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ISIL withdrawing fighters from southern Syria to concentrate on Raqqa
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
At Least 50 Killed by Armed Men in C. Africa	0 [1756]
Cairo Blast Kills Egyptian Man	0 [1740]
Europe ~~migrant~~ colonist briefs	0 [1745]
Senior Hamas militant assassinated in Gaza Strip	2 10:51 Whavish Thusoling5684 [1749]
London attack: More about Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood as two people remain in custody	1 12:59 trailing wife [1743]
Somali pirates seize fishing trawler off Somalia coast	0 [1749]
Car bomb kills 1, injures 2 in Mogadishu	0 [1742]
Top Al-Qaeda commander in northern Hama eliminated by Syrian Army	0 [1755]
ISIL withdrawing fighters from southern Syria to concentrate on Raqqa	0 [1788]
Syrian Army fully liberates ISIL’s east Aleppo bastion	0 [1749]
Jihadist offensive ends before it even begins in rural Hama	0 [1740]
Video released of the 200 people reportedly killed by US-led airstrikes in Mosul	2 12:52 Rob Crawford [1743]
Boko Haram IED Factory Discovered and Destroyed In Konduga, Borno State	0 [1753]
Boko Haram gangsters arrested in Katutura	0 [1735]
Terror alert in Lille as 'gangster' gunman shoots three people outside a Metro station 'to settle scores' as the French city is put in lockdown by armed police just two days after London attack	1 11:02 Bright Pebbles [1746]
Clashes in Srinagar, Sopore	0 [1747]
MSF withdraws from hospital in Houthi-held region of Yemen	0 [1741]
Syrian SDF forces reach Tabqa dam; US, French forces reach Euphrates dam	0 [1749]
Iranian militias support Assad in Damascus battle	0 [1759]
Washington sanctions 30 entities and individuals linked to Iran	0 [1750]
Joint forces ready for raid on Sylhet militant den	0 [1743]
Female militant in Sylhet may also be from Bandarban	0 [1745]
IS claims second attack in a week	0 [1763]
Twin offensives in Syria put pressure on Islamic State	0 [1746]
Islamic State claims suicide attack near Bangladesh airport	0 [1750]
Hezbollah Financier Arrested	1 16:25 trailing wife [1775]
Virginia federal judge rules in favor of Trump's travel ban	2 16:56 JohnQC [1772]
Page 2: WoT Background
Russia Denies Supplying Taliban after NATO Claim	0 [1741]
Terror Charges for Suspect in Murky Antwerp Car Incident	4 13:25 trailing wife [1742]
Burkina links Ivory Coast Islamist militant with hotel attack in capital	0 [1736]
Police believe suspect began JCC hoax bomb campaign because army rejected him	1 15:15 trailing wife [1758]
After UNHRC adopts 5 anti-Israel resolutions, UK vows to oppose all future such moves	3 12:05 Whiskey Mike [1742]
Swiss investigate spying on Turkish community	0 [1737]
Indonesia police fire tear gas on Muslims protesting church	0 [1742]
Imam calling for Jews to be killed in sermon at Montreal mosque	3 12:57 Rob Crawford [1749]
N. Korea appears all set for nuke test	0 [1738]
Who are the al-Ashtar Brigades, latest US-designated ‘terrorist group’?	0 [1738]
Basij morality police: Acid attacking foot soldiers of the Iranian regime	2 13:42 trailing wife [1745]
Egypt’s former president Mubarak walks free for first time in six years	0 [1739]
MP tells of his battle to save stricken Parliament policeman	1 00:31 Richard Aubrey [1740]
Al-Qaeda bomb maker who targeted Chicago on Fed's radar	0 [1741]
Saudi Arabia accused of bankrolling 9/11 al Qaeda attacks, lawsuit says	0 [1744]
Google pulls Hezbollah YouTube channel after The Register told them about drone ads	0 [1741]
Has Moscow Found Its New Gadhafi in Libya?	4 10:15 AlanC [1744]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Venezuela is out of food, out of medicine, and running out of gas	6 14:54 Whavish Thusoling5684 [1764]
FBI Director Comey visits White House via service entrance	4 17:58 JohnQC [1762]
Rachel Dolezal struggles after parents expose her as white expropriator	14 15:11 Deacon Blues [1781]
NOAA study shows as US drilling surged, methane emissions didn't	7 15:22 ed in texas [1765]
Gummy bears to be produced by Haribo in the US for the first time	1 13:50 Cheaderhead [1734]
Religious TV station in Senegal accidentally airs porn	3 14:17 Cheaderhead [1738]
Page 4: Opinion
Paul Ryan Takes the Barzini Meeting	7 21:05 Seeking cure for ignorance [1756]
The Conservatives Made a Mistake	14 19:52 rjschwarz [1756]
Student Discovers Previously Unknown Form of Oppression	3 11:55 DarthVader [1738]
What's really hidden deep within all this intel squabbling	5 10:30 Besoeker [1742]
This Week in Guns, March 25th, 2017	5 12:35 trailing wife [1746]
Overwhelming Evidence: Obama INVOLVED in 'Wiretapping'	7 20:07 gorb [1770]
Hezbollah and the gullible Arabs	3 19:54 rjschwarz [1763]
Syria: Six years of an orphaned revolt	3 15:23 g(r)omgoru [1768]
Page 6: Politix
Seattle gets lesson in economics: Ammo tax far below predicted haul	2 15:54 magpie [1781]
Ex-CIA big says Flynn explored plot to ‘whisk away' exiled Turkish cleric	5 13:35 Pappy [1744]
Conyers’ expensive travel plan ‘last straw’ for 910 AM	6 13:30 Pappy [1746]
Baltimore mayor vetoes minimum wage bill proposed by city council	5 17:28 JohnQC [1770]

