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Iraq Kurds Say IS Financier Killed in Joint Raid with U.S.
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
CPD bags wrong bagwoman	1 16:03 Canuckistanian sniper [1740]
Tourist towns of Phuket and Hua Hin in Thailand hit by deadly explosions	3 14:50 Alaska Paul [1737]
Russia's ‘Secret Mercenaries' Fighting Rebels, U.S. Troops in Syria	0 [1737]
Ukraine Says Blocked Jihadist Routes to Syria	0 [1733]
Iraq Kurds Say IS Financier Killed in Joint Raid with U.S.	0 [1763]
Mississippi woman gets 12 years for trying to aid ISIS	1 04:35 Shipman [1734]
Jewish man lightly-to-moderately hurt in stabbing in East Jerusalem	0 [1732]
Blasts around Thailand kill 2 and injure scores	0 [1742]
Russia Says Raids Shut Down IS-Linked Internet Group	1 09:52 Skidmark [1741]
Good morning	2 12:08 Skidmark [1738]
Islamic State claims attempted attack on Canadian police	3 16:10 Canuckistan sniper [1745]
At least 7 civilians dead, dozens wounded in two attacks in Turkey	0 [1747]
Two wounded in Grenade Blast in Mogadishu	1 00:57 Bov Flimbers [1726]
Shaboobs ambush SNA, AU forces in Bakool	0 [1735]
Terror bid foiled, two suspects held	0 [1738]
14 injured in roadside bomb attack in Quetta	0 [1743]
US, Kurds forces kill ISIS Top Dawg in Qaim	0 [1759]
Libyan Forces in Fresh Clashes with ISIS in Sirte	1 16:06 Canuckistanian sniper [1735]
Explosion in Herat leaves 4 dead, 9 others wounded	0 [1739]
Al-Qaeda flees Azzan after airstrikes	0 [1742]
Roads to Lashkargah City Blocked As War Rages	0 [1736]
80 casualties in Russian air raids on Raqqa	0 [1743]
US aircraft hammers ISIS troops in Manbij	0 [1737]
Iranian artillery pounds Kurd positions in Erbil	0 [1738]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi and Syrian Edtions	0 [1742]
Turkish warbirds kill Kurd kommie kommanders	0 [1738]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die	0 [1737]
Cameroon: 4 people killed in Boko Haram attack	0 [1737]
Boko Haram sets up base in Bauchi forest	0 [1750]
Food shortage hits Boko Haram	1 01:04 Bov Flimbers [1732]
Shekau's video evidence of growing tensions between Boko Haram factions	0 [1736]
Page 2: WoT Background
RT:Soros gave Clinton step-by-step instructions on how to tackle Albania unrest – WikiLeaks email	2 18:02 Besoeker [1743]
Beginning of the end for Sinai militant groups: Expert and ex-jihadist Nageh Ibrahim	3 10:42 DarthVader [1742]
NY man pleads guilty to plotting New Year’s terror attack	3 03:21 Bov Flimbers [1735]
French mayor bans burqinis on Cannes beaches	7 19:38 Alaska Paul [1764]
Military attaches, diplomats flee in Turkey’s post-coup probe	3 14:03 Beau [1735]
Syria doctors issue plea over Aleppo siege	0 [1738]
Egyptian officials ponder sending troops to south Sudan	0 [1740]
Iran-backed militias suffering big losses in Yemen	0 [1734]
Wary of Boko Haram rebirth, Borno moves to regulate Islamic preaching	1 19:40 Frank G on the road [1763]
Saraki calls for probe on Boko Haram recruitment in IDPs camp	0 [1739]
Nigerian army says Boko Haram defeated; group's disputed leader vows to fight on	0 [1732]
Confirmed: US Central Command Cooked the Books on ISIS	7 22:26 Blossom Unains5562 [1756]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Trump considering Darth Bolton as Secretary of State	6 16:51 Jemble Protector of the Lutherans8127 [1737]
Hack of Democrats' Accounts Was Wider Than Believed, Officials Say	10 19:32 Capsu78 [1763]
Joint FBI-US Attorney Probe Of Clinton Foundation Is Underway	5 19:50 Flineger Sneresh8946 [1753]
Panama Agrees to Help Migrants Head on for U.S.	2 20:37 One Eyed Fleatle6138 [1764]
Report: Fugitives in Ain el-Hilweh Successively Surrendering	2 15:23 Frank G on the road [1752]
Woman tells police she was RAPED by a Pokemon Go character after she felt an ‘assault’	6 20:31 One Eyed Fleatle6138 [1771]
Mob rule targetting suspected kidnappers	0 [1752]
Couple killed for ‘honour’	0 [1738]
Saudi Arabia tries 14 over deadly Makkah crane crash	1 15:25 Frank G on the road [1743]
Minority MPs seek constitutional amendment, demand top govt slots for non-Muslims	0 [1739]
Millennials outraged over TV show portraying millennials as outraged	11 18:26 Airandee [1765]
Pokemon Go: Cambodia genocide survivors upset over players at Khmer Rouge torture site	2 11:27 Thing From Snowy Mountain [1739]
Russia to update ICBM missile trains	0 [1732]
Page 4: Opinion
Rand Paul: HRC Can Get 5 YEARS IN PRISON for Lying to Congress About Syrian Weapons (VIDEO)	8 16:49 g(r)omgoru [1740]
Hillary, Trump, and War with Russia: The Stupidist Idea I Have Ever Heard	17 20:05 phil_b [1754]
The Reason Why America's F-35 Would Crush China's J-20 Stealth Fighter in Battle	22 21:38 swksvolFF [1758]
Page 6: Politix
Donald Trump Makes A Return Visit	1 10:54 Abu Uluque [1740]
Did The FBI Nearly Investigate The Clinton Foundation Because Of This Mysterious Chinese Billionaire?	4 19:48 Blossom Unains5562 [1756]
Several FBI Field Offices' Pushed DOJ to Probe Clinton Foundation After ‘Clinton Cash'	9 21:56 JohnQC [1756]
AP Reporter Confronts DoS on HRC Foundation: ‘Am I Not Speaking English?'	2 22:04 Barbara [1762]

