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Iraqi command says controls 60% of western Mosul
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
One killed in terror attack on Jerusalem light rail	0 [1742]
MOAB: 'It felt like the heavens were falling'	18 22:25 JohnQC [1757]
IDF again raids Palestinian car-rammer’s hometown	0 [1738]
Moroccan authorities say IS-linked cell dismantled	0 [1746]
Palestinian Force Deploys in Ain el-Hilweh after Clashes	1 00:14 Frank G [1735]
Philippine troops kill militant leader blamed for hostage beheadings	1 09:46 Frank G [1740]
Islamic State arrests workers at western Mosul blood banks	0 [1744]
Iraqi forces partially retake western Mosul’s Tenek, 15 militants, one officer killed	0 [1740]
France carries out 62 airstrikes, artillery shelling against IS in Iraq	0 [1744]
Iraqi command says controls 60% of western Mosul	0 [1766]
General Security Arrests 'Terrorist' Brother of Slain Militant Mansour	0 [1740]
Turkish police detain 9 suspected ISIL militants for ‘planning attacks on referendum ballot boxes’	0 [1765]
Female bomber attempts to blow up children’s school in Homs	1 09:47 Frank G [1738]
ISIS, rebel forces clash in southern Syria	0 [1741]
Scores of ISIL terrorists killed in Syrian Army attack in Deir Ezzor	0 [1743]
US denies Syrian claim of targeting chemical depot in Deir Ezor	0 [1739]
Kurds make game changing exchange in northern Aleppo to help rebel forces	0 [1743]
Qaddafi’s People’s Hall again set on fire	0 [1743]
LNA resumes airstrikes on Tamenhint as Misratans target Brak Al-Shatti	0 [1743]
Libya Coast Guard: 147 immigrants died at sea	0 [1738]
Police issue alert on Al shabaab attack in Kenya	0 [1739]
Somali court hands alleged Al Shabaab men 10-year jail	0 [1741]
4 large heroin factories destroyed by Afghan forces in Nangarhar	0 [1736]
Taliban leader in charge of group of 80 insurgents arrested	0 [1737]
3 Pakistanis arrested in Nangarhar amid ongoing anti-ISIS operations	0 [1737]
ISIS terror group’s main shadow judge killed in East of Afghanistan	0 [1734]
Panic among Taliban in Kunduz after the death of Mullah Abdul Salam	0 [1738]
89 insurgents killed in Afghan forces operations in past 24 hours	0 [1735]
Palestinian arrested with knife in West Bank on Passover eve	0 [1738]
Egyptian authorities identify Tanta cathedral suicide bomber	3 14:33 JHH [1733]
Turkey detains 412 suspected Kurdish militants	0 [1737]
Page 2: WoT Background
North Korea's Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site: Primed and Ready	3 22:18 SteveS [1755]
When the paper roll is empty: Korans found in toilets at University of Texas at Dallas	9 22:37 bbrewer126 [1763]
Detroit: Iraqi ex-con, veteran, Christian, fears for life if deported	4 18:12 trailing wife [1742]
Rise in Boko Haram Child Suicide Bombers 'Alarming', Says UNICEF	3 12:24 Skidmark [1736]
European court rules against Russia over 2004 school siege	7 21:33 SteveS [1762]
Prosecutor seeks 15 years in jail for former prosecutor of MIT trucks case	0 [1734]
If Erdogan proves coup night claim, I’ll resign: Main opposition CHP leader	0 [1748]
Istanbul municipality worker suspended after calling wives, daughters of naysayers ‘halal’ as ‘spoils of war’	0 [1741]
Hezbollah recovers body of fallen commander killed 2 years ago in Syria’s Idlib	3 12:31 AlanC [1736]
EU consider death penalty in Puntland ‘inhuman’	3 20:10 ed in texas [1756]
Diarrhoea kills 28 in Somalia in 10 days, says Red Cross	1 12:35 Skidmark [1737]
Afghan Ulemas once again slam Pakistan’s Maulana Fazal for his remarks	1 23:05 Steven [1757]
US charges 2 Palestinian terrorists for 2010 murder of American tourist in Israel	1 00:16 Zhang Fei [1736]
PA suspends ties with UNRWA over planned curriculum reform	2 09:45 Mullah Richard [1732]
Is Dortmund attacker still on the run? Police admit they have no evidence linking sole suspect to bus bombing but claim he WAS an ISIS commander	0 [1739]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Release of Melania Official Portrait Triggers Global Warming	6 16:42 Procopius2k [1735]
US to launch probe into Argentina, Indonesia biodiesel imports	5 19:24 phil_b [1761]
POTUS Revokes Obama's Parting Gift to Planned Parenthood	2 10:36 Frank G [1732]
Man Arrested in Aley for Raping Four Syrian Children	0 [1741]
Four brothers confess to killing sister for ‘hanging around with men’ in Turkish capital	0 [1740]
Sargodha man planned to take children to Norway to film porn	0 [1724]
Mardan university student lynched by mob over alleged blasphemy	3 12:41 Skidmark [1741]
Suspect arrested in swastika attack on Jewish center near DC	1 10:24 JohnQC [1735]
Detroit emergency room doctor charged with child genital mutilation	10 12:54 Bright Pebbles [1745]
Nuke videos a blast	0 [1732]
Page 4: Opinion
New Klingon Chancellor: WikiLeaks a 'non-state hostile intelligence service'	3 09:09 JohnQC [1738]
Huffpoo Blog Suggests Taking Away White Men's Right to Vote	11 17:14 rjschwarz [1750]
Hollywood Celebrity Sends Voters to Georgia Polls on Wrong Day	5 13:15 AlmostAnonymous5839 [1739]
Iran is trying to provoke a Russia-US hot war in Syria	3 16:52 Blossom Unains5562 [1747]
UK's GCHQ spooks were first to spot Trump team's links with Russia	6 17:28 Crusader [1755]
John C. Velisek USN Ret: The Trump-Russian Collusion Lie	2 08:21 JohnQC [1739]
Page 6: Politix
Lerner now a victim, demands secrecy, blames death threats over IRS tea party targeting	13 17:13 rjschwarz [1763]
Salon: 5 reasons Maxine Waters should be our next president	7 17:12 rjschwarz [1761]

