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Kurdish PKK trains Yazidis to fight back against Islamic State.
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Islamists force Australia to give up freedoms including right to fair trial	2 23:35 CrazyFool [1761]
Sirens in Gush Dan, Shfela, Ashdod, Be'er Sheva, 22:46	2 15:59 Rambler in Virginia [1739]
10 Dead in Boko Haram Attacks in Nigeria	0 [1737]
Kurdish PKK trains Yazidis to fight back against Islamic State.	3 10:51 AlanC [1759]
Report: 12 Jihadists Arrested in Army Ambush in Arsal	0 [1739]
Good morning	0 [1734]
Iraq Says It Seizes Mosul Dam; Militants Deny It	7 22:39 Anguper Hupomosing9418 [1759]
Air raids kill 31 jihadists in Syria's Raqa	4 13:02 Shipman [1727]
Report: Policeman Killed In Attack At Checkpoint In Northern Egypt	0 [1738]
Kuwait detains Muslim cleric US suspects of militants' financing	1 02:51 Paul D [1761]
Liveblogging Gaza: Day 43	2 13:32 SteveS [1741]
Israel bans Amnesty, HRW from entering Gaza Strip	1 02:02 g(r)omgoru [1733]
Iraqi Forces Seize Mosul Dam	0 [1734]
Suicide bomber kills UN soldiers in Mali	0 [1740]
Jebel Chaambi blast injures troops	0 [1737]
Ansar Al-Sharia and the Muslim Brotherhood in Benghazi split over local council	1 09:06 Frank G [1728]
Operation Dignity sergeant decapitated in Benghazi	0 [1736]
Benghazi clashes as Saiqa attacks from Benina	0 [1729]
NDS Foils Coordinated Attack in Kabul	0 [1736]
Ten Taliban Insurgents Killed in Kunduz Operations	0 [1737]
Five Taliban Insurgents Killed in Logar	0 [1732]
Another policeman killed in targeted attack	0 [1741]
Islamic State group kills Syria tribesmen	1 23:03 JosephMendiola [1764]
Tripoli militia battles continue	0 [1738]
Tripoli bombings not carried out by Libyan aircraft: General Chief of Staff	0 [1734]
Libya's Haftar claim recent Tripoli airstrikes	0 [1728]
Page 2: WoT Background
Truce Deal in District of Syrian Capital	0 [1732]
Bassil: We Reject Iraqi Refugees, ISIL will be Defeated	1 20:26 JosephMendiola [1746]
Abbas: Hamas Plot Against PA Threatens Unity Govt.	0 [1733]
Gaza truce extended for 24 hours	1 11:51 Mugsy Glink [1729]
N Korea threatens strike against US-S Korea drill	4 19:05 Frank G [1749]
Israel Says It Foiled Hamas Plan For Massive Attacks On Israel, Coup Against PA	0 [1731]
Pro-Palestinians Block Israeli Cargo Ship In California	9 13:12 Mullah Richard [1739]
PTI decides to resign all Pakistan parliamentary seats	0 [1732]
Modi govt shows Pakistan its tough side, calls off foreign secretary-level talks	0 [1728]
Morocco ramps up counter-terror fight	0 [1741]
Qadri delays 'Inquilab' to 5pm today	0 [1732]
Ahmadis on the run: Fearing death in People's Colony	0 [1728]
Britain Sending 150 Special Forces Troops To Iraq, Mission Will Take Months	1 13:19 Skidmark [1727]
Imran vows to lead march into Islamabad's Red Zone	0 [1734]
JI vows to save KP govt, opposition mulls no-confidence motion	0 [1730]
Qadri announces 'grand' expansion of protests	0 [1737]
JUI-F terms PTI's new demands conspiracy	0 [1731]
Palestinians expect truce extension in case of no deal	0 [1722]
Thousands of Yemenis stage massive anti-government protest	0 [1729]
No sign of Gaza talks breakthrough as cease-fire nears end	0 [1723]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Officer Darren Wilson Suffered "Orbital Blowout Fracture to Eye Socket" During Mike Brown Attack	15 22:10 49 Pan [1747]
Why The F-35 Has Turned Into A Trillion-Dollar Fiasco	4 20:43 Mike N. [1752]
MSNBC Crew Hit With Rocks During Live Coverage	9 22:35 Flomp Hupavirt9500 [1750]
Obama shakes Marine's hand after failing to salute	10 23:07 Flomp Hupavirt9500 [1754]
Iceland Tells Airlines Volcano Under Glacier May Erupt	10 18:43 phil_b [1730]
U.S. Troops on Streets after Police Shooting Protests	30 19:42 Steve White [1760]
Ferguson, Missouri Police Officer sez "gentle giant" charged at him.	9 16:21 swksvolFF [1726]
More than 23 K in losses for Ukrainian Army	1 02:06 g(r)omgoru [1721]
Strong Quake Hits Remote Area In Southwest Iran	2 02:09 gorb [1727]
Champ lifts ban on Libyans from Flight School, Nuclear Studies	5 13:35 swksvolFF [1730]
Gul 'frozen out of running' for Turkey PM	0 [1737]
Amnesty criticizes 'dictators' for silencing protestors in Ferguson	7 17:55 swksvolFF [1733]
US has 'strong degree of institutionalized racism': Historian	10 14:59 rjschwarz [1736]
Ukraine separatists accused of striking civilian convoy; dozens dead	0 [1732]
HuffPo Reporter Mistakes Earplugs For Rubber Bullets	8 19:22 Frank G [1758]
Morocco debates compulsory vote	2 16:28 Bright Pebbles [1741]
Page 4: Opinion
'No justice; No peace!' chants in Ferguson are actually saying, 'We want revenge!'	7 22:58 JosephMendiola [1755]
Isis savagery: 5 ways humans become hardwired for violence.	2 08:56 JohnQC [1727]
Duffel Blog: Insurgent Offensive Bogs Down After Capturing US Humvees	0 [1727]
Revolutionary Religion	0 [1730]
Inglorious ending	0 [1735]
PTI's pitched battle against the PML-N is moulded across an artificial divide	0 [1727]
Page 6: Politix
Champ sending Holder to Ferguson, Missouri.	19 23:58 Flomp Hupavirt9500 [1761]

