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Pakistan PM survives assassiation attempt
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
EU High Court Invalidates Sanctions Against Al Qaeda	11 00:00 European Conservative [6]
The Secret Palin Tape	5 00:00 Woozle Unusosing8053 [6]
US Troops kill 20 in Pakistan raid	8 00:00 john frum [6]
Pakistan PM survives assassiation attempt	4 00:00 hammerhead [13]
Suicide bombs and checkpoints carnage: Germany in Afghanistan	8 00:00 trailing wife []
Soddy al Qaeda big turban killed in Afghan clash - LWJ	2 00:00 Therong Bonaparte2075 [3]
Iraqi army readies for showdown with Kurds	7 00:00 trailing wife [2]
Good morning	12 00:00 Nimble Spemble [2]
Palestinian man convicted of "stealing 150 Israeli cars"	2 00:00 Pappy [3]
Female hostage released, kidnappers arrested in Karbala	0 [2]
Second car bomb leaves 4 Iraqi army casualties in Ninewa	0 [2]
Tribal lashkar kills six Taliban in Kurram	0 [6]
Taliban claim kidnapping of Chinese	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [5]
2 Israeli Arabs indicted for Jihad plot to kill pilots, scientists	0 [2]
Nine militants killed in Swat valley	0 [4]
Israelis fire warning shots near Gaza fishermen, foreign activists	3 00:00 Rambler in California [4]
Iraq: Suicide bomber strikes army checkpoint in Mosul	0 [3]
Kurram tribes declare ceasefire	0 [7]
U.S. army nabs 16 al-Qaeda suspects in Baghdad, northern Iraq	0 []
U.S army detains 4 local Hezbullies in Baghdad	0 [3]
Nine diggers wounded in Afghan firefight	0 [3]
43 killed in fierce Lankan offensive	0 [2]
Page 2: WoT Background
Walking away from Islam (and Hamas)	2 00:00 Anonymoose [6]
USAF Cyber Command plan 'will forge ahead'	0 [3]
US says troops could quit Baghdad soon	1 00:00 tipover [2]
Abu Ghraib prison to become museum - Panties on heads too shocking to show	2 00:00 Beavis [1]
Israel will withdraw from Lebanese village, Lebanese sources confirm	1 00:00 borgboy2001 [2]
Iran wants OPEC to cut oil supply	3 00:00 DarthVader [4]
Helicopter attack: 3 more Hezbollah gunmen opened fire	0 [6]
Judge sentences 5 brothers to death for murdering 2 Ziads	1 00:00 M. Murcek [5]
Maliki says security pact with Washington will go to Parliament 'within 10 days'	0 []
Israel: Army expels 91 Africans	1 00:00 Besoeker [4]
Elders to protect NATO supplies	1 00:00 tu3031 [6]
Syria hosts quadruple summit on Israel talks	0 [7]
Hamas denies Mash'al moved office to Sudan	0 [1]
Baloch Nationalist Groups Suspend Their Armed Activities Indefinitely	1 00:00 JosephMendiola [7]
Qurei: 'We will reject any agreement that does not make Jerusalem the Palestinian capital'	1 00:00 newc [1]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Obama's Plan for Ruining Your Schools	5 00:00 CrazyFool [4]
McCain Ad: My Vice President can beat up your President!	6 00:00 AzCat [2]
Compulsory fasting for all	2 00:00 Rambler in California [2]
Ukraine coalition collapses under Russian pressure	31 00:00 Zhang Fei [5]
Palin on Obama	0 [2]
Bare-breasted virgins compete for Swaziland king	12 00:00 rammer []
Who Serves in the U.S. Military? Demographics of Enlisted & Officers	2 00:00 JohnQC [2]
Barack has two fathers?	2 00:00 charger [1]
Cheney to take aim at Russia's gas clout	5 00:00 JosephMendiola []
Newt rips Lib reporter a new one	15 00:00 Halliburton - Asymmetrical Reply Division [2]
Pelosi Visits Hiroshima A-Bomb Memorial	13 00:00 Rambler in California [2]
MMA govt's 'land scandal' revealed	0 [7]
Graft cases against Sharif reopened	0 [5]
'No survivors' in DR Congo crash	0 [1]
Burying women alive not part of Pashtun traditions: ANP	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [6]
Back home, businessman kidnapped in Nigeria says captors are 'murderers, but nice'	6 00:00 bigjim-ky [1]
Malaysia's Anwar promises pro-minority policies	0 [1]
Servants drop charges against Qadaffy son after being 'properly compensated'	0 []
Russia's Lavrov moves to defuse mounting tensions with Turkey	1 00:00 Excalibur []
100 protesters arrested at US Republican confab	4 00:00 bigjim-ky [1]
AlArabiya slams expulsion of Tehran bureau chief	0 [5]
Emergency declared in Thai capital after clashes	2 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
Justice Fazlul Huq charged with graft	0 [1]
Rice to make historic Libya visit	0 []
Lieberman hails McCain's record, criticizes Obama	11 00:00 Jan at work []
Saakashvili a 'political corpse'	2 00:00 flash91 [1]
UK army to consider alternatives to bearskin hats	5 00:00 JosephMendiola []
Levi Johnston to join Palin family at Convention	8 00:00 Halliburton - Asymmetrical Reply Division [1]
China to launch third manned space flight in September	4 00:00 rjschwarz [1]
Nancy Pelosi Visits Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Memorial	3 00:00 James Carville [1]
Page 4: Opinion
Peggy Noonan: the Left has to kill Sarah Palin . . . or else . . .	11 00:00 rjschwarz [4]
Kudlow: Sarah Palin, Our Energy Answer	5 00:00 JosephMendiola [4]
Sarah Palin's Pioneering Streak	1 00:00 Aussie Mike [3]
Palin is a true feminist role model	2 00:00 trailing wife [1]
Chicago schools re-education camps to create a generation of social revolutionaries.	0 [2]
The Generals Dilemma	0 [1]
The Beltway class is in full-throated rebellion against a nondomesticated conservative	11 00:00 DarthVader [3]
Nuclear Decay Rates May Not Be A Constant	11 00:00 3dc [2]
Straight Outta Berkeley: You're Sexist if You Don't Vote Obama!	6 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1]
Fatima Ali: It Will Be War if McCain Wins	62 00:00 Bob [7]
Tiger Diplomacy?	3 00:00 JosephMendiola []
Still More Palin Scandals!	16 00:00 Halliburton - Asymmetrical Reply Division [2]
Chicagoboyz: The Democrats Denial-of-Service Attack	8 00:00 Querent [1]
McCain's choice of Palin to be his co-pilot was the biggest gamble in presidential history.	7 00:00 Besoeker []
Screw "Us" Magazine - boycott them and write a letter TODAY!	31 00:00 Bob Omereper9886 []
Bill Quick Flip-Flops, Now Will Vote For McCain	8 00:00 Minister of funny walks [1]
What the Palin Pick Says	2 00:00 Pappy []
The Fighter Pilot and the Moose Hunter	0 []
Ace: Don't Believe a Damn Thing Lefties Write About the Palins	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Obama's Hopefund and the candidates it is supporting.	3 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [5]
Video: X-45A dropping some weapons	3 00:00 tipover [6]
Video: The BBQ Song	3 00:00 Richard of Oregon [4]
Much Didgeridoo About Nothing	2 00:00 Grunter []
RealClearPolitics Electoral College Map	7 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [1]
New Study Shows Solar System is Unique	12 00:00 European Conservative [1]
Shrunken Head of Jimmy Hoffa Found (WWN!)	9 00:00 Abdominal Snowman [4]
Suspects 'walk on fire' to prove innocence	6 00:00 trailing wife [4]
Palestinian father buries his daughter alive	6 00:00 bigjim-ky []
Pakistan: Women's bodies exhumed in northwest	3 00:00 bigjim-ky [5]
Egyptian presenter accused of descrating mosque	0 [2]
JI to observe World Hijab Day on 4th	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [5]
China: Corpse-selling racket busted	0 []
Former Attorney General Gonzales stored TS/SCI docs at home.... but its OK.	9 00:00 mojo [1]

    
                23:58 Bob

                        23:49 tipover

                        23:48 Abdominal Snowman

                        23:38 Lonzo

                        23:38 Jolutch Mussolini7800

                        23:37 Zhang Fei

                        23:31 Zhang Fei

                        23:28 lotp

                        23:28 Zhang Fei

                        23:22 Zhang Fei

                        23:20 Abdominal Snowman

                        23:19 rjschwarz

                        23:18 trailing wife

                        23:15 Pappy

                        23:14 Lonzo

                        23:13 badanov

                        23:12 trailing wife

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                        23:10 Abdominal Snowman

                        23:07 rjschwarz

                        23:05 rjschwarz

                        23:02 trailing wife

                        23:01 rjschwarz

                        23:01 Anonymoose

Who's in the News
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5	TTP
2	Hamas
2	Hezbollah
2	Govt of Iran
2	Taliban
2	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Islamic State of Iraq
1	Mahdi Army

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Tue 2008-09-02
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Sun 2008-08-31
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Sat 2008-08-30
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Fri 2008-08-29
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Thu 2008-08-28
Baitullah declared ''proclaimed offender''

Wed 2008-08-27
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Tue 2008-08-26
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Mon 2008-08-25
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Sun 2008-08-24
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