	0 [4]
52 Taliban killed in Swat fighting	1 00:00 Kofi Claitle6576 [11]
Troops heading towards Mingora from two directions : Army ready for house-to-house combat: ISPR	0 [6]
Page 2: WoT Background
Liberty City Six convicted -- or five of them, at least	0 [3]
Fatwa in Egypt: Source of pigs is Jooooooos	7 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [7]
Pope stops interfaith conference after Israel insult	6 00:00 .5MT [3]
Syria accuses two Britsh nationals of being involved with Al Qaeda	4 00:00 Old Patriot [7]
Unmanned patrol vehicle enters service in Israel	14 00:00 .5MT [5]
U.S. not eyeing talks with N. Korea outside 6-party framework	4 00:00 ed hardy []
US fires top general in Afghanistan as 'war worsens'	3 00:00 Bertie Ulumble2954 [5]
UN denounces Lanka ŽbloodbathŽ	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [4]
Prove innocence in war crime	0 [3]
IsraelŽs PM rules out land for peace with Syria	3 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [3]
Israeli PM discusses Iran with EgyptŽs Mubarak	0 [7]
US appoints Islamist lawyer to Gitmo detainee	1 00:00 Old Patriot [3]
New Palestinian govt within 48 hours: Abbas	2 00:00 tu3031 [1]
France, Saudi close to civil nuclear pact	0 [3]
Somali president says rebels work for foreign govts	0 [3]
Norks Say Talks with the South 'Pointless'	2 00:00 Richard of Oregon []
'Ex-Malakand commissioner gave shelter to Taliban leader'	0 [8]
'No leniency for elements that forced operation'	0 [8]
US working with UN to help NWFP IDPs: Hillary	0 [7]
$4.9m emergency US aid for IDPs	0 [6]
Govt wants minimum bloodshed: Zardari	0 [9]
Page 3: Non-WoT
The public pension bomb	2 00:00 Gabby [9]
This is the Captain speaking, your baggage will be arriving late a carousel 5.	1 00:00 Zorba [6]
Sugar Water tax to pay for National Health? $6 billion down $2.394 Trillion to go	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
Medicare Trust Fund Upside Down, SS close behind - Bs to the wall for National Health	3 00:00 illeagle [5]
Muslim catering manager claims discrimination in pork handling row	6 00:00 rhodesiafever [4]
USS Hawaii wins award for counter-drug efforts in Pacific	2 00:00 Frank G [3]
Iranian TV: Swine Flu - A Zionist/American Conspiracy	4 00:00 trailing wife [12]
Prominent Obama supporter gleefully confesses to heinous ecological crimes	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [4]
Texting Trolley Driver Is Transgendered Male	10 00:00 Skunky Glins 5*** [5]
Catlin Arctic Survery to be extracted 500 km short of goal	6 00:00 .5MT [4]
Saakashvili-opposition meeting dead-end	1 00:00 ed hardy [3]
Demjanjuk deported from U.S. to Germany	14 00:00 trailing wife [4]
Libya accepts more rescued haragas from Italy	2 00:00 ed hardy [4]
Page 4: Opinion
Why the Pentagon Axed Its Afghan Warlord	12 00:00 trailing wife [6]
"...a normal life"	2 00:00 DK70 the scantily clad [3]
Chicago Boyz: "And these guys assess risk--for a living?"	3 00:00 mom [4]
Hollywood Does It Again: "Angels & Demons" Flick Changes Muslim Villain to "Danish" Villain	7 00:00 trailing wife [2]
Iran is all moderate now	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Focus back on, 8yrs after	1 00:00 rabid whitetail [4]
China Influence over Norks Questioned	2 00:00 mojo [4]
Page 6: Politix
Obama votes "Present" regarding "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".	5 00:00 Zorba [8]
Obama Disillusionment Watch: donor turns on the president over the Air Farce 1 scandal	6 00:00 Jumbo Slinerong5015 [9]
Obama Team Seeks New Terminology for Global Warming	11 00:00 JosephMendiola [11]
Stimulus payments reward a loyal Democrat constituency	4 00:00 SteveS [5]
Pelosi: Torture protest improper in '03	10 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [6]

    
                23:43 Zorba

                        23:25 Barbara Skolaut

                        23:22 Barbara Skolaut

                        23:12 trailing wife

                        23:11 Skunky Glins 5***

                        23:06 trailing wife

                        23:01 illeagle

                        22:39 Skunky Glins 5***

                        22:23 Jumbo Slinerong5015

                        22:22 JosephMendiola

                        22:22 Zorba

                        22:17 JosephMendiola

                        22:15 JosephMendiola

                        22:12 Jumbo Slinerong5015

                        22:10 trailing wife

                        22:10 JosephMendiola

                        22:06 Rambler in Virginia

                        22:02 Gabby

                        22:01 Jumbo Slinerong5015

                        21:56 trailing wife

                        21:55 Ming the Merciless

                        21:53 trailing wife

                        21:46 Barbara Skolaut

                        21:43 Barbara Skolaut

Who's in the News
43	[untagged]
5	Govt of Pakistan
4	TTP
3	al-Qaeda
2	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Govt of Iran
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Moro Islamic Liberation Front
1	Palestinian Authority
1	Govt of Syria
1	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	al-Shabaab

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2009-05-12
Pak commandos dropped into Taliban stronghold

Mon 2009-05-11
200 Taliban killed in Swat operation

Sun 2009-05-10
Scores dead as drone hits S. Wazoo Mehsud stronghold

Sat 2009-05-09
1.2 million people leave Buner, Swat other areas

Fri 2009-05-08
Gilani orders all-out war on Pak Taliban

Thu 2009-05-07
Sufi Mohammad's son killed in Lower Dir shelling

Wed 2009-05-06
Mashaal: Hamas wants 10 year cease-fire

Tue 2009-05-05
Pirates captured after attacking the wrong ship

Mon 2009-05-04
Khaled Mashaal re-elected Hamas political leader

Sun 2009-05-03
64 civilians killed in Lanka hospital attack

Sat 2009-05-02
60 Taliban killed in Buner offensive

Fri 2009-05-01
Taliban hold Buner town people hostage

Thu 2009-04-30
U.S. missile strikes kill 10 in South Waziristan

Wed 2009-04-29
70 militants killed in Pak operation

Tue 2009-04-28
TNSM suspends talks with govt

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