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Saudi Says it will Take Arms Bound for Lebanon
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
US, allies conduct 14 strikes against IS: US military	1 19:18 Richard Aubrey [1774]
Report: Israeli intel prompts Russia to freeze missile delivery to Iran	6 17:39 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1741]
BIFF bomb injures two cops in Mindanao	1 05:03 g(r)omgoru [1744]
Good morning	5 19:23 Pappy [1764]
Police Colonel, Aide killed in Attack in Aden	0 [1752]
ISIS executes 1 in Aleppo	2 16:17 gorb [1736]
Kobane Kurds foil ISIS infiltration attempt	0 [1734]
ISIS Homs Emir has a Very Bad Day	0 [1739]
Kirkuk Kombat Chronicle	0 [1760]
Mosul Mayhem: 32 die	0 [1752]
Anbar Antics: 37 die	0 [1750]
1 dies in bomb attack in Baghdad	0 [1748]
10 militants affiliated with ISIS terror group killed in Nangarhar	0 [1740]
Taliban prisoner disguised in women’s dress in failed bid to break jail	5 18:50 Glolump the Florid4951 [1764]
52 militants killed in Afghan, coalition airstrikes in Helmand	0 [1738]
Syria Rebels Take Border Crossing from IS	0 [1739]
Turkey Police Fire Plastic Bullets at Anti-Erdogan Newspaper Rally	2 08:12 AlanC [1746]
Karachi police claim killing four suspected militants in encounter	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
'Cut the bullshit,' Israel's culture minister tells liberals	1 16:21 g(r)omgoru [1740]
Little to show for Boko Haram a year after joining Islamic State	1 13:29 Griter Wholuse5857 [1749]
Under Egypt’s nose, Hamas boosts cooperation with IS in Sinai	1 17:16 Frank G [1752]
Yemen’s UN envoy: Houthis carry on starvation policy	2 14:26 Pappy [1741]
Documents hint at links between bin Laden and Saleh	0 [1731]
Syrian opposition groups call for Russia’s protection from Daesh	0 [1731]
White House expects no breakthroughs on Biden mid-east trip	1 10:45 Skidmark [1741]
Syrian opposition group elects new leader	0 [1737]
Ban Ki-moon expected in Western Sahara refugee camps, liberated territories	0 [1744]
Chad wants to draw on Algerian experience in fight against extremism	0 [1745]
Iranian Commander: Saudi Aggression against Yemen Like Saddam’s War on Iran	0 [1739]
U.N. Security Council Urges Adoption of Mali Peace Deal	0 [1741]
Veteran Sudan Opposition Leader Turabi Dead at 84	2 10:06 Frank G [1747]
Erdogan Moots Building 'Refugee City' in Northern Syria	1 10:29 Frank G [1732]
Pope Shocked by 'Diabolical' Attack on Yemen Care Home	5 20:35 Zenobia Floger6220 [1770]
U.N. Chief: Libya's Future Threatened by 'Terrifying' IS	1 08:57 AlanC [1741]
Renzi Cautions Italy Parliament would Need to Green-light Libya Intervention	0 [1736]
Assad Must Go at Start of Syria Transition, Says Saudi	0 [1734]
Saudi Says it will Take Arms Bound for Lebanon	0 [1768]
Zia’s brother to float new political party	1 10:21 Frank G [1739]
Not many turn up at protest against Mumtaz Qadri’s hanging	0 [1732]
PTI demands probe into Kamal’s claims	0 [1735]
Mideast just experienced worst drought in 900 years – NASA	12 15:51 Alaska Paul [1739]
Rotate B-1 out, "Big Ugly Fat Fella" in	5 20:30 Alaska Paul [1766]
Page 3: Non-WoT
LNG Update: U.S. Export Terminals and Infrastructure in the Works	4 11:58 USN, Ret. [1743]
Nigerian president blames economic problems on oil reliance	1 08:14 Procopius2k [1738]
Bodies partially dissolved in acid barrels found in Mexico	4 12:59 AlanC [1739]
Egypt denies plans to tax Facebook	0 [1736]
Doctors, patients report on health drama in Venezuela	2 13:33 trailing wife [1729]
Two Kiev Soldiers Killed in East Ukraine Fighting	0 [1751]
Six arrested, 17 booked in another vani case	0 [1735]
SC upholds life sentence in honour killing case	0 [1744]
Jordan’s taekwondo star trains thousands of women to fight harassment	2 10:46 gorb [1736]
Philippines impounds North Korean ship	0 [1735]
North Korean tyrant Kim Jong Un threatens to 'clearly show the end' of South Korean president	6 20:33 Alaska Paul [1775]
101st Airborne leaders rescind order for soldiers to remove combat patches during training	16 18:44 Blossom Unains5562 [1770]
Page 4: Opinion
WW2 - 11.5%, Vietnam - 4.3%, GWOT - .45%	6 23:41 Skidmark [1768]
No longer ‘lone wolves,’ Palestinian attackers pair up	0 [1751]
This Week in Books, March 6, 2016	3 20:59 charger [1761]
So What About 'Trump University'	16 19:10 swksvolFF [1764]
Page 6: Politix
Venezuela throws out socialism	10 21:42 trailing wife [1761]
Ted Cruz tops Trump in Kansas Republican caucuses	13 17:12 Abu Uluque [1741]
Five more states ready to chip in delegates to Campaign 2016	0 [1737]
Release of Clinton Documents Delayed After State Department Discovers 'Thousands' of Unsearched Records	4 16:34 Everyday a Wildcat (KSU) [1739]

    
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                        21:52 Thing From Snowy Mountain

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                        20:35 Zenobia Floger6220

                        20:33 Alaska Paul

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                        19:29 Unelet Protector of the Sith2424

                        19:23 Pappy

                        19:18 Richard Aubrey

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                        19:07 Frank G

                        19:03 badanov

                        19:00 swksvolFF

                        18:54 Sven the pelter

                        18:51 European Conservative

                        18:50 Glolump the Florid4951

                        18:48 European Conservative

                        18:44 Blossom Unains5562

                        18:40 swksvolFF

                        18:33 M. Murcek

                        18:16 Thumper Smiter of the Swedes8842

Who's in the News
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8	Islamic State
4	Commies
3	Govt of Pakistan
2	Govt of Saudi Arabia
2	Taliban
2	Govt of Iran
1	Houthis
1	ISIL-K
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Narcos
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent
1	Arab Spring
1	Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2016-03-06
Saudi Says it will Take Arms Bound for Lebanon

Sat 2016-03-05
Taliban says will not take part in Afghan peace talks

Fri 2016-03-04
Fresh tunnel dug from Pak to RS Pura to push fidayeens detected

Thu 2016-03-03
Gulf nations declare Lebanon’s Hezbollah terrorist organization

Wed 2016-03-02
France pushes ahead with 'Jungle' migrant camp clearance after clashes

Tue 2016-03-01
Taseer's killer Mumtaz Qadri hanged

Mon 2016-02-29
Suicide attack thwarted in Kabul, 14-year-old would-be bomber arrested

Sun 2016-02-28
Soddys intercept Iranian arms shipment to Yemen

Sat 2016-02-27
Another suspected ISIS chemical weapons attack investigated in Kurdistan Region

Fri 2016-02-26
Pakistan Starts ’Last Phase’ of anti-Militants Offensive

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

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