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Russia deploys jets at Iranian Airbase to combat insurgents in Syria
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Egyptian police captain killed after explosion during North Sinai shootout	0 [11129]
Clearing out prison, US sends 15 Guantanamo detainees to UAE	10 22:12 Bov Flimbers [11131]
Turkey's purge continues - Tuesday Aug. 16	0 [11132]
Good morning	9 20:01 Bov Flimbers [11126]
2 soldiers die in IED attack in Lebanon	0 [11124]
2 Turkish kops die Kurd Kommie bombing in Diyarbakir	0 [11126]
Sarraj Government Forces Advance in Sirte	1 11:42 Shipman [11128]
Heavy Battles Ongoing In Fifteen Provinces: MoD	2 20:06 Bov Flimbers [11131]
Talibunnies Seize More Than 20 Police Vehicles In Baghlan	2 20:11 Bov Flimbers [11126]
ISIS troops attack Kurd positions in Hasakah	0 [11123]
Iraqi Jailhouse Stories: 13 detained	0 [11123]
The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi Edtion	0 [11122]
Kurd forces capture bridge in Erbil	0 [11125]
6 ISIS Bad Guys join the Choir Invisible in Salahuddin	0 [11129]
Kurds end offensive operations in Mosul	0 [11128]
Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die	0 [11126]
Imam’s body found in sack	5 22:52 Shipman [11126]
Gulshan attack ‘coordinator’ Marjan’s identity revealed	0 [11122]
Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos widens grip on Sirte downtown areas	0 [11129]
War for oil terminals in east Libya looms	1 12:01 Shipman [11126]
Al-Bunyan Al-Marsoos forces inform Italy of IS cell based in Milan	0 [11127]
Haitham Tajouri’s militia attack Tripoli intelligence buildings	0 [11129]
Khartoum accuses Benghazi militants of using Sudanese workers as human shields	0 [11127]
ISIS Executes Six 'Spies' By Boiling Them In Tar After Iraqi Sharia Court Ruling	3 22:17 Bov Flimbers [11128]
9 Iraqi men arrested in New Year's Day rape in Austria	0 [11124]
Regime army recovers positions southwest of Aleppo city	0 [11126]
Syria rebels kill Hizballah commander during failed Aleppo offensive	0 [11125]
Russia deploys jets at Iranian Airbase to combat insurgents in Syria	3 18:36 SteveS [11130]
Syrian Army, Hezbollah begin counter-attack in southern Aleppo	0 [11124]
Islamists fail to capture Al-Rai in northern Aleppo	0 [11125]
Aden security forces smash Al Qaeda cell as it prepares to detonate bomb	0 [11126]
India violates LoC ceasefire, shells houses	0 [11124]
ISIS militants suffer casualties in US drone strike in East of Afghanistan	0 [11123]
Helmand police chief targeted in roadside bomb explosion	0 [11126]
Explosion in Kabul city leaves at least 3 people wounded	0 [11128]
2 girls equipped with suicide vests killed in East of Afghanistan	0 [11126]
CIA asset Boko Haram releases videos showing masked gunman with kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls	3 21:06 Bov Flimbers [11127]
Security operation terminated in Dagestan	0 [11124]
Two marines injured as bombings hit southern Thailand	0 [11127]
Page 2: WoT Background
Gen. Tony Tata: Champ's Briefer Told CENTCOM Official to Skew Intel on ISIS	6 19:18 SteveS [11132]
Turkey's ally Azerbaijan probes Gulen supporters	0 [11126]
Turkish mosques in Germany back away from Ankara	0 [11128]
The Next Supreme Court Justice	0 [11125]
Joe Biden Exposes Military Aide with Nuclear Codes During Campaign Rally for Hillary	8 22:56 Shipman [11124]
Midnight anti Libya's Mufti stickers provoke social media ire	3 22:55 Shipman [11130]
Ghariani backed by former GNC president and Derna Mujahideen	0 [11126]
Sudanese doctors arrive in Misrata to treat injured in Sirte campaign	1 22:33 Bov Flimbers [11127]
