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Trump fires Rex Tillerson as secretary of state and replaces him with CIA boss Mike Pompeo
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Hamas condemns assassination attempt on Palestinian Prime Minister	2 20:44 Zhang Fei [1771]
ISIS alive and well in the Philippines	0 [1747]
Turkistan Islamic Party highlights joint raids with the Afghan Taliban	0 [1751]
Iran jails 11 for attacks on mosques, public property	0 [1743]
Hezbollah forces participating in Ghouta massacre	4 12:51 Procopius2k [1752]
Seven pro-gov’t troops killed, injured in armed attack by Islamic State in Mosul	0 [1740]
Kirkuk Kombat Kronicle: ten turbans permanently unwound	0 [1749]
Four civilians killed, injured in northern Baghdad bombing	0 [1744]
Two soldiers wounded in bomb blast near Fallujah dam	0 [1746]
Hundreds Flee Turkish Advance on Afrin City	1 14:30 Injun Bucket8891 [1745]
Court sentences 13 Turkish women to death over affiliation to Islamic State	0 [1746]
Three Assailants Killed in Attack on Iran Military Checkpoint	0 [1745]
Arson Attacks Hit Turkish Community Sites in Germany, Kurdish Groups Threaten Worse	0 [1742]
Mashal Khan murder: recently-arrested primary suspect Arif Khan pleads not guilty to charges	0 [1741]
3 Kashmiri youth killed in gunbattle by Indian security forces	0 [1745]
Syria war has killed more than 350,000 in 7 years, monitor says	0 [1748]
IDF quadcopter documented dropping gas grenades on rioters	1 16:25 Skidmark [1748]
Police nab dozens of weapons, 22 suspects in East Jerusalem	0 [1750]
Islamic State attacks kill 10 in northern Iraq: Police	0 [1741]
Dorky high school brat is charged with planting 'weapon of mass destruction in the cafeteria'	0 [1741]
Coordinated Taliban attack responded with massive airstrikes in Kandahar	0 [1749]
MoD says 22 Afghan soldiers martyred in Farah and Nimroz clashes	0 [1760]
Dozens of Saudi soldiers, mercenaries killed in military operations over past 48 hours	1 20:26 Richard Aubrey [1781]
Bomb injures two defense volunteers in southern Thailand	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Amid U.S. Cuts, Palestinian Refugee Agency Left in the Lurch	3 17:27 3dc [1735]
Corruption: Nigeria and Boko Haram	0 [1743]
Bahraini raids arrest over 100 members of alleged Iranian-backed network	0 [1737]
Over 19,000 IS militants killed across Iraq in three years: Commander	1 13:22 Skidmark [1743]
Arrests of Uighur women married to Pakistani men spark anger in Gilgit-Baltistan	0 [1748]
Lal Masjid administration ‘reclaims’ ownership of Jamia Hafsa plot	0 [1745]
View from the Courtroom: Release of 25 convicts on bail in Mashal case raises eyebrows	0 [1738]
Large migrant detention center in Israel to close at midnight amid deportation plan	0 [1749]
Ex-spook Clapper celebrates 5yrs since lying to Congress, as statute of limitations expires	4 14:26 Injun Bucket8891 [1736]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Siale Angilau's courthouse appearance ends abruptly (Caution graphic content)	3 20:04 Injun Bucket8891 [1765]
BREAKING NEWS: Trump fires Rex Tillerson as secretary of state and replaces him with CIA boss Mike Pompeo	21 20:25 Zhang Fei [1792]
A WTO without the US	9 19:45 trailing wife [1759]
USS John S. McCain and oil tanker. Singapore Report.	0 [1742]
Norway Says Russian Aircraft Ran Mock Attacks On A Secretive Radar Base	1 08:43 Procopius2k [1746]
China: Big Brother Uses Big Data To Make A Big List	0 [1743]
Another 10 GBU-57s ordered?	5 10:37 DarthVader [1745]
Damn it's Silk Road Ho! Plan for Scandinavian ‘Ice-Silk Road’	0 [1741]
Trump blocks Qualcomm sale to Broadcom over security concerns	3 03:34 g(r)omgoru [1745]
China in Greenland: Mines, Science, and Nods to Independence	1 10:41 Grunter [1738]
Russians begins production of fast attack patrol boat, BK-16	0 [1743]
Woman arrested on charge of blasphemy	1 16:57 gorb [1741]
‘Robbery-murder’ turns out honour killing case	0 [1741]
Scuffle breaks out between PTI lawmaker and PM Abbasi's son in Senate	0 [1740]
Tillerson Urges Patience on Trump-Kim Meeting Specifics	2 11:52 g(r)omgoru [1741]
Kim Jong Il Lauded by Foreign Papers	0 [1741]
Six kidnappers including 2 women arrested in Jalalabad city	0 [1737]
Scores dead as US-Bangla flight crashes in Nepal with 71 onboard	1 00:29 lord garth [1733]
Doggy Like Dickens, Balzac too	1 14:45 M. Murcek [1742]
Page 4: Opinion
Hildebeest Says Racist Poor People Voted For Trump, 'Optimistic, Diverse, Dynamic' People Voted For Her	20 21:55 Zhang Fei [1757]
GOP Senator: It Looks Like We'll Have a SCOTUS Vacancy This Year	5 21:33 Frank G [1767]
The OneWeb 900 sat constellation is being deployed mostly on Soyuz rockets	3 17:25 Flineck Ebbirong6253 [1740]
How video games are fuelling the rise of the far right	12 15:38 Thavilet Clomoter3080 [1754]
Page 6: Politix
A bit more detail on the Hildebeest's Mandu stumblings	7 20:31 swksvolFF [1757]
Dems push Trump to extradite Russians indicted by Mueller	4 08:49 JohnQC [1736]
Rosenstein defends Mueller: No reason to end special counsel	10 21:00 Besoeker [1760]
Woman Stuck In 2016 Says: I Won The Places That Aren't Looking Backwards	10 18:36 Crotle Julet3576 [1769]
House Intel Pubs Ready to End Russia Investigation - Jim Clapper Butt Hurt	2 16:34 gorb [1741]
CNN’s Bizarre Blackout On Democrats’ Farrakhan Scandal	9 09:54 Raj [1737]

