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ISIS Fighters Claim Pakistan Funded Them
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Israeli man found stabbed in Ma’ale Adumim	0 [1736]
2 Arab vendors caught with pipe bombs in Jerusalem	3 15:43 Shipman [1734]
80-year-old American detained in Iran, family says	5 12:57 regular joe [1735]
Good morning	8 18:13 ptah [1736]
IDF reserves officer killed by bullet meant for terrorist	2 09:08 Frank G [1730]
Palestinian arrested for Rahat stabbing says propaganda spurred him	2 10:14 Skidmark [1734]
Two Jaish-e-Mohammad members sentenced to 10 years in jail	0 [1740]
JeM's teenage Fidayeen of Afzal Guru Squad arrested	0 [1737]
Blast near checkpoint wounds 5	0 [1740]
3 suspected terrorists gunned down in Karachi	0 [1737]
Further fighting in Benghazi today	0 [1739]
Yemeni army recaptures key base near capital	0 [1747]
ISIS Fighters Claim Pakistan Funded Them	2 15:33 Sven the pelter [1757]
ISIS troops surrender to Kurds in Mosul	1 15:37 Shipman [1745]
Syrian rebels claim bomb attack on Rooshuns	0 [1739]
Turkish helicopters kill 9 in strikes on PKK targets	0 [1742]
ISIS executes Imam in Mosul (!!)	4 17:42 KBK [1737]
13 killed in Saudi airstrikes in Yemen	1 17:28 Whiskey Mike [1739]
Liberation of Fallujah will be faster than Ramadi, says Anbar Governor	0 [1737]
Kops detain 25 terror suspects in Wasit	0 [1737]
Anbar Antics	0 [1741]
Somali, AU troops retake villages from Shaboobs	0 [1746]
Local Libyan Forces Clear Sabratha of ISIL Terrorists	0 [1738]
Syrian Army Advances towards Khanaser in Aleppo Southern Countryside	0 [1733]
Russian Warplanes Strike Almost 200 Terrorist Targets in Syria in Two Days	1 02:06 g(r)omgoru [1746]
Afghan intelligence arrest 13 involved in major terror activities in Takhar	0 [1738]
Over 50 militants killed in counter-terror operations led by Afghan army	0 [1734]
7 Afghan soldiers martyred in the latest wave of violence	0 [1740]
Page 2: WoT Background
Gazans said streaming into Sinai to fight with Islamic State	0 [1740]
North Korea threatens to turn U.S., South Korea into 'powder'	1 21:18 Sven the pelter [1775]
Former North Korea bodyguard accuses Kim Jong Un of rights abuses	0 [1738]
A 15-yo Swedish Girl Explains Why She Joined Isis And Why She Regrets It	1 14:30 Nguard [1731]
Gays to be Oppressed In Indonesia	4 20:58 SteveS [1755]
Who's who in the Syrian Zoo	5 19:11 Raj [1765]
Iran Setting Up Terror Networks In The US, Sez Israel Defense Minister	3 15:08 Shipman [1735]
Back to Iraq: US Military Contractors Return In Droves	2 10:32 Besoeker [1730]
ISIS Threatens Mark Zuckerberg And Jack Dorsey	2 14:13 Frank G [1741]
Yemen government says Hezbollah backing Houthi rebels	2 13:44 AlanC [1738]
Iran pledges thousands of dollars for Palestinian terrorists	5 21:13 trailing wife [1756]
Okay given for final push in Shawal	0 [1732]
To shave or not to shave – the IS question	4 12:31 Mullah Richard [1729]
U.S., China to reach final agreement on N.K. sanctions resolution	3 14:33 dk70 the scantily clad [1735]
Top N.Korean Apparatchik Disappears from View	4 14:16 JHH [1736]
Kerry has super-duper 'Plan B' for Syria	6 16:15 Skidmark [1732]
Kerry: US Congress should delay Iran sanctions renewal	0 [1734]
Shaboobs threaten more attacks in Kenya	0 [1729]
S. Korea Dismisses China Warning on US Missile System	0 [1737]
Imam Khamenei: Enemy Plot against Iran Failed	0 [1734]
Erdogan: Syria Ceasefire Must Not Include Kurdish Fighters	3 10:34 Skidmark [1730]
EU, UN criticize Balkan police crackdown on Afghan migrants	0 [1731]
Atmar hints at military option against militants pursuing violence	0 [1731]
Afghan Taliban insist on preconditions as direct talks expected in early March	1 00:24 JosephMendiola [1731]
From Russia with Bullets: Moscow Gifts Kabul 10,000 AK-47s	5 10:46 Skidmark [1740]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Mizzou Fires The Click	6 21:47 SteveS [1766]
Army To Roll Out Better Body Armor, Combat Shirt In 2019	2 16:24 Skidmark [1733]
This Is The Future Of The Us Navy's Aircraft Carriers	5 23:58 Sock Puppet of Doom [1749]
South Africa's economy 'in crisis'	2 13:18 SteveS [1739]
Lynch confirms career DoJ attorneys involved in Hildebeest email probe	10 19:35 Airandee [1766]
Champ regime promises crackdown on sanctuary cities	3 09:09 Vast Right Wing Conspiracy [1728]
Capriles: Recall vote or constitution amendment will stop social upheaval	2 14:47 Steve White [1732]
The Game Changed in Venezuela Last Night	18 18:39 swksvolFF [1752]
Khurasan private university will provide free education to 120 students in Nangarhar	0 [1733]
Maduro accuses the US of launching a smear campaign in Bolivia	2 20:46 Pappy [1766]
Free to a good home: Horses who have served their country	2 19:29 trailing wife [1768]
Failed St. Louis VA Chief Got Plush Job, Free House in Philippines	3 20:43 Pappy [1756]
The Trickle of U.S. Oil Exports Is Already Shifting Global Power	5 18:39 Claising Flavimble5530 [1771]
Page 4: Opinion
U.S. Military Releases Bizarre Paper Claiming Wearing Hijab Is ‘Passive Terrorism’	2 18:43 Blossom Unains5562 [1757]
Chomsky: Trump's rise due to 'breakdown of society'	4 16:26 Skidmark [1737]
Sweet Sorrows: leftist piety as a kind of status signalling	0 [1741]
A Trump wave is on the way	2 12:29 Sven the pelter [1732]
How to Spot a Narcissist (Trump Persuasion Series)	2 11:29 3dc [1743]
Does Obama want to give Gitmo to the Castros?	9 23:00 gorb [1770]
Eating less beef key to reaching EU climate change goals, sez new research	11 19:00 Lampedusa Creretch3679 [1761]
Sweden Hires Luxury Cruise to House Thousands of Muslim Migrants for $100,000 Per day	4 12:27 Ebbang Uluque6305 [1738]
Lynch: Illegal to transfer Gitmo detainees to U.S.	4 11:32 Besoeker [1744]
Saudi Sedition Plot for Lebanon, Horns Threatening	2 18:38 Pappy [1766]
Obama's foreign policy now boils down to 'Let's pretend'	5 08:57 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1732]
Page 6: Politix
Champ Considers a Trunk, just to mess with Trunks	1 16:39 Deacon Blues [1735]
Mayor wants to open supervised injection facility for heroin in NY city	5 16:59 Frank G [1733]
Unless the Democrats run Sanders, a Trump nomination means a Trump presidency	20 16:27 AlanC [1736]