    
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                        21:27 Sock Puppet of Doom

                        21:00 magpie

                        20:49 Procopius2k

                        20:37 One Eyed Fleatle6138

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                        20:23 phil_b

                        20:05 phil_b

                        19:53 Flineger Sneresh8946

                        19:50 Flineger Sneresh8946

                        19:48 Blossom Unains5562

                        19:40 Frank G on the road

                        19:38 Alaska Paul

                        19:32 Capsu78

                        19:12 swksvolFF

                        18:26 Airandee

                        18:24 SteveS

                        18:23 swksvolFF

                        18:14 g(r)omgoru

                        18:13 Rex Mundi

Who's in the News
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12	Islamic State
7	Boko Haram
3	Sublime Porte
2	al-Shabaab
2	Govt of Pakistan
2	Taliban
2	Thai Insurgency
1	Govt of Iran
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Houthis
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia

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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2016-08-12
Iraq Kurds Say IS Financier Killed in Joint Raid with U.S.

Thu 2016-08-11
Canadian authorities foil ISIS suicide bombing, suspect killed

Wed 2016-08-10
Hezbollah drone carries out airstrike over southern Aleppo

Tue 2016-08-09
Jamaat-ur-Ahrar claims hospital bomb attack that killed 70

Mon 2016-08-08
Iran executes nuclear scientist reputed to have spied for U.S.

Sun 2016-08-07
Syrian opposition: rebels break Aleppo siege

Sat 2016-08-06
Belgium police machete attack: Female officer attacked outside station by someone shouting 'Allahuh Akhbar'

Fri 2016-08-05
Head of Isis in Egypt killed by security forces

Thu 2016-08-04
Islamic State Names New Leader of Boko Haram

Wed 2016-08-03
Taliban Shadow Governor, Military Head Killed in Helmand Drone Strike

Tue 2016-08-02
Bangla:9 'militants' killed in Kalyanpur joint drive, 2 in custody

Mon 2016-08-01
Salafists blow up 16-century mosque in Yemen

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Sat 2016-07-30
Afghan official: Taliban capture district in Helmand

Fri 2016-07-29
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