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Double suicide attack kills 40 in Damascus
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Western Mosul Reconquista	2 10:18 Skidmark [1736]
Anbar Operations foils IS attack on army’s headquarters near Ramadi	0 [1739]
Four IS militants killed in foiled attack east of Baiji	0 [1738]
Knife-carrying Palestinian arrested outside Hebron’s Jewish enclave	0 [1730]
Double suicide attack kills 40 in Damascus	0 [1756]
At Least 242 Bodies Found in Hidden Graves in Messico	2 20:28 Zenobia Floger6220 [1762]
Maoist Rebels Kill 11 Police in Central India	0 [1734]
Iraq Battles IS in Mosul, Commander Says Resistance Weakening	0 [1744]
Suspected Rebel-Planted Mine Hits Yemeni Ship, Kills 2	0 [1741]
Turkish Coast Guard: 48 Syrian Migrants Stopped at Sea	0 [1741]
15 Dead in Fighting Near Yemen Red Sea Port	1 10:19 Frank G [1745]
Lebanese-Palestinian Clashes Erupt in Bourj al-Barajneh	1 01:04 phil_b [1739]
Top ISIS leader involved in Kabul demonstration attack killed	0 [1734]
Taliban’s finance and military commission leaders killed in Kunduz	0 [1731]
3 foreign ISIS militants killed in US drone strike in East of Afghanistan	0 [1734]
8 Afghan policemen shot dead by their comrades in latest insider attack	0 [1738]
Arrests made following terror threat on Essen shopping center	3 20:45 SteveS [1762]
Radd-ul-Fasaad: 13 Afghan nationals among dozens of suspects held in fresh raids in Punjab	0 [1735]
Europe ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs	0 [1734]
Page 2: WoT Background
20 years after 7 Israeli schoolgirls were killed, some hail Jordanian shooter as a hero upon his release	4 22:15 Crusader [1756]
German Defense Minister plans €100mn for army private consultants	0 [1731]
Security forces find mass grave of 500 bodies in Badush Prison, near Mosul	1 13:22 JHH [1739]
IS leader Baghdadi allegedly spotted near Syrian borders, in poor health	3 13:26 gorb [1737]
Army extends West Bank’s closure for Purim by a day	1 10:46 Skidmark [1734]
Pakistan accounted for over 600 forced marriages reported in UK last year	0 [1733]
Here is the assassin of Hezbollah militias commander	1 04:35 phil_b [1727]
Turkish PM warns Europe against meddling in affairs	5 13:15 Pappy [1742]
Protests near Dutch missions in Ankara, Istanbul	0 [1736]
Pakistan Threatens to Block Social Media over 'Blasphemy'	1 05:42 Injun Bucket8891 [1730]
World Faces Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since WWII	15 23:10 Zenobia Floger6220 [1766]
Netherlands Urges Support for Syria War Crimes Database	0 [1730]
Mosul Church Turned into IS Religious Police Base	0 [1740]
Amal Clooney: Don't Let Islamic State Get Away with Genocide	3 10:21 Skidmark [1734]
UN Report Says Escalated Hizbullah Rhetoric Increases War Risk with Israel	0 [1738]
Gemayel: Palestinian Arms Must be Controlled, State's Sovereignty Uncompromising	0 [1740]
Syria's Assad Says Priority is Capturing IS Capital Raqqa	0 [1741]
The unforgiving complexity of the Syrian war	0 [1729]
Dutch PM bars Turkish minister as rally dispute escalates	3 08:30 Besoeker [1730]
Ulema should help state in fighting extremism: PM	0 [1726]
Britain ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs	1 21:01 Zenobia Floger6220 [1752]
IDF report highlights Palestinians who ‘seek suicide’ through attacks	0 [1746]
Three jihadi groups active in Mali announce merger	3 13:13 Pappy [1742]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Federal Judge Blasts Unprofessional Behavior of Justice Department Lawyers	5 22:11 JohnQC [1768]
Turkey protesters slam jailing of journalists	1 10:41 Skidmark [1737]
Grief-stricken baby monkey in tears after mother is run over	0 [1732]
MSM Golden Throat confronts blogger in White House	6 17:37 Phaper Crugum8267 [1741]
Accusations exchanged over heavy weapon attack in Donetsk city	0 [1731]
Kenya starts mass sacking of striking doctors	5 15:39 JohnQC [1750]
South Sudan continues to burn as the world watches	0 [1739]
Why China’s Hui Muslims Fear They’re Next To Face Crackdown On Religion	1 07:46 Herb McCoy7309 [1734]
Why Do Singapore, Malaysia Use Kid Gloves With Nuclear-Armed North Korea?	3 15:28 JohnQC [1728]
Mona Lisa's smile decoded: science says she's happy	5 13:04 DarthVader [1735]
Girl suffers acid attack in Lahore	0 [1740]
Child domestic worker dies from alleged rape injuries	0 [1737]
Page 4: Opinion
Complicit (Video)	6 13:56 Spirt Shuger7083 [1741]
Military courts’ establishment similar to admitting failure of our system: Asif	0 [1736]
Page 6: Politix
Cory Booker Is Neither a ‘Truth-Teller' Nor a ‘Determined Purveyor of The Truth'	3 17:39 ed in texas [1756]
'Los Angeles Times' Puzzled at Lack of Trump Hatred	15 21:38 rjschwarz [1776]

    
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                        20:49 SteveS

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                        17:57 Sock Puppet of Doom

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                        17:37 Phaper Crugum8267

                        17:29 NoMoreBS

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                        16:13 Zhang Fei

                        15:55 magpie

                        15:39 JohnQC

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2	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	Govt of Syria
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Two weeks of WOT

Sun 2017-03-12
Double suicide attack kills 40 in Damascus

Sat 2017-03-11
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Fri 2017-03-10
Ax attacker at Düsseldorf main train station arrested

Thu 2017-03-09
Baghdadi abandons Mosul fight to field commanders

Wed 2017-03-08
IS gunmen dressed as medics kill 30 at Kabul military hospital

Tue 2017-03-07
Mufti Hannan jailbreak attempt fails

Mon 2017-03-06
New wave of US air raids on Qaeda in Yemen

Sun 2017-03-05
Jordan hangs 15 death row prisoners at dawn in further break from moratorium on executions

Sat 2017-03-04
Kurdish YPG fighters repel treacherous Turkish attack near Syria’s Afrin

Fri 2017-03-03
Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra, aided by Russian Air Force: Kremlin

Thu 2017-03-02
Islamic State supreme leader’s speech admits defeat in Mosul

Wed 2017-03-01
Two women in nerve agent attack on Kim Jong-nam charged with murder

Tue 2017-02-28
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Mon 2017-02-27
Taliban shadow governor among 21 killed in counter-terrorism operations

Sun 2017-02-26
Hamas Diggers Dead in Gaza Tunnel ‘Work Accident'

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