    
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                        17:58 JohnQC

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                        16:25 trailing wife

                        16:14 Iblis

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                        15:54 magpie

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                        15:23 g(r)omgoru

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                        15:15 trailing wife

                        15:11 Deacon Blues

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                        14:33 Abu Uluque

Who's in the News
24	[untagged]
9	Islamic State
4	Govt of Iran
3	Hezbollah
2	Ahrar al-Sham (Salafists)
2	Boko Haram (ISIS)
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Arab Spring
1	Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (IS)
1	Pirates
1	Salafists
1	Sublime Porte
1	Taliban
1	al-Nusra
1	al-Qaeda
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Commies
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Govt of Syria
1	Houthis

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Two weeks of WOT

Sat 2017-03-25
ISIL withdrawing fighters from southern Syria to concentrate on Raqqa

Fri 2017-03-24
Helmand’s Sangin district has reportedly fallen to Taliban

Thu 2017-03-23
It's worse: Jewish Israeli-American, 19, arrested in Ashkelon for phoning in dozens of JCC bomb threats

Wed 2017-03-22
Jihadi car and knife attack: Parliament in lockdown

Tue 2017-03-21
U.S. Bans Laptops, Tablets from Cabins on Flights from Middle East

Mon 2017-03-20
Syrian regulars gain control of regions near Palmyra

Sun 2017-03-19
Four wanted Maute militants nabbed in Lanao

Sat 2017-03-18
Man shot dead at Paris Orly airport this morning after taking soldier's gun: official

Fri 2017-03-17
Four Killed as Bangladesh Police Storm Islamist Hideout

Thu 2017-03-16
Kommander Abdullah, 10 others die in airstrike in Paktika

Wed 2017-03-15
Dozens killed in suicide bombing at Damascus "Palace of Justice" courthouse

Tue 2017-03-14
Suspected ISIS gas attack hits Iraqi forces in west Mosul

Mon 2017-03-13
Kenyan police nab 6 terror suspects in coastal town

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

Sat 2017-03-11
Syrian force a ‘few weeks’ from Raqqa, U.S. Marines deployed

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

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