    
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Who's in the News
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14	Islamic State
3	al-Shabaab (AQ)
3	Sublime Porte
3	Taliban
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Syria
1	Hezbollah
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Nusra
1	Abu Sayyaf (ISIS)
1	Commies
1	Boko Haram (ISIS)
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hamas

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2017-04-14
Iraqi command says controls 60% of western Mosul

Thu 2017-04-13
US drops MOAB on ISIS tunnel complex in Afghanistan

Wed 2017-04-12
Bomb attack on Dortmund team bus

Tue 2017-04-11
ISIS shells east of Mosul with chlorine gas, 10 casualties

Mon 2017-04-10
Man steers car into town hall in Germany, fire breaks out

Sun 2017-04-09
Church bombing north of Egypt's capital kills 26

Sat 2017-04-08
Iranian brigadier general killed by jihadist militants in northern Hama

Fri 2017-04-07
U.S. launches cruise missiles against Assad's forces

Thu 2017-04-06
Al-Qaeda assassinates prominent Free Syrian Army commander in Idlib

Wed 2017-04-05
Global outcry over suspected Syria chemical attack

Tue 2017-04-04
ISIS raid in Yemen leaves scores of Houthi troops dead on the battlefield

Mon 2017-04-03
Reports of an explosion(3) in a metro station in central #StPetersburg, #Russia

Sun 2017-04-02
IS second-in-command killed in airstrike: Iraqi State TV

Sat 2017-04-01
South Carolina man charged with trying to join Islamic State

Fri 2017-03-31
Mortars hit near Somali Presidential Palace, 2 hurt

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