Defeat of Iraq War vultures: Victory for the Mail as legal firm that spent taxpayer millions hounding our troops closes down	2 23:21 Bov Flimbers [11131]
Regime turns historic Palmyra citadel into military post	1 23:01 Shipman [11131]
Daraa: Infighting in western countryside hardened living conditions	0 [11130]
Student killed, nine injured in celebratory firing across Karachi	0 [11127]
Pledge reaffirmed to root out terrorism	0 [11127]
Fazl opposes 'forced repatriation' of Afghan refugees	0 [11128]
Modi trying to divert global attention from tragedy in India-held Kashmir, says Aziz	0 [11127]
Atmar warns against ISIS expansion if found sanctuaries in Pakistan	0 [11132]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Couple murdered in Florida, husband's face bitten off	1 14:48 Rex Mundi [11131]
Squirrel Takes Go Pro, Great Video in Canopy	5 16:21 Skidmark [11129]
Stunning Videos? Milwaukee Rioters Loot Metro PCS Store	2 09:08 Cheaderhead [11127]
Trump adviser Michael T. Flynn on his dinner with Putin and why Russia Today is just like CNN	1 19:49 Blossom Unains5562 [11129]
Another Mysterious Death: Anti-Clinton Author Found Dead at 54	7 20:36 Percy McCoy7690 [11127]
‘We want blood We cannot co-habitate with white people' (video)	13 21:55 Cheaderhead [11131]
Suspect charged in daylight slaying of New York imam and friend	5 20:09 Shipman [11124]
CNN Goes Full Pravda On The Milwaukee Riots	2 08:15 Procopius2k [11128]
Australian anti-immigration demonstrators disrupt church service	0 [11124]
Israel scores success against skin cancer	4 20:45 Frank G [11130]
Gang involved in kidnap of women busted	0 [11124]
Former Senate chairman's nephew killed in armed clash in Islamabad	0 [11127]
Female Marine drops out of infantry course	9 20:14 Shipman [11128]
Japan plans to use Pokemon Go to lure tourists back to quake hit regions, including Fukushima	12 22:00 Clem Lumplump1981 [11127]
Sister of Milwaukee man fatally shot by police urges crowd to torch suburbs: ‘Burn that s-- down!’	6 12:36 Spinesing Gray3122 [11125]
There IS life after DEATH: Scientists reveal shock findings from groundbreaking study	4 12:11 Skidmark [11130]
Woman, 34, Repeatedly Kicked Boyfriend In Face After He Refused To Have Sex With Her	6 19:30 regular joe [11125]
Page 4: Opinion
Why Milwaukee Burns	14 23:42 CrazyFool [11129]
Pursue strategic mediocrity.	5 20:23 Shipman [11135]
Mika Worries More Hillary Emails Could Cause ‘Epic Implosion' That Would ‘Bring Down Campaign'	5 18:03 rjschwarz [11131]
Celebratory firing	0 [11127]
Imran Khan’s disturbing tactics	0 [11127]
Page 6: Politix
Bill Clinton continues speaking tour at Jackson Hole med conference (video)	2 19:06 swksvolFF [11130]
Precedent for Mosby?	2 22:22 magpie [11129]
Clinton bracing for ‘major attack’ by Trump	14 18:30 49 Pan [11128]

    
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Who's in the News
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12	Islamic State
6	Govt of Pakistan
5	Arab Spring
5	Taliban
4	Govt of Syria
3	Sublime Porte
1	al-Qaeda in Arabia
1	Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (IS)
1	Boko Haram
1	Govt of Iran
1	Hezbollah
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Thai Insurgency

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2016-08-16
Russia deploys jets at Iranian Airbase to combat insurgents in Syria

Mon 2016-08-15
Taliban takes control of Dahana-e-Ghori in North of Afghanistan

Sun 2016-08-14
ISIS Member Beheads His Father in Mosul

Sat 2016-08-13
Terror on Swiss train as passengers are attacked by passenger with fire and knife

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
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