    
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Who's in the News
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6	Islamic State
5	Taliban
4	Commies
3	Govt of Iran
2	Jaish-e-Mohammad
2	al-Shabaab
2	Govt of Iraq
2	Govt of Syria
2	Hezbollah
2	Houthis
1	Salafists
1	ISIL-K
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)

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Two weeks of WOT

Thu 2016-02-25
ISIS Fighters Claim Pakistan Funded Them

Wed 2016-02-24
Iraqi koppers round up 35 in Babylon

Tue 2016-02-23
US drone strike leaves 3 militants dead along Durand Line

Mon 2016-02-22
Three Terrorist Attacks Target Sayyeda Zeinab Area in Rural Damascus, Kill 50

Sun 2016-02-21
46 dead in Homs bomb attack

Sat 2016-02-20
Saudi halts $3 bn in aid to Lebanon army

Fri 2016-02-19
Foreigners among 24 terrorists killed in Badakhshan

Thu 2016-02-18
Freed Gitmo detainee, ex-bin Laden aide returns to former career

Wed 2016-02-17
44 Daesh militants killed in Nangarhar's Achin District

Tue 2016-02-16
British Sniper Decapitates ISIS Executioner

Mon 2016-02-15
Taliban confirm losing 13 fighters in Paktika drone strikes

Sun 2016-02-14
Boko Haram kills at least 30 people in northeastern Nigeria

Sat 2016-02-13
Turkish artillery hammers airfield near Aleppo

Fri 2016-02-12
Syrian rebels launch offensive on pro Syrian troops in Latakia

Thu 2016-02-11
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