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Gunmen kidnap director of Basra Int'l Airport
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Surge Results in Baathist Heartland	1 00:00 mhw [6]
DEBKA: US to return to Lebanon, build big air installation near Syria	25 00:00 Zenster [10]
German hostage released in exchange for six Talibs	6 00:00 Zenster [7]
Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Militant	1 00:00 Frank G [3]
Violence in Iraq kills 56, bombs target officials	5 00:00 Skunky Glins5285 [4]
Gunmen kidnap director of Basra Int'l Airport	3 00:00 Thomas Woof [10]
Good morning	14 00:00 Zenster [6]
Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against CIA	22 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Hizb ul-Mujahideen commander shot dead	0 [9]
4 police, interior troops killed in rebel ambush in Chechnya	0 [4]
US Army: Raid in Baghdad kills 5 gunmen; 3 detained	0 [6]
50 more killed as jets bomb militant hideouts	2 00:00 M. Murcek [8]
16 injured in Peshawar CD-market blast	7 00:00 lotp [8]
19 Taliban dead in Afghan battles	1 00:00 Glenmore [4]
Suicide bombs target opponents of al-Qaeda	0 [3]
Page 2: WoT Background
Jimmy Carter calls Cheney a "disaster" for U.S	0 [4]
Bhutto: 'How we plan to control the military'	1 00:00 JohnQC [6]
From Washington to war in Waziristan & Bhutto death threat.	0 [8]
Carter says U.S. tortures prisoners	7 00:00 JosephMendiola [3]
Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs	3 00:00 JosephMendiola [8]
Bush warns against Armenia bill	13 00:00 Chuckles Jaise7272 [3]
Worker suspended over Jesus image, after complaints from Moderate Muslim	11 00:00 Icerigger [2]
Sarkozy fails to soften Russian backing for Iran	0 [4]
23-yr-old Japanese man detained in S.E. Iran	0 [8]
Influential US Islamic Jurist: Marriage of Muslim Woman to Non-Muslim Man Forbidden, Invalid	8 00:00 mojo [4]
Mullah Krekar leader fights to keep his turban in Norway	1 00:00 Seafarious [4]
Che Guevara family protests Islamist exploitation of legacy :)	7 00:00 Chris W. [4]
Transcript: Charlie Rose interview with David Kilcullen	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
Pelosi: All You Freaks Get Off Of My Lawn!	17 00:00 Bright Pebbles [4]
Turkey: European Human Rights Court rejects compulsory Sunni education	2 00:00 M. Murcek [3]
Indonesian speaker hails Iran-Indonesia ties	1 00:00 Zenster [5]
Cheney, Rice divided over Israeli intel	5 00:00 mcsegeek1 [8]
Iraqis and Kurds say Turkish incursion will not be tolerated	2 00:00 Old Patriot [4]
Key Shiite leader returns to Iraq after hospital stay in Iran	1 00:00 Glenmore [6]
Syria pushes for US peace conference to address Golan Heights issue	1 00:00 Frank G [8]
Putin says Iran is not building a nuclear weapon	10 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
Innocent people killed in Hamas-Fatah infighting: PCHR report	4 00:00 trailing wife [1]
Israel seizes Arab land near Jerusalem	7 00:00 Zenster [5]
High Court to challenge UK sale of British arms to Israel	4 00:00 Jack is Back! [3]
Pakistani court dismisses Bhutto bail appeal	0 [6]
US needs "maximum diplomatic relationship" with Iran, sez Carter	35 00:00 JosephMendiola [10]
GCC have no reason to be worried about Bushehr - Islamic Consultative Assembly	3 00:00 Frank G [9]
Kuwait pardons inmates of Military Prison	2 00:00 Charles Manson [8]
Khawaarij and Jihad: Is Al-Qaida's Network in Iraq Doomed to the Fate of the GIA?	1 00:00 M. Murcek [4]
Hariri: Syria is slaughtering Lebanese	3 00:00 Redneck Jim [8]
Jihad Council ceasefire fails to move New Delhi	7 00:00 Frank G [7]
US Urges Turkish-Iraqi Cooperation on PKK	0 [4]
Iraq Demands $136 Million for Families in Blackwater Shooting	32 00:00 49 Pan [9]
'Olmert rules out Syria talks at Annapolis'	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
Abbas's office denies report that shots were fired at his convoy	2 00:00 gromgoru [3]
Hariri asks Russia, China to prevent interference in presidential vote	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [9]
IDF officers meet with Lebanese army representatives in Nakoura	0 [9]
Police chief says number of terror plots against Britain rising	4 00:00 Old Patriot [5]
Egypt lets 30 Islamic Jihad operatives return to Gaza	3 00:00 Zenster [5]
Mashaal: Hamas spurning Israel's attempts at talks	0 [4]
Government to approach SC against Lal Masjid concessions	0 [8]
Bin Laden more likely to be in a city than a cave: former ISI chief	17 00:00 john frum [6]
Hariri: Faster justice needed in Lebanon	2 00:00 Redneck Jim [8]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Canada: Ottawa floating idea of new subs, sources say	6 00:00 buy one war, get one free [8]
China Announces Gains in Air Defense	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
China Promotes Taiwan-Focused Military Officers	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
Al Gore's Fans Make 2008 Draft Pitch	9 00:00 mcsegeek1 [4]
Atlantic City's mayor turns up in rehab	1 00:00 tu3031 [4]
Myanmar Dissident Dies Under Questioning	3 00:00 Zenster [4]
Rape Epidemic Raises Trauma of Congo War	8 00:00 Nimble Spemble [1]
Ex-Mexico Prez: Racists Stop Immigration	14 00:00 Procopius2k [4]
Hitler Must Have Been a Creationist	0 [4]
Colombian authorities seek plane with 15 soldiers, 3 civilians	0 [5]
India to push on with Myanmar port despite unrest	0 [6]
Tibetans Storm Chinese Embassy	0 [8]
Taiwan set to unveil missiles at National Day parade	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
European Parliament has over 4,500 lobbyists	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
A Friend in Dubai?	0 [4]
Hamas band presents Islamic rock for the faithful	3 00:00 Mike [3]
4 Democrats skipping Michigan presidential primary	2 00:00 Procopius2k [1]
Yemeni Clerics Warn: Christianity in Yemen Spreading	12 00:00 mcsegeek1 [7]
Police quiz Israel's Olmert on suspected corruption	0 [2]
Georgia's former defense minister freed on bail, leaves country	1 00:00 mojo [3]
I will not take oath until SC verdict, says Musharraf	1 00:00 Paul [6]
Anti-Muslim posters go up at George Washington University	9 00:00 mcsegeek1 [2]
Nawaz to leave for London: PML-N	0 [6]
Lindsay Talks Rehab, Recovery	4 00:00 DMFD [3]
Page 4: Opinion
Al Gore and the Nobel Peace Prize	12 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
Video - DOJ voting rights chief steps in it	2 00:00 OldSpook [4]
Who's Behind the Censorship of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week?	3 00:00 DMFD [4]
Investigate the Winter Soldier Investigation	1 00:00 Hupase Sinatra8280 [5]
Australian peace activists "support" the troops	1 00:00 flash91 [4]
Islam and the Submission of Women	1 00:00 Jules [2]
The Psychology of the Politics of Rage	0 [4]
The evidence for Neocommunism	1 00:00 Eric Jablow [4]
The Religious Quest of George Soros	7 00:00 Jack is Back! [3]
Media Dishonesty Matters	3 00:00 Procopius2k [4]
The Democrats' Unhealthy Poster Child Abuse By Michelle Malkin	1 00:00 Procopius2k [5]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Don't drink the Zam Zam	16 00:00 Frank G [4]
"The Best Mosque in Britain"	2 00:00 tu3031 [3]
Did rosie o'donell bath in the Danube? Or was it michael moore?	6 00:00 twobyfour [6]
Tomorrow's Idiots Today	0 [3]
S Africa: 'Don't come back to SA'	2 00:00 Besoeker [4]
S/Africa: Life is hard but we manage, say poor whites in township	0 [3]
SA gold mining turns into Wild-West shootouts with pirates	1 00:00 3dc [4]
Vodka-drip feed saves tourist	7 00:00 McZoid [4]
McCanns: Request for tourists' DNA after possible evidence of kidnapping uncovered	0 [4]
Today's Idiot	10 00:00 trailing wife [2]
Venezuelans to pay price of Hugo's moral crusade	18 00:00 mom [3]