    
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                        20:41 Injun Bucket8891

                        20:31 swksvolFF

                        20:26 Richard  Aubrey

                        20:25 Zhang Fei

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1	Houthis
1	Govt of Iran
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Iran Proxies
1	Hamas
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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2018-03-13
Trump fires Rex Tillerson as secretary of state and replaces him with CIA boss Mike Pompeo

Mon 2018-03-12
Syrian Army surrounds Jaysh Al-Islam stronghold in East Ghouta

Sun 2018-03-11
First group of militants surrender arms & leave East Ghouta after Russia-brokered talks

Sat 2018-03-10
Tuareg militias again clash with Islamic State-loyal militants in northern Mali

Fri 2018-03-09
Mullah Fazlullah's kid killed in drone strike in Afghanistan

Thu 2018-03-08
Accomplice of Paris attacks mastermind held in Poland

Wed 2018-03-07
Kirkuk Klean up: 33 turbans permanently unwound

Tue 2018-03-06
Paramilitary troops repulsed Islamic State suicide attack, north of Babel

Mon 2018-03-05
20 Islamic State militants killed in clashes with Iraqi forces in Hawija

Sun 2018-03-04
Teacher found guilty of grooming children to launch terror attacks in London

Sat 2018-03-03
Mosul Clearances Continue: 30 turbans tied up or permanently unwound, ISIS chemicals concern, Saddam Hussein mass grave found

Fri 2018-03-02
Attack underway in Burkina Faso's capital, police say

Thu 2018-03-01
Nigerian-Cameroonian Troops Eliminate 35 Boko Haram fighters, Recover Large Weapons

Wed 2018-02-28
US designates 'Daesh-Egypt', other ISIS affiliates as terrorist groups

Tue 2018-02-27
Drone strike kill 3 militants, injures 3 more in Laghman province

Mon 2018-02-26
Police arrest widow of Jemaah Islamiyah leader Marwan

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