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Thousands of Peshmerga move on ISIS in major offensive
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
The Girl Who Ran Away to Fight ISIS: 'ISIS soldiers are easy to kill'	3 11:08 Shipman [1745]
South Yemen Clashes Kill 39	0 [1754]
Buried IED blamed on Boko Haram kills 5 in northeast Nigeria	0 [1736]
Memorial Day	8 16:23 Barbara [1772]
Good morning	2 02:09 Shipman [1738]
Seven Sundarbans bandits surrender to RAB	3 10:15 Pappy [1741]
2 people killed, 6 others injured in Balochistan	0 [1742]
3 Al Qaeda militants killed in Karachi	0 [1740]
Two militants killed in Karachi	0 [1750]
Dozens killed in fresh Syrian airstrikes in Aleppo	0 [1740]
Syrian rebels capture 2 towns in Aleppo	0 [1738]
Iraqi Jailhouse Stories: 57 detained	0 [1735]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edition	0 [1744]
Ninevah Nightmares: 7+ die	0 [1741]
Anbar Antics	0 [1740]
Benghazi Medical Centre shelled again as Kobler labels it a war crime	0 [1744]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die	0 [1747]
Thousands flee ISIS offensive in northern Syria	0 [1745]
Turkey, US coalition kill 40 ISIS militants in cross-border attack in Syria	0 [1739]
Thousands of Peshmerga move on ISIS in major offensive	1 06:51 phil_b [1793]
Peshmerga repulse ISIS attack on Gwer front, 19 militants killed	0 [1736]
Three POs killed in Mardan ‘encounter’	1 10:16 Pappy [1740]
5 U.N. Peacekeepers Killed in Mali Attack	0 [1738]
'Terrorist attempt' thwarted as two suspected militants arrested in KP	0 [1742]
10 Taliban commanders killed in Baghlan airstrike, MoD claims	1 10:21 Frank G [1739]
Children among 11 wounded in an explosion in Pul-e-Alam city	0 [1746]
ISIS commander among 6 killed in Nangarhar drone strike	0 [1742]
20 militants killed, 55 wounded in north of Afghanistan	0 [1736]
Afghan police suffer casualties in Taliban attack in Helmand	0 [1739]
Nabbed: Hamas cell accused of bombing Jerusalem bus	0 [1749]
Two killed in Sinai bomb	0 [1746]
Niger says kills 12 Boko Haram fighters in gun battle	0 [1737]
Taliban shadow governor and military commission chief killed in Uruzgan	0 [1749]
Basilan bombing attempt foiled	0 [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Turkey's Erdogan accuses Russia of arming PKK militants	4 17:32 Shipman [1758]
Ayelet Shaked: Israel is the tip of the spear in war on terror	0 [1742]
It's official: no hajj for Iranians this year	11 19:44 European Conservative [1767]
Mystery continues to shroud identity of Muhammad Wali	1 11:18 Shipman [1742]
ISIS said selling sex slaves online for funding	3 11:43 Frank G [1742]
Taliban's Divided Factions Criticize Hibatullah's Appointment	0 [1739]
Hafter holds council of war in Benina	0 [1739]
Flesh-eating tropical bug in ISIS-held Syria ‘spreads across Mideast’	0 [1743]
Chief Syria opposition peace negotiator resigns	0 [1737]
Fallujah residents bury their dead in the garden	1 09:40 USN, Ret. [1731]
Military leadership was unaware of US drone strike, says Fatemi	1 11:38 Frank G [1738]
Two more booked for helping Mansour get identity papers	0 [1740]
Tensions escalate as Saudi Arabia calls Iran’s military presence in Iraq ‘unacceptable’	1 19:10 phil_b [1764]
Family of driver killed in Mullah Mansour drone strike files FIR against US	0 [1733]
White House launches Muslim outreach office	6 17:47 NoMoreBS [1759]
Interior minister moves to revoke citizenship of car-ramming suspect	1 11:41 Frank G [1732]
Pakistan says DNA report confirms Mullah Mansoor’s death	0 [1796]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Bikers for Trump	3 20:06 Zenobia Floger6220 [1767]
Bank robber loads wrong ammo in pistol, TU in standoff with police officer	8 22:25 Rambler in Virginia [1766]
Texas report fingers prison gang for the murder of Colorado state official	0 [1741]
Saudi Arabia executes Taif prison guard killer	0 [1735]
Veterans sites in California, Kentucky, Virginia vandalized	2 14:15 Shipman [1738]
Remains believed to be Fla. mom found in acid-filled barrel	0 [1738]
Sheriff: Georgia deputy shot in the face during traffic stop	3 11:26 Frank G [1745]
ESPN's Howard Bryant Sees 'Authoritarian Shift at the Ballpark' When Cops Sing National Anthem	5 17:47 Shipman [1758]
Page 6: Politix
UK Labour readmits activist suspended for blaming slave trade on Jews	12 20:24 Zenobia Floger6220 [1761]
WaPo, LA Times, The Hill: Hillary’s denials aren’t working, but...	12 17:58 Shipman [1761]

    
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                        20:12 Zenobia Floger6220

                        20:06 Zenobia Floger6220

                        19:52 European Conservative

                        19:44 European Conservative

                        19:10 phil_b

                        19:07 lord garth

                        18:11 Bobby

                        17:58 Shipman

                        17:54 Shipman

                        17:47 NoMoreBS

                        17:47 Shipman

                        17:32 Shipman

                        17:23 Shipman

                        16:23 Barbara

                        16:22 Barbara

                        16:13 g(r)omgoru

                        15:56 3dc

                        15:49 Procopius2k

                        15:48 Deacon Blues

                        15:15 trailing wife

                        15:01 European Conservative

Who's in the News
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10	Islamic State
8	Taliban
2	Arab Spring
2	Govt of Iran
2	Boko Haram
2	Govt of Syria
1	Lashkar e-Jhangvi
1	TTP
1	Tablighi Jamaat
1	al-Qaeda in North Africa
1	al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent
1	Abu Sayyaf
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Govt of Pakistan
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Hamas
1	Houthis

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Thousands of Peshmerga move on ISIS in major offensive

Sun 2016-05-29
Anbar Antics: 190+ die

Sat 2016-05-28
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Fri 2016-05-27
Iraqi forces, militias retake al-Karma from ISIS

Thu 2016-05-26
Mullah Haibatullah new Taliban supremo

Wed 2016-05-25
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Tue 2016-05-24
120 die in bomb attacks near Tartus

Mon 2016-05-23
Mullah Mansour carried Pak passport

Sun 2016-05-22
Taliban leader Mansour 'likely killed'

Sat 2016-05-21
ISIS commander kill his 11 fighters in east of Afghanistan

Fri 2016-05-20
One of the eight killed militants in Multan was ‘Al Qaeda country head’

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