    
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Who's in the News
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4	Taliban
4	Govt of Syria
3	Global Jihad
2	Hizbul Mujaheddin
1	Hamas
1	Iraqi Insurgency
1	Islamic Jihad
1	Mahdi Army
1	Fatah
1	Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
1	al-Qaeda

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2007-10-10
Gunmen kidnap director of Basra Int'l Airport

Tue 2007-10-09
Al Qaeda deputy killed in Algeria: report

Mon 2007-10-08
Tehran University student protest -- 'Death to the dictator'

Sun 2007-10-07
Support network in Pakistan accused of helping Taliban, others sneak across border to attack U.S

Sat 2007-10-06
Paleo arrestfest as Hamas, Fatah detain each other's cadres

Fri 2007-10-05
Korean leaders agree to end war

Thu 2007-10-04
US-led team to oversee N. Korea nuclear disablement

Wed 2007-10-03
3 die in explosion at Hamas HQ

Tue 2007-10-02
Bhutto may allow US military strike

Mon 2007-10-01
Hamas renews call for cease-fire with Israel

Sun 2007-09-30
Indian troops corner rebels in Kashmir mosque

Sat 2007-09-29
Court Lets Perv Run for President

Fri 2007-09-28
AQI #3 Abu Usama al Tunisi bites the dust

Thu 2007-09-27
Over 100 Taliban killed in Afghanistan

Wed 2007-09-26
NWFP govt calls for army's help

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