    
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                        23:35 CrazyFool

                        23:07 Flomp Hupavirt9500

                        23:03 JosephMendiola

                        22:58 JosephMendiola

                        22:39 Anguper Hupomosing9418

                        22:35 Flomp Hupavirt9500

                        22:11 49 Pan

                        22:10 49 Pan

                        21:28 rjschwarz

                        21:08 Procopius2k

                        20:51 SteveS

                        20:45 Mike N.

                        20:43 Mike N.

                        20:37 rammer

                        20:26 JosephMendiola

                        20:15 JosephMendiola

                        20:10 3dc

                        19:42 Steve White

                        19:32 Steve White

                        19:24 Barbara

                        19:22 Frank G

                        19:20 Frank G

                        19:05 Frank G

Who's in the News
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9	Islamic State
9	Govt of Pakistan
6	Hamas
4	Ansar al-Sharia
3	Taliban
3	Arab Spring
2	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula
1	Boko Haram
1	Commies
1	Govt of Syria
1	Houthis
1	Mourabitounes
1	Palestinian Authority
1	al-Nusra

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Two weeks of WOT

Tue 2014-08-19
Kurdish PKK trains Yazidis to fight back against Islamic State.

Mon 2014-08-18
Apple employee took assassin's bullets for British colonel

Sun 2014-08-17
Jihadists kill dozens in north Iraq 'massacre': officials

Sat 2014-08-16
Iraq Sunni Tribes Take Up Arms against Jihadists

Fri 2014-08-15
ISIS jihadist poses with severed head as Caliphate seize more key towns

Thu 2014-08-14
Boko Haram Appoints New Emir for Gwoza

Wed 2014-08-13
Prince Saud: Israel has no right to self-defense

Tue 2014-08-12
"Convert by noon today or we will kill all of you"

Mon 2014-08-11
Iraq PM to sue president, security forces deploy across Baghdad

Sun 2014-08-10
Al-Qaida Militants Kill 15 Yemeni Soldiers

Sat 2014-08-09
Gazans back in UN schools as Israel resumes blitz

Fri 2014-08-08
Widening of Zarb-i-Azb operation likely

Thu 2014-08-07
Iraq forces, Peshmerga kill 240 ISIL terrorists

Wed 2014-08-06
Iraq air force to back Kurds fighting Islamists

Tue 2014-08-05
American Major General Killed in Shooting at Afghan Military Academy

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