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Baitullah makes appearance amid reports of his death
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Thirty killed as Muslims, tribals clash	3 00:00 badanov [8]
NATO Captures Dad	5 00:00 Jack is Back! [2]
New Israeli weapon kicks up stink	3 00:00 Goober Wholurt4452 [7]
Nuggets from the Urdu press	5 00:00 .5MT [6]
Relentless Taliban just keep coming	5 00:00 Besoeker [4]
Eight-day encounter at 15,000 feet ends in J&K, 14 dead	8 00:00 Pappy [6]
20-year jail for former Gujarat Minister for 1993 Surat blast	1 00:00 john frum [9]
Good morning	3 00:00 Besoeker [2]
Tribesmen fire rockets at US drones	7 00:00 .5MT [9]
LI commander, five comrades arrested in Bara	0 [6]
Tribal lashkar kills 3 Taliban in Bajaur	2 00:00 trailing wife [4]
'Planted' missile defused in Islamabad	0 [8]
Chaman border crossing closed	0 [4]
More than 20 Taliban killed in Afghanistan violence	0 [2]
No bail for banned militant group member	0 [8]
Bomb explodes outside court in Spain's Basque region	0 [4]
New military group calling themselves ''Hizbullah Brigades'' to begin operation	5 00:00 Jack is Back! [2]
Senior AQI member netted in Mosul	0 [3]
MNF nabs 10 "suspected terrorists"	1 00:00 trailing wife [2]
IAEA calls for nuke-free ME	4 00:00 Besoeker [2]
10 Hizb ut-Tahrir men freed	0 [3]
Baitullah makes appearance amid reports of his death	0 [7]
Turkish soldiers clash with PKK, killing 38	3 00:00 Pappy [2]
Two US Blackhawks crash in Baghdad	0 [1]
Tales from the Crossfire Gazette (Sunday edition)	7 00:00 Jack is Back! [3]
Page 2: WoT Background
Afghanistan war 'cannot be won'	8 00:00 JosephMendiola [1]
Washington calls off planned diplomatic outpost in Tehran	1 00:00 Zhang Fei [6]
India 'not a threat to Pakistan'	0 [6]
Afghan victory hopes played down	2 00:00 Besoeker [1]
'Israeli threats don't scare Hizbullah'	3 00:00 Fred [1]
Fort Dix witness: Informer or inciter?	1 00:00 trailing wife [2]
Ex-IDF, Mossad officials praise Obama	9 00:00 Barbara Skolaut []
More than 3,000 people shocked	0 [4]
116 persons caught in crossfire in last 9 months	3 00:00 trailing wife [3]
Poland ends Iraq mission	5 00:00 Frank G [2]
Iran clarifies stance on nuclear fuel import	0 [5]
Palestinian Authority on alert for Hamas takeover attempt on West Bank	2 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [2]
Israel: NKor supplying WMDs to six Mideast states	1 00:00 Old Patriot [3]
Kim Jong-il makes first appearance since illness	1 00:00 Redneck Jim [2]
Somali pirates vow to stand and fight	3 00:00 Alaska Paul [1]
Armed Lashkars to ignite civil war, warns Qazi	0 [3]
No top tier Qaeda target killed in Waziristan drone strike	0 [3]
Minister of Foreign Affairs: 'Al-Qaeda elements are not Algerians'	1 00:00 trailing wife [2]
Sadrists reject Negroponte's visit to Iraq	1 00:00 Old Patriot [2]
UK seeking dictator rule in Afghanistan	7 00:00 lotp [2]
Fearless Leader grants executive powers to Safavi	2 00:00 Fred [5]
Zardari: military drive against militants will continue	3 00:00 .5MT [7]
Lankan Army claims it is on verge of capturing Kilinochchi	0 [2]
Shariah Courts to Try Terror Suspects in Saudi Arabia	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [7]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Obama hits out at Palin low blow	11 00:00 Cornsilk Blondie [2]
UN helicopter gunships, soldiers attack rebels in Congo	0 [3]
Merkel guarantees German savings	0 [1]
UN says Kenya secretly imports arms	3 00:00 Slamp the Bald5043 [1]
10,000 displaced in Assam clashes,	4 00:00 Nimble Spemble [6]
Violence escalates in Assam, 25 killed. Shoot-on-sight orders issued.	0 [5]
Bawney Fwank found a new squeeze after breakup with Moses	3 00:00 Betty [3]
N.Y. Times whitewashes Obama-Ayers connection	10 00:00 lotp []
Khatami wants guaranteed executive powers	0 [6]
Orissa: 50,000 refugees and still counting	0 [5]
O.J. Simpson's luck runs out after 13 years	12 00:00 Frank G [2]
Paris summit seeks European response to crisis	2 00:00 Besoeker [2]
Morales ups rhetoric against US anti-drug aid	0 [4]
EU summit split over how to halt meltdown	0 [1]
Patil seeks report from Orissa Governor	0 [8]
High Court to hear Hasina's bail petitions tomorrow	0 [1]
Barisal BNP factions clash; 35 injured	0 [1]
Emergency to stay until elections	1 00:00 Richard of Oregon [1]
Iran presidential aide launches tabloid	0 [5]
Divided Europe holds financial crisis summit	0 [2]
US Offers India $375m Deal for Smart Missiles	4 00:00 john frum [4]
Page 4: Opinion
"America, this is what a feminist looks like"	1 00:00 Betty [5]
The Region: Just be our friend	3 00:00 Classical_Liberal [5]
La FIERE. - No better place to die	1 00:00 Anonymoose [1]
The mad Irishman's finest hour.	0 [1]
Men that our congress and Obama just ....can't understand.	4 00:00 Besoeker [2]
Shut the hell up, infidel	3 00:00 Jolutch Mussolini7800 [1]
Madrassa Kids Sing Of Kenyan Who Will Destroy Great Satan America From Within Using Hope & Chang	3 00:00 anonymous5089 [1]
Pewlosi taps Bawney Fwank to investigate himself - The silly wabbit	7 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [2]
Pressured to Take More Risk, Fannie Hit a Tipping Point	1 00:00 Besoeker [2]
Rove: Palin, McCain and the Weeks Ahead	1 00:00 Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) [2]
Media Mum on Barney Frank's Fannie Mae Love Connection	2 00:00 Besoeker [2]
Behind the Bluster, Russia Is Collapsing	21 00:00 Don Vito Omeling5062 [4]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Biden's Mother-In-Law Dies	3 00:00 Jack is Back! [4]
Couple Beaten to Death in Bizarre Stop-Smoking Ritual	0 [3]
France: Underground World War II caves found below Caen	4 00:00 GORT [3]
Translated bible rocks Jharkhand assembly	0 [5]
Relatives ransack hospital after youth dies	6 00:00 Lionel Jiger8451 [8]
Mob attacks cops, journalists after road mishap	1 00:00 Barbara Skolaut [8]
I can identify the culprits, says nun	2 00:00 CrazyFool [6]

    
                23:30 Lionel Jiger8451

                        23:23 Don Vito Omeling5062

                        23:14 JosephMendiola

                        23:13 Cherelet and Tenille1095

                        23:04 JosephMendiola

                        23:01 Cornsilk Blondie

                        22:39 Goober Wholurt4452

                        22:26 Barbara Skolaut

                        22:03 Besoeker

                        21:59 Frank G

                        21:47 Zhang Fei

                        21:41 GK

                        21:39 JosephMendiola

                        21:33 Besoeker

                        21:32 Besoeker

                        21:26 GORT

                        21:26 Scooter McGruder

                        21:25 DarthVader

                        21:23 Nimble Spemble

                        21:20 Nimble Spemble

                        21:12 Betty

                        21:10 Betty

                        21:03 Classical_Liberal

                        20:49 Frank G

Who's in the News
63	[untagged]
4	Govt of Iran
3	TTP
3	Iraqi Insurgency
3	Taliban
2	Hamas
2	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
1	Hezbollah
1	Hizb-ut-Tahrir
1	al-Qaeda in Iraq
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Lashkar-e-Islami
1	Mahdi Army
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Pakistan

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2008-10-05
Baitullah makes appearance amid reports of his death

Sat 2008-10-04
US drone strikes kill 20 in North Waziristan

Fri 2008-10-03
'Biggest suspect' in ship piracy arrested

Thu 2008-10-02
U.S. Begins Transferring Sunni Militias to Iraqi Government

Wed 2008-10-01
Baitullah reported titzup

Tue 2008-09-30
ISI chief, four corps commanders changed

Mon 2008-09-29
At least six dead in Tripoli kaboom

Sun 2008-09-28
Sudan desert chase 'n gunfight kills 6 kidnappers

Sat 2008-09-27
Car boom kills 17 in Damascus

Fri 2008-09-26
Shots fired in US-Pakistan clash

Thu 2008-09-25
NKor bans nuke inspectors

Wed 2008-09-24
Five Indian Mujaheddin nabbed in Mumbai

Tue 2008-09-23
Livni asked to form a new government

Mon 2008-09-22
Up to 15 tourists kidnapped in Egypt

Sun 2008-09-21
2 Delhi blasts suspects banged

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