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Maliki overseeing Basra operation
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Israel: Hamas mastermind captured	16 00:00 trailing wife [2]
Iraqi Prime Minister Issues 3-Day Deadline for Al-Sadr Militia in Basra to Surrender Arms	2 00:00 Anonymoose [1]
Officials await IDs on 3 Iraq bodies (BTB missing contractors)	5 00:00 Atomic Conspiracy [4]
Sadr militia seizes parts of S. Iraq town	18 00:00 Nimble Spemble [2]
Militants kill 'US spy'	3 00:00 Silentbrick [7]
Three killed in Swat, Fazlullah aide arrested	0 [5]
Army summoned in Kohat after tribal festivities	0 [8]
Blast kills one in Bajaur	0 [8]
Good morning....	6 00:00 Steve White [3]
Bomb threat on French plane at Beirut airport; nothing found	0 [5]
Eight killed in separate rebel attacks in NE India	0 [6]
Taliban killed four Afghan policemen	0 [1]
3 Afghan civilians killed	2 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Man with hand grenade arrested	0 [7]
NDFB militant lynched	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [7]
Militants fire rockets at Ghalanai hospital	0 [8]
Palestinian carrying two grenades caught at checkpoint	2 00:00 tu3031 [2]
MNF kills five suspects in Basra	0 [3]
Fierce clashes in Basra, Maliki overseeing military operations	8 00:00 mhw [6]
Page 2: WoT Background
Saddam Paid For Baghdad Jim McDermott Trip To Iraq	3 00:00 DarthVader [1]
Denmark: Campsite owners break terror laws	2 00:00 Silentbrick [1]
Outsourced US passports netting govt. profits, risking national security	6 00:00 USN,Ret. [5]
Insulted Militarey Blasts The Hildabeast's Serial 'Sniper' Lies	4 00:00 JosephMendiola [8]
Qurei denies that 3 million US dollars was diverted to his joint bank account	8 00:00 Father Ted [4]
Former Arafat aide under investigation for embezzling from PA	1 00:00 M. Murcek [1]
McCain Asks When Hillary Clinton Will Apologize to Gen. Petraeus - Video	16 00:00 JohnQC [1]
Video calls for defeat of 'Rome' in Canadian terror case	4 00:00 john frum [1]
Lebanese town struggles to recover	3 00:00 tu3031 [6]
HRW blames Thai army for imam's death	1 00:00 g(r)omgoru [1]
Time for Maliki to Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk in Basra	0 [2]
Pakistan on British human rights watch list	0 [5]
Kuwait grills Shiite ex-MPs over Hezbollah links	0 [8]
Tribal animosity drawing Taliban recruits	0 []
Cheney Says Hamas Sabotages Peace Talks	3 00:00 JohnQC [2]
Police fear team-up of Sayyaf with MNLF	0 [1]
Gillerman slams tendency to accept 'status quo' of terrorism	2 00:00 Flainter Wittlesbach6174 [1]
'Hamas learned lesson from IDF ops'	0 []
Egypt: 126 Palestinians wounded in Gaza fly to Turkey for treatment	1 00:00 tu3031 [1]
Europe begins transferring 300m to PA	5 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [2]
Israel to allow Palestinian officers into Jenin	1 00:00 liberalhawk [3]
Norwegian forces short of armored vehicles in Afghanistan	1 00:00 Procopius2k [1]
End operation in Tribal Areas, Balochistan: Fazl	0 [6]
US, Pakistani officials discuss Torkham blasts	0 [3]
'Govt making all-out efforts to recover kidnapped ambassador'	1 00:00 3dc [6]
Terror infrastructure in Pakistan intact: Indian Home Ministry	0 [5]
Blair calls for rethinking Gaza strategy, citing humanitarian crisis	21 00:00 Frank G [5]
Singapore bus driver jugged for bogus info on terror suspect	0 [1]
Fatah-Hamas agreement fizzles out	0 [2]
Page 3: Non-WoT
BREAKING: Condi Rice Flirts With VP Possibility	13 00:00 USN,Ret. [3]
McCain Channels the NYT, CFR, John Kerry	23 00:00 Verlaine [4]
Today is National Medal of Honor Day	2 00:00 xbalanke [1]
Michelle Obama - the gift that keeps on giving	11 00:00 trailing wife [5]
First Electric Generation station to use the oilplant (Jatropha) to be constructed in Belgium	3 00:00 ed [2]
China wants army to oversee torch relay in Australia	15 00:00 Chief Running Gag [3]
Taiwan Nuclear Response	15 00:00 Skidmark [1]
Clinton says she 'misspoke' about sniper fire	11 00:00 www [5]
Russia, Egypt sign nuclear energy pact	7 00:00 trailing wife [5]
Sarkozy does not rule out Olympics boycott	1 00:00 liberalhawk [1]
US mistakenly sent nuclear missile fuses to Taiwan	8 00:00 BA [2]
India to test enhanced missile interceptor in June-July	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [6]
Clinton camp in lockdown mode over Bosnia flap	1 00:00 DepotGuy [1]
Hillary on 60 Minutes: 'Voters Are Tired of People Who Lie to Them'	21 00:00 RD [1]
Palomas police chief requests U.S. asylum	0 []
Gillani Pak PM	1 00:00 Seafarious [4]
Page 4: Opinion
The Sadr Revolt	5 00:00 trailing wife [8]
Ten superdelegates who could decide the Dem race	0 [6]
Why the SCOTUS ruling in Medellin v Texas matters in the WOT	3 00:00 DarthVader [2]
Have You Had Your MDAR Of Deadly Radon Gas, Today?	3 00:00 JosephMendiola []
Here's a tip . . .	5 00:00 Bulldog []
An Open Letter to Senator Obama	1 00:00 DoDo [4]
Flashing steel at China	3 00:00 Zhang Fei [6]
Joss Whedon and Firefly: a galaxy of rape	9 00:00 Eric Jablow [2]
Anatomy of the Surge	9 00:00 Steve White [2]
Operation Cavalry Charge	10 00:00 Phil_B [1]
Why Do Palestinians Get Much More Attention than Tibetans?	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [3]
Mrs. Mugabe's little boy Bobby has inflation up to 100,000%, Looks to Re-election	3 00:00 Old Patriot [4]
The question of Tibet	0 [3]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Leading Indian bandit's legacy grows	0 [3]
(Dis)honorable Mention in the Idiot of the Day competition	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [5]
For those of you wondering what happened to Mike Gravel... (all 3 of you)	8 00:00 Anonymoose [1]
Pakistan's new PM is an Aishwarya fan	2 00:00 tu3031 [6]
Today's Idiot	4 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [3]
Race to free India girl from well	3 00:00 Frank G [6]
Sweden: Boy convicted over group rape ("boys" 2 and 3 ...)	3 00:00 tu3031 [5]
93-year-old charged in sex sting	10 00:00 Anonymoose [4]

    
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Who's in the News
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10	Taliban
6	Hamas
5	Mahdi Army
3	Global Jihad
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Palestinian Authority
2	Iraqi Insurgency
1	TNSM
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Hezbollah
1	ISI
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Jemaah Islamiyah

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2008-03-26
Maliki overseeing Basra operation

Tue 2008-03-25
Tater urges 'civil revolt' as battles erupt in Basra

Mon 2008-03-24
Ayman urges attacks on Israel, U.S.

Sun 2008-03-23
Rocket, mortar strikes on Baghdad Green Zone

Sat 2008-03-22
Fatah, Jund al-Sham fight it out in Ein el-Hellhole

Fri 2008-03-21
Iraqi troops clash with Shiite hard boyz

Thu 2008-03-20
Binny accuses Pope of leading a crusade

Wed 2008-03-19
US Marines start deploying in southern Afghanistan

Tue 2008-03-18
Pak parliament sworn in

Mon 2008-03-17
37 killed, over 50 hurt in Karbala kaboom

Sun 2008-03-16
Drone missiles kill 20 in S. Wazoo

Sat 2008-03-15
Hamas sez they hit Israeli heli

Fri 2008-03-14
Coalition strike on Haqqani compound

Thu 2008-03-13
Jordan frees al-Maqdessi

Wed 2008-03-12
Israel-Hamas